Sketches from Church History

Name: Sketches from Church History
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An Illustrated Account of 20 Centuries of Christ's Power

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S. M. Houghton

Category History & Biography, Marriage & Family

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Weight	1.32 lbs
Dimensions	7.75 × 7.75 × 0.6 in
Binding	Paperback
Format	Book
ISBN	9780851513171
Original Pub Date	1980
Topic	General History
Page Count	256
Banner Pub Date	Dec 1, 1980

Endorsements

‘If you’re the kind of person who has never read a book on church history, this should be your first one…It’s clear, it goes through everything, he picks up edifying accounts, it’s reliable.’ — MARK DEVER

Book Description

This book outlines the thrilling story of the onward march of the church of Christ from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century. It is not a dry-as-dust account of long-forgotten events and controversies, but rather a moving record of those who undertook the adventure of faith before us and through their courage and steadfastness, left an example for the church in every age.

Reading of the exploits of those who have gone before us, through times of prosperity and times of persecution, should stimulate, warn and encourage the church in our own age to persevere in the same path, and obtain the same everlasting reward.

Ian Hamilton on Sketches From Church History

Table of Contents Expand ↓

I:	THE EARLY CHURCH TO THE RISE OF ISLAM
	1 The Early Church	9
	2 The Martyrs	14
	3 Constantine the Great	20
	4 Church Fathers	23
	5 Monasticism	27
	6 The Rise of the Papacy	31
	7 Islam	34
II:	THE DARK AND MIDDLE AGES TO THE HEIGHT OF PAPAL AUTHORITY
	8 The Christian Faith comes to the British Isles (1)	39
	9 The Christian Faith comes to the British Isles (2)	43
	10 Early Missionaries in Europe	48
	11 Pope and Emperor	51
	12 The Crusades	54
	13 The Papacy at its Height	57
III:	FORERUNNERS OF THE REFORMATION
	14 The Waldenses	62
	15 John Wycliffe	65
	16 John Huss	69
	17 Savonarola	72
	18 The Approach of Dawn	75
IV:	THE 16th-CENTURY REFORMATION IN GERMANY
	19 Martin Luther the Student	79
	20 Luther and the Church	82
	21 Luther and the Pope	87
	22 Luther at the Wartburg	90
	23 The Protestants in Germany	94
V:	THE 16th-CENTURY REFORMATION OUTSIDE GERMANY
	24 Ulrich Zwingli	99
	25 John Calvin	102
	26 John Calvin in Geneva	106
	27 England receives the Light (1)	112
	28 England receives the Light (2)	116
	29 Scotland Transformed	122
	30 The Huguenots of France	129
	31 The French Crown and the Huguenots	134
	32 The Netherlands receives the Truth	138
VI:	THE FAITH IN THE 17th AND 18th CENTURIES
	33 The Thirty Years’ War in Germany (1618-48)	144
	34 English Puritanism, chiefly under Elizabeth	148
	35 English Puritanism under the Early Stuarts	152
	36 English Puritanism under the Later Stuarts	161
	37 The Faith in North America during the 17th Century (1)	165
	38 The Faith in North America during the 17th Century (2)	169
	39 The Pietists: Spener, Francke, Zinzendorf	174
	40 The Faith in North America during the 18th Century	178
	41 Methodism and the Wesleys (1)	185
	42 Methodism and the Wesleys (2)	190
	43 Methodism and George Whitefield	194
VII:	FROM THE RISE OF MODERN MISSIONS TO THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY
	44 Revived Missionary Activity	202
	45 The Faith in the 19th-Century Church: North America (1)	208
	46 The Faith in the 19th-Century Church: North America (2)	213
	47 The Faith in the 19th-Century Church: The British Isles (1)	221
	48 The Faith in the 19th-Century Church: The British Isles (2)	228
	49 The 19th-Century Church on the Continent of Europe (1)	235
	50 The 19th-Century Church on the Continent of Europe (2)	241
	Index	247

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Vaclav Vasil – September 14, 2018

I read this book a few years ago. I really like how accessible this sketch of church history is. Some people don’t like to just read, but see, what it was like, and this book gives you both. Just enough information, and with pictures and illustrations from the history of what God has done through the centuries in his church.
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Billy – May 3, 2021

Excellent book! Helped us in Zambia to love History!