Church History Short Course

Knox Theological Seminary

Short Course Curriculum

1. Lesson 1.1: Apostolic Fathers and the Pre-Nicene Era
2. Lesson 1.2: Issues and Themes of the Pre-Nicene Era
1. Lesson 2.1: Politics of the Nicene Patristics Era
2. Lesson 2.2: Councils and Creedal Theology
1. Lesson 3.1: Augustine and Pelagius
2. Lesson 3.2: The Fall of the Roman Empire
3. Lesson 3.3: European Christendom, the Rise of Islam, Councils and Schisms
1. Lesson 4.1: Characteristics of the Period, Church and State Tensions
2. Lesson 4.2: The Crusades, Indulgences, Scholasticism
3. Lesson 4.3: Codified Medieval Doctrines
1. Lesson 5.1: Pre-Reformers, Renaissance Humanism, Luther
2. Lesson 5.2: The Reformed Tradition, Catholic Counter-Reformation, Protestant Unity
1. Lesson 6.1: The Church in a Changing World
2. Lesson 6.2: Confessionalization and Protestant Orthodoxy
3. Lesson 6.3: Approaches to Puritanism, Pietism
1. Lesson 7.1: The Church in the Enlightenment
2. Lesson 7.2: The First and Second Great Awakenings
3. Lesson 7.3: American Presbyterianism, Dispensationalism, Third Great Awakening
1. Lesson 8.1: Pentecostalism, Theological Liberalism, Fundamentalism
2. Lesson 8.2: Response to the Modernist Controversy, Evangelicalism
1. Learning Assessments Guidance
2. Church History Learning Assessment
3. Book Review
4. Brief Essay
5. Learning Verification
1. Conclusion, Next Steps, New Opportunities, and Connections

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