The Church in History

by B. K. Kuiper

Overview

A standard survey of the history of the Christian church from A.D. 33 to modern times, The Church in History by B. K. Kuiper has long been the textbook of choice for many secondary schools and Bible institutes, having sold well over 150,000 copies since first published more than a half century ago. Detailed and fact-filled yet balanced and readable, this volume offers a panoramic view of the church's growth worldwide throughout the past 2,000 years, including a comprehensive section on the church in the United States and Canada. With close to 300 photographs, maps, and timelines throughout and thought-provoking study questions at the end of each chapter, The Church in History is an excellent introductory resource for students or for anyone wanting to better understand the history of the church.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467421836
Publisher:	Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Publication date:	06/01/1988
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	420
Sales rank:	840,590
File size:	26 MB
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About the Author

B. K. Kuiper (1877–1961) was a history professor at Calvin College who studied Dutch Calvinist church history and the Protestant Reformation.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: WHEN THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH WAS YOUNG

1. The New Testament Church Is Born
2. The Church Is Tempered, 33-313
3. The Church Grows Inwardly, 33-325
4. The Church Is Victorious, 313
5. The Church Consolidates, 325-451
6. The Church Deteriorates, 100-461
7. The Church Survives and Grows Again, 376-754

PART TWO: THE CHURCH IN THE MIDDLE AGES

8. The Church Loses Territory, 632-732
9. The Church Forms an Alliance, 751-800
10. The Church and Papal Development, 461-1073
11. The Church in Bondage to the State, 885-1049
12. The Church Is Divided, 1054
13. Monasticism and the Cluny Reform
14. The Church Makes Efforts to Free Itself, 1049-1058
15. The Church Continues to Free Itself, 1059-1073
16. The Church Is Forced to Compromise, 1073-1122
17. The Church Inspires the Crusades, 1096-1291
18. The Church Rises to Its Height of Power, 1198-1216
19. The Church Declines in Power, 1294-1417
20. The Church Is Stirred from Within, 1200-1517
21. The Church Is Shaken, October 31, 1517
22. The Church Is Convulsed, 1517-1521
23. The Church Is Reformed in Germany
24. The Reformation in Switzerland
25. The Anabaptists
26. The Reformation in Western Europe
27. The Church Is Reformed in Scotland, 1557-1570
28. The Church Is Reformed in England, 1534-1563
29. The Roman Church Undertakes Reform, 1545-1563
30. The Protestant Churches Fight for Their Lives, 1546-1648
31. The Church in England Continues to Ferment, 1558-1689
32. The Congregationalists; the Baptists
33. Arminianism; the Quakers
34. Pietism; the Moravians
35. Socinianism; Unitarianism; Modernism
36. The Methodists
37. The Eastern and the Roman Church
38. Religious Life in Germany and England
39. The Reformed Churches Survive Persecution
40. The Church Grows Once More, 1500 to the Present

PART FIVE: THE CHURCH IN THE NEW WORLD

41. The Church Enters the New World
42. The Church Experiences a Great Awakening
43. The Church as the Young Nation Is Formed
44. The Church in the Early Nineteenth Century
45. The Church in a Time of Turmoil
46. The Church Faces New Problems
47. The Church in Canada
48. The Church Seeks to Preserve the Faith
49. The Churches Seek Co-operation and Union
50. A Look Backward and Forward