Church History
Course description / limitation:
This course basically examines the critical turning points in the history of church.
However, it is to select a limited number of turning points as the critical moments in Christian history is wide-ranging; it is unlikely to cover them all. Jesus’ statements to his disciples recorded in Matthew 28 and Acts 1 hang the framework for the history of Christianity.
At the end of the course, we will be able to understand better
the critical turning points,
to know the theological authorities,
early cultures
and
understandings of the early church.
Several reasons why at least some attention to the history of Christianity is valuable.
- Studying the history of Christianity provides repeated, concrete demonstration concerning the irreducibly historical character of the Christian faith.
- To provide perspective on the interpretation of Scripture.
- The study of church history is also useful as a laboratory for examining Christian interactions with surrounding cultures.
- Study of the past can be useful, that is, in shaping proper Christian attitudes.
Primary and Secondary readings
- New Testament Bible (Acts- Pauline epistles)
- Alister E. McGrath. Historical Theology. 1998
- Alister E. McGrath. Christianity’s Dangerous Idea.
- James E. Bradley and Richard Muller. Church History: An Introduction to Research, Reference Works and Methods. 1995
- Robert Louis Wilken. The Spirit of the Early Christian Thought. 1936
- Additional “thought-provoking” Church history materials
10 Lesson Series
- July 15/20 - The Church Pushed out on Its Own: The Fall of Jerusalem (70)
- Reading assignment 1
- July 15/20 - Realities of Empire: The Council of Nicaea (325)
- Reading assignment 2
- July 20 - Doctrine, Politics and Life in the Word: The Council of Chalcedon (451)
- Quiz 1
- July 27 - The Monastic Rescue of the Church: Benedict’s Rule (530)
- Reading assignment 4 2. Examination
- August 03 - The Culmination of Christendom: The Coronation of Charlemagne (800)
- Reading assignment 5
- August 10 - Division between East and West: The Great Schism (1054)
- Quiz 2
- August 17 - The Beginning of Protestantism: The Diet of Worms (1521)
- Reading assignment 7
- August 24 - A New Europe: The English Act of Supremacy ( 1534)
- Reading assignment 8 2. Examination
- August 31 - Catholic Reform and Worldwide Outreach: The Founding of the Jesuits (1540)
- Quiz 3
- September 7 - The New Piety: The Conversion of the Wesleys (1738)
- Reading assignment 10
Grading points
- Attendance: 10%
- Quizzes: 15%
- Reading Assignments: 15%
- 7-page paper: 20% (decided topic to write will be on the 3rd of August)
- Examinations: 40%
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about our teacher
PASTOR RITCHEMAR SILVA MACOY
Works at ZOE Christian Ministry, Bacolod City Philippines 6100
Founder at Zoe Christian Ministry
Studied at Biblical Graduate School of Theology, Singapore
Studied at Asian Theological Seminary, Bacolod, Phils.
Studied at Biblical Graduate School of Theology
Studied Bachelor of Theology, Biblical Literature at Center for Biblical Studies Institute and Seminary, Antipolo, Rizal, Phils.
Studied Vocational Course at Justiniani Motors Institute, Bacolod City, Phils.
Lives in Bacolod City, Philippines
Married to Kenneth Purisima Macoy
From Pontevedra, Negros Occidental, Philippines
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