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History of the Christian church (Vol. 1)

Philip Schaff (January 1, 1819 – October 20, 1893) was a Swiss-born, German-educated Protestant theologian and ecclesiastical historian who spent most of his adult life living and teaching in the United States. See Wikipedia for biography: Philip Schaff

From the book’s preface:

In this process of reconstruction the first volume has been more than doubled in size and grown into two volumes. The first embraces Apostolic, the second post-Apostolic or ante-Nicene Christianity. The first volume is larger than my separate “History of the Apostolic Church,” but differs from it in that it is chiefly devoted to the theology and literature, the other to the mission work and spiritual life of that period. I have studiously avoided repetition and seldom looked into the older book. On two points I have changed my opinion—the second Roman captivity of Paul (which I am disposed to admit in the interest of the Pastoral Epistles), and the date of the Apocalypse (which I now assign, with the majority of modern critics, to the year 68 or 69 instead of 95, as before)

Course Outline:

There are ten (10) lessons in this course, covering Volume 1. When you have completed all of the lessons, we will send you a certificate of completion, and update your records in the Grace Notes training database. Each lesson has a Quiz, to be completed and returned to Grace Notes after studying the lesson.

To register for the certificate course, write to Warren Doud.

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CH101

Chapter 1

PREPARATION FOR CHRISTIANITY IN THE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH AND HEATHEN WORLD

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CH102

Chapter 2

JESUS CHRIST

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CH103

Chapter 3

THE APOSTOLIC AGE

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CH104

Chapter 4

ST. PETER AND THE CONVERSION OF THE JEW

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CH105

Chapter 5

ST. PAUL AND THE CONVERSION OF THE GENTILE

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CH106

Chapter 6

THE GREAT TRIBULATION

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CH107

Chapter 7

ST. JOHN, AND THE LAST STADIUM OF THE APOSTOLIC PERIOD

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CH108

Chapter 8

CHRISTIAN LIFE IN THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH

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CH109

Chapter 9

WORSHIP IN THE APOSTOLIC AGE

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CH110

Chapter 10

ORGANIZATION OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH

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CH111

Chapter 11

THEOLOGY OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH

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CH112

Chapter 12

THE NEW TESTAMENT

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