Chronological And Background Charts of Church History

by Robert C. Walton

• ISBN13: 9780310258131
• ISBN10: 0310258138
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-01
• Publisher: HARPER COLLINS

Summary

The rich tapestry of nearly 2,000 years of church history overflows with persons, places, events, dates, and ideas. This volume in the popular ZondervanCharts series visually organizes large amounts of information from the history of the church for greater understanding and ease of reference. Students, teachers, pastors, and church history buffs will find this collection a valuable reference, one they will turn to again and again for their own information and for teaching others. This revised and expanded edition contains 126 charts (43 of which are new) that cover the history of the ancient church, the medieval church, the Reformation, the modern European church, the American church, and more. The accessible visual presentation assists in grasping not only facts, but parallels, contrasts, and relationships between those facts. Besides the charts themselves, a helpful bibliography and index are included.

Author Biography

Robert C. Walton (M.Div., Westminster Theological Seminary) teaches and serves as Academic Program Coordinator at The Christian Academy in Brookhaven, Pennsylvania

Table of Contents

Foreword	11	(2)
Preface	13	(180)
Overview and General Charts
A Timeline of Church History
The Parallel Structures of Systematic Theology and Church History
The Pendulum Effect in Church History
Divine Sovereignty and Free Will---The Debate through the Centuries
The Popes Recognized by the Roman Catholic Church
Branches of Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Major Styles of Church Architecture
Great Hymn Writers
The Ancient Church (to 476)
A Timeline of the Ancient Church (30-476)
The Twelve Disciples and Paul after the Death of Jesus
Early Symbols of Christianity
Worship in the Early Church
The Apostolic Fathers and Early Writings
The Second-Century Apologists
The Arguments of the Apologists
The Third-Century Church Fathers
The Development of the New Testament Canon
Books Debated for Inclusion in the New Testament Canon
Ante-Nicene Heresies
Roman Persecutions of Christians
Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
Development of Episcopacy in the First Five Centuries
Factors Contributing to the Supremacy of the Bishop of Rome
Major Ancient Church Doctrinal Controversies
Ancient Church Trinitarian Heresies
Ancient Church Christological Heresies
The Pelagian Controversy
The Ecumenical Councils of the Early Church
Monasticism in the Ancient Church
Women in the Ancient Church
The Medieval Church (476-1517)
A Timeline of the Medieval Church (c.500-1500)
The Conversion of the Barbarian Tribes
Church and State in the Byzantine Empire (c.500-1453)
Church and State in the West (754-1309)
The Iconoclastic Controversy
Early Medieval Church Leaders
The Primary Causes of the East-West Schism of 1054
The Crusades
The Muslim Conquest and the Crusades---A Comparison
The Theology of Scholasticism
Arguments for the Existence of God---The Five Ways of Thomas Aquinas
Major Monastic Orders
Medieval Mysticism
Women in the Middle Ages
Medieval Dissenters and Heretical Groups
The Great Schism of the Papacy (1378-1417)
Medieval Ecumenical Councils
Forerunners of the Reformation
The Reformation (1517-1648)
A Timeline of the Reformation in Germany (1517-1648)
A Timeline of the Reformation in Switzerland (1519-1575)
A Timeline of the Reformation in France (c.1510-1685)
A Timeline of the Reformation in England and Scotland (c.1530-1688)
A Timeline of the Reformation in the Netherlands (c.1530-1648)
A Timeline of the Catholic Reformation (c.1500-1648)
Four Major Reformers
Other German Reformers
Other Swiss Reformers
The Radical Reformation
Italian Renaissance Figures and Their Relationship to the Church
Northern Renaissance Figures and Their Relationship to the Church
The English Reformers
Church and State in Tudor England
The English Puritans
Church and State in Stuart England
Leaders of the French Huguenots
Church and State in France (1515-1589)
Protestant Creeds of the Reformation Era
Leaders of the Catholic Counterreformation
Religious Wars of the Reformation
Theological Issues---Protestant versus Catholic
Theological Issues---Lutheran versus Reformed
Theological Issues---Calvinist versus Arminian
A Family Tree of Protestant Denominational Groups
The Modern Church (from 1648)
A Timeline of the Modern Church in Britain (from 1688)
A Timeline of the Modern Church in Germany (from 1648)
A Timeline of the Modern Church in France, Switzerland, and the Netherlands (from 1648)
Leaders in the Development of Science and Their Relationship to the Church
English Deism and Its Opponents
Church and State in France (1589-1814)
German Pietism and English Methodism---A Comparison
John Wesley and George Whitefield---A Contrast
Other European Revivals
Evangelical Social Reformers in England
Major Figures in German Liberal Theology
Other Prominent Figures in European Theology
Prominent Protestant Missionaries
Prominent Roman Catholic Missionaries
Major Indigenous Christian Religious Movements in Africa
Modern Roman Catholic Ecumenical Councils
Forerunners of Pentecostalism
The Growth and Development of the World Council of Churches
Translations of the Bible into English
Notable Protestant Historians of the Church
The American Church (from 1607)
A Timeline of the Church in the American Colonies (1607--1776)
A Timeline of the Church in the United States (from 1776)
Religion in the Thirteen Colonies
Religious Utopian Communities in America
The American Puritans
Leaders of the First Great Awakening
Religious Influences Supporting the American Revolution
Religious Influences Opposed to the American Revolution
Leaders of the Second Great Awakening
A Comparison of the First and Second Great Awakenings
Major Nineteenth-Century Evangelical Social Reform Movements
Denominational Schisms over Slavery
Black Denominations in the United States
Major Nineteenth-Century American Cults
Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Parachurch Organizations
Nineteenth-Century American Theologians and Preachers
Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Revivalists
Key Figures in the Dissemination of Dispensationalism in America
A Comparison of Historic Covenant and Historic Dispensational Theology
Denominational Divisions over the Modernist-Fundamentalist Controversy
Key Figures in the Twentieth-Century Presbyterian Schisms
Twentieth-Century American Theologians and Preachers
Leading Figures of the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements
Pentecostals and Charismatics---A Comparison
An American Presbyterian Family Tree
An American Baptist Family Tree
An American Lutheran Family Tree
An American Episcopal Family Tree
An American Methodist Family Tree
An American Reformed and Congregationalist Family Tree
An American Pentecostal Family Tree
An American Mennonite Family Tree
An American Adventist Family Tree
Bibliography	193	(2)
Index	195