Compendium of Church History

The contents covered in this book include: Part I--The Ancient Period (the Apostolic and Sub-Apostolic ages; the Ante-Nicene period and thought; ecclesiastical development; Church and State in the Nicene age; hierarchy and polity; theology and controversies; and Nicene and Post-Nicene institutions). Part II--The Medieval Period (the general character of the Middle Ages; the Church in the East; the Church in the West, particularly the Frank Kingdom; christianization of the Teutons; Christian thought and life in the West; the Papacy and the Holy Roman Empire; christianization of the Scandinavians and Slavs; controversies and schisms; life and morals in the Middle Ages; the Papacy and the empire in conflict; the Crusades; Monasticism and Scholasticism; decline of the Papacy; literature and philosophy; and spiritual life). Part III--The Modern Period (the rise and spread of the Reformation; the counter-reformation; struggles of Protestantism on the continent; Churches of England and Scotland; development of Protestant theology; political changes and the Roman Catholic Church; Lutheran orthodoxy and dissent; the Anglican and Reformed churches; philosophy and theology; Quakers and Methodists; new conditions in the 19th century; the Roman Catholic Church in the 19th century; Protestantism in the 19th century; Christianity in the Colonial Period in America; and the National Era).