A Handbook of Church History. From the Apostolic Era to the Dawn of the Reformation, with full dates, Chronological Tables and Index
Samuel Gosnell Green [1822-1905]

Book Description

Title:

Handbook of Church History. From the Apostolic Era to the Dawn of the Reformation, with full dates, Chronological Tables and Index

Author:

Samuel Gosnell Green [1822-1905]

Publication Year:

1904

Location:

London

Publisher:

The Religious Tract Society

Pages:

628

Subjects:

Church History, Introductions

Copyright Holder:

Public domain

Table of Contents

• Preface

1. The Apostolic Age
1. New Testament Church History
2. Organization and Officers of the Church
3. Ordinances and Worship of the Church
4. The Rule of Faith: Early Heresies
2. The Age of Conflict
1. Missions and Extent of the Church
2. The Church and Its Enemies: The Jews
3. The Church and Its Enemies: The Gentiles
4. The Defence of the Faith: The Apologists
5. General Christian Literature
6. The Rule of Faith: The New Testament Canon
7. The Interior Life of the Church
8. Controversies, Heresies, and Schisms
3. The Age of Doctrinal Development
1. The Church and the Empire
2. Church Organization and Life
3. The Chief Christian Writers: Their Lives and Works
4. The Theological Conflict
5. Local Controversies
6. The Church at the End of the Sixth Century
4. From the Death of Gregory the Great to the Coronation of Charlemagne
1. Characteristics of the Period
2. Mohammedanism and Christianity
3. Sects and Controversies
4. Eastern and Western Churches: End of the Period
5. From the Charlemagne to the Severence Between East and West. Rise of "The Holy Roman Empire"
1. Charlemagne and the Empire
2. Claims and Character of the Papacy
3. Theological Discussions and Heresies
4. Missions to the Heathen
5. Efforts For Purer Faith and Life
6. From the Separation of the Churches to the Removal of the Papal Court to Avignon.Age of the Crusades. The Papacy at its Height
1. Western Emperors and the Hierarchy
2. The Crusades
3. The Monastic Orders
4. Scholasticism
5. Religious Life and Worship
6. Protests Against Roman Doctrine
7. General Councils
8. The Eastern Church
7. From the Removal of the Papal Court to Avignon to the Birth of Martin Luther. Era of the "Reforming Councils"
1. The Hierarchy and the State
2. Reforming Movements in the Fourteenth Century
3. The Reforming Councils
4. Individual Precursors of the Reformation

• Chronological Tables
• Index

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