"The present work has as its basis the series of five Short Histories by the same author, which appeared in the following order: The Reformation, 1884; The Early Church, 1886; The Medieval Church, 1887; The Modern Church in Europe, 1888; and The Church in the United States, 1890. The five volumes form a connected History of the Church nearly down to the present time." (from the preface) John Fletcher Hurst was an American bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He wrote the 5 histories as Chautauqua textbooks. The audio files are in the following order: Part 1: The Early Church (A.D. 30-750) Part 2: The Medieval Church (A.D. 750-1517) Part 3: The Reformation (A.D. 1517-1545) Part 4: The Modern Church in Europe (A.D. 1558-1892) Part 5: The Church in the United States (A.D. 1492-1892)
Preface1.1 The Church and Its History1.2 The Scene of the Labors of the Apostles1.3 The Greek and Roman Conditions1.4 The Attitude of Judaism towards Christianity1.5 The Period of Universal Persecution1.6 Christian Worship1.7 The Life of Christians1.8 Ecclesiastical Organization1.9 Ebionism and Gnosticism1.10 The Pagan Literary Attack1.11 The Christian Defenders1.12 The Christian Schools1.13 Liberation under Constantine1.14 Reaction under Julian1.15 The Montanistic Reform1.16 Controversies on Christ1.17 The Later Controversies1.18 Ecclesiastical Schisms1.19 The Scriptures and Tradition1.20 Apocryphal Writings1.21 Theology During the Early Period1.22 Ecclesiastical Government and the Roman Primacy1.23 Sacred Seasons and Public Worship1.24 Ecclesiastical Discipline1.25 Christian Life and Usages1.26 The Church in the Catacombs1.27 Monasticism1.28 The Age of Gregory the Great1.29 The Expansion of Christianity1.30 The Close of the Early Period2.1 The Medieval Transition2.2 The Reign of Charlemagne2.3 Church and State under the Later Carolingian Rulers2.4 The Fictitious Isidore2.5 Mohammedanism2.6 The Schools of Charlemagne2.7 Theological Movements2.8 The Rule of the Popes2.9 The Gregorian Reform2.10 Moral Life and Ecclesiastical Usages2.11 The Public Services2.12 The Writers of the Times2.13 New Missions2.14 Schism between the East and the West2.15 The Anglo-Saxon Church2.16 Arnold of Brescia2.17 The Waldenses and the Albigenses2.18 Thomas Becket2.19 The Monastic Orders2.20 Monasteries as Centres of Intellectual Life2.21 Christian Art2.22 Christian Worship2.23 The Crusades: A.D. 1096-12702.24 Arabic Philosophy2.25 The Hohenstaufens in Italy2.26 The Jewish Philosophy2.27 The Scholastic Philosophy2.28 Abelard and his Fortunes2.29 General Literature2.30 The Great Schools2.31 The Divided Papacy2.32 Retrospect3.1 The Heralds of Protestantism3.2 The Humanism of Italy3.3 The Reformatory Councils3.4 The German Reformation: Martin Luther3.5 Luther: Further Labors and Personal Character3.6 Melanchthon and other German Reformers3.7 The Reformation in German Switzerland3.8 The Reformation in French Switzerland3.9 The English Reformation: First Period3.10 The English Reformation: Second Period3.11 The Scotch Reformation3.12 The Reformation in the Netherlands3.13 The Reformation in France3.14 The Reformation in Italy3.15 The Reformation in Spain and Portugal3.16 The Reformation in Scandinavia3.17 The Reformation in the Slavic Lands3.18 Survey of Results3.19 The Four Hundredth Anniversary of Luther's Birth4.1 Recuperative Measures of Romanism4.2 The Order of Jesuits4.3 The English Church under James I and Charles I4.4 The English Puritans4.5 The Quakers4.6 Cromwell and the Commonwealth4.7 The Church During the Restoration4.8 English Deism4.9 The Protestant Church in Germany4.10 Mysticism in Germany4.11 The Thirty Years' War4.12 The Protestant Emigration to America4.13 Arminius and the Synod of Dort4.14 The Salzburg Persecution4.15 Spener and Pietism4.16 The Moravians4.17 Swedenborg and the New Church4.18 Rationalism in Germany4.19 The Evangelical Reaction4.20 French Mysticism and Flemish Jansenism4.21 French Infidelity4.22 French Protestantism4.23 The Russo-Greek Church4.24 Wesley and Methodism4.25 The Tractarian Movement4.26 The Schools in the Church of England4.27 The English Universities4.28 Scholars and Divines of the English Church4.29 Puritan and Presbyterian Scholars and Divines4.30 Critical Periods in the History of the Scottish Church4.31 The Ekskine Schism and the Haldane Revival4.32 The Great Disruption4.33 Learning and Literary Culture in the Roman Catholic Church4.34 The Growth of Mary-Worship4.35 The End of the Temporal Power of the Papacy4.36 The Contest with Germany4.37 The Survival of Superstition4.38 Roman Catholicism in England4.39 The Vatican Council4.40 The Old Catholics4.41 The Evangelical Alliance4.42 The Sunday-School4.43 The Revision of the Bible4.44 The Protestant Mission Field4.45 The Temperance Reform4.46 Philanthropy in England and Germany4.47 English Preachers4.48 Literature and Religion in England4.49 The Salvation Army4.50 Survey of Religious Life on the Continent5.1.1 The New Christendom5.1.2 The Spanish Colonization5.1.3 The French Colonization5.1.4 The English Colonization: Virginia and Massachusetts5.1.5 Maryland, Pennsylvania, and other English Colonies5.1.6 Continental Colonies: Dutch, Swedes, Huguenots, and other Protestants5.1.7 The Providential Planting5.1.8 Political Framework of the Colonies5.1.9 Church Government in the Colonies5.1.10 Education5.1.11 Intolerance in the Colonies5.1.12 Religious Life of the Colonies5.1.13 Colonial Worship and Usages5.1.14 Missions to the Indians5.1.15 Theological Movements5.1.16 Religious Literature5.1.17 Early Leaders5.1.18 The Influence of the Puritans5.1.19 The Episcopal Defection in Connecticut5.2.1 The Church at the Founding of the Republic5.2.2 The Separation of Church and State5.2.3 The French Infidelity5.2.4 Revival at the Beginning of the Century5.2.5 Expansion in the South and West5.2.6 The Protestant Episcopal Church5.2.7 The Congregational Church5.2.8 The Reformed Churches5.2.9 The Baptist Church5.2.10 The Presbyterian Church5.2.11 The Lutheran Church5.2.12 American Methodism5.2.13 The Roman Catholic Church5.2.14 The Unitarian Church5.2.15 The Universalist Church5.2.16 The Moravian Church5.2.17 Alexander Campbell and the Disciples of Christ5.2.18 The Quakers5.2.19 Other Denominations5.2.20 The Transcendentalists5.2.21 Communistic Churches5.2.22 The Mormons5.2.23 The Antislavery Reform5.2.24 The Temperance Reform5.2.25 Philanthropy and Christian Union5.2.26 Missions5.2.27 The Sunday-School5.2.28 Christian Literature5.2.29 The American Pulpit5.2.30 Theology of the American Church5.2.31 Theological Scholarship
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