Church History

The essays in The Beauty and Glory of the Reformation call you to be grateful to God and to grow in appreciation for the rich biblical, doctrinal, ...

The Adorable Trinity investigates the little–known yet fascinating conflict between Trinitarianism and Unitarianism in the nineteenth century Ameri...

This is the account of the most exciting story in all of human history. Something truly remarkable occurred when Jesus Christ rose from the dead an...

Spurgeon and the Poor is an fascinating study into the life and ministry of Charles Haddon Spurgeon, exploring his understanding of the place of be...

In the first decades after Christ a small movement from the Middle East rapidly grew to become an empire-wide phenomenon. Soon there were establish...

When the Free Church broke from the Church of Scotland in 1843 they sought money and support from inside and outside Scotland. A delegation which w...

Many today may be discouraged by the condition of Christianity in Scotland, while unaware of its powerful legacy. Following on from Glory in the Gl...

In the early seventeenth century, the direction of the Reformed faith hung in the balance. A group called the Remonstrants, followers of Jacobus Ar...

Traces the historical development of the Western mind through ten eras—exploring the fundamental ideas that revolutionized the way in which people ...

Dr Munyenyembe skillfully explores both historic and contemporary challenges to the unity of the CCAP, and raises the question of whether the CCAP ...

This volume of essays offers a detailed account of the impact of evangelical millennialism in nineteenth century Britain and Ireland and includes a...

The first thing that Catholic religious orders did when they arrived in a town to establish a new community was to plant the crossÑto erect a large...

Eighty years ago, Walter Bauer promulgated a bold and provocative thesis about early Christianity. He argued that many forms of Christianity starte...

Beginning as a renewal movement within Anglicanism in the eighteenth century, Methodism had become the largest Protestant denomination in the USA i...

It was the Roman writer Tertullian who said, ‘The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church’. From its origins, martyrdom has had a particular...

A fascinating glimpse into the world of Medieval Monasticism. Durham Cathedral is one of the most complete sets of monastic buildings in Europe, ho...

Who would have guessed that something as austere as Calvinism would become a hot topic in today's postmodern culture? At the five hundredth anniver...

Illuminated manuscripts are among the most beautiful, precious and mysterious works of Western art. Before the printing press was invented, books w...

Christianity has been central to the lives of the people of Britain and Ireland for almost 2,000 years. It has given us laws, customs, traditions a...

Christianity has been central to the lives of the people of Britain and Ireland for almost 2,000 years. It has given us laws, customs, tradition...

The history of Christian theology is in large part a history of heresies, because Jesus and the claims he made . . . seemed incredible," writes the...

Be careful before starting to read any of Hattaway’s works: You may not be able to put the book down! His energetic, vivid, and fast-moving narrati...

Guizhou, which means ‘Precious State’, is home to more than 80 distinct tribes among the province’s 35 million people. God has powerfully reached s...

This is the second of a series of up to 20 volumes focusing on the modern history of the church in China. The books will, for the most part, cover ...

Spiritual awakenings have refreshed the people of God from the very origins of the church. What about these past movements can be instructive for t...

An engaging, richly illustrated account of parish churches and churchgoers in England, from the Anglo-Saxons to the mid-sixteenth century Parish c...

An engaging, richly illustrated account of parish churches and churchgoers in England, from the Anglo-Saxons to the mid-sixteenth century Parish...

When the Berlin Wall came down, the files of the East German secret police, the much-dreaded Stasi, were opened and read. And among the shocking st...

"I was filled with a pining desire to see Christ's own words in the Bible. . . . I got along to the window where my Bible was and I opened it and ....

Eusebius' Ecclesiastical History is one of the classics of early Christianity and of equal stature with the works of Flavius Josephus. Eusebius chr...

33 fascinating objects. 1 amazing story. Join author and pastor Tim Challies as he embarks on a three-year journey spanning multiple continents and...

The Reformation was a time of tremendous upheaval, renewal, and vitality in the life of the church. The challenge to maintain and develop faithful ...

This selection of writings from the most important moments in the history of Christianity has become established as a classic reference work, provi...

A distinguished professor debunks the assertion that America's Founders were deists who desired the strict separation of church and state and inste...

The Church has sadly never been far from controversy and conflict, exhibiting its all-too-human nature. The greatest and most fundamental dissensio...

A study of Machen’s thought and career that says much about the issues that unsettled mainstream Protestantism’s hold on American intellectual and ...

During the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla, the Christian Church will take centre stage once again, as the established religion in...

How the Bible came to be translated into English makes a fascinating chapter in our national history. Second only to William Tyndale in that story ...

This book describes how nineteenth-century decorative encaustic tiles derived from medieval church tiles, how they were made, the designers and man...

Bruce Shelley's classic history of the church brings the story of global Christianity into the twenty-first century. Like a skilled screenwriter, S...

The font is perhaps the most important part of any church. For centuries, no infant in the parish was thought to be saved from damnation until chri...

In churches and cathedrals across Britain, tucked away among ordinary items such as pews, screens and pulpits, sit a plethora of fascinating and un...