A Quick Look at Christian History: A Chronological Timeline Through the Centuries

by George Kurian

Overview

A few weeks after Easter AD 33, the entire church fit in one upstairs room. In just decades, it exploded into a worldwide movement. What happened?

Follow the action with this collection of the highs and lows of the people of God. Its twenty informative and fast-paced chapters are arranged by centuries. Each one begins with a summary of the most important statistics and influential Christians at that time. In the rest of each chapter, you’ll find concise notes about the history of Christianity, including its…

• practices and beliefs
• denominations and movements
• institutions and traditions
• evangelism and persecution
• literature, art, and architecture

You can also use the helpful index to read topically rather than chronologically.

Follow the explosive spread of the gospel and discover your amazing heritage as a member of God’s family.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780736953795
Publisher:	Harvest House Publishers
Publication date:	04/01/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	571 KB

About the Author

George Kurian has produced more than 60 reference works, including 15 multivolume encyclopedias. Three have been selected as Outstanding reference Books of the Year by the American Library Association. Mr. Kurian is a member of the World Academy of Arts and Sciences and is listed in Who’s Who in America.

Table of Contents

Introduction 5

The First Century (1-100) 7

The Age of the Apostles

The Second Century (100-200) 13

The Age of the Church Fathers

The Third Century (200-300) 18

The Great Persecutions

The Fourth Century (300-400) 24

Imperial Conversion

The Fifth Century (400-500) 34

The Great Councils

The Sixth Century (500-600) 39

The Golden Age of the Eastern Church

The Seventh Century (600-700) 45

The Rise of Islam

The Eighth Century (700-800) 50

Frankish Christianity

The Ninth Century (800-900) 55

The Carolinian Renaissance

The Tenth Century (900-1000) 59

Slavic Christianity

The Eleventh Century (1000-1100) 63

The Great Schism

The Twelfth Century (1100-1200) 69

The Crusades

The Thirteenth Century (1200-1300) 76

The Age of Scholasticism

The Fourteenth Century (1300-1400) 85

The Age of Babylonian Captivity

The Fifteenth Century (1400-1500) 93

The Fall of Constantinople

The Sixteeth Century (1500-1600) 103

The Reformation

Seventeenth Century (1600-1700) 125

The Age of Christian Expansion

The Eighteenth Century (1700-1800) 141

The Age of Protestant Revivals

The Nineteenth Century (1800-1900) 157

The Age of the Great Missionaries

The Twentieth Century (1900-2000) 187

The Age of Expectancy

The Twenty-First Century 238

The Dawn of the Third Millennium

Appendixes

1 Christian Literature 243

2 Christian Creeds 247

3 The 100 Most Consequential Events in Christian History 249