Ancient Church History 5 B.C. -- A.D. 590 -- The spread of Christianity in the Empire to 100 -- 1. The fullness of the time -- 2. On this rock -- 3. To the Jew first -- 4. Also to the Greek -- 5. The books and the parchments -- 6. With the bishops and the deacons -- The struggle of the old catholic imperial church for survival, 100-313 -- 7. Christ or Caesar -- 8. Fables or sound doctrine -- 9. Earnestly contending for the faith -- 10. The church closes ranks -- The supremacy of the old catholic imperial church -- 11. The Church faces the empire and the barbarians -- 12. Conciliar controversy and creedal development -- 13. The golden age of church fathers -- 14. The Christianity of the cloisters -- 15. Hierarchical and liturgical developments -- Medieval Christian history 590-1517 -- The rise of the empire and Latin-teutonic Christianity, 590-800 -- 16. The first medieval pope -- 17. Christian losses and expansion -- 18. The revival of imperialism in the West -- Ebb and flow in relationships between church and state, 800-1054 -- 19. The emergence of the Holy Roman Empire -- 20. Revival and schism in the church -- The supremacy of papacy, 1054-1305 -- 21. The zenith of papal power.
22. Crusaders and reformers -- 23. Medieval learning and worship -- Medieval sunset and modern sunrise, 1305-1517 -- 24. Attempts at Internal reform -- 25. The papacy faces external opposition -- Modern Church History, 1517 and after -- Reformation and counter-reformation, 1517-1648 -- 26. The background of reformation -- 27. Luther and the German reformation -- 28. The reformation in Switzerland -- 29. The reformed faith outside Switzerland -- 30. The reformation and Puritanism in England -- 31. Counter-reformation and Evaluation -- Rationalism, missions, and modernism, 1789-1914 -- 34. Roman Catholic victories and vicissitudes -- 35. Religion and reform in Great Britain and Europe -- 36. Foes of the faith -- 37. The American church in the national era -- Church and Society in tension since 1914 -- 38. The church in changing world culture -- 39. The decline of liberal, neo-orthodox, and radical theologies -- 40. The rise of ecumenical organization -- 41. Evangelical unity and diversity -- 42. Decline and expansion in church growth -- Conclusion: Problems, patters, and prospects.
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