Quick Look at Christian History

A Chronological Timeline Through the Centuries

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• Publisher: Harvest House Publishers
• Year: 2015
• eBook ISBN:
  9780736953795
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Theology & Religion

A few weeks after Easter AD 33, the entire church fit in one upstairs room. In just decades, it exploded into a worldwide movement. What happened?Follow the action with this collection of the highs and lows of the people of God. Its twenty informative and fast-paced chapters are arranged by centuries. Each one begins with a summary of the most important statistics and influential Christians at that time. In the rest of each chapter, you'll find concise notes about the history of Christianity, including its...practices and beliefsdenominations and movementsinstitutions and traditionsevangelism and persecutionliterature, art, and architectureYou can also use the helpful index to read topically rather than chronologically.Follow the explosive spread of the gospel and discover your amazing heritage as a member of God's family.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Introduction
• The First Century (1–100): The Age of the Apostles
• The Second Century (100–200): The Age of the Church Fathers
• The Third Century (200–300): The Great Persecutions
• The Fourth Century (300–400): Imperial Conversion
• The Fifth Century (400–500): The Great Councils
• The Sixth Century (500–600): The Golden Age of the Eastern Church
• The Seventh Century (600–700): The Rise of Islam
• The Eighth Century (700–800): Frankish Christianity
• The Ninth Century (800–900): The Carolingian Renaissance
• The Tenth Century (900–1000): Slavic Christianity
• The Eleventh Century (1000–1100): The Great Schism
• The Twelfth Century (1100–1200): The Crusades
• The Thirteenth Century (1200–1300): The Age of Scholasticism
• The Fourteenth Century (1300–1400): The Age of Babylonian Captivity
• The Fifteenth Century (1400–1500): The Fall of Constantinople
• The Sixteenth Century (1500–1600): The Reformation
• The Seventeenth Century (1600–1700): The Age of Christian Expansion
• The Eighteenth Century (1700–1800): The Age of Protestant Revivals
• The Nineteenth Century (1800–1900): The Age of the Great Missionaries
• The Twentieth Century (1900–2000): The Age of Expectancy
• The Twenty-First Century: The Dawn of the Third Millennium
• Appendixes
• About the Publisher