| Introduction: Church History in a Nutshell | |
| 1. | A Panoramic View of Christian History | |
| 2. | The Meaning of Universal History: God's Glory Revealed, Redemption Accomplished | |
| 3. | A Summary of Church History | |
| 4. | The Divisions of History | |
| 5. | A Protestant View of Church History | |
| The Ancient Period of Church History (from Christ to 600) | |
| 6. | The History of the Church: The Ancient Period | |
| 7. | Prominent Cities in the Eastern Mediterranean | |
| 8. | Prominent Cities in the West | |
| The Age of the Apostles (from Christ to 100) | |
| 9. | The Setting of the Church | |
| 10. | The History of Israel: The Intertestamental Era | |
| 11. | History of the Intertestamental Era and the Jews | |
| 12. | The Division of Alexander's Empire | |
| 13. | The Maccabean Revolt | |
| 14. | The Life of Jesus Christ | |
| 15. | Palestine in Christ's Day | |
| 16. | Politics of Palestine in Christ's Day | |
| 17. | The Beginning of the Church | |
| 18. | Paul's First Missionary Journey | |
| 19. | Paul's Second Missionary Journey | |
| 20. | Paul's Third Missionary Journey | |
| 21. | Paul's Journey to Rome | |
| 22. | Paul's Release Journeys | |
| 23. | The Diaspora and the Churches of the First Century | |
| The Age of the Earliest Church Fathers (from 100 to 150) | |
| 24. | The Earliest Church Fathers | |
| 25. | The History of the Rise of the Episcopacy | |
| 26. | The Concept of Authority in the Early Church | |
| 27. | The Components of Early Church Government | |
| 28. | The Earliest Church Fathers and End-Time Events | |
| The Age of the Apologists (from 150 to 300) | |
| 29. | The Apologists | |
| 30. | Early Church Writers and Writings | |
| 31. | Emperors and Persecutions | |
| 32. | The Schools of Thought in Early Christianity | |
| 33. | Justin Martyr's Apologetics | |
| 34. | Clement of Alexandria on Philosophy | |
| 35. | Clement of Alexandria on Levels of Christian Experience | |
| 36. | The Apologists and Their Understanding of Christ | |
| 37. | Irenaeus and the Recapitulation Theory of the Atonement | |
| 38. | Origen and the Ransom-to-Satan View of the Atonement | |
| 39. | Baptism in the Early Church | |
| 40. | Baptism and Salvation in the Early Church | |
| 41. | The Lord's Supper in the Early Church | |
| 42. | The Apologists and End-Time Events | |
| 43. | Gnosticism: Perplexing Questions | |
| 44. | Essential Components of Gnosticism | |
| 45. | Gnosticism's Concept of Salvation | |
| 46. | Manicheanism | |
| 47. | Marcionism | |
| 48. | Gnosticism and Marcionism Compared | |
| 49. | Montanism | |
| 50. | Church-State Relations | |
| 51. | The Response of the Ancient Church to Heresy | |
| 52. | The Old Roman Symbol: A Baptismal Confession | |
| 53. | The Major Bishoprics in the Roman Empire | |
| 54. | The Church in the Roman Empire | |
| 55. | Christians in the Roman Empire | |
| The Triumph of the Church over the Empire (from 300 to 600) | |
| 56. | The Major Churchmen of the Period | |
| 57. | The Major Councils of the Early Church | |
| 58. | Adoptionism: An Attempt to Explain Christ | |
| 59. | Modalism: An Attempt to Explain Christ | |
| 60. | Adoptionism and Modalism Compared | |
| 61. | Arianism | |
| 62. | Arianism: The Opponents and the Issue | |
| 63. | The Nicene Creed (325) | |
| 64. | The Arian Controversy and Trinitarianism | |
| 65. | The Resurgence of Arianism | |
| 66. | Trinitarianism (Error Avoided) | |
| 67. | The Doctrine of God: Perspectives in the Christian Era | |
| 68. | The Trinity and the Incarnate Christ Compared | |
| 69. | The Major Schools of Thought in the Fourth-Century Christological Debates | |
| 70. | Apollinarianism (A Denial of the Humanity of Christ) | |
| 71. | The Creed of Constantinople (381) | |
| 72. | Nestorianism (A Divided Christ: Denial of Unity) | |
| 73. | Eutychianism (Monophysitism) (A United Christ: Denial of Duality) | |
| 74. | The Creed of Chalcedon (451) | |
| 75. | The Creed of Constantinople (553) | |
| 76. | The Debate over Christology: The Rending of the Catholic Church | |
| 77. | The Divisions of the Catholic Church | |
| 78. | The Life of Pelagius | |
| 79. | The Anthropology of Pelagius | |
| 80. | The Ecclesiastical and Literary Career of Augustine | |
| 81. | The Anthropology of Augustine | |
| 82. | Pelagius and Augustine: A Study in Contrast | |
| 83. | Pelagius and Augustine Compared | |
| 84. | Augustine on Freedom of Choice | |
| 85. | Augustine's Theory of History: The Two Cities | |
