The bulk of these pages consist of notes from the Church History classes taught
in 1997-1999 at Community Bible Chapel, Richardson, Texas, USA. Appearance of material here does not imply approval by the leadership
at Community Bible Chapel, although the material will be substantially similar to what was presented in class.
Useful Church History Links
Part 1 (Early Church History A.D. 50-313)
This course was taught in early 1997.
- What is Church History; Why Study Church History; Periods; Backgrounds
- Scriptural Teaching on the Early Church; Geographic Spread; Church vs. Pagan Society; The Persecutions
- The Apostolic Fathers
- Practices of the Early Church; Organization of the Early Church
- Early Heresies and Schisms; Orthodox Responses
- The 2nd and 3rd Century Church Fathers
- The Late Persecutions; Summary of Ante-Nicene Church History
