Rev. Victor M. Ford
The Apostolic Church. AD 30 to 100. From the ascension of Jesus to the
death of St. John, we see the early church at Jerusalem, Antioch, Samaria, and
Philippi. The Persecuted Church. AD 100 to 313. From the death of St.
John to the Edict of Constantine, the Roman Empire invoked all it's power to
destroy Christians. The Imperial Church. AD 313 to 476. From the Edict
of Constantine to the fall of Rome, Christianity was made the Empire's
religion. The Medieval Church. AD 476 to 1453. From the fall of Rome to
the fall of Constantinople, there is 1000 years of the Middle Ages. Crusades
and Monasteries. During the Medieval Church the Romantic Movement to free
the Holy Land from the Moslems began. The Prelude to the Reformation. There
were attempts by early reformers to change the Church, but they were ignored and
persecuted. The Reformation. AD 1453 to 1648. From the fall of Constantinople
to the end of the Thirty Years' War, Martin Luther's boldness had finally created
change. Reform and Puritanism in England. Who were John Calvin and William
Farel, the Episcopalians, Puritans, and Separatists? The Modern Church. AD
1648 to today. From the end of the Thirty Years' War to today, there have been great
movements in the church in England, Europe and America. Religion and Reform in
Europe. There came enemies of the faith in Communism, Marxism, evolution, and
Biblical criticism. The 18th and 19th Century Church. What was "The Second
Awakening?" How did two world wars effect the church? The 20th Century
Church. 20th century theology has been marked by words like turmoil, radical,
evangelical and hope.
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