CHRISTIANITY

• Historical/political/Religious Landscape at time of Jesus
• Relationship to the Law of Moses
• Jesus Claims to be God
• Jesus Predicts Kingdom will Come Soon
• Crucifixion of Jesus
• Resurrection of Jesus
• Ascension of Jesus
• Apostolic Leadership
• Saul of Tarsus/Saint Paul
• Writers of New Testament
• Book of Revelation
• New Testament refines and supplements Old Testament
• Gnostic writings and gospels
• Persecution under Roman Government
• Christian Sects

Apostolic Fathers

• Clement of Rome (A.D. 96)
• Ignatius of Antioch (A.D. 35-110)
• Polycarp of Smyrna (A.D. 69-155)
• Papias of Hierapolis (A.D. 95-120)

Greek Fathers

• Justin Martyr
• Irenaeus of Lyons
• Clement of Alexandria
• Origen of Alexandria
• Athanasius of Alexandria
• Cappadocian Fathers
• John Chrysostom
• Cyril of Alexandria
• Maximus the Confessor
• John of Damascus

Latin Fathers

• Tertullian
• Cyprian of Carthage
• Hilary of Poitiers
• Ambrose of Milan
• Pope Damasus I
• Jerome of Stridonium
• Augustine of Hippo
• Pope Gregory the Great
• Isidore of Seville
• Bernard of Clairvaux

Syriac Fathers

• Aphrahat
• Ephrem the Syrian
• Isaac of Antioch
• Isaac of Nineveh

Desert Fathers

• Paul of Thebes
• Anthony the Great
• Pachomius

• Roman Church Takes Prominence
• Conversion of Roman Emperor Constantine
• Church and State
• Arianism
• Church Councils

Church Fathers

Western Church

• Ambrose (A.D. 340–397)
• Jerome (347–420)
• Augustine of Hippo (354–430)
• Pope Gregory I (540–604)

Eastern Church

• Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296 or 298 – 373)
• Gregory of Nazianzus (329 – c. 390)
• Basil of Caesarea (c. 330 – 379)
• John Chrysostom (347–407)

• Saint Thomas Aquinas
• Clerical Celibacy
• Orthodox Church Schism
• Orthodox Church and State
• Age of Reason
• Martin Luther
• Martin Luther and OT Canon
• Lutheranism and State
• Science and Church
• Church of England Separation from Catholic Church
• Church of England and State
• Protestant Reformation
• Doctrine of Sola Scriptura
• Just War Theory
• American Revivalism
• American End Time Movements
• American Christian Cults
• Mormonism
• Pentecostalism
• Christian Scientists
• Jehovah’s Witnesses
• Dogma of Papal Infallibility
• Eugenics
• 1930 Lambeth Conference and Approval of Contraception
• 1947 Discovery of Dead Sea Scrolls
• Martin Luther King and Christian Non Violent Protest
• Liberation Theology
• American Christianity and Political Conservatism
• American Christianity and Nationalism
• Abortion