Melville Divinity Hall
CH801 · 6 credits · Doctoral

The Early Church

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This course is studied on your own from the lists below, at your own pace: each lecture and reading opens on its own page. Sign in and the school keeps your progress; review of written work is not yet available for it.

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  1. Enroll with a free account so the school keeps your place.
  2. Open the first class, lecture or reading and follow the order of the syllabus.
  3. Mark each lecture, reading and assignment complete when you finish it.
  4. Choose a weekly study goal to see when you will finish.

Syllabus

  1. 1. Lectures Listen, outline, and take notes on the following lectures:

    • The Value of Church History Nick Needham 49 min Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Nick Needham (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
    • Why Bother with Church History? Andrew Davies 46 min Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Andrew Davies (subscription not established).
    • Ancient Church History 1-6 Marcelo Souza 7 h Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Marcelo Souza (subscription not established).
    • Church History I 1-13 Dr. Gerald Bray 15 h Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Gerald Bray (outside the Westminster and Three Forms line).
    • The Ancient Church 1-24 Dr. Richard Gamble 17 h Broken link History
    • Ancient Church History 1-16 Dr. William Barker 12 h Open source History
    • Ancient and Medieval Church History 1-18 Dr. David Calhoun 14 h Broken link History
    • The Early Church Andrew Davies 1 h 3 min Open source History Under review Teacher to review (subscription to the Westminster Standards or the Three Forms not established; unverified): Andrew Davies (subscription not established).

    Total: 67.5 hours

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