Handout Church History
Dr. John H. Gerstner examines the twists and turns of church history, addressing major theological developments along the way. He demonstrates how God has been at work in each stage of church history and explains that Christians today can be confident that God continues to work in the church for His glory.
Watch Lectures in this Teaching Series
- Introduction
- The Bible & Church History (Part 1)
- The Bible & Church History (Part 2)
- 2nd Century: The Church of the Apostolic Fathers
- 3rd and 4th Century: Nicea and the Deity of Christ
- 5th Century in the East: Two Natures of Christ
- 5th Century in the West: Augustine
- 5th Century in the West: Tertullian to Augustine
- 5th Century in the West: Fall of Imperial Rome
- Early Middle Ages: Ecclesiastico-Political Rome
- The 13th Century: Salvation by the Church
- The 13th Century: True Church "in the wilderness"
- The End of the Middle: A Summary
- Forerunners of Luther: Wycliffe and Hus
- Forerunners of Luther: Lyra, Valla, Erasmus
- Forerunners of Luther: Brothers of Common Life
- Forerunners of Luther: Savonarola
- Martin Luther (Part 1)
- Martin Luther (Part 2)
- Ulrich Zwingli
- Colloquy of Marburg
- Melancthon and Lutheran Slippage
- The Lutheran Book of Concord and Saxon
- John Calvin and the Calvinists
- Calvinistic Creeds and the Westminster Standards
- The Anabaptists
- Romanism's Counter Reformation: Trent
- The Thirty Year War
- Orthodoxy on the Continent and Britain
- Puritanism in England and New England
- Arminianism and the External Attack on Reformation
- Covenant Theology and the Internal Attack on Reformation
- Enlightenment: Root and Branch Attack on Reformers
- The Modern Missionary Movement
- 20th Century: Theological Liberalism
- 20th Century: Neo-Orthodoxy
- 20th Century: Neo-Evangelicalism
- 20th Century: Neo-Calvinism
- Conclusion