The Story of Christianity: Volume 1: Volume One: The Early Church to the Reformation (Story of Christianity)
The Story of Christianity, Volume 1, is an informative, interesting, and consistently readable narrative history. It brings alive the people, dramatic events, and ideas that shaped the first fifteen centuries of Europe, such as the Spanish and Portuguese conquest of the New World. Historian Justo Gonzalez shows how various social, political, and economic movements affected Christianity's internal growth. Gonzalez skillfully weaves in relevant details from the lives of prominent figures from the apostles to John Wycliffe, tracing out core theological issues and developments as reflected in the lives and struggles of leading thinkers within the various traditions of the church. "The history of the church, while showing all the characteristics fo human history, is much more than the history of an institution or movement," Gonzalez stresses. "It is a history of the deeds of the spirit in and through the men and women who have gone before in the faith." The Story of Christianity demonstrates at each point what new challenges and opportunities faced the church, and how Christians struggled with the various options open to them, thereby shaping the future direction of the church. The Story of Christianity will serve as a fascinating introduction to the panoramic history of Christianity for students and teachers of church history, for pastors, and for general readers.
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-03-2009
- Who did Christianity come from?
"The Story of Christianity" puts Christian monks, martyrs, popes, heretics, saints, kings, persecutors and women in their proper context. The book is a Sunday School appropriate, scholarly account of Christians who passed on the faith...
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- 5/5
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- Posted: Feb-08-2009
- Story of Christianity
The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation (Story of Christianity)I enjoy history and this is a very good book to use as a study of the early Church. I highly recommend it.
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- 5/5
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- Posted: Feb-05-2009
- Great summary!
This book is very helpful to the history student, or a Christian who wants to understand influences on the church. Having read several scholarly works on church history, this one is by far the best and easiest to read and comprehend....
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- 4/5
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- Posted: Nov-04-2008
- Events, Politics, Social Structure plus a little Theology
Justo L. Gonzalez has written four volumes on the History of Christian Thought; he has written two volumes on the Story of Christianity. The latter being book on events, political structure, and social structure. Not devoid of Christian...
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- 4/5
- From: Amazon
- Posted: Apr-03-2009
- Who did Christianity come from?
"The Story of Christianity" puts Christian monks, martyrs, popes, heretics, saints, kings, persecutors and women in their proper context. The book is a Sunday School appropriate, scholarly account of Christians who passed on the faith...
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- 3/5
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- Posted: Mar-29-2008
- A Portrait of the Church Through Its Early Ages
A readable book, the Story of Christianity Volume 1 will be a simple, but informative read especially for those who never have studied the historical roots and development of Christianity. Dr. Gonzalez takes you back to eras of the first...
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