Weekly Blog

Lesson 30 – The Radical Reformation

Jul 22, 2017

The Radical Reformation Reading: Chapter 6 – The Radical Reformation Date: July 22

Lesson 28 – From the Wartburg Castle Until His Death

Apr 22, 2017

Luther’s Later Life – From the Wartburg Castle Until His Death Reading: Chapter 2 – Martin Luther: Pilgrimage to Reformation; Luther’s 95 Theses Optional Reading: Roland Bainton “Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther” Date: April 22 Church History – Lesson 28

Lesson 27 – The Beginning of the Reformation

Mar 25, 2017

Erasmus and Luther to the Diet of Worms Reading: Chapter 1 (The Call for Reformation – especially section on Erasmus); Chapter 2 – Martin Luther: Pilgrimage to Reformation; Luther’s 95 Theses Optional Reading: Roland Bainton “Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther” Church History – Lesson 27

Lesson 26 – Forerunners to the Reformation

Feb 25, 2017

Reading: Chapter 33 (In Quest of Reformation) Church History – Lesson 26

Lesson 25 – Theological Developments In the Late Middle Ages

Jan 21, 2017

Reading: Chapter 31 (The Golden Age of Medieval Christianity – especially the section ‘Theological Activity: Scholasticism”)

Lesson 24 – The Papacy in the Late Middle Ages

Nov 26, 2016

Reading: Chapter 31 (The Golden Age of Medieval Christianity) and Chapter 32 (The Collapse)

Lesson 23 – The Crusades

Oct 29, 2016

Reading: Chapter 30 (The Offensive Against Islam)

Lesson 22 – The Holy Roman Empire, Monasticism, and the Papacy

Sep 25, 2016

Reading: Chapter 28 (Imperial Restoration and Continuing Decay) and Chapter 29 (Movements of Renewal) 

Lesson 21 – The Eastern Empire, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and the Rise of Islam

Aug 12, 2016

This lesson focuses on the situation in the East after the fall of Rome. Reading: Chapter 27 – Eastern Christianity (and also the last few pages of Chapter 26 – “The Arab Conquests”)

Lesson 20 – Christianity in the British Isles

May 28, 2016

This lesson focuses on "Christianity in the British Isles." This material is a small part of Chapter 26. It will be supplemented with a lot of other material as well. We will look to see how Christianity spread (and then came back again after it was almost lost!) to the British Isles. Reading: Chapter 26 – The New Order (Part of Section 1)