Covenant Worldwide

Ancient & Medieval Church History

Course Description
A study of Christianity from the Early Church to the dawn of the Reformation, with source material readings. This course places an emphasis on the application of church history to life and ministry and helps the student to understand the development of Christian thought and the formulation of doctrine as part of God's overall pattern of history.

Instructor: Dr. David Calhoun

Course Contents
Course audio files are in MP3 format.
Study Guides are in PDF format.

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MP3 Lectures & Resource List (numbered items are the course lectures)	Lecture Transcript	Study Guide
Course Syllabus		PDF
1. Study of Church History	PDF HTML	PDF
2. Growth of Christian Church	PDF HTML	PDF
3. The Persecutions	PDF HTML	PDF
4. The Apologists	PDF HTML	PDF
5. Orthodoxy & Heresy	PDF HTML	PDF
6. Canon, Creed & Bishops	PDF HTML	PDF
7. Early Church Fathers	PDF HTML	PDF
8. People of Early Church	PDF HTML	PDF
9. The Church in 4th Century	PDF HTML	PDF
10. Beginnings of Monasticism	PDF HTML	PDF
11. Donatism	PDF HTML	PDF
12. Council of Nicea	PDF HTML	PDF
13. Cappadocians & Constantinople	PDF HTML	PDF
14. Ambrose, Jerome & Chrysostom	PDF HTML	PDF
15. Augustine's Confessions	PDF HTML	PDF
16. Augustine & Pelagian Controversy	PDF HTML	PDF
17. Augustine's Theology of History	PDF HTML	PDF
18. Council of Chalcedon	PDF HTML	PDF
19. Early Middle Ages	PDF HTML	PDF
20. Medieval Missions	PDF HTML	PDF
21. Christianization of Great Britain	PDF HTML	PDF
22. Learning & Theology	PDF HTML	PDF
23. Eastern Orthodoxy	PDF HTML	PDF
24. Late Middle Ages	PDF HTML	PDF
25. Medieval Monasticism	PDF HTML	PDF
26. Crusades or Missions?	PDF HTML	PDF
27. Waldensians	PDF HTML	PDF
28. Scholastic Theology	PDF HTML	PDF
29. Thomas Aquinas	PDF HTML	PDF
30. Sacramental System	PDF HTML	PDF
31. Church & State	PDF HTML	PDF
32. Wycliffe & Hus	PDF HTML	PDF
33. Reform in Italy	PDF HTML	PDF
34. Mysticism & the Modern Devotion	PDF HTML	PDF
35. Waning Middle Ages	PDF HTML	PDF
Appendix: Catholic World Missions		PDF
Appendix: Spread of the Western Church		PDF
Appendix: Spread of the Eastern Church		PDF
Appendix: 100 Most Important Dates		PDF

Related Readings
All of the books specified as related reading for this course are listed below. Books may be ordered from a local Christian bookstore, through a mail order catalog, from the Covenant Seminary Online Store, or from the Covenant Seminary Bookstore on campus (call toll-free at 877-213-3353).

The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1, Justo L. Gonzalez

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