A Journey through Church History

A Journey through Church History, available at $49.99, has an average rating of 4.45, with 21 lectures, based on 27 reviews, and has 172 subscribers.

You will learn about A general timeline of the history of Christianity The role of the Church in society through the centuries The basic differences in Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant traditions of the Church Key persons, dates, and events in the history of Christianity (the good and not so good) This course is ideal for individuals who are Persons interested in church history or Christians interested in discipleship It is particularly useful for Persons interested in church history or Christians interested in discipleship.

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Title: A Journey through Church History

Price: $49.99

Average Rating: 4.45

Number of Lectures: 21

Number of Published Lectures: 21

Number of Curriculum Items: 21

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 21

Original Price: $64.99

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What You Will Learn

A general timeline of the history of Christianity
The role of the Church in society through the centuries
The basic differences in Catholic, Orthodox and Protestant traditions of the Church
Key persons, dates, and events in the history of Christianity (the good and not so good)

Who Should Attend

Persons interested in church history
Christians interested in discipleship

Target Audiences

Persons interested in church history
Christians interested in discipleship

One of the often-heard objections to faith in Christ is that it is old fashioned or outdated, a relic of the distant past and therefore easily discarded. After all, what could a two thousand year old faith have to say to us in the twenty-first century?

This class seeks to address this question. In short, what could a two thousand year old faith have to say to us? A lot!

For those of us who are a part of the Christian Church, our history is not something to be discarded as foreign, or cut-off from our time. No, church history is a recognition that all that the Church is today, has been informed, shaped, and influenced by what has gone before. So, to investigate church history is to dig the depths of who we are, and as we do, it is my hope that we come to a better understanding of what it means to be faithful to Jesus in our own day.

For those of us who are not yet a part of the Christian Church, it may be that what you think you know about Christianity, has been shaped by particular ways of reading history, theology or sacred texts. Wherever your knowledge of the Church has come from, let me offer a new perspective, one that does not sugar-coat the past in order to paint a misleading picture of the present.

This course is designed to do two things:

1. Offer a memorable timeline of significant events in Church history

2. Invite you to engage with the sources of history for yourself

Using the century by century method, this course enables you to see the whole picture (granted: we will not be able to cover EVERYTHING) and engaging the sources develops the skills you need to do your own research. Don’t just let others tell you what happened; read the sources for yourself!

It is my joy to offer this course to you as an introduction to this topic. By no means am I able to investigate everything, but it is my hope that you will finish this course with a helpful understanding and the desire to learn more!

This Udemy course was written and directed by Joseph Wood. It was produced by Nazarene Theological College, Manchester in 2020.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Early Church History

Lecture 1: Introduction to the course

Lecture 2: 1st Century – The World into which Christianity was Born

Lecture 3: 2nd Century – Authority, Apology, and Atrocity

Lecture 4: 3rd Century – Apologists, Persecution and Monasticism

Lecture 5: 4th Century – Councils, Creeds and Cappadocians

Lecture 6: 5th Century – Augustine and St Patrick

Chapter 2: Early Medieval Church History

Lecture 1: 6th Century – Byzantium, Gregory the Great and the Rise of Islam

Lecture 2: 7th Century – Rise of Islam, The Venerable Bede and the Synod of Whitby

Lecture 3: 8th Century – Charles Martel in the West and John of Damascus in the East

Lecture 4: 9th Century – Charlemagne, Renaissance in the West and Tensions in the East

Lecture 5: 10th Century – Cluniacs Emerge, Scholasticism Develops and Carolingians Decline

Chapter 3: Late and High Medieval Church History

Lecture 1: 11th Century – New Millenium, New Challenges and New Relationships

Lecture 2: 12th Century – Crusades, Bernard of Clairvaux and Pope Innocent III

Lecture 3: 13th Century – New Monasticism, Aquinas and Developments in Scholasticism

Lecture 4: 14th Century – Unam Sanctum, the Black Death and Challenges to Authority

Lecture 5: 15th Century – Jan Hus, the Council of Constance and Renaissance Humanism

Chapter 4: Reformation and Modern Church History

Lecture 1: 16th Century – Reformations

Lecture 2: 17th Century – Calvinism, Arminianism, Pietism and Puritanism

Lecture 3: 18th Century – The Wesley's, Whitefield and Methodism

Lecture 4: 19th Century – Liberty, Industry and Globalism

Lecture 5: 20th Century – Move of the Spirit, New Technologies and Global Shifts

Instructors

Joseph Wood
Senior Lecturer in Theology and Church History

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