David Chidester, one of the world’s foremost scholars of religion, traces Christianity’s growth and development from the time of Jesus to the dawn of the third millennium, revealing its rich diversity through the deeds and beliefs of heretics and saints,…
Tag: Church History
The Sacraments: An Interdisciplinary and Interactive Study, by Joseph Martos
What are the sacraments, really? For centuries, the religious lives of Catholics and other Christians have revolved around church rituals with generally accepted individual and social effects. What, precisely, are those effects, and how are they produced? Traditional theology used…
Aquinas Institute: Reference Tools
A listing of resources for personal and professional growth with URLs for finding them on the internet. From the Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Missouri. Find it here. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Ambrose: Selected Works and Letters | Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Welcome to the new Christian Classics Ethereal Library! The mission of the CCEL is to build up the church by making classic Christian writings available and promoting their use. Find it here. Did you like this? Share it:Tweet
Resources for Catholic Educators
A site filled with resources that can be used by Catholic educators in their work. Includes lesson plans, clip art, lives of the saints, Biblical studies, Church history, and many other topics. Curated by Gilles Côté, this site and its…
Church History: Faith Handed On, by Kevin L. Hughes, Ph.D.
Church history is the story of faith handed on, of how fallible human people, given by God to be members of the Body of Christ in the Church, have struggled to live out the Gospel in the very concrete circumstances…
A History of God: The 4,000-Year Quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, by Karen Armstrong
In this stunningly intelligent book, Karen Armstrong, one of Britain’s foremost commentators on religious affairs, traces the history of how men and women have perceived and experienced God, from the time of Abraham to the present. From classical philosophy and…
A History of Apologetics, by Avery Dulles
This masterful work by Cardinal Avery Dulles provides an overview of Christian apologetics (writings making the case for the Christian faith), from its beginning in the New Testament up to the present resurgence of apologetics among Catholics and Protestants in…