HIS2212/3 World Church History: From the Early Church to 1500

Welcome to this research guide for HIS2212/3 World Church History: From the Early Church to 1500. This guide will help you find resources that you can use for your Collateral Reading Assignment (CRA), and/or your course project. Helpful links can be found under the Reference Resources, Books, Web Articles, Journal Articles, and Websites tabs above. Of course, you may also search for additional resources as well. But these links will bring you to helpful resources for your writing projects.

This course is an introductory study of the history of Christianity from its birth to the destruction of Constantinople and the beginnings of the Reformation. The course provides an introduction to history as a discipline and emphasizes the importance of history in relation to the Christian faith. It deals with the apostolic church; the early church fathers, the spread of Christianity into Asia; the ecumenical councils; the emergence of medieval theology and church practice in the Latin Rite, Greek Rite, and Syriac Rite churches; the interaction of Christianity with the rise of Islam; as well as the beginning of the Renaissance in Europe and the demise of the Byzantine Empire. The course content includes a consideration of the contribution of major Christian theologians, the relationship of the church and state in various types, and the rise of monasticism and missions, tracing the geographical expansion of Christianity from Europe and North Africa to across Asia. The lessons are structured so as to enable you to apply insights learned from the past to contemporary situations.

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