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Sketches of Church History, from A.D. 33 to the Reformation

Sketches of Church History, from A.D. 33 to the Reformation

by J. C. Robertson

James Craigie Robertson (1813–1882) was a Scottish Anglican churchman and historian. Educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, he served as vicar of Bekesbourne, then as canon of Canterbury from 1859 and professor of ecclesiastical history at King's College, London. His four-volume History of the Christian Church carried the story to the Reformation; our library holds his briefer Sketches of Church History, from A.D. 33 to the Reformation, written for the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.

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First published
1882
Length
99k words · about 7 hours
Chapters
61

About this book

An outline of church history by J. C. Robertson, published in 1882, running from AD 33 to the Reformation. Robertson sketches the growth of the early church, its sufferings and councils, the rise of medieval Christendom, and the movements that prepared for reform. Long used as a student's handbook, it gives beginners a clear map of fifteen centuries in brief compass.

Contents

  1. Chapter 1. The Age of the Apostles (A.D. 33–100)
  2. Chapter 2. St. Ignatius (AD 116
  3. Chapter 3. St. Justin Martyr (AD 166)
  4. Chapter 4. St. Polycarp (AD 166)
  5. Chapter 5. The Martyrs of Lyons and Vienne (AD 177)
  6. Chapter 6. Tertullian; Perpetua and Companions (AD 181–206
  7. Chapter 7. Origen (AD 185–254)
  8. Chapter 8. St. Cyprian, Part I (AD 200–253)
  9. Chapter 9. From Gallienus to the End of the Last Persecution (AD 261–313) 🔒
  10. Chapter 10. Constantine the Great (AD 313–337) 🔒
  11. Chapter 11. The Council of Nicaea (AD 325) 🔒
  12. Chapter 12. St. Athanasius 🔒
  13. Chapter 13. The Monks. 🔒
  14. Chapter 14. St. Basil and St. Gregory of Naziansum; Council of Constantinople 🔒
  15. Chapter 15. St. Ambrose (AD 374–397 🔒
  16. Chapter 16. The Temple of Serapis (AD 391) 🔒
  17. Chapter 17. Church Government. 🔒
  18. Chapter 18. Christian Worship 🔒
  19. Chapter 19. Arcadius and Honorius (AD 395–423) 🔒
  20. Chapter 20. St. John Chrysostom (AD 347–407) 🔒
  21. Chapter 21. St. Augustine (AD 354–430) 🔒
  22. Chapter 22. Councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon (AD 431–451) 🔒
  23. Chapter 23. Fall of the Western Empire (AD 451–476) 🔒
  24. Chapter 24. Conversion of the Barbarians; Christianity in Britain 🔒
  25. Chapter 25. Scotland and Ireland 🔒
  26. Chapter 26. Clovis (AD 496) 🔒
  27. Chapter 27. Justinian (AD 527–565) 🔒
  28. Chapter 28. Nestorians and Monophysites. 🔒
  29. Chapter 29. St. Benedict (AD 480–529) 🔒
  30. Chapter 30. End of the Sixth Century 🔒
  31. Chapter 31. St Gregory the Great (AD 540–604) 🔒
  32. Chapter 1. Mahometanism; Image-Worship (AD 612–794) 🔒
  33. Chapter 2. The Church in England (AD 604–734) 🔒
  34. Chapter 3. St. Boniface (AD 680–755 🔒
  35. Chapter 4. Pipin and Charles the Great (AD 741–814) 🔒
  36. Chapter 5. Decay of Charles the Great's Empire (AD 814–887) 🔒
  37. Chapter 6. State of the Papacy (AD 891–1046) 🔒
  38. Chapter 7. Missions of the Ninth and Tenth Centuries 🔒
  39. Chapter 8. Pope Gregory the Seventh 🔒
  40. Chapter 9. The First Crusade (AD 1095–1099) 🔒
  41. Chapter 10. New Orders of Monks; Military Orders 🔒
  42. Chapter 11. St. Bernard (AD 1091–1153) 🔒
  43. Chapter 12. Adrian IV; Alexander III; Becket; The Third Crusade (AD 1153–1192) 🔒
  44. Chapter 13. Innocent the Third (AD 1198–1216) 🔒
  45. Chapter 14. Frederick II; St. Lewis of France (AD 1220–1270) 🔒
  46. Chapter 15. Peter of Murrone (AD 1294) 🔒
  47. Chapter 16. Boniface VIII 🔒
  48. Chapter 17. The Popes at Avignon; the Ruin of the Templars (AD 1303–1312) 🔒
  49. Chapter 18. The Popes at Avignon (continued) (AD 1314–1352) 🔒
  50. Chapter 19. Religious Sects and Parties 🔒
  51. Chapter 20. John Wyclif (AD c1324–1384) 🔒
  52. Chapter 21. The Popes Return to Rome (AD 1367–1377) 🔒
  53. Chapter 22. The Great Schism (AD 1378–1410) 🔒
  54. Chapter 23. John Huss (AD 1369–1414) 🔒
  55. Chapter 24. The Council of Constance (AD 1414–1417) 🔒
  56. Chapter 25. The Hussites (AD 1418–1431) 🔒
  57. Chapter 26. Councils of Basel and Florence (AD 1431–9) 🔒
  58. Chapter 27. Nicolas V and Pius II (AD 1447–1464) 🔒
  59. Chapter 28. Jerome Savonarola (AD 1452–1498) 🔒
  60. Chapter 29. Julius II and Leo X (AD 1503–1521) 🔒
  61. Chapter 30. Missions; The Inquisition 🔒

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