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Short History of the Christian Church

"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)

Year of Publication: 1893Genres: Christianity - Other

Running Time: 26 hours 30 minutes 34 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	Preface TriciaG	4:41
2	1.1 The Church and Its History TriciaG	7:43
3	1.2 The Scene of the Labors of the Apostles TriciaG	8:07
4	1.3 The Greek and Roman Conditions TriciaG	12:22
5	1.4 The Attitude of Judaism towards Christianity TriciaG	7:51
6	1.5 The Period of Universal Persecution TriciaG	7:47
7	1.6 Christian Worship TriciaG	4:23
8	1.7 The Life of Christians TriciaG	4:26
9	1.8 Ecclesiastical Organization TriciaG	4:02
10	1.9 Ebionism and Gnosticism TriciaG	11:13
11	1.10 The Pagan Literary Attack TriciaG	7:35
12	1.11 The Christian Defenders TriciaG	8:04
13	1.12 The Christian Schools TriciaG	6:16
14	1.13 Liberation under Constantine TriciaG	6:47
15	1.14 Reaction under Julian TriciaG	7:37
16	1.15 The Montanistic Reform TriciaG	5:58
17	1.16 Controversies on Christ TriciaG	6:52
18	1.17 The Later Controversies TriciaG	14:07
19	1.18 Ecclesiastical Schisms TriciaG	6:53
20	1.19 The Scriptures and Tradition TriciaG	9:07
21	1.20 Apocryphal Writings TriciaG	5:57
22	1.21 Theology During the Early Period TriciaG	17:12
23	1.22 Ecclesiastical Government and the Roman Primacy TriciaG	14:44
24	1.23 Sacred Seasons and Public Worship TriciaG	8:41
25	1.24 Ecclesiastical Discipline TriciaG	5:53
26	1.25 Christian Life and Usages TriciaG	11:56
27	1.26 The Church in the Catacombs TriciaG	15:41
28	1.27 Monasticism TriciaG	6:20
29	1.28 The Age of Gregory the Great TriciaG	4:14
30	1.29 The Expansion of Christianity TriciaG	13:12
31	1.30 The Close of the Early Period TriciaG	7:05
32	2.1 The Medieval Transition TriciaG	5:48
33	2.2 The Reign of Charlemagne TriciaG	8:29
34	2.3 Church and State under the Later Carolingian Rulers TriciaG	5:47
35	2.4 The Fictitious Isidore TriciaG	9:12
36	2.5 Mohammedanism TriciaG	7:37
37	2.6 The Schools of Charlemagne TriciaG	7:29
38	2.7 Theological Movements TriciaG	7:32
39	2.8 The Rule of the Popes TriciaG	10:16
40	2.9 The Gregorian Reform TriciaG	7:19
41	2.10 Moral Life and Ecclesiastical Usages TriciaG	6:14
42	2.11 The Public Services TriciaG	7:45
43	2.12 The Writers of the Times TriciaG	4:58
44	2.13 New Missions TriciaG	12:38
45	2.14 Schism between the East and the West TriciaG	6:52
46	2.15 The Anglo-Saxon Church TriciaG	6:48
47	2.16 Arnold of Brescia TriciaG	8:12
48	2.17 The Waldenses and the Albigenses TriciaG	5:53
49	2.18 Thomas Becket TriciaG	7:30
50	2.19 The Monastic Orders TriciaG	9:33
51	2.20 Monasteries as Centres of Intellectual Life TriciaG	2:44
52	2.21 Christian Art TriciaG	6:19
53	2.22 Christian Worship TriciaG	5:10
54	2.23 The Crusades: A.D. 1096-1270 TriciaG	9:02
55	2.24 Arabic Philosophy TriciaG	3:47
56	2.25 The Hohenstaufens in Italy TriciaG	5:50
57	2.26 The Jewish Philosophy TriciaG	4:30
58	2.27 The Scholastic Philosophy TriciaG	11:09
59	2.28 Abelard and his Fortunes TriciaG	8:13
60	2.29 General Literature TriciaG	4:02
