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UNIT
2
DIVISIONS OF CHURCH HISTORY
LESSON
– 1
CATEGORIES
OF CHURCH HISTORY
Broadly speaking for discussion purposes,
we can divide history into the three broad categories.
|
Year |
Period |
Emphasis |
|
0-590 |
The Early Church |
Establishment |
|
591-1517 |
The Middle Ages |
Decay |
|
1517-Present |
The Modern Era |
Reformation and
Revival |
|
|
|
|
Each of these three periods can be
subdivided into further eras
|
Period |
Years |
Eras |
|
The Patristic Period |
01-100 |
Apostolic
Christianity |
|
|
101-312 |
The struggle of the
early church to survive |
|
|
312-590 |
The age of the
Christian Roman Empire |
|
The Middle Ages |
590-1054 |
Byzantine
Christianity |
|
|
1054-1305 |
The Supremacy of the
Papacy |
|
|
1305-1517 |
The dawn |
|
Modern Era |
1517-1648 |
The age of the
Reformation |
|
|
1648-1789 |
The age of reason
and revival |
|
|
1789-1914 |
Revivals and
missions |
|
|
1914-Present |
The Age of Ideologies |
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