Publisher's Synopsis
The Church History, Volume One Pack offers a unique contextual view of how the Christian church spread and developed. It did so, not in a vacuum, but in a setting of times, cultures, and events that both influenced and were influenced by the church. This resource looks closely at the integral link between the history of the world and that of the church.
The Church History, Volume One Pack includes:
- Church History, Volume One, a bestselling textbook that explores the development of the church from the first through the thirteenth centuries. Filled with maps, charts, and illustrations, it offers overviews of the Roman, Greek, and Jewish worlds; insights into the church's relationship to the Roman Empire, with glimpses into pagan attitudes toward Christians; the place of art and architecture, literature and philosophy, both sacred and secular; and much more.
- Church History, Volume One Video Lectures, featuring a video lecture for each of the 24 chapters in the textbook
The Church History. Volume One Pack contains everything you need to gain an in-depth understanding of how the Christian church spread and developed from the days of Jesus to the years prior to the Reformation.
Session Titles and Runtimes:
1 - The Setting for the Story's Beginning (19 min)
2 - Jesus and the Beginnings of the Church (18 min)
3 - The Subapostolic Age (17 min)
4 - The Church and the Empire (22 min)
5 - Heresies and Schisms in the Second Century (15 min)
6 - The Defense against Rival Interpretations (20 min)
7 - The Fathers of the Old Catholic Church and Their Problems (25 min)
8 - Church Life in the Second and Third Centuries (15 min)
9 - Development of the Church during the Third Century (19 min)
10 - Diocletian and Constantine: On the Threshold of the Fourth Century (19 min)
11 - The Church in the Fourth Century: Doctrine, Organization, and Literature (21 min)
12 - Monasticism, Expansion, Life, and Worship: The Church in the Fourth Century (19 min)
13 - Christological Controversies to Chalcedon (17 min)
14 - Augustine, Pelagius, and Semipelagianism (20 min)
15 - Transitions to the Middle Ages: Germanic Migrations, Doctrinal Developments, and the Papacy (19 min)
16 - Eastern and Western Churches in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries (17 min)
17 - The Eastern Church from the Seventh to the Eleventh Centuries (18 min)
18 - The Western Church from the Seventh to the Ninth Centuries (18 min)
19 - Decline and Renewal of Vitality in the West: The Ninth to the Eleventh Centuries (15 min)
20 - The Papal Reform Movement and the First Crusade (17 min)
21 - Intellectual Revival: The Rise of Scholasticism (20 min)
22 - Monastic, Literary, Cultural, and Political Activities in the Twelfth Century (17 min)
23 - The Glory of the Western Medieval Church: The Thirteenth Century (18 min)
24 - Portents of Decline (18 min)
