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An 1842 edition of Eusebius's Ecclesiastical History. The Ecclesiastical History (Ancient Greek: Ἐκκλησιαστικὴ Ἱστορία, Ekklēsiastikḕ Historía; Latin: Historia Ecclesiastica), also known as The History of the Church and Church History, is a 4th-century chronological account of the development of Early Christianity from the 1st century to the 4th century, composed by ...
Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception. Henry Melvill Gwatkin defined church history as "the spiritual side of the history of civilized people ever since our Master's coming". [ 1 ]
The history of the Catholic Church is integral to the history of Christianity as a whole. It is also, according to church historian Mark A. Noll, the "world's oldest continuously functioning international institution." [1] This article covers a period of just under two thousand years. Over time, schisms have disrupted the unity of Christianity.
History of Christianity Reading Room: Extensive online resources for the study of global church history (Tyndale Seminary). Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Christianity in History; Dictionary of the History of Ideas: Church as an Institution; Sketches of Church History From AD 33 to the Reformation by Rev. J. C Robertson, M.A., Canon of ...
The Western church used Latin, while Eastern church leaders spoke and wrote in Greek, Syrian, and other languages. Theological differences were evident. [ 183 ] [ 184 ] [ 185 ] In the Roman West, the church condemned Roman culture as sinful, tried to keep them separate, and struggled to resist State control (even though assimilation was still ...
Barend Klaas Kuiper (July 16, 1877 – July 21, 1961) was a history professor [1] [2] and author who wrote about Dutch Calvinist church history and the Protestant Reformation. [ 3 ] Personal life
Hughes, Philip (1935-1947), A History of The Church: An Introductory Study, New York: Sheed and Ward (3 volumes) [3] Volume I: The Church And The World In Which The Church Was Founded; Volume II: The Church And The World The Church Created. Augustine To Aquinas; Volume III: The Revolt Against The Church. Aquinas To Luther.
A manual of church history was published by Wouters (Compendium hist. eccl., 3 vols., Louvain, 1874), who also wrote Dissertationes in selecta capita hist. eccl. (6 vols. Louvain, 1868–72). Josef Andreas Jungmann dealt with general church history to the end of the 18th century in his Dissertationes selectæ in historiam ecclesiasticam.