TY  - BOOK
AU  - McKinion, Steven A. 
TI  - Christian history. Volume 1: From the Apostolic Fathers to the eve of the Reformation 
SN  - 9781087736112
U1  - 270.1 
PY  - 2026///
CY  - Brentwood, Tennessee
PB  - B&H Academic, 
KW  - Augustine, of Hippo, Saint,
KW  - 354-430
KW  - Church history Middle Ages,
KW  - 600-1500
KW  - Church history Primitive and early church,
KW  - ca. 30-600
N1  - Introduction: the Great Tradition
Apostolic Christianity
Persecution and resilience in the ancient church
Competing Christianities
Preserving the Great Tradition
The spread of the church
Persecution intensifies in the third century
The rise of the imperial church
The council of Nicaea and its theological legacy
Ongoing doctrinal development in the church
Ancient Christianity in practice
Augustine and his legacy
Antony, benedict, and early monasticism
Gregory the Great and the rise of the papacy
Sixth and seventh ecumenical councils
Liturgical and ecclesial development in the Middle Ages
The rise of Islam and the crusades
Medieval monasticism, mysticism, and new religious orders
The Holy Roman Empire
The Great Schism between east and west
Scholasticism and its legacy
Church, culture, and theology after Aquinas
The great western schism
The road to the European Reformations
The Renaissance and the prelude to the Protestant Reformation
ER  -