310 Introduction To Church History

Level 3 Course

This course traces the history of the Christian Church from the resurrection to the present.  The course is divided into four parts.

  • the Early Church

  • the Middle Ages

  • the Reformation

  • the Modern Church

The course seeks both to provide you with a factual account of that history, and to introduce you to the ways in which historians have interpreted the facts.  We believe that knowledge of the past gives us a perspective which makes it possible to understand and to deal with present problems in a more balanced fashion; therefore, you will be challenged to make applications to the Modern Church throughout the course.

This is a 10 Block course

Course costs:

£70, or a cost of a light lunch a week

View a sample lesson from this course here (Coming Soon)

View the contents of this course below:

Introduction to Church History Contents

INTRODUCTION

PART ONE: THE EARLY CHURCH

1: THE FIRST THREE CENTURIES

1. The Uses and Abuses of Church History 

2. The First Three Centuries: Origins and Expansion 

3. The First Three Centuries: Challenges 

4. The First Three Centuries: Changes 

2: The Christian Roman Empire

1. The Christian Roman Empire 

2. Creeds and Councils 

3. The Fall of the Roman Empire 

4. Christian Ascetics and Monks 

PART TWO: THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH

3: THE MIDDLE AGES

1. The West in Crisis 

2. The Eastern Church 

3. The Western Church: Reform and Renewal 

4. The High Middle Ages: Expansion and Learning 

4: THE MIDDLE AGES

1. The Middle Ages: Expansion and Religious Practice 

2. The Middle Ages: Monasticism 

3. The Late Middle Ages: Heresy and Schism 

4. The Late Middle Ages: An Age of Unrest 

PART THREE: THE REFORMATION

5: THE REFORMATION

1. Luther and the German Reformation 

2. The Swiss Reformation 

3. The Radical Reformation 

4. The Catholic Reformation 

6: THE ENGLISH REFORMATION 

1. The English Reformation: Origins 

2. The English Reformation: The Growth of Protestantism and the Restoration of Catholicism 

3. The English Reformation: The Elizabethan Settlement 

4. The English Reformation: Civil War and Restoration 

PART FOUR: THE MODERN CHURCH

7: REASON, REVIVAL AND REVOLUTION 1650-1789

1. Revival in the 18th Century Church 

2. Revival in England 

3. The Church in the non-Western world 

4. Reason and Revolution 

8: THE CHURCH IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

1. Victorian England 

2. American Revivalism and the Challenge Of Modern Thought 

3. Roman Catholicism and Continental Protestantism

4. Missionary Outreach 

9: THE CHURCH IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY 

1. Shaping Events 

2. The Challenge Of The Modern Age 

3. Christianity In The West 

4. Non Western Christianity And Hopeful Signs World Wide 

10: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT

Level 3 CourseMatt DohertyChristian Studies