Church History Sermons

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12/19/21Nestorianism and the Hypostatic Union, #1W Branemp3slidesYouTube
12/26/21Nestorianism and the Hypostatic Union, #2W Branemp3slidesYouTube
12/4/16Arianism and the Deity of Jesus Christ, #1W Branemp3slides
12/11/16Arianism and the Deity of Jesus Christ, #2W Branemp3slides
7/3/11The Second Great Awakening, #1W Branemp3
7/10/11The Second Great Awakening, #2W Branemp3
7/17/11The Second Great Awakening, #3W Branemp3
10/31/10John KnoxW Branemp3

Sunday Morning Class: 60 A.D. to 200 A.D

Class #1 (3/13/22) mp3

  • Why church history?
  • Basic vocabulary
  • The world of the early Church
    • Under the rule of the Roman Empire
    • Birthed and raised in the Jewish culture
    • In a society influenced by Greek thought
  • Major turning point: Fall of the Jerusalem
  • Soon to become far less Jewish and far more Gentile

Class #2 (3/20/22) mp3

  • Josephus
  • What happened to each of the 12 Apostles?
  • The Apostolic Fathers
  • Early Gnosticism
  • Ebionism
  • Docetism
  • Roman persecution

Class #3 (3/27/22) mp3

  • Persecution under specific emperors
  • How church leaders argued for leniency
  • Valentinean Gnosticism
  • Marcionism

Class #4 (4/3/22) mp3

  • The Montanists
  • Early trinitarian heresies
  • Church leaders and teachers
  • The heated debate over the celebration of Easter

Class #5 (4/10/22) mp3

  • The Old Roman Symbol
  • How the early churches were structured
  • How the early churches worshiped
  • Lessons for today

Sunday Morning Class: 200 A.D. to 313 A.D

Class #6 (9/25/22) mp3

• Review of first and second-century persecution
• Third-century persecution

Class #7 (10/2/22) mp3

• Notable church leaders of the 3rd century
• The controversy over the lapsed
• St Anthony and Monasticism

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