61	2.30 The Great Schools TriciaG	2:51
62	2.31 The Divided Papacy TriciaG	7:20
63	2.32 Retrospect TriciaG	3:57
64	3.1 The Heralds of Protestantism TriciaG	33:33
65	3.2 The Humanism of Italy TriciaG	11:40
66	3.3 The Reformatory Councils TriciaG	7:37
67	3.4 The German Reformation: Martin Luther TriciaG	18:39
68	3.5 Luther: Further Labors and Personal Character TriciaG	16:25
69	3.6 Melanchthon and other German Reformers TriciaG	12:24
70	3.7 The Reformation in German Switzerland TriciaG	10:39
71	3.8 The Reformation in French Switzerland TriciaG	18:49
72	3.9 The English Reformation: First Period TriciaG	17:24
73	3.10 The English Reformation: Second Period TriciaG	8:43
74	3.11 The Scotch Reformation TriciaG	6:51
75	3.12 The Reformation in the Netherlands TriciaG	9:45
76	3.13 The Reformation in France TriciaG	11:00
77	3.14 The Reformation in Italy TriciaG	13:08
78	3.15 The Reformation in Spain and Portugal TriciaG	6:50
79	3.16 The Reformation in Scandinavia TriciaG	3:20
80	3.17 The Reformation in the Slavic Lands TriciaG	6:48
81	3.18 Survey of Results TriciaG	6:57
82	3.19 The Four Hundredth Anniversary of Luther's Birth TriciaG	5:39
83	4.1 Recuperative Measures of Romanism TriciaG	6:17
84	4.2 The Order of Jesuits TriciaG	9:46
85	4.3 The English Church under James I and Charles I TriciaG	8:03
86	4.4 The English Puritans TriciaG	5:40
87	4.5 The Quakers TriciaG	4:44
88	4.6 Cromwell and the Commonwealth TriciaG	8:05
89	4.7 The Church During the Restoration TriciaG	6:52
90	4.8 English Deism TriciaG	7:52
91	4.9 The Protestant Church in Germany TriciaG	4:44
92	4.10 Mysticism in Germany TriciaG	5:42
93	4.11 The Thirty Years' War TriciaG	7:37
94	4.12 The Protestant Emigration to America TriciaG	2:49
95	4.13 Arminius and the Synod of Dort TriciaG	5:17
96	4.14 The Salzburg Persecution TriciaG	3:39
97	4.15 Spener and Pietism TriciaG	10:18
98	4.16 The Moravians TriciaG	5:32
99	4.17 Swedenborg and the New Church TriciaG	4:53
100	4.18 Rationalism in Germany TriciaG	6:25
101	4.19 The Evangelical Reaction TriciaG	5:50
102	4.20 French Mysticism and Flemish Jansenism TriciaG	6:07
103	4.21 French Infidelity TriciaG	5:21
104	4.22 French Protestantism TriciaG	6:25
105	4.23 The Russo-Greek Church TriciaG	9:07
106	4.24 Wesley and Methodism TriciaG	9:08
107	4.25 The Tractarian Movement TriciaG	6:53
108	4.26 The Schools in the Church of England TriciaG	13:36
109	4.27 The English Universities TriciaG	5:19
110	4.28 Scholars and Divines of the English Church TriciaG	16:23
111	4.29 Puritan and Presbyterian Scholars and Divines TriciaG	15:00
112	4.30 Critical Periods in the History of the Scottish Church TriciaG	10:50
113	4.31 The Ekskine Schism and the Haldane Revival TriciaG	7:44
114	4.32 The Great Disruption TriciaG	8:30
115	4.33 Learning and Literary Culture in the Roman Catholic Church TriciaG	7:26
116	4.34 The Growth of Mary-Worship TriciaG	6:10
117	4.35 The End of the Temporal Power of the Papacy TriciaG	6:00
118	4.36 The Contest with Germany TriciaG	4:27
119	4.37 The Survival of Superstition TriciaG	3:38
120	4.38 Roman Catholicism in England TriciaG	7:44
121	4.39 The Vatican Council TriciaG	5:36
