Church History - 11th Grade Bible
Course Description
Over the next semester, we will do our best to cover at least a representative sample of Church history from the Apostles up through the present. As we delve into our shared past, we’ll look at the good, the bad and the ugly. Most likely, you’ll experience the normal range of emotions that go with such things: joy, anger, frustration, embarrassment, etc. There are men and women whose lives changed everything for us. They are the giants upon whose shoulders we currently stand. And there are men and women who used the Faith as a tool to obtain wealth and power. This class covers all of it.
If there is time, I’d like to do some comparison and contrast with you regarding modern denominations and possibly even some major world religions. I’m sure we’ll have animated discussions about theology (yes it can happen) and most likely we will disagree about some things. And it will be great.
Most importantly, my desire is that during this course your faith in the Risen Christ will deepen. Absolutely everything we will do in this class is about Jesus. We are trying to understand: what he did, who he is, and who we are in relationship to him. We do this because what you think about God is the most important thought you will ever have.
Currently, this class uses the text Christian History Made Easy, (2005) by Timothy Paul Jones. All reading questions and outlines are based off this book unless otherwise noted. The chapter titles below are the chapter titles from the book.
Over the next semester, we will do our best to cover at least a representative sample of Church history from the Apostles up through the present. As we delve into our shared past, we’ll look at the good, the bad and the ugly. Most likely, you’ll experience the normal range of emotions that go with such things: joy, anger, frustration, embarrassment, etc. There are men and women whose lives changed everything for us. They are the giants upon whose shoulders we currently stand. And there are men and women who used the Faith as a tool to obtain wealth and power. This class covers all of it.
If there is time, I’d like to do some comparison and contrast with you regarding modern denominations and possibly even some major world religions. I’m sure we’ll have animated discussions about theology (yes it can happen) and most likely we will disagree about some things. And it will be great.
Most importantly, my desire is that during this course your faith in the Risen Christ will deepen. Absolutely everything we will do in this class is about Jesus. We are trying to understand: what he did, who he is, and who we are in relationship to him. We do this because what you think about God is the most important thought you will ever have.
Currently, this class uses the text Christian History Made Easy, (2005) by Timothy Paul Jones. All reading questions and outlines are based off this book unless otherwise noted. The chapter titles below are the chapter titles from the book.
Chapter 1 - The Gospels, The Apostles, Then What?
AD 64-177
Chapter 2 - Balancing the Past with the Present
AD 90-250
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To help the visitor get a better grasp of what's actually involved in the sections, the vocab covered in chapter's 1 and 2 on the left.
Because I test every two chapters, the vocab will be for two chapters. |
1. Apologist
2. asceticism 3. canon 4. Demiurge 5. Docetism 6. Gnosticism |
7. Justin Martyr
8. Marcion 9. Montanism 10. Nero 11. Origen 12. Overseer 13. Pliny |
Chapter 3 - The Church Wins
AD 247-420
Chapter 4 - Servant-Leaders or Leaders of Servants
AD376-664
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Vocab for chapters 3 and 4
1. Ambrose
2. Arius 3. Athanasius 4. Augustine 5. Constantine 6. Council of Calcedon |
7. Council of Nicaea
8. Cyprian 9. Donatists (Donatism) 10. Edict of Milan 11. First Council of Constantinople 12. Gregory the Great 13. Homoousias 14. John Chrysostom 15. Jovinian 16. Modalism |
17. Monk
18. Monophysite 19. Nestorius 20. Pelagius 21. Perichoresis 22. Sacrifice certificates 23. Saint Jerome 24. The Benedictine Rule 25. The Great Cappadocians 26. Theodosius |
Chapter 5 - From Multiplication to Division
AD 496 - 1291
Chapter 6 - God Never Stops Working
AD 673-1295
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Vocab for chapters 5 and 6.
1. “And the Son”
2. Anselm 3. Bernard of Clairvaux 4. Berno of Cluny 5. Bull 6. Charlemagne |
7. Charles Martel
8. Crusades 9. Cyril 10. Feudal System 11. Francis of Assisi 12. Hildegard of Bingen 13. Innocent III 14. Islam 15. John of Damascus 16. King Pepin III |
17. Leo III
18. Leo IX 19. Mendicant 20. Muhammad 21. Mystics 22. Peter Waldo 23. Scholastic 24. Thomas Aquinas 25. Transubstantiation 26. Urban II |
Chapter 7 - Everything Falls Apart
AD 1294-1517
Chapter 8 - Wild Pigs in a Dirty Vineyard
AD 1500-1609
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Vocab for chapters 7 and 8.
1. Anabaptists
2. Avignon 3. Black Death 4. Common Life Movement 5. Consubstantiation |
6. Council of Trent
7. Diet of Worms 8. Erasmus 9. Felix Manz 10. Henry VIII 11. Humanism 12. Ignatius Loyola 13. Jan Hus 14. Joan of Arc |
15. John Calvin
16. John Wycliffe 17. Martin Luther 18. Menno Simons 19. Renaissance 20. Thomas A’Kempis 21. Transubstantiation 22. Ulrich Zwingli 23. William Tyndale |
Chapter 9 - Change Doesn't Always do you Good
AD 1510-1767
Chapter 10 - Talking About Some Revolutions
AD 1620-1814
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Vocab for chapters 9 and 10
1. Arminian Remonstrance
2. Bartolome de Las Casas 3. Deism 4. Galileo 5. George Whitefield 6. Isaac Newton 7. Jacob Arminius 8. Jesuit Missions |
9. John Bunyan
10. John Smyth 11. John Wesley 12. Jonathan Edwards 13. Methodists 14. Moravians 15. Nickolaus Zizendorf 16. Nicolas Copernicus 17. Oliver Cromwell 18. Pedro Claver |
19. Pietism
20. Puritans 21. Roger Williams 22. Salem Witch Trials 23. Sola Fide 24. Sola Gratia 25. Sola Scriptura 26. Synod of Dordt 27. The Great Awakening 28. TULIP |
Chapter 11 - Optimism has its Limits
AD 1780-1914
Denominations Project
You will research one of five prominent denominations of the Protestant Church and presenting it to your peers.
Once you have been assigned your denomination, you will research according to three subjects:
1. “The Beginnings of the Denomination,”
2. “A Brief History of the Denomination,” and
3. “The Current Conditions of the Denomination.”
You will have approximately 40 minutes to present your denomination project to the class. You must include all the elements of each subject (see below), leaving time for questions along the way or at the end of your presentation. All members of the group must participate in the research and all members of the group must speak at some point in the presentation.
The group will be graded as a whole on how well they meet all the requirements of the project.
Once you have been assigned your denomination, you will research according to three subjects:
1. “The Beginnings of the Denomination,”
2. “A Brief History of the Denomination,” and
3. “The Current Conditions of the Denomination.”
You will have approximately 40 minutes to present your denomination project to the class. You must include all the elements of each subject (see below), leaving time for questions along the way or at the end of your presentation. All members of the group must participate in the research and all members of the group must speak at some point in the presentation.
The group will be graded as a whole on how well they meet all the requirements of the project.
Assessment
I've grouped the chapters in pairs because that is the way I test them. I do give quizzes over every odd chapter. This usually consists of 4 to 5 short answer questions covering the overarching themes or V.I.P.s of the chapter. The only exception to this is in chapter 9 where we do a more in depth look at the theology of the Reformation (Sola Scriptura and all the other Solas along with TULIP). Chapter reviews are located on the 'Chapters x + y' subpages near the bottom.
