Directory of Church History Resources

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This category includes sites pertaining to the history of Christianity, including the development both of the faith and of the institution.

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Resources in This Category

• Ancient History Sourcebook: Christian Origins

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/asbook11.asp
  Takes a look through the history of the Church from the first century to present-day as well as links to other faiths such as Islamic and Jewish.

• Believer's Web: Biographies

  http://www.believersweb.org/showdocs.cfm?cat=6
  100+ biographical articles.

• Christian Biography Resources

  http://wholesomewords.org/biography/
  A directory of links to sources on British and American authors, preachers, hymn writers and missionaries, together with links to collections of Christian biographies.

• Christian History

  http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/
  Includes recent articles from Christianity Today magazine.

• Christian History Institute

  https://www.christianhistoryinstitute.org/
  Christian history educational resources.

• Church History and Historical Theology

  http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~eknuth/itr/chht/index.html
  Annotated directory. Patristics, New Testament era to 1200, 1200-1600, links.

• Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature

  http://www.ccel.org/ccel/wace/biodict.html
  A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies. By Henry Wace.

• Divinity Library, Vanderbilt University

  http://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/divinity/
  Collections and publications, databases, online periodicals in religion/theology, directory of online resources.

• History of Christianity in China

  http://www.yutopian.com/religion
  A small encyclopedia, including information on Chinese culture.

• James Kiefer's Hagiographies

  http://elvis.rowan.edu/~kilroy/JEK/
  Brief biographical notes, arranged by (Anglican) liturgical calendar.

• Overview of Late Antiquity

  http://faculty.nipissingu.ca/muhlberger/ORB/OVINDEX.HTM
  Includes several articles on Christianity in the 4th-7th centuries; many articles on the historical and religious background.

• Sketches of Church History

  http://www.studylight.org/his/ad/sch/
  The history of the Christian Church from the Apostolic Age through the Inquisition, in 29 short chapters.

• Story of the Church

  http://www.ritchies.net/churchhi.htm
  Overview of church history through the reformation: notes from classes taught at Community Bible Chapel, Richardson, Texas.

• The Tredways: Church History Timelines

  http://www.historytimeline.org/
  Major events shown in two timelines: ancient and medieval, reformation and modern.

• Wesley Center for Applied Theology

  http://wesley.nnu.edu/
  Archive of Wesleyan and Holiness texts; sales of "Wesleyan Heritage" CD-ROM.

• Worlds of Late Antiquity

  http://faculty.georgetown.edu/jod/wola.html
  Materials relating to the culture of the Mediterranean world in late antiquity (roughly 200-700 C.E.); by James O'Donnell at Georgetown University.

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