Essential Church history : and the doctrinal significance of the past. / Adam Murrell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murrell, Adam, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history.

Theology, Doctrinal--History.

Theology, Doctrinal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 116 pages)

Place of Publication:

Eugene, Oregon : Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2011.

Summary:

Essential Church History is an interesting, informative, and consistently readable narrative of the church. It brings to life central people and dramatic events that shaped the Christian religion-including the formation of the canon, the Arian controversy, the Crusades, and the Reformation period. Adam Murrell skillfully shows how the Bible, the believer's ultimate authority, must remain at the forefront in order for the church to be guided into truth. When that authority is abandoned or forsaken, however, the consequences are always devastating, as witnessed in the errors of Arianism, Pelagianism, holy wars, the moral bankruptcy of the medieval church, and liberal Protestantism. Essential Church History will serve as a fascinating introduction to the panoramic history of Christianity, all the while providing biblical truths for students and teachers of church history, for pastors, and for general readers.

Contents:

The canon of Scripture (c. 1400 BC-AD 95)

Persecution in the early church (64-313)

The Arian controversy (318-381)

Augustine of hippo and the Pelagian controversy (354-430)

The Crusades (1095-1291)

In quest for Reformation (1305-1516)

The Protestant Reformation (1517-1648)

The church in North America (1607-present)

Appendix I. Dating the books of the Bible.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781621891772

1621891771