General Church History

 

GENERAL CHURCH HISTORY

• 24.10.1648 - Treaty of Westphalia
• 4th Century Councils
• Annotated Justinian Code
• Audio Lectures (mainly biographical)
• Authors
• B.F. C. Atkinson
• Bautz - Kirchenlexikon
• BBC History
• Biographical Sketches
• Biographical Sketches
• Brief Sketches
• British History
• Catholic Doctors (RC)
• Church Councils
• Church Councils^^
• Church Councils (Hefele)
• Church Lexicon - (Biography And Bibliography - German)
• Corpus Reformatorum
• Corpus Reformatorum
• Dr. N Needham - Learning from Church History (Audio Lecture 19.11.2007)
• Dr. N. Needham - 2000 Years of Christ's Power (purchase only) ***
• Edward Gibbon - The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire
• Edward Gibbon - The History of the Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire
• European History - Documents
• European Leadership Forum
• F. F. Bruce - The Spreading Flame^
• Fox's Book Of Martyrs
• Fox's Book Of Martyrs
• German materials (Glaubensstimme)
• Greek and Latin Texts
• Heiligenlexikon
• Hekman Library
• Hekman Library (online resources) ***
• Jeffery S. Smith - Medieval Church History (audio Lectures)
• Jon Zens - Four Tragic Shifts In The Visible Church180-400 A. D.
• Kenneth Scott Latourette - The Unquenchable Light
• L Berkhof - The History of Christian Doctrines
• Latin Works
• Martyrs' Mirror
• Martyrs' Mirror (German)
• Medieval (Netserf)
• Medieval Europe
• Medieval Period
• Medieval Period
• Medieval Period - Audio Lectures
• Medieval Video sources
• Michael Adams - Audio Lecture On Nicaea
• Miller's Church History
• Chronological List of All the Popes (RC Perspective)^^
• Quakers
• Reformation History & Modern History
• Rev. J.A. Wylie, LL.D. - The Papacy:Its History, Dogmas,Genius, and Prospects
• Roman Catholicism - see my M Luther blog, in loc.)
• Sam Waldron - Historical Theology I.: Early Church History (audio / video)
• Sam Waldron - Historical Theology II.: Medieval to Reformation Church History (audio / video lectures)
• Short Biographical Materials (German)
• Short Biographical sketches
• Short Biographies (Audio)
• Sketches of Church History
• The Catholic Encyclopaedia
• The Royal Archives
• Vollständiges Heiligen-Lexikon
• Well-known Christians (audio)

READING LIST

OVERVIEW

I trust that in the providence of God this site will be of some help to those who wish to walk with God.The author welcomes questions and comments.

1. The best available introduction to Church History for the average Christian is N Needham (5 vols. thus far): 2000 Years of Christ's Power, available from the Metropolitan Tabernacle Bookshop, London.

2. P Schaff, of course, is a must, although more has been discovered now!

3. W Walker - A History of the Christian Church. Brief, but excellent!

HISTORICAL THEOLOGY

1. G. Bromiley - Historical Theology - Click here for Index and Sample Pages. Review - see here. 

2. Willam Cunningham - Historical Theology, vols. 1 and 2 can be read online. Or click here for botrh volumes.

3. William G. T. Shedd - A History of Christian Doctrine

4. Sam Storms - Historical Theology

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Why read Church History?

Michael A. G. Haykin: Why Read Early Christian Authors?