Lesson 19 The "Christian" Middle Ages: The Emergence of Papal Power

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Lesson 18 The Age of Christian Empire: Augustine on the Millennium and the Fall of Rome

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Supplemental Resources

History Channel Documentary on The Dark Ages

Lesson 17 The Age of Christian Empire: Augustine The Man, The Myth, The Heretic

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Supplemental Materials

Wikipedia entry for Augustine

Augnet the offical website of the order of St. Augustine (Catholic Site)

Catholic Encycopedia The Works of St. Augustine of Hippo

Augustine of Hippo by Peter Brown

Augustine the Confessions edited by Gillian Clark

Lesson 16 The Age of Christian Empire: The Pilgrim Church, Monasteries, and Missions

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Lesson 15 The Age of Christian Empire: The First Council of Nicea (325)

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Supplemental Resources

The First Council of Nicea wikipedia entry.

Arius wikipedia entry.

Arius: Heresy and Tradition by Rowan Williams

Lesson 14 The Age of Christian Empire: The Impact of Constantine

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Supplemental Resources

Life of Constantine by Eusebius

Constantine: History, Historiography, and Legend by Samuel N.C. Lieu

Wikipedia entry for Constantine the Great

Constantine the Great: The Reorganization of the Empire and the Triumph of the Church by John B. Firth

Constantine: Ruler of Christian Rome by Julian Morgan

History Channel Documentary on Constantine the Great

Lesson 13 The Patristic Period: Alexandria the Hot Bed of Corruption

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Supplemental Resources

Please note: I do not agree with all the view expressed in these supplementary resources. They are provided for the benefit of those who wish to dig deeper into the issues raised in this lesson.

Early Christian Writings Origen

Wikipedia Entry on Origen

Origen by Joseph W. Trigg

Wikipedia Entry on the Hexapla

Early Christian Writings Clement of Alexandria

Clement of Alexandria by Eric Osborn

Lesson 12 The Patristic Period: The Evolution of the Catholic Church, Part 2

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Lesson 11 The Patristic Period: The Evolution of the Catholic Church, Part 1

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Lesson 10 The Patristic Period: The Formation of the Canon

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Supplemental Resources

Early Christian Writings: Marcion

The Gnostic Society Library: Marcion: Gospel of the Lord and Other Writings

Against Marcion by Tertullian

Marcion and Luke-Acts: A Defining Struggle by Joesph B. Tyson

History Channel documentary Banned From the Bible. To Watch the entire the documentary following the Links on YouTube. This documentary touches upon the views of Marcion, books that did not make the New Testament Canon, as well as laying out the standard view for how the New Testament Canon was formed.

Lesson 9 Overview of the Patristic Period

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Lesson 8 Early Church History: From the Death of Paul to the Apostolic Fathers

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Lesson 7 Early Church History: Local Churches Enter Apostacy

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Lesson 6 Early Church History: Paul Establishes Local Churches

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Lesson 5 What is the Church?

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Lesson 4 The Challenge of Church History

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Lesson 3 The Importance of History to the Christian Worldview

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Lesson 2 The Biblical View of History

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Lesson 1 What is History?

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Start Date and Course Outline

Starting Sunday, September 12, 2010 Grace Life Bible Church in Grand Rapids, MI will be starting it's 2010/2011 School Year. This year we are offering two Grace Life School of Theology courses. Sunday mornings at 9:00 am during our Sunday School hour I (Bryan Ross) will be teaching a class entitled: Church History: A Tale of Two Churches Tracing the Loss and Recovery of Pauline Truth. Sunday evenings, Brother Craig Holcom, will be teaching Into. to World Religions.

This blog was created to be an extension of my classroom for those who are not able to join us in person, but would like to study Church History through the lenses of Pauline truth. I have spent my entire summer reading and preparing for this class. I hope you will consider joining us online. My plan is to share video, audio, PDF Notes, Maps, and PowerPoints from these classes through this blog. In addition, the blog format will allow interested parities to post questions or engage in discussion of these topics. Please share this site with any friends or family you think might be interested.

Please read the course outline for more information regarding this class.