History of Christianity
Scope: An in-depth study of the history of the development of Christianity in its first 1500 years leading up to the Reformation. Click on the titles to study the class notes or listen to the audio.
Phase I. History of Christianity
1. Introduction and the Cultural Context
4. Persecution & Extreme Christianity
Phase II. History of Christianity
6. Christianity and Imperial Politics
7. The Spread of a Christian Culture
8. A Radical Christianity - Monasticism
9. Further Expansion & Rise of Islam
Phase III. History of Christianity
10. From Roman to Holy Roman Empire
11. The Great Divorce & Monastic Reform
12. Crusades, Universities, Scholastic Theology
13. The Inquisitions & The Holy Tradition
14. Corruption and the Beginnings of Reform