The Church in History

by Booty, John E.

• ISBN13: 9780819219237
• ISBN10: 0819219231
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: MOOREHOUSE PUB.

Summary

This unique approach to understanding the history of the Anglican and Episcopal Churches was originally part of the 1979 Church's Teaching Series. Rather than writing a simple chronological history of the Church, John Booty, one of the premier experts in church history, explores the subject thematically. He addresses four major areas: -- the Church and its essential nature -- how a weak and faltering Church can be renewed and reformed -- how Christ, culture, church, and state relate to one another -- the Church's historical and current understanding of its mission Throughout, Booty concentrates not only on the history itself, but how that history relates to today's Church. Excellent for course work, or for lay study.

Table of Contents

The Importance of Church History for Ourselves and for the Community	1	(12)
Why Study History?	1	(2)
Why Study Church History?	3	(3)
An Anglican Perspective	6	(4)
The Plan of This Book	10	(3)
The Christian Community: The Body of Christ, an Evolving Institution	13	(40)
Ignatius of Antioch and the Beginning of the Church in History	13	(5)
The Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral and the Visible Church	18	(1)
The Gospel, the Scripture, and the Rule of Faith	19	(4)
Creeds and Councils	23	(4)
Episcopacy and the Christian Community	27	(4)
Liturgy and Sacraments: The Worshiping Community	31	(5)
The Church and the Four Essentials in the Middle Ages	36	(5)
The Sixteenth-Century Church of England and the Quadrilateral	41	(4)
The Holy Community Adapts to a New Place in a New Time	45	(8)
Renewal and Reform: ``Behold I make all things new''	53	(42)
Thomas Cranmer and Reform of Church and Society	53	(6)
Renewal and Reform: A Persistent Theme	59	(3)
Monasticism and Reform from the Early Church to the Middle Ages	62	(5)
Reform, the Pelagian Controversy, and St. Augustine	67	(2)
Two Ways of Reform in the Middle Ages: Pope Gregory VII and St. Francis	69	(5)
Renewal and Reform in the Sixteenth Century: Luther and Erasmus	74	(5)
Renewal, Reform, and the English Reformation	79	(4)
Reform in the Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Church of England	83	(6)
Reform in America and in the Protestant Episcopal Church	89	(6)
Church and Culture: Christ and Caesar in Tension	95	(38)
F. D. Maurice and Christ Transforming the World	95	(5)
The Church in the World: The Necessary Interaction	100	(4)
Persecution and Martyrdom: The First Phase in Church-State Relations	104	(3)
From Constantine to Justinian: Imperial Control of the Church	107	(4)
The Middle Ages: Church above State in an Hierarchical Society	111	(5)
Renaissance and Reformation: The Age of Royal Supremacy	116	(4)
Christianity and the Secular State: From the Seventeenth to the Twentieth Century	120	(5)
Church and Society: The Social Gospel in America	125	(8)
The Mission of the Community: ``To Every Kindred and Tongue''	133	(42)
Charles Henry Brent and the Nature of Mission	133	(6)
Mission: Christ and the Church	139	(3)
From Christ to Justinian: The First Expansion of the Church	142	(5)
The Middle Ages: Barbarians and Crusades	147	(4)
The Expansion of Europe: The Beginning of Modern Missions	151	(4)
The Great Century of Protestant Mission: 1789--1914	155	(5)
Twentieth Century Challenge: Repentance and Renewal	160	(7)
The Ecumenical Movement: ``That They May Be One''	167	(8)
The Church in History: Concluding Reflections	175	(8)
Four Themes and Four Issues	175	(3)
Four Themes and One Person: Janani Luwum	178	(5)
Notes	183	(8)
A Table of Significant Dates	191	(6)
Suggestions for Further Reading	197	(5)
Map Section Follows Page 201	202	(7)
Index	209