History of Christianity

Table of Contents

Introduction to Christianity

  • Defining Christianity
  • The Influence of Christianity on Western Culture
  • Wiki History of Christianity
  • Schaff History of Christianity
  • History of Christianity by Century
  • Timeline of Christianity
  • Theologians

Origins of Christianity

  • Old Testament
  • Inter-Testamental Period
  • Outline of Apostolic Period
  • Life of Jesus
  • The Historicity of Jesus of Nazareth
  • The Christ
  • The Apostles
  • Early Christianity
  • Separation from Judaism
  • Early Centers of Christianity

The Ante-Nicene Period

  • Outline of Ante-Nicene Period
  • Ante-Nicene Fathers
  • Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers
  • Christian Gnosticism
  • Ecumenical Councils
  • The New Testament
  • Dating the Bible
  • Historical Reliability of the Gospels
  • History of the Papacy
  • Sacred Tradition
  • Constantine the Great and Christianity
  • Rulers who Converted to Christianity

The Nicene or Post-Nicene Period

  • Outline of the Nicene Period
  • The Cappadocian Fathers
  • Outline of the Byzantine Period
  • Desert Fathers
  • Monasticism
  • Catechetical School of Alexandria
  • Non-Chalcedonian Churches

Medieval Christianity

  • Development of the Medieval Church
  • Christianization
  • Celtic Christianity
  • The Holy Roman Empire
  • Crusades
  • The Great Schism
  • The Eastern Orthodox Church
  • Franciscans
  • Inquisition
  • Waldensians
  • Catharism

Reformation

  • History of Modern Christianity
  • The Renaissance
  • The Society of Jesus
  • The Reformation in Germany
  • Swiss Reformation
  • French Reformation
  • English Reformation
  • Free Church Movement
  • Christianity in the US
  • Christian Ecumenism
  • Systematic Theology

Post Modern Christian Theology

  • History of Christian Theology
  • Evangelicalism
  • Liberal Christianity
  • Liberation Theology
  • Christian Heresies in the 20th Century
  • Christian Devotional Literature