Church History 101: The Highlights of Twenty Centuries

Church history is important because it shows us how God's faithful dealings with His people in the Bible continue in the ongoing life and work of Christ in our world. If you have ever wished for a short book highlighting church history's most important events that will enlighten your mind and peak your interest, this is the one you've been waiting for. Three prolific church historians collaborate their efforts in Church History 101 to present you with a quick read of church history's high points.Table of PrefaceFirst Apostolic FoundationsSecond The Church of Martyrs and ConfessorsThird Persecution and Heresy; Origen and TertullianFourth The Beginnings of the Christian EmpireFifth The City of God and the City of ManSixth Justinian, Benedict, and the Conversion of the ScotsSeventh Gregory the Great and the Rise of IslamEighth The Iconoclastic ControversyNinth Struggle for Power in the Church; Ratramnus and GottschalkTenth The Dark AgesEleventh The Great Schism; Anselm of CanterburyTwelfth The Crusades, Abelard, Lombard, and the WaldensesThirteenth Francis of Assisi and Thomas AquinasFourteenth The Church's Babylonian Captivity and John WycliffeFifteenth The Renaissance, Huss, Savonarola, and GrooteSixteenth Luther, Calvin, and the ReformationSeventeenth Reforming the Church in EnglandEighteenth The Great AwakeningNineteenth Beginnings of Modern Theology and Kingdom BuildersTwentieth The Age of Paradoxes