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Short History of the Christian Church

John Fletcher Hurst (1834 - 1903)

"The present work has as its basis the series of five Short Histories by the same author, which appeared in the following order: The Reformation, 1884; The Early Church, 1886; The Medieval Church, 1887; The Modern Church in Europe, 1888; and The Church in the United States, 1890. The five volumes form a connected History of the Church nearly down to the present time." (from the preface)

John Fletcher Hurst was an American bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He wrote the 5 histories as Chautauqua textbooks. The audio files are in the following order:
Part 1: The Early Church (A.D. 30-750)
Part 2: The Medieval Church (A.D. 750-1517)
Part 3: The Reformation (A.D. 1517-1545)
Part 4: The Modern Church in Europe (A.D. 1558-1892)
Part 5: The Church in the United States (A.D. 1492-1892)

Genre(s): Christianity - Other

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	TriciaG	00:04:41
Play 01	1.1 The Church and Its History	TriciaG	00:07:43
Play 02	1.2 The Scene of the Labors of the Apostles	TriciaG	00:08:07
Play 03	1.3 The Greek and Roman Conditions	TriciaG	00:12:22
Play 04	1.4 The Attitude of Judaism towards Christianity	TriciaG	00:07:51
Play 05	1.5 The Period of Universal Persecution	TriciaG	00:07:47
Play 06	1.6 Christian Worship	TriciaG	00:04:23
Play 07	1.7 The Life of Christians	TriciaG	00:04:26
Play 08	1.8 Ecclesiastical Organization	TriciaG	00:04:02
Play 09	1.9 Ebionism and Gnosticism	TriciaG	00:11:13
Play 10	1.10 The Pagan Literary Attack	TriciaG	00:07:35
Play 11	1.11 The Christian Defenders	TriciaG	00:08:04
Play 12	1.12 The Christian Schools	TriciaG	00:06:16
Play 13	1.13 Liberation under Constantine	TriciaG	00:06:47
Play 14	1.14 Reaction under Julian	TriciaG	00:07:37
Play 15	1.15 The Montanistic Reform	TriciaG	00:05:58
Play 16	1.16 Controversies on Christ	TriciaG	00:06:52
Play 17	1.17 The Later Controversies	TriciaG	00:14:07
Play 18	1.18 Ecclesiastical Schisms	TriciaG	00:06:53
Play 19	1.19 The Scriptures and Tradition	TriciaG	00:09:07
Play 20	1.20 Apocryphal Writings	TriciaG	00:05:57
Play 21	1.21 Theology During the Early Period	TriciaG	00:17:12
Play 22	1.22 Ecclesiastical Government and the Roman Primacy	TriciaG	00:14:44
Play 23	1.23 Sacred Seasons and Public Worship	TriciaG	00:08:41
Play 24	1.24 Ecclesiastical Discipline	TriciaG	00:05:53
Play 25	1.25 Christian Life and Usages	TriciaG	00:11:56
Play 26	1.26 The Church in the Catacombs	TriciaG	00:15:41
Play 27	1.27 Monasticism	TriciaG	00:06:20
Play 28	1.28 The Age of Gregory the Great	TriciaG	00:04:14
Play 29	1.29 The Expansion of Christianity	TriciaG	00:13:12
Play 30	1.30 The Close of the Early Period	TriciaG	00:07:05
Play 31	2.1 The Medieval Transition	TriciaG	00:05:48
Play 32	2.2 The Reign of Charlemagne	TriciaG	00:08:29
Play 33	2.3 Church and State under the Later Carolingian Rulers	TriciaG	00:05:47
Play 34	2.4 The Fictitious Isidore	TriciaG	00:09:12
Play 35	2.5 Mohammedanism	TriciaG	00:07:37
Play 36	2.6 The Schools of Charlemagne	TriciaG	00:07:29
Play 37	2.7 Theological Movements	TriciaG	00:07:32
Play 38	2.8 The Rule of the Popes	TriciaG	00:10:16
Play 39	2.9 The Gregorian Reform	TriciaG	00:07:19
Play 40	2.10 Moral Life and Ecclesiastical Usages	TriciaG	00:06:14
Play 41	2.11 The Public Services	TriciaG	00:07:45
Play 42	2.12 The Writers of the Times	TriciaG	00:04:58
Play 43	2.13 New Missions	TriciaG	00:12:38
Play 44	2.14 Schism between the East and the West	TriciaG	00:06:52
Play 45	2.15 The Anglo-Saxon Church	TriciaG	00:06:48
Play 46	2.16 Arnold of Brescia	TriciaG	00:08:12
Play 47	2.17 The Waldenses and the Albigenses	TriciaG	00:05:53
Play 48	2.18 Thomas Becket	TriciaG	00:07:30
Play 49	2.19 The Monastic Orders	TriciaG	00:09:33
Play 50	2.20 Monasteries as Centres of Intellectual Life	TriciaG	00:02:44
Play 51	2.21 Christian Art	TriciaG	00:06:19
Play 52	2.22 Christian Worship	TriciaG	00:05:10
Play 53	2.23 The Crusades: A.D. 1096-1270	TriciaG	00:09:02
Play 54	2.24 Arabic Philosophy	TriciaG	00:03:47
Play 55	2.25 The Hohenstaufens in Italy	TriciaG	00:05:50
Play 56	2.26 The Jewish Philosophy	TriciaG	00:04:30
Play 57	2.27 The Scholastic Philosophy	TriciaG	00:11:09
Play 58	2.28 Abelard