Introduction to Church History

1 credits · Divinity School

This course will introduce students to the church's major historical 'turning points,' significant moments that marked an event that has had a lasting impact on the history of Christianity. These events will include the Council of Nicaea, the Council of Chalcedon, the rise of monasticism, the rise of the Holy Roman Empire, the Great Schism, the Reformation, the Counter Reformation, Pietism, the missionary movement, and the rise of World Christianity. This class will be centered on a theme in examining such a wide swath of history, a theme perhaps better described as a tension. The tension is between the 'pilgrim principle' and the 'indigenization principle'