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Church History

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Church history · CH 150

Church History

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Course description

Church History examines the Origin of the Church and its development to the time of the Protestant Reformation to the Modern times. It covers the events and developments during the reformation and post reformation period. The Course is designed to provide an adequate conceptual base on the knowledge, transitions and developments in Church history, enable students to identify the existing paradigms of teachings and practices in Contemporary Church.

Course objectives

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

1. The study of Church History will enable you to have insight to the unique heritage that belongs to the Christian faith. This uniqueness of Christianity is rooted in history; God became man and lived in time and space in the person of Christ.

2. This Course aims to help the student to have a comprehensive understanding about the history of Christianity from its beginnings to the late Medieval Period.

3. Students will learn about the history of the Church by the major events and movements in the history of Christianity that promoted missions.

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UNIT I: Background Study of Church HistoryUNIT II: Expansion of ChristianityUNIT III: Reformation to Modern Period

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Which inherited church practice would you understand differently after studying its history? Identify what evidence would help you avoid judging the past too quickly.

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Curate a church-history museum wall

Select events from the early church, medieval developments and Reformation-to-modern period. Give each a contextual caption, a source and a question about continuity or change.

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Avoiding developments over timeUnderstanding transitions, movements and the church's heritageInventing a single unchanging historical setting

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CH 150 Church History

Amazing Grace Biblical Seminary — B.Th. English

AmaZing Grace Biblical Seminary Erumelikkara, Kumarapuram (PO), Aluva (via), Ernakulam (District), Kerala, India- Pin-683 565. Ph. 8547473926, 8281663926. CH 150: CHURCH HISTORY COURSE DESCRIPTION Church History examines the Origin of the Church and its development to the time of the Protestant Reformation to the Modern times. It covers the events and developments during the reformation and post reformation period. The Course is designed to provide an adequate conceptual base on the knowledge, transitions and developments in Church history, enable students to identify the existing paradigms of teachings and practices in Contemporary Church. COURSE OBJECTIVES By the end of the course, you should be able to: 1. The study of Church History will enable you to have insight to the unique heritage that belongs to the Christian faith. This uniqueness of Christianity is rooted in history; God became man and lived in time and space in the person of Christ. 2. This Course aims to help the student to have a comprehensive understanding about the history of Christianity from its beginnings to the late Medieval Period. 3. Students will learn about the history of the Church by the major events and movements in the history of Christianity that promoted missions. COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND EVALUATION Class Participation 5% Reading Report 20% Main Term Paper/Assignment 15% Final Examination 60% COURSE OUTLINE UNIT I: Background Study of Church History Importance of Church History Periods of Church History Background of the Origin of Christianity Growth and Spread of Christianity UNIT II: Expansion of Christianity Expansion of the Church Persecution and its Effects on Christianity Church and the Heretics Monasticism Crusades and Scholasticism Babylonian Captivity of the Church UNIT III: Reformation to Modern Period 1. Forerunners of Reformation: John Wycliff and John Hus 2. Reformation 3. Anabaptists and Counter Reformation 4. Post Reformation 5. Evangelical Awakening 6. Denominationalism BIBLIOGRAPHY Benedetto, Robert. The New Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Louisville, Ky; London, UK : Westminster John Knox Press, 2008. Bornstein, Daniel E. (ed.) Medieval Christianity. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2009. Cross, F. L, ed. The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 3rd edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005. Freeman, Charles. A New History of Early Christianity. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2009. George, K.M. Development of Christianity through Centuries. Thiruvalla: CSS, 2005. Knight, Frances. The Church in the Nineteenth Century. London : I.B. Tauris, 2008. McGrath, Alister E. Christianity: an Introduction. 2nd ed. Malden, MA : Blackwell Pub., 2006. Wedderburn, Alexander J. M. A History of the First Christians. London: T&T Clark International, 2004.

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