Church History	reference
prepared by E. John Quiroz
Hearts For Christ Ministry, 08/01/04

Have you ever wondered about the history of the church as we know it today?
How did we evolve to so many different churches?
What’s the difference between all these denominations?
Who really are the pilgrims?
Is America really a Christian country?
Who is Martin Luther?
Where does my church fit in?
What is the difference between a Catholic and a Non-Catholic; Christian?
Am I a Protestant?
Why is there division and a lack of unity among Christians today?
What is an Evangelical?
What is the Charisma movement?
Where do we fit in the whole scope of things?

This series looks to answer some of those deep questions and more. It is an informative study on the History of the church since the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The last thing written in the Bible was the Book of Revelation written in the year 0090 AD. That leaves us 1,914 years of evolution in the Body of Christ (the Church). We call this the Church Age. The Bible says that although the Church will remain here on earth for “a time, and a time, and a half”, the Church will finally be lifted and removed from this earth to meet Christ in the heavens.

Although our Spirits meet Jesus upon death, the dwelling of the Holy Spirit will remain in order to fuel the Church until the second coming of the King. This study covers the Ages beyond the Bible until now. This lesson was contrived from a number of different sources but mostly used was the United States History for Christian Schools; Second Edition. 1993, Bob Jones University Press. I have included a Study Packet Table of Contents, and a short glossary of terms and names used in this study. Please enjoy and have fun learning!

E. John Quiroz, editor

Definitions (Taken from Webster's Dictionary)

1.	Baptist
2.	Catholic
3.	Episcopal
4.	Lutheran
5.	Methodist
6.	Pentecostal
7.	Presbyterian
8.	Protestant
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	Baptist n. 1. A member of the Christian denomination that baptizes believers by immersion and that is usually Calvinistic in doctrine 2. A person who baptizes Back \| Top Catholic adj. 1. of or pertaining to a Catholic church. Catholic Church a visible society of baptized Christians professing the same faith under the authority of the invisible head (Christ) and the authority of the visible head (the pope and the bishops in communion with him) *Roman Catholic Church* claiming to possess exclusively the notes or characteristics of the one, only, true and universal church having unity, visibility, indefectibility, apostolic succession, universality and sanctity; used in this sense, with these qualifications, only by the church of Rome, as applicable only to itself and its adherents and to their faith and organization. Back \| Top Episcopal adj. 1. Of or pertaining to a bishop: Episcopal authority. 2. Based on or recognizing a governing order of bishops: an Episcopal hierarchy. Episcopal Church in America, the church in the US that inherited doctrine, discipline and forms of worship of the Church of England, from which it became an independent body, within the Anglican Communion: known before 1976 as the Protestant Episcopal Church Back \| Top Lutheran adj. 1.of or pertaining to Luther, adhering to his doctrines, or belonging to one of the Protestant churches that bear his name. Back \| Top Methodist n., 1. a member of the largest Christian denomination that grew out of the revival of religion led by John Wesley; stresses both personal and social morality and has an Arminian doctrine and, in the US, a modified Episcopal polity. Back \| Top Pentecostal adj., 1. of or pertaining to Pentecost. 2. noting or pertaining to any of various Christian groups, usually fundamentalist, that emphasize the activity of the Holy Spirit, stress holiness of living, and express their religious feelings uninhibitedly, as by speaking in tongues as required proof of receiving the Holy Spirit. Back \| Top Presbyterian adj. 1.pertaining to or based on the principle of ecclesiastical government by presbyters or presbyteries. 2. Designating or pertaining to various churches having this form of government and professing more or less modified forms of Calvinism. Back \| Top Protestant n. 1. Any Western Christian who is not adherent of a Catholic, Anglican, or Eastern Church. 2. An adherent of any of those Christian bodies that separated from the Church of Rome during the reformation, or of any group descended from them. Back \| Top

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Study Packet - Table of Contents

1) Packet #1 The Church Age

a) 3 Periods of Pre-Apocalyptic Churches

i The First Church (0-100 AD)

ii) The Persecuted Church (100-300 AD)

iii) Union of the Church and State (300-600 AD)

b) The 4 Apocalyptic Churches

i) the Roman Catholic Church (600- )

ii) the Protestant Reformation (1500- )

iii) the Modern Church (1900- )

iv) the Final Apostate Church (1900- )

2) Packet #2 The Protestant Reformation (1500's)

a) Holy Roman Empire

b) The Reluctant Revolutionary

c) Reformative Ideals

d) The Reformation

e) The New Protestant Nation

3) Packet #3 Religion in the New World (1700's)

a) Denominational Beginnings in America

i) English Background

ii) The Early Pilgrims and Puritans

iii) European Denominations in America

(1) Baptists

(2) Quakers

(3) Presbyterians

(4) Lutherans

(5) Roman Catholics

iv) The Great Awakening of the 1700s

4) Packet #4 The Radical (1900s)

a) Fundamentalism (1920-40s)

b) The Ecumenical Movement (1950-60s)

c) The Charismatic Movement (1970-90s)

d) The New Revival (2004 - ???)