Short History of the Christian Church
by John Fletcher HURST (1834 - 1903)
"The present work has as its basis the series of five Short Histories by the same author, which appeared in the following order: The Reformation, 1884; The Early Church, 1886; The Medieval Church, 1887; The Modern Church in Europe, 1888; and The Church in the United States, 1890. The five volumes form a connected History of the Church nearly down to the present time." (from the preface) John Fletcher Hurst was an American bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He wrote the 5 histories as Chautauqua textbooks. The audio files are in the following order:Part 1: The Early Church (A.D. 30-750)Part 2: The Medieval Church (A.D. 750-1517)Part 3: The Reformation (A.D. 1517-1545)Part 4: The Modern Church in Europe (A.D. 1558-1892)Part 5: The Church in the United States (A.D. 1492-1892)
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Short History of the Christian Church:
3.16 The Reformation in Scandinavia ,
3.17 The Reformation in the Slavic Lands ,
3.18 Survey of Results ,
3.19 The Four Hundredth Anniversary of Luther's Birth ,
4.1 Recuperative Measures of Romanism ,
4.10 Mysticism in Germany ,
4.11 The Thirty Years' War ,
4.12 The Protestant Emigration to America ,
4.13 Arminius and the Synod of Dort ,
4.14 The Salzburg Persecution ,
4.15 Spener and Pietism ,
4.16 The Moravians ,
4.17 Swedenborg and the New Church ,
4.18 Rationalism in Germany ,
4.19 The Evangelical Reaction ,
4.2 The Order of Jesuits ,
4.20 French Mysticism and Flemish Jansenism ,
4.21 French Infidelity ,
4.22 French Protestantism ,
4.23 The Russo-Greek Church ,
4.24 Wesley and Methodism ,
4.25 The Tractarian Movement ,
4.26 The Schools in the Church of England ,
4.27 The English Universities ,
4.28 Scholars and Divines of the English Church ,
4.29 Puritan and Presbyterian Scholars and Divines ,
4.3 The English Church under James I and Charles I ,
4.30 Critical Periods in the History of the Scottish Church ,
4.31 The Ekskine Schism and the Haldane Revival ,
4.32 The Great Disruption ,
4.33 Learning and Literary Culture in the Roman Catholic Church ,
4.34 The Growth of Mary-Worship ,
4.35 The End of the Temporal Power of the Papacy ,
4.36 The Contest with Germany ,
4.37 The Survival of Superstition ,
4.38 Roman Catholicism in England ,
4.39 The Vatican Council ,
4.4 The English Puritans ,
4.40 The Old Catholics ,
4.41 The Evangelical Alliance ,
4.42 The Sunday-School ,
4.43 The Revision of the Bible ,
4.44 The Protestant Mission Field ,
4.45 The Temperance Reform ,
4.46 Philanthropy in England and Germany ,
4.47 English Preachers ,
4.48 Literature and Religion in England ,
4.49 The Salvation Army ,
4.5 The Quakers ,
4.50 Survey of Religious Life on the Continent ,
4.6 Cromwell and the Commonwealth ,
4.7 The Church During the Restoration ,
4.8 English Deism ,
4.9 The Protestant Church in Germany ,
5.1.1 The New Christendom ,
5.1.10 Education ,
5.1.11 Intolerance in the Colonies ,
5.1.12 Religious Life of the Colonies ,
5.1.13 Colonial Worship and Usages ,
5.1.14 Missions to the Indians ,
5.1.15 Theological Movements ,
5.1.16 Religious Literature ,
5.1.17 Early Leaders ,
5.1.18 The Influence of the Puritans ,
5.1.19 The Episcopal Defection in Connecticut ,
5.1.2 The Spanish Colonization ,
5.1.3 The French Colonization ,
5.1.4 The English Colonization: Virginia and Massachusetts ,
5.1.5 Maryland, Pennsylvania, and other English Colonies ,
5.1.6 Continental Colonies: Dutch, Swedes, Huguenots, and other Protestants ,
5.1.7 The Providential Planting ,
5.1.8 Political Framework of the Colonies ,
5.1.9 Church Government in the Colonies ,
5.2.1 The Church at the Founding of the Republic ,
5.2.10 The Presbyterian Church ,
5.2.11 The Lutheran Church ,
5.2.12 American Methodism ,
5.2.13 The Roman Catholic Church ,
5.2.14 The Unitarian Church ,
5.2.15 The Universalist Church ,
5.2.16 The Moravian Church ,
5.2.17 Alexander Campbell and the Disciples of Christ ,
5.2.18 The Quakers ,
5.2.19 Other Denominations ,
5.2.2 The Separation of Church and State ,
5.2.20 The Transcendentalists ,
5.2.21 Communistic Churches ,
5.2.22 The Mormons ,
5.2.23 The Antislavery Reform ,
5.2.24 The Temperance Reform ,
5.2.25 Philanthropy and Christian Union ,
5.2.26 Missions ,
5.2.27 The Sunday-School ,
5.2.28 Christian Literature ,
5.2.29 The American Pulpit ,
5.2.3 The French Infidelity ,
5.2.30 Theology of the American Church ,
5.2.31 Theological Scholarship ,
5.2.4 Revival at the Beginning of the Century ,
5.2.5 Expansion in the South and West ,
5.2.6 The Protestant Episcopal Church ,
5.2.7 The Congregational Church ,
5.2.8 The Reformed Churches ,
5.2.9 The Baptist Church