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Church history

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Church history or ecclesiastical history as an academic discipline studies the history of Christianity and the way the Christian Church has developed since its inception. [1]

24 relations: Allan Harman, Carl Trueman, Christian Church, Christian mission, Christian theology, Diarmaid MacCulloch, Discipline (academia), Ecclesiastical history of the Catholic Church, Ecclesiastical polity, Evangelicalism, First seven ecumenical councils, George Marsden, Great Awakening, Great Commission, Henry Melvill Gwatkin, Historical theology, History of Christianity, Mark Noll, Martin E. Marty, Paul Woolley (historian), Philip Schaff, Reformation, Reinhold Zippelius, Religious denomination.

Allan Harman

Allan Macdonald Harman, (born 7 June 1936)Douglas J. W. Milne (ed.), Israel and the Church: Essays in Honour of Allan Macdonald Harman (2001).

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Carl Trueman

Carl R. Trueman (born 1967) is a Christian theologian and church historian.

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Christian Church

"Christian Church" is an ecclesiological term generally used by Protestants to refer to the whole group of people belonging to Christianity throughout the history of Christianity.

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Christian mission

A Christian mission is an organized effort to spread Christianity.

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Christian theology

Christian theology is the theology of Christian belief and practice.

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Diarmaid MacCulloch

Diarmaid Ninian John MacCulloch (born 31 October 1951) is a British historian and academic, specialising in ecclesiastical history and the history of Christianity.

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Discipline (academia)

An academic discipline or academic field is a branch of knowledge.

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Ecclesiastical history of the Catholic Church

Ecclesiastical history of the Catholic Church refers to the history of the Catholic Church as an institution, written from a particular perspective.

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Ecclesiastical polity

Ecclesiastical polity is the operational and governance structure of a church or of a Christian denomination.

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Evangelicalism

Evangelicalism, evangelical Christianity, or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide, crossdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity which maintains the belief that the essence of the Gospel consists of the doctrine of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ's atonement.

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First seven ecumenical councils

In the history of Christianity, the first seven ecumenical councils, include the following: the First Council of Nicaea in 325, the First Council of Constantinople in 381, the Council of Ephesus in 431, the Council of Chalcedon in 451, the Second Council of Constantinople in 553, the Third Council of Constantinople from 680–681 and finally, the Second Council of Nicaea in 787.

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George Marsden

George M. Marsden (born February 25, 1939) is a historian who has written extensively on the interaction between Christianity and American culture, particularly on Christianity in American higher education and on American Evangelicalism.

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Great Awakening

The Great Awakening refers to a number of periods of religious revival in American Christian history.

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Great Commission

In Christianity, the Great Commission is the instruction of the resurrected Jesus Christ to his disciples to spread his teachings to all the nations of the world.

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Henry Melvill Gwatkin

Henry Melvill Gwatkin (30 July 1844 – 14 November 1916) was an English theologian and church historian.

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Historical theology

Historical theology as a branch of theology investigates the socio-historical and cultural mechanisms that give rise to theological ideas, statements, and systems.

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History of Christianity

The history of Christianity concerns the Christian religion, Christendom, and the Church with its various denominations, from the 1st century to the present.

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Mark Noll

Mark A. Noll (born 1946) is an American historian specializing in the history of Christianity in the United States.

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Martin E. Marty

Martin Emil Marty (born February 5, 1928 in West Point, Nebraska) is an American Lutheran religious scholar who has written extensively on religion in the United States.

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Paul Woolley (historian)

Paul Woolley (16 March 1902 – 17 March 1984) was professor of Church history at Westminster Theological Seminary from its inception in 1929 until his retirement in 1977.

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Philip Schaff

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.

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Reformation

The Reformation (or, more fully, the Protestant Reformation; also, the European Reformation) was a schism in Western Christianity initiated by Martin Luther and continued by Huldrych Zwingli, John Calvin and other Protestant Reformers in 16th century Europe.

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Reinhold Zippelius

Reinhold Zippelius (born 19 May 1928) is a German jurist and law scholar.

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Religious denomination

A religious denomination is a subgroup within a religion that operates under a common name, tradition, and identity.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_history

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