It emphasizes three aspects of church history:

• Events - those events that were important to the development of doctrine and/or practice
• Heroes - those men who stood firm in their faith against persecution and heresy
• Heresies - those doctrines that arose against orthodox beliefs and how they were defended against

Lesson	Events	Heroes	Heresies	CD
1	Class Introduction
2				#10 - Questions and Answers
3	Spread of the Gospel Outward from Jerusalem	Clement of Rome Ignatius of Antioch	Gnosticism
4	Persecution and Perseverance of the Christians	Polycarp of Smyrna		#1 - Polycarp
5	Rise, Spread and Defense of Heretical Teaching	Justin Martyr Irenaeus of Lyons	Nicolaism Ebionism
6	Organizing the Canon of Scripture	Tertullian Clement of Alexandria	Docetism Marcionism Montanism
7	Formation of Church Government Apostasy, Forgiveness and Penance Constantine - Christianity and the Empire Unite	Origen of Alexandria Eusebius of Caesarea
8		Athanasius	Arianism	#2 - Athanasius
9	The Ecumenical Church Councils The Trinity	Cappadocian Fathers	Monarchianism Sabellianism Adoptionism
10	Differences Between West and East	Ambrose Jerome	Manichaeism Donatism
11		Augustine of Hippo	Pelagianism	#7 - Augustine
12	Rise of the Papacy	Gregory the Great	Apollinarianism Nestorianism Eutychianism
13	Monasticism Christianizing Europe Reuniting the Empire The Crusades Decline of the Papacy
14	Scholasticism	Thomas Aquinas		#3 - Thomas Aquinas (Part 1)
15	Mysticism			#4 - Thomas Aquinas (Part 2)
16	Seeds of Reformation	Martin Luther		#5 - Martin Luther (Part 1)
17	Anabaptism Anglicanism (Church of England) Roman Catholicism			#6 - Martin Luther (Part 2)
18	Swiss Reformation	John Calvin		#8 - John Calvin
19	Dutch Reformation Puritans Westminster Assembly The Age of Reason	John Knox
20	Baptism Pietism Methodism The Great Awakening	John Wesley Charles Wesley George Whitefield
21	Presbyterianism	Jonathan Edwards		#9 - Jonathan Edwards

Attached Documents

• Lesson_1.pdf (Acrobat, 76 KB)
• Lesson_2.pdf (Acrobat, 45 KB)
• Lesson_3.pdf (Acrobat, 99 KB)
• Lesson_4.pdf (Acrobat, 70 KB)
• Lesson_5.pdf (Acrobat, 92 KB)
• Lesson_6.pdf (Acrobat, 94 KB)
• Lesson_7.pdf (Acrobat, 99 KB)
• Lesson_8.pdf (Acrobat, 78 KB)
• Lesson_9.pdf (Acrobat, 107 KB)
• Lesson_10.pdf (Acrobat, 107 KB)
• Lesson_11.pdf (Acrobat, 80 KB)
• Lesson_12.pdf (Acrobat, 108 KB)
• Lesson_13.pdf (Acrobat, 114 KB)
• Lesson_14.pdf (Acrobat, 96 KB)
• Lesson_15.pdf (Acrobat, 76 KB)
• Lesson_16.pdf (Acrobat, 107 KB)
• Lesson_17.pdf (Acrobat, 102 KB)
• Lesson_18.pdf (Acrobat, 98 KB)
• Lesson_19.pdf (Acrobat, 114 KB)
• Lesson_20.pdf (Acrobat, 114 KB)
• Lesson_21.pdf (Acrobat, 113 KB)