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Christian History Articles
THE MEDIAEVAL CHURCH
FIRST PERIOD (590-1073)
Chapter I The Barbarian Tribes
Chapter II Extension of Christian Territory by Missionaries
Chapter III Limitation of Christian Territory by Mohammedanism
Chapter IV Civil Patrons of Christianity
Chapter V Controversies
Chapter VI
Church Constitution and Discipline
I. The Relations between Church and State
II. The Clergy in General
III. The Papacy
IV. Discipline
Chapter VII
Worship and Life
SECOND PERIOD (1073-1294)
Introduction
Chapter I
Political Status of the Principle Countries of Europe
Chapter II
The Papal Theocracy and other Features of Church Constitution
I. Gregory VII and his more immediate successors
II. Alexander III. and Thomas Becket
III. Innocent III
IV. The Papacy from Innocent III to Boniface VIII
V. Various Features of Church Constitution
Chapter III The Crusades
Chapter IV
Monasticism
I. The Cistercians and their Great Representative
II. The Mendicant Orders
THIRD PERIOD (1294-1517)
Introduction
Chapter IChapter IV The Waldenses
Chapter V John Wycliffe and his followers
Chapter VI John Huss and the Hussites
Chapter VII
The Mystics
Chapter VIII
Savonarola
Chapter IX
The Mediæval Greek Church
Chapter X
Mediæval Hymns, Architecture, and Painting
I. Hymns
II. Architecture
III. Painting
Appendix
I. The Seven Sacraments
II. Genuineness of the Famous Bull of Adrian IV
III. Sorcery and Witchcraft
IV. Popes and Emperors
THE MODERN CHURCH--PART ONE
FIRST PERIOD (1517-1648)Chapter I Humanism and its Relation to the Reformation
Chapter II The Empire at the Dawn of the Reformation
Chapter III The Reformation in Germany and the Scandinavian Countries
I. Luther till the Leipzig Disputation
II. Luther from the Opening of the Leipzig Disputation to the Close of the Diet of Worms
Luther lays the foundation for the Reformation, leading to the Diet of Worms in which Luther is condemned as a heretic.
III Luther and the German Reformation from the Diet of Worms to the Close of the Diet of Augsburg
IV The German Reformation from the Diet of Augsburg to the Death of Luther
V. The German Reformation from the Death of Luther to the Death of Melanchthon
VI. The Reformation in the Scandanavian Countries
Chapter IV The Reformation in Switzerland
I. The Reformation in German Switzerland
II. The Reformation in French Switzerland
III. Bonds of Union Between the Reformed Churches in Switzerland and Elsewhere
Chapter V Protestantism in France
I. The Reformation in France during the Reign of Francis I
II. The Reformation in France during the Reign of Henry II
III. Protestantism in France from the Death of Henry II to the Accession of Henry IV
IV. Protestantism in France from the Accession of Henry IV to the Fall of La Rochelle
Chapter VI Protestantism in Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands
III. Protestantism in the Netherlands
Chapter VII Protestantism in Great Britain and Ireland
I. The Reformation in England under Henry VIII
II. The Reformation in England during the Reign of Edward VI
III. The Roman Catholic Restoration in the Reign of Mary
IV. Protestantism in England during the Reign of Elizabeth
V. The Reformation of Scotland
VI. Protestantism in England and Scotland under James I. and Charles I.
Chapter VIII The Roman Catholic Church in the Time of the Reformation
II. The Inquisition
III. The Jesuits
Chapter IX The Thirty Years' War and the Peace of Westphalia
SECOND PERIOD (1648-1720)
Chapter I. France and other Countries under Roman Catholic Rule
II. Chief Factors in the Religious and Intellectual Life of the Gallican Church
III. Persecution of the Protestants in France
IV. Gleanings from Various Countries under Romish Rule
Chapter II Great Britain and Ireland
I. The Era of Cromwell and the Commonwealth
II. The Era of the Restored Stuarts
III. The Reigns of William III and Anne
Chapter III Protestantism in Germany and the neighboring Countries
I. Individual Exceptions to the Current Dogmatism
II. Calixtus and the Syncretists
IV. Zinzendorf and the Moravians
V. Tenor of Protestant History in Sweden, The Netherlands, and Switzerland
Chapter IV The Eastern Church
THE MODERN CHURCH--PART TWO
Chapter I Great Britain and Ireland in the Eighteenth Century
III. The Moral and Religious Condition of England on the Eve of the Great Revival
IV. The Great Revival
2. Whitefield and Calvinistic Methodism
3. Charles Wesley and Methodist Hymnology
4. John Wesley and Organized Methodism
VI. Principal Developments in Scotland
VII. Ireland from the Revolution to the Union
Chapter II America in the Colonial Era
I. The Colonies in their Political Relations
II. The Colonies in their Relations to the Natives
III. Roman Catholic Establishments
IV. Roman Catholics in the English Colonies
V. Church of England Establishments, and the Founding of the Protestant Episcopal Church
VI. Congregational Establishments
VII. Non-Established Communions
1. Presbyterians
2. Baptists
3. Quakers or Friends
4. Methodists
5. Lutherans
6. Universalists
VIII. Questions of Morals and Reform
Chapter III
France and Other Roman Catholic Countries of Continental Europe from the Death of Louis XIV to the Overthrow of Napoleon I (1715-1815)
I. The Political Movement in France
II. The Skeptical Movement
III. The French Church Prior to the Revolution
IV. The French Church in the Revolutionary Era
V. The French Church in the Napoleonic Era
VI. Chief Events in Austria, Italy, and Spain
Chapter IV
Germany and the Neighboring Protestant States (1720-1821)
I. General Glance at Germany
II. The Wolfian Era
III From Kant to Schleiermacher
IV. Chief Events in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Switzerland
Chapter V
The Russian Church (1725-1825)
THE MODERN CHURCH--PART THREE
Chapter I
Protestantism in Continental Europe Since Schleiermacher and the Union
I. Main Phases of the Political Movement in Germany
II. The Church in Germany viewed principally in its relation to the State
III. Prominent Developments in German Theology
IV. Outlines of Protestant History in Various Portions of the Continent
Chapter II
Romanism in Continental Europe Since The Fall of the First Napoleon
I. Mediæval Tendencies in the Sphere of Worship
II. Papal Absolutism and Infallibility
III Ecclesiastico-Political Matters
Chapter III
Great Britain and Ireland in the Nineteeth Century
I. General Survey of the Religious Field in England
II.Tractarianism, or Ritualism
III The Broad Church
IV. Some Facts Respecting English Dissenters
V. Church Polity and Religious Thought in Scotland
VI. Ireland
VII. Phases of Science and Philosophy in Britain
Chapter IV
America Since the Colonial Era.
I. The Expirament of a Free Church in the United States
II. Denominational Movements and Crises in the United States
1. Unitarians and Universalists
2. Congregationalists
3.Presbyterians and Reformed
4.Methodists
5. Baptists and Disciples
6. Episcopalians
7. Lutherans
8. Quakers
9. Roman Catholics
10. Mormons
11. Socialistic Communities
12. Denominational Statistics
III. Outlines of Canadian Church History
IV. Principle Developments in Spanish America and Brazil
Chapter V
The Eastern Church
Chapter VI
A Glance at Protestant Missions
Conclusion
Appendix
I. The Bull Unigenitus on the Reading of the Scriptures
II. Popes and Emperors
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