Category: Church History

  • Modern Protestant Diversifications

    A reflection based on “The Story of Christian Theology” by Olson (chapters 32-35) Chapter thirty-two covers the reaction of Liberalism and Conservatism on Christianity in Modernity. Both attempted to reconstruct…

  • Protestant Diversification

    A reflection based on “The Story of Christian Theology” by Olson (chapters 28-31) Chapter twenty-eight covered the theological developments of Arminius in light of the Reformed theology of Northern Europe.…

  • Luther and the Protestant Reformation

    A reflection based on “The Story of Christian Theology” by Olson (chapters 24-27) Chapter twenty-four covers Luther and the Protestant Reformation. Where Erasmus before him had been gentle in his…

  • The Scholastic Thinkers

    A reflection based on “The Story of Christian Theology” by Olson (chapters 21-23) This week’s chapters discuss the next major stage of Christian development through one of the golden ages…

  • The Great Schism

    A reflection based on “The Story of Christian Theology” by Olson (chapters 16-20) Chapter sixteen covers the fallout from church conflict at Chalcedon. The church made a major break between…

  • Theological Innovators in the Early Church

    A reflection based on “The Story of Christian Theology” by Olson (chapters 11-15) This week’s reading covered chapters eleven through fifteen of The Story of Christian Theology. These chapters make…

  • Church History Approaching the Formal Creeds

    A reflection based on “The Story of Christian Theology” by Olson (chapters 6-10) This week’s reading covered chapters six through ten and discussed a few important church figures, including Origen…

  • The First Few Centuries of Church History

    A reflection based on “The Story of Christian Theology” by Olson (chapters 1-5) This week covered the first five chapters of The Story of Christian Theology. These chapters cover the…

  • The Ever-Changing Nature of Protestantism

    A personal reflection based on “Christianity’s Dangerous Idea” by McGrath (chapters 16-17) This week’s reading covers chapter 16 and 17, which discuss the ever-changing nature of Protestantism throughout the world.…

  • Recent American Protestantism and Pentecostalism

    A personal reflection based on “Christianity’s Dangerous Idea” by McGrath (chapters 14 and 15) This week’s section covered chapters fourteen and fifteen. These chapters discuss the change in America through…