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Clear searchSamuel G. Green · Historical survey · 1904
A comprehensive history from the apostolic age to the eve of the Reformation, covering the Church's expansion, persecution, doctrinal conflicts, councils, writers, divisions, monastic movements, missions, the papacy, the Crusades, and movements for reform.
View recommendation →What the historical evidence proves—and what it does not
Ancient rapture elements, debated early witnesses, and the clear pre-Darby interval proposed by Morgan Edwards.
Read article →R. V. Sellers · Theological biography and history of doctrine · 1928
A reconstruction of the life, conflicts, surviving writings, and Christology of Eustathius of Antioch, a prominent opponent of Arianism whose career illuminates both the Council of Nicaea and the unsettled theological and political struggles which followed it.
View recommendation →History, heresy, and the temptation of private Christianity
A historical and theological investigation of ancient Gnosticism, medieval dissident movements, Philip J. Lee's critique, and the genuinely gnosticizing temptations within evangelical Christianity.
Read article →Spiritual ecstasy, altered states, and discerning what is from God
Mystical experiences, induced altered states, and modern revival manifestations examined through neuroscience, comparative religion, and the biblical command to test the spirits.
Read article →The Venerable Bede · Ecclesiastical and national history · 731
Bede's foundational account of Britain and the growth of Christianity among the English, bringing together rulers and missionaries, monasteries and bishops, councils and controversies, conversions, conflicts, remembered miracles, and the formation of a Christian people.
View recommendation →Edward Burman · Historical survey · 1984
A panoramic history of the Inquisition from its medieval establishment through its later European expressions, examining its institutions, personnel, procedures, treatment of alleged heresy, political uses, regional variations, and enduring legacy.
View recommendation →Constantine, Arius, the Trinity, the biblical canon—and the myths that refuse to die
A source-led examination of what the Council of Nicaea debated, how it reached its conclusions, what Constantine did, and why the familiar conspiracy stories fail.
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