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The History of Christianity: From the Disciples to the Dawn of the Reformation

Luke Timothy Johnson · 2012

A comprehensive 36-lecture course tracing Christianity's development from its origins as a Jewish sect through the Reformation, examining its cultural contexts, theological evolution, institutional development, and adaptive relationship with political and social worlds.

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What this book knows

Christianity's power lies in its relentless, often turbulent adaptation across institutions, empires, and reform movements over fifteen centuries.

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Constantine worked ruthlessly to eliminate rivals and make himself sole ruler, clearly favoring Christianity as the new 'glue' of the empire.
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Monks presented an alternative culture based not on wealth but poverty, not on power but weakness, not on prestige but lowliness.
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Innocent III displayed an even more aggressive assertion of papal authority in matters both secular and religious.
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The very uncertainty of the breakout of persecution was a contributing factor to the tension felt by Christians; it could happen suddenly and without warning.
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A life dedicated to God prepared the monk for the only thing that really mattered: participation in eternal life in heaven.
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The Venerable Bede devoted his life to scholarship, writing works that clearly formed the curricula for others across grammar, natural science, and biblical commentary.
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