Recommended items to enrich your study of Church History:
Dropbox folder
Folder for all Files for the Class (extra information)
Here is an open source for many of the primary sources we will be looking at:
Article regarding the main Ecumenical Councils
Recent new “edict” from the Roman Catholic Church regarding the worship of Mary
Class Information
NEW – 11/13/2025
Suggested videos for more information:
How We Got Our Bible | James White
Chart of Councils as discussed
| Council | Date | Where | Who | Why | Link to the document |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apostles’ | 2nd Century | Apostles’ Creed | |||
| Nicene | 325 | Niceae | called by Constantine | Define “Is Jesus fully God or a lesser God (Arian Heresy)” | Nicene Creed |
Additional Optional Reading
Disclaimer: I have these in my library, but have only cracked open a few and completely read none of them. I do not endorse any of them with the exception of the first book. But I like to read different perspectives to test them against Scripture.
- The Story of Christianity: Volumes 1 & 2 – Justo Gonzalez
- We Believe — Creeds, Catechisms & Confession of Faith – published by Ligonier Ministries (contains confessions from many different denominations)
- Encountering Jesus in the Real World of the Gospels – Parker
- Jesus and the Eyewitnesses – Bauckham
- The Apostolic Fathers – J.B. Lightfoot
- How Christianity Changed the World – Schmidt
- Tried By Fire – Bennett
- Confessions of St Augustine
- Great Voices of the Reformation
- Institutes of Christian Religion – Calvin
- From the Protestant Reformation to the Southern Baptist Convention – Ascol
- Christianity and Liberalism – Machen (1920s)
- Foxe’s Book of Martyrs
- What We Believe – publisher – Ligonier Ministries (Westminster Catechism)
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