Welcome to the Aussie Outpost School of Church History. You will find below a course directory with links to the various courses available. For ease of access links are also provided to online resources that are the textbooks for these courses. These sites are not all maintained by the Aussie Outpost, so a list of alternative sites for texts is also given.
We acknowledge that these courses are not intellectually brilliant, for this has not been our aim (and frankly I don't believe I am capable of it anyhow). Our goal is to help those that may be just beginning in the Christian walk or those that do not have access to good Reformed resources. In fact, we aim at what we call the 'average Particular or Reformed Baptist.' We welcome any feedback that you might be willing to give that is of a constructive nature.
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School of Church History Introduction Notes
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OUTPOST STUDIES IN CHURCH HISTORY:
Course 1: Introduction to Church History
HISTORY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH - Philip Schaff:This course makes use of Philip Schaff's work, 'History of the Christian Church.' It is a work that is widely available on the Internet and it will also be made available on the Aussie Outpost site as the course develops for the course uses this book as it's textbook.
The 'Introduction to Church History' course will involve a lot of reading, but not much additional research. This is merely a 'whet your appetite' for church history sort of course. Questions asked throughout the course will merely be for arousing further interest and thoughtfulness regarding what has or is being read in the course.
To access Aussie Outpost's first course on Church History visit the link below:
Course 1: Introduction to Church History
OUTPOST STUDIES IN CHURCH HISTORY:
Course 2: The Early Church - THE ANTE-NICENE PERIOD: 70-325 AD
This course is now becoming available online and I expect the entire Ante-Nicene period to be available online before the end of 2004. Links to each of the studies is provided below:
THE ANTE-NICENE PERIOD - 70-325 AD:
- Lecture 1: An Introduction
PDF Version- Lecture 2: The Post-Apostolic Church
- Lecture 3: The Early Church - The Roman Empire
- Lecture 4: The Early Church - Early Days
- Lecture 5: The Early Church - The Roman Persecution
- Lecture 6: The Early Church - Martyrdom and Relics
- Lecture 7: The Early Church - Clement of Rome
- Lecture 8: The Early Church - Ignatius, Bishop of Antioch
- Lecture 9: The Early Church - Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna
- Lecture 10: The Early Church - Papias, Sixtus, and the Early Apologists
- Lecture 11: The Early Church - Justin Martyr
- Lecture 12: The Early Church - Other Early Writings
- Lecture 13: The Early Church - The Ebionites
- Lecture 14: The Early Church - Gnosticism
- Lecture 15: The Early Church - Marcionism
- Lecture 16: The Early Church - Montanism
- Lecture 17: The Early Church - Manichaeism
- Lecture 18: The Early Church - The Early Catholic Fathers - Their Legacy - Part One
- Lecture 19: The Early Church - The Early Catholic Fathers - Their Legacy - Part Two
- Lecture 20: The Early Church - Irenaeus and Hippolytus
- Lecture 21: The Early Church - Tertullian
- Lecture 22: The Early Church - Cyprian
- Lecture 23: The Early Church - Clement of Alexandria
- Lecture 24: The Early Church - Origen
- Lecture 25: The Early Church - Dionysius the Great
- Lecture 26: The Early Church - Constantine the Great
- Lecture 27: The Early Church - The Arian Controversy
- Lecture 28: The Early Church - The Sabellian Controversy
- Lecture 29: The Early Church - The Nestorian and Pelagian Controversies
- Lecture 30: The Early Church - Ambrose of Milan
- Lecture 31: The Early Church - Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
- Lecture 32: The Early Church - Basil
- Lecture 33: The Early Church - Gregory of Nyssa
- Lecture 34: The Early Church - Gregory of Nazianzus
- Lecture 35: The Early Church - John Chrysostom
- Lecture 36: The Early Church - Jerome
- Lecture 37: The Early Church - Leo the Great
- Lecture 38: The Early Church - The Donatist Movement
- Lecture 39: The Early Church - The Fall of Empire
OUTPOST STUDIES IN CHURCH HISTORY:
Course 3: The History of Protestantism - J. A. Wylie
This course makes use of J. A. Wylie's work, 'The History of Protestantism.' It is a work that is widely available on the Internet and it will also be made available on the Aussie Outpost site as the course develops for the course uses this book as it's textbook.
The course will involve a lot of reading, but not much additional research. Questions asked throughout the course will merely be for arousing further interest and thoughtfulness regarding what has or is being read in the course.
To access Aussie Outpost's third course on Church History visit the link below:
Course 3: The History of Protestantism
OUTPOST CHURCH HISTORY MAILGROUP:
This particular mail group is for the study of Church History only and will differ considerably from Aussie Outpost's other mail groups. All church history material will be posted to this group only in the near future. This will include information relating to church history resources, documents, studies, etc. Visit the site at:
http://au.groups.yahoo.com/group/Outpost_church-history
Join the Group: Outpost_church-history-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.au
Quit the Group: Outpost_church-history-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com.au
MISCELLANEOUS INFO:
You may also wish to have a look at some of the resources available on the world wide web. Why not have a look at our biography and church history page at Aussie Outpost's Library page and the Church History links page.
Aussie Outpost Homepage
Institute of Church History
Library - Church History
Church History Links
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