The Church In History

1 00.4. Preface 2 00.5. Acknowledgments 3 01. Part One: When the Christian Church Was Young 4 02. Chapter 1: The New Testament Church is Born, A.D. 33 5 03. Chapter 2: The Church Grows Outwardly, 33-313 6 04. Chapter 3: The Church Grows Inwardly, 33-325 7 05. Chapter 4: The Church Is Tempered, 33-313 8 06. Chapter 5: The Church Is Victorious, 313 9 07. Chapter 6: The Church Consolidates, 325-451 10 08. Chapter 7: The Church Deteriorates, 100-461 11 09. Chapter 8: The Church Survives and Grows Again, 376-754 12 10. Part Two: The Church in the Middle Ages 13 11. Chapter 9: The Church Loses Territory, 632-732 14 12. Chapter 10: The Church Is Divided, 1054 15 13. Chapter 11: The Church Forms an Alliance, 751 - 800 16 14. Chapter 12: The Church Develops Its Organization, 461 -1073 17 15. Chapter 13: The Church in Bondage to the State, 885-1049 18 16. Chapter 14: The Church Develops Monasticism 19 17. Chapter 15: The Church Makes Efforts to Free Itself, 1049-1058 20 18. Chapter 16: The Church Continues Efforts to Free Itself, 1059-1073 21 19. Chapter 17: The Church Faces a Great Struggle, 1073 22 20. Chapter 18: The Church Is Forced to Compromise, 1073-1122 23 21. Chapter 19: The Church Inspires the Crusades, 1096-1291 24 22. Chapter 20: The Church Rises to the Greatest Height of Its Power, 1198-1216 25 23. Chapter 21: The Church Declines in Power, 1294-1417 26 24. Chapter 22: The Church Is Stirred, 1200-1517 27 25. Part Three: The Church in Reformation 28 26. Chapter 23: The Church Is Shaken, October 31, 1517 29 27. Chapter 24: The Church Is Convulsed, 1517-1521 30 28. Chapter 25: The Church Is Reformed in Germany and Scandinavia, 1520-1530 31 29. Chapter 26: The Church Is Reformed in German Switzerland, 1523-1529 32 30. Chapter 27: The Church Is Reformed in French Switzerland, 1541-1555 33 31. Chapter 28: The Church Is Reformed in France, 1541-1559, and in the Netherlands, 1561-1571 34 32. Chapter 29: The Church Is Reformed in Scotland, 1557-1570 35 33. Chapter 30: The Church Is Reformed in England, 1534-1563 36 34. Chapter 31: The Roman Church Undertakes Reform, 1545-1563 37 35. Chapter 32: The Protestant Churches Fight for Their Life, 1546-1648 38 36. Part Four: The Church After The Reformation 39 37. Chapter 33: The Church in the Post-Reformation Era 40 38. Chapter 34: The Church in England Continues to Ferment, 1558-1689 41 39. Chapter 35: The Conflict Between Catholics and Protestants Continues, 1667-1690 42 40. Chapter 36: The Rise and Growth of the Congregationalists 43 41. Chapter 37: The Rise and Growth of the Baptists 44 42. Chapter 38: Serious Departures from Historic Protestantism 45 43. Chapter 39: More Moderate Departures from Historic Protestantism 46 44. Chapter 40: The Origin and Development of Methodism 47 45. Chapter 41: Modernism's Break with Historic Christianity 48 46. Chapter 42: The Eastern and the Roman Church since the Reformation, 1648 to the Present 49 47. Chapter 43: Controversy Continues in Germany and England 50 48. Chapter 44: The Reformed Churches Survive Persecution 51 49. Chapter 45: The Church Grows Once More, 7500 to the Present 52 50. Part Five: The Church In The United States 53 51. Chapter 46: The Church Is Extended into the New World 54 52. Chapter 47: The Church Experiences a Great Awakening 55 53. Chapter 48: The Church and the War for Independence 56 54. Chapter 49: The Churches in the New National Period 57 55. Chapter 50: The Church Moves West 58 56. Chapter 51: The Church Experiences a Second Awakening 59 57. Chapter 52: The Church in a Time of Turmoil 60 58. Chapter 53: The Civil War and Reconstruction Periods 61 59. Chapter 54: The Church Faces Modern Problems 62 60. Chapter 55: The Church Seeks to Preserve the Faith 63 61. Chapter 56: The Churches Seek Co-operation and Union 64 62. Chapter 57: A Look Backward and Forward