
Frawley, Rebecca
Description
This book outlines the thrilling story of the onward march of the church of Christ from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century. It is not a dry-as-dust account of long-forgotten events and controversies, but rather a moving record of those who undertook the adventure of faith before us and through their courage and steadfastness, left an example for the church in every age.
Reading of the exploits of those who have gone before us, through times of prosperity and times of persecution, should stimulate, warn and encourage the church in our own age to persevere in the same path, and obtain the same everlasting reward.
Table of Contents:
I: | THE EARLY CHURCH TO THE RISE OF ISLAM | |
1 The Early Church | 9 | |
2 The Martyrs | 14 | |
3 Constantine the Great | 20 | |
4 Church Fathers | 23 | |
5 Monasticism | 27 | |
6 The Rise of the Papacy | 31 | |
7 Islam | 34 | |
II: | THE DARK AND MIDDLE AGES TO THE HEIGHT OF PAPAL AUTHORITY | |
8 The Christian Faith comes to the British Isles (1) | 39 | |
9 The Christian Faith comes to the British Isles (2) | 43 | |
10 Early Missionaries in Europe | 48 | |
11 Pope and Emperor | 51 | |
12 The Crusades | 54 | |
13 The Papacy at its Height | 57 | |
III: | FORERUNNERS OF THE REFORMATION | |
14 The Waldenses | 62 | |
15 John Wycliffe | 65 | |
16 John Huss | 69 | |
17 Savonarola | 72 | |
18 The Approach of Dawn | 75 | |
IV: | THE 16th-CENTURY REFORMATION IN GERMANY | |
19 Martin Luther the Student | 79 | |
20 Luther and the Church | 82 | |
21 Luther and the Pope | 87 | |
22 Luther at the Wartburg | 90 | |
23 The Protestants in Germany | 94 | |
V: | THE 16th-CENTURY REFORMATION OUTSIDE GERMANY | |
24 Ulrich Zwingli | 99 | |
25 John Calvin | 102 | |
26 John Calvin in Geneva | 106 | |
27 England receives the Light (1) | 112 | |
28 England receives the Light (2) | 116 | |
29 Scotland Transformed | 122 | |
30 The Huguenots of France | 129 | |
31 The French Crown and the Huguenots | 134 | |
32 The Netherlands receives the Truth | 138 | |
VI: | THE FAITH IN THE 17th AND 18th CENTURIES | |
33 The Thirty Years’ War in Germany (1618-48) | 144 | |
34 English Puritanism, chiefly under Elizabeth | 148 | |
35 English Puritanism under the Early Stuarts | 152 | |
36 English Puritanism under the Later Stuarts | 161 | |
37 The Faith in North America during the 17th Century (1) | 165 | |
38 The Faith in North America during the 17th Century (2) | 169 | |
39 The Pietists: Spener, Francke, Zinzendorf | 174 | |
40 The Faith in North America during the 18th Century | 178 | |
41 Methodism and the Wesleys (1) | 185 | |
42 Methodism and the Wesleys (2) | 190 | |
43 Methodism and George Whitefield | 194 | |
VII: | FROM THE RISE OF MODERN MISSIONS TO THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY | |
44 Revived Missionary Activity | 202 | |
45 The Faith in the 19th-Century Church: North America (1) | 208 | |
46 The Faith in the 19th-Century Church: North America (2) | 213 | |
47 The Faith in the 19th-Century Church: The British Isles (1) | 221 | |
48 The Faith in the 19th-Century Church: The British Isles (2) | 228 | |
49 The 19th-Century Church on the Continent of Europe (1) | 235 | |
50 The 19th-Century Church on the Continent of Europe (2) | 241 | |
Index | 247 |