Thematic Issues on the History of the Christian Church, AD 30-2024: Revised and enlarged Edition – PDF
Thematic Issues on the History of the Christian Church, AD 30-2024: Revised and enlarged Edition – PDF
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| Publication Date | March 28, 2025 |
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| No. of Pages | 338 |
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Due to human and religious subjectivity fostered by dogmatic view points that have resulted in prejudices and incorrect readings of Biblical teachings, as well as historical trends and sequences, the history of Christianity has remained intricately mysterious or complexly enigmatic. This book, Thematic Issues on the History of the Christian Church, AD30-2024, Revised and Enlarged Edition, is a revision of the previous edition released in 2013, attempts the unravelling of this mystery. It is written in a world where there are many different religious perspectives and differing opinions regarding the historical themes and trends in Church history. It becomes necessary to expand and amend the earlier edition of Church History after more than ten years of teaching the course using it in order to update and add new themes to the work. Thus, this is the result of the revision and enlargement.Similar to the previous edition, this book breaks down the history of the Church into four sections: the Early Church, the Medieval Church, the Reformation Church, and Christianity in Nigeria. Each section is given additional topics and new insights. The Apostolic Age and its Influence on the Development and Expansion of the Church; African Church Leaders and their Role in the Development of the Early Christianity: A Historical Exploration are now included in Section One, The Early Church. The Role of the Church in Medieval Civilization; John Wycliffe and Jan Hus: A Glimpse into the Origins of the Morning Stars of the Reformation is a new theme introduced to Section Two, The Medieval Church. A new theme, John Wesley and the Methodism in the Expansion of Evangelicalism, was added to Section Three, The Reformation Church, and Section Four, Christianity in Nigeria, contains one more theme, Brief History of the Origin and Growth of Assemblies of God Nigeria.
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| Publication Date | March 28, 2025 |
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| No. of Pages | 338 |
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dedication i
Acknowledgements iii
Table of Contents v
Preface to the First Edition ix
Preface to the Revised and Enlarged Edition xi
Foreword to the First Edition xiii
Foreword to the Revised and Enlarged Edition xv
Introduction xvii
Part One: The Early Church, 5BC to AD590
Chapter One:
The Greco Roman and Jewish Contributions to the Growth of Earliest Christianity 1
Chapter Two:
The Apostolic Age and its Influence on the Advancement and Expansion of the Church 19
Chapter Three:
Persecution and Martyrdom of Christians in the Roman Empire from AD54 to 100: A Lesson for the 21st Century Church 41
Chapter Four:
Asceticism and Monasticism in the Early Church 57
Chapter Five:
Arian Controversy and its Impact on the Early Church: An Appraisal 75
Chapter Six:
African Church Leaders and their Role in the Development of the Early Christianity: A Historical Exploration 97
Part Two: The Medieval Church, AD590 to 1517
Chapter Seven:
The Role of the Church in Medieval Civilization 119
Chapter Eight:
The Great Schism of 1054 AD: Its Theological and Cultural Impact on the Church 145
Chapter Nine:
The Babylonian Captivity of the Papacy: A Lesson for the 21st Century Church 165
Chapter Ten:
John Wycliffe and Jan Hus: A Glimpse into the Origins of the Morning Stars of the Reformation 169
Part Three:The Reformation Church, 1517 to 1648
Chapter Eleven:
The Impact of Reformation on African Christianity and Civilization 189
Chapter Twelve:
John Wesley and the Methodism in the Expansion of Evangelicalism. 215
Part Four: Christianity in Nigeria, 1648 to 2024
Chapter Thirteen:
The Role of Church Government in the 21st Century 223
Chapter Fourteen:
The Worship and Liturgical Practices of the Redeemed Christian Church of God in Calabar, Nigeria 235
Chapter Fifteen:
Differences between Pentecostal and Aladura Churches in Nigeria 251
Chapter Sixteen:
Brief History of the Origin and Growth of Assemblies of God Nigeria 265
References 273
Index 301
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