Category: Church History
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…