122	4.40 The Old Catholics TriciaG	6:40
123	4.41 The Evangelical Alliance TriciaG	4:11
124	4.42 The Sunday-School TriciaG	3:52
125	4.43 The Revision of the Bible TriciaG	4:34
126	4.44 The Protestant Mission Field TriciaG	16:21
127	4.45 The Temperance Reform TriciaG	4:08
128	4.46 Philanthropy in England and Germany TriciaG	7:26
129	4.47 English Preachers TriciaG	5:20
130	4.48 Literature and Religion in England TriciaG	5:42
131	4.49 The Salvation Army TriciaG	5:06
132	4.50 Survey of Religious Life on the Continent TriciaG	6:19
133	5.1.1 The New Christendom TriciaG	4:34
134	5.1.2 The Spanish Colonization TriciaG	10:04
135	5.1.3 The French Colonization TriciaG	9:33
136	5.1.4 The English Colonization: Virginia and Massachusetts TriciaG	14:53
137	5.1.5 Maryland, Pennsylvania, and other English Colonies TriciaG	9:13
138	5.1.6 Continental Colonies: Dutch, Swedes, Huguenots, and other Protestants TriciaG	7:55
139	5.1.7 The Providential Planting TriciaG	5:46
140	5.1.8 Political Framework of the Colonies TriciaG	6:49
141	5.1.9 Church Government in the Colonies TriciaG	7:48
142	5.1.10 Education TriciaG	9:59
143	5.1.11 Intolerance in the Colonies TriciaG	13:30
144	5.1.12 Religious Life of the Colonies TriciaG	6:22
145	5.1.13 Colonial Worship and Usages TriciaG	6:04
146	5.1.14 Missions to the Indians TriciaG	10:07
147	5.1.15 Theological Movements TriciaG	10:32
148	5.1.16 Religious Literature TriciaG	9:48
149	5.1.17 Early Leaders TriciaG	12:15
150	5.1.18 The Influence of the Puritans TriciaG	4:15
151	5.1.19 The Episcopal Defection in Connecticut TriciaG	3:56
152	5.2.1 The Church at the Founding of the Republic TriciaG	7:10
153	5.2.2 The Separation of Church and State TriciaG	8:15
154	5.2.3 The French Infidelity TriciaG	7:29
155	5.2.4 Revival at the Beginning of the Century TriciaG	5:57
156	5.2.5 Expansion in the South and West TriciaG	6:38
157	5.2.6 The Protestant Episcopal Church TriciaG	5:09
158	5.2.7 The Congregational Church TriciaG	5:14
159	5.2.8 The Reformed Churches TriciaG	6:08
160	5.2.9 The Baptist Church TriciaG	11:47
161	5.2.10 The Presbyterian Church TriciaG	12:54
162	5.2.11 The Lutheran Church TriciaG	10:45
163	5.2.12 American Methodism TriciaG	19:50
164	5.2.13 The Roman Catholic Church TriciaG	14:54
165	5.2.14 The Unitarian Church TriciaG	13:16
166	5.2.15 The Universalist Church TriciaG	9:11
167	5.2.16 The Moravian Church TriciaG	8:35
168	5.2.17 Alexander Campbell and the Disciples of Christ TriciaG	9:11
169	5.2.18 The Quakers TriciaG	9:34
170	5.2.19 Other Denominations TriciaG	26:05
171	5.2.20 The Transcendentalists TriciaG	10:24
172	5.2.21 Communistic Churches TriciaG	12:09
173	5.2.22 The Mormons TriciaG	14:27
174	5.2.23 The Antislavery Reform TriciaG	16:10
175	5.2.24 The Temperance Reform TriciaG	17:11
176	5.2.25 Philanthropy and Christian Union TriciaG	15:39
177	5.2.26 Missions TriciaG	16:46
178	5.2.27 The Sunday-School TriciaG	7:33
179	5.2.28 Christian Literature TriciaG	13:07
180	5.2.29 The American Pulpit TriciaG	12:56
181	5.2.30 Theology of the American Church TriciaG	12:52
182	5.2.31 Theological Scholarship TriciaG	19:04