Church History (Volumes 1-3)
by J. H. Kurtz
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Church History in three volumes is an account of the Christian Church written by prominent Lutheran theologian Johann Heinrich Kurtz. The work comprises ecclesiastical history from its beginnings to the end of 19th century. First part of the book covers the period from pre-Christian era and the founding of the Church by Christ and his Apostles to the 10th century. Second part spans from Christian missionary enterprises and the Crusades to Reformation and the Counter-Reformation. The final part covers the years from 17th to 19th century and what Christian church went through in that period.
Chapters (69)
- CHURCH HISTORY.
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS.
- NOTE BY TRANSLATOR.
- INTRODUCTION.
- HISTORY OF THE PREPARATION FOR CHRISTIANITY. The pre-Christian World preparing the way of the Christian Church.
- THE HISTORY OF THE BEGINNINGS. The Founding of the Church by Christ and His Apostles.
- I. THE LIFE OF JESUS.
- II. THE APOSTOLIC AGE. A.D. 30-70.
- FIRST DIVISION. History of the Development of the Church during the Græco-Roman and Græco-Byzantine Periods.
- FIRST SECTION. History of the Græco-Roman Church during the Second and Third Centuries (A.D. 70-323).18
- I. THE RELATIONSHIP OF EXTRA-CHRISTIAN PAGANISM AND JUDAISM TO THE CHURCH.21
- II. DANGER TO THE CHURCH FROM PAGAN AND JEWISH ELEMENTS WITHIN ITS OWN PALE.
- III. THE DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENT AND APOLOGETICAL ACTIVITY OF THE CHURCH.52
- 1. Church Fathers Writing in Greek.
- 2. Church Fathers Writing in Latin.
- IV. CONSTITUTION, WORSHIP, LIFE AND DISCIPLINE.94
- SECOND SECTION. The History of the Græco-Roman Church from the 4th-7th centuries. A.D. 323-692.
- I. CHURCH AND STATE.
- II. MONASTICISM, CLERICALISM AND HIERARCHISM.
- III. THEOLOGICAL SCIENCE AND LITERATURE.
- 1. THE MOST IMPORTANT TEACHERS OF THE EASTERN CHURCH.
- 2. THE MOST IMPORTANT TEACHERS OF THE WESTERN CHURCH.
- IV. DOCTRINAL CONTROVERSIES AND HERESIES.
- V. WORSHIP, LIFE, DISCIPLINE AND MORALS.
- VI. THE CHURCH OUTSIDE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE.185
- THIRD SECTION. HISTORY OF THE GRÆCO-BYZANTINE CHURCH IN THE 8TH-15TH CENTURIES (A.D. 692-1453).
- I. Developments of the Greek Church in Combination with the Western.
- II. Developments in the Eastern Church without the Co-operation of the Western.
- SECOND DIVISION. THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE GERMAN AND ROMAN CHURCH DURING THE MIDDLE AGES.198
- FIRST SECTION. HISTORY OF THE GERMAN-ROMAN CHURCH FROM THE 4TH TO THE 9TH CENTURY (DOWN TO A.D. 911).
- I. Founding, Spread, and Limitation of the German Church.199
- II. THE HIERARCHY, THE CLERGY AND THE MONKS.
- III. THE CHURCH AND THE PEOPLE.
- IV. THEOLOGY AND ITS BATTLES.
- SECOND SECTION. HISTORY OF THE GERMANO-ROMANIC CHURCH, FROM THE 10TH TO THE 13TH CENTURY. A.D. 911-1294.
- I. The Spread of Christianity.
- II.―The Hierarchy, the Clergy, and the Monks.
- III. Theological Science and its Controversies.
- IV. The Church and the People.
- V. Heretical Opposition to Ecclesiastical Authority.
- THIRD SECTION. HISTORY OF THE GERMANO-ROMANIC CHURCH IN THE 14th AND 15th CENTURIES (A.D. 1294-1517).
- I. The Hierarchy, Clergy, and Monks.
- II. Theological Science.
- III. The Church and the People.
- IV. Attempts at Reformation.
- THIRD DIVISION. History of the Development of the Church under Modern European Forms of Civilization.
- FIRST SECTION. CHURCH HISTORY OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
- I. The Reformation.360
- II. The Churches of the Reformation.
- III. The Deformation.
- IV. The Counter-Reformation.
- SECOND SECTION. CHURCH HISTORY OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY.
- I. Relations between the Different Churches.
- II. The Roman Catholic Church.
- III. The Lutheran Church.
- IV. The Reformed Church.
- V. Anti- and Extra-Ecclesiastical Parties.
- THIRD SECTION. CHURCH HISTORY OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.492
- I. The Catholic Church in East and West.
- II. The Protestant Churches.
- FOURTH SECTION. CHURCH HISTORY OF THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
- I. General and Introductory.
- II. Protestantism in General.526
- III. Catholicism in General.
- IV. Relation of Church to the Empire and to the States.
- V. Opponents of Church and of Christianity.
- INDEX.
- Footnotes.
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