Church history
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.
missionary activity, church organization, doctrine
and "the effect on human life".
Church history is often, but not always, studied from a Christian perspective. Writers from different Christian traditions will often highlight people and events particularly relevant to their own
Protestant Reformation and the Great Awakenings
.
Notable church historians
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- Hegesippus
- Eusebius
- Macarius Bulgakov
- Daniela Müller
- Leonard J. Arrington
- Hans Werner Debrunner
- Henry Melvill Gwatkin
- Owen Chadwick
- Henry Chadwick
- Diarmaid MacCulloch
- George Marsden
- Martin E. Marty
- Mark Noll
- Jaroslav Pelikan
- Catherine Pepinster
- Philip Schaff
- Carl Trueman
- Paul Woolley
- David Brading
See also
- Ecclesiastical history of the Catholic Church
- Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People
- Historical theology
References
- ^ Henry Melvill Gwatkin, Early Church History to A.D. 313, p. 4.
- ^ A. M. Renwick and A. M. Harman, The Story of the Church (3rd ed.), p. 8.
Further reading
- ISBN 978-3-16-150016-9
- Church History and Religious Culture journal. http://www.brill.com/chrch[permanent dead link]
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