| 86. | Augustine and the Triumph of Amillennialism | |
| 87. | Augustine and the Nature of the Church | |
| 88. | The Development of Monasticism | |
| 89. | John Cassian and Cooperative Grace | |
| 90. | Divine Grace and the Synod Of Orange (529) | |
| 91. | Basic Views in the Sin-and-Grace Controversy | |
| 92. | Basic Views of Grace Summarized | |
| 93. | Early Medieval Christianity and Baptism | |
| The Medieval Period of Church History (from 600 to 1500) | |
| 94. | The Emerging Power of the Medieval Church | |
| 95. | The Rise of Episcopacy and Papacy in the Church | |
| 96. | Europe in the Time of Gregory the Great (590-604) | |
| 97. | The Medieval Church: Social Disintegration and Religious Renewal | |
| 98. | The History of the Doctrine of Salvation in the Ancient and Medieval Church | |
| 99. | The Emergence of the Roman Catholic Church | |
| 100. | The Development of Roman Catholic Theology | |
| 101. | Political Structures in the Medieval Period | |
| 102. | The Carolingian Empire during the Time of Charles the Great | |
| 103. | The Breakup of the Carolingian Empire | |
| 104. | Viking Raids and Expansion | |
| 105. | Missionary Activity in the Medieval Period | |
| 106. | The Spread of the Church: The Witness of Vernacular Translations | |
| 107. | Missionary Expansion to England | |
| 108. | Christianity among British and Germanic Peoples | |
| The Rise of the Islamic Faith | |
| 109. | The History of Islam | |
| 110. | The Spread of Islam | |
| 111. | The Five Pillars of Islam | |
| The Continuing Christological Controversy | |
| 112. | Monothelitism | |
| 113. | The Creed of Constantinople (680) | |
| The Division of the Church: West and East | |
| 114. | Constantine's New Capital: The Seeds of Division | |
| 115. | The Filioque Controversy | |
| 116. | The History of the Orthodox Church: An Eastern Perspective | |
| 117. | The Debate over Authority: The Rending of the (Chalcedonian) Catholic Church | |
| The Crusades | |
| 118. | The Path of the Medieval Crusades | |
| 119. | The Crusades and the Kingdom of Jerusalem | |
| Monasticism | |
| 120. | The Major Monasteries of the Middle Ages | |
| 121. | The Religious Orders of the Medieval Period | |
| Scholasticism | |
| 122. | The Rise of Scholasticism | |
| 123. | The Emerging Universities of Europe | |
| 124. | University Curricula | |
| 125. | The Introduction of Aristotle's Writings into Western Theology | |
| 126. | Scholastic Approaches to Knowing | |
| 127. | Anselm and the Meaning of the Atonement | |
| 128. | Abelard and the Meaning of the Atonement | |
| 129. | The Anselmic and Abelardian Theories in Protestantism | |
| 130. | Peter Lombard: The Source and Application of Merit | |
| 131. | Peter Lombard: The Concept of Grace | |
| 132. | Peter Lombard: The Seven Sacraments as Means of Grace | |
| 133. | Peter Lombard: The Seven Sacraments Explained | |
| 134. | The History of the Doctrine of the Lord's Supper | |
| 135. | Transubstantiation: The Roman Catholic View of the Lord's Table | |
| 136. | The Accomplishments of Christ: A Treasury of Merit | |
| 137. | Thomas Aquinas and Merit through an Increase of Grace | |
| 138. | Thomas Aquinas: Divine Redemption and Merit | |
| 139. | Thomas Aquinas and Justification: Forgiveness without Righteousness | |
| 140. | Thomas Aquinas: The Steps to Salvation | |
| 141. | Thomas Aquinas and Transubstantiation | |
| 142. | Thomas Aquinas: The Role of Baptism | |
| 143. | The Importance of Thomas Aquinas in the Roman Catholic Tradition | |
| 144. | Thomas Aquinas and the Reformers: Views of Justification Compared | |
| 145. | William of Ockham and Gabriel Biel: The Steps to Salvation | |
| 146. | The Reformation Traditions: Different Views of the Past | |
| The Fracturing of the Church: The Need for Reform | |
| 147. | The Church on the Eve of the Reformation | |
| 148. | How the Reformation Came About: Three Essentials | |
| 149. | The Controversy over Papal versus Conciliar Authority | |
| 150. | The Latin Vulgate: The Need for New Translations | |
| 151. | John Wycliffe: A Voice for Reform | |
| 152. | The Meaning of the Renaissance | |
| 153. | The Renaissance Academies in Italy | |
| 154. | Scholasticism and Renaissance Humanism Compared | |
| 155. | The Medieval View of History | |
| 156. | The Renaissance View of History | |
| 157. | The Need for Reform: Agreement between Luther and Erasmus | |
| 158. | The Conflict between Luther and Erasmus | |
| 159. | The Failure of the Church on the Eve of the Reformation | |
