The Christian Church from the 1st to the 20th Century

Philip, Schaff

Mar 2015 · Delmarva Publications, Inc.

About this ebook

 Philip Schaff almost needs no introduction. He wrote one of the finest histories of the church.  His work, the History of the Christian Church, has become a benchmark on the subject. In his eight volume set he covers just about every issue concerning the church from the time of the Apostles through the Reformation. He incorporates discussion of ideas and principles throughout the history of the church. In this eBook all eight volumes are present and there is also a linked table of contents for every section. We have also labeled every section and chapter so that it will be easier to navigate through the volumes. This material has been carefully compared, corrected, and amended, according to the 1910 edition of Charles Scribner's Sons.

Here are the general titles of each of the volumes: 

Volume One

THE FIRST PERIOD

APOSTLIC CHRISTIANITY

A.D. 1-100.

Volume II

SECOND PERIOD

ANTE-NICENE CHRISTIANITY

A.D. 100-311 (325).

Volume III

THIRD PERIOD

THE CHURCH IN UNION WITH THE ROMAN EMPIRE

FROM CONSTANTINE THE GREAT TO GREGORY THE GREAT. A.D. 311-590.

 

Volume IV

MEDIAEVAL CHRISTIANITY

From Gregory I to Gregory VII

A.D. 590-1073

Volume V

FROM GREGORY VII. TO BONIFACE VIII. A. D. 1049-1294.

Volume VI

FROM BONIFACE VIII. TO MARTIN LUTHER. A.D. 1294-1517.

THE SIXTH PERIOD OF CHURCH HISTORY. 

Volume VII

 HISTORY OF THE REFORMATION.

 1517 - 1648.

Volume VIII

SECOND BOOK.

THE SWISS REFORMATION.

THIRD BOOK.

THE REFORMATION IN FRENCH SWITZERLAND, OR THE CALVINISTIC MOVEMENT.

Ratings and reviews

I've not found a more thorough, informative work on such a broad period of the church's history. Be aware that it is written from a Protestant's perspective, but Schaff seems as objective a scholar as we could expect for his time, the late 19th century. I would have benefited if the publisher had translated the Latin phrases to English, but I did not find this a serious deficit. These volumes provide not just a great reference work but fascinating reading into periods the average Christian knows little about.