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CH310

Ancient and Medieval Church History

Course Description

A study of Christianity from the Early Church to the dawn of the Reformation, with source material readings. This course places an emphasis on the application of church history to life and ministry and helps the student to understand the development of Christian thought and the formulation of doctrine as part of God's overall pattern of history.

Course Instructor

David Calhoun

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Use the episode guide below to read transcripts and listen to podcasts.

MP3 Audio Lectures & Resources Lecture Transcript Study Guide
1 The Study of Church History Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
2 The Growth of the Christian Church Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
3 The Persecutions Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
4 The Apologists Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
5 Orthodoxy and Heresy Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
6 Canon, Creed, and Bishops Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
7 The Early Church Fathers Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
8 The People of the Early Church Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
9 The Church in the Fourth Century Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
10 The Beginnings of Monasticism Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
11 Donatism Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
12 The Council of Nicea Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
13 Cappadocians and Constantinople Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
14 Ambrose, Jerome, and Chrysostom Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
15 Augustine's Confessions Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
16 Augustine and the Pelagian Controversy Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
17 Augustine's Theology of History Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
18 The Council of Chalcedon Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
19 The Early Middle Ages Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
20 Medieval Missions Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
21 The Christianization of Great Britain Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
22 Learning and Theology Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
23 Eastern Orthodoxy Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
24 The Late Middle Ages Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
25 Medieval Monasticism Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
26 Crusades or Missions? Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
27 The Waldensians Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
28 Scholastic Theology Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
29 Thomas Aquinas Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
30 The Sacramental System Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
31 Church and State Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
32 Wycliffe and Hus Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
33 Reform in Italy Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
34 Mysticism and the Modern Devotion Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
35 The Waning of the Middle Ages Transcript PDF Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
36 Appendix A: Catholic World Missions Transcript n/a Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
37 Appendix B: The Spread of the Western Church Transcript n/a Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
38 Appendix C: The Spread of the Eastern Church Transcript n/a Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen
39 Appendix D: The 100 Most Important Dates in Church History Transcript n/a Transcript Study Guide PDF Download Listen

Additional Resources

Related Readings

All of the books specified as related reading for this course are listed below. Books may be ordered from a local Christian bookstore, through a mail order catalog, from the Covenant Seminary Online Store, or from the Covenant Seminary Bookstore on campus (call toll-free at 877-213-3353).

* The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1, Justo L. Gonzalez (BUY NOW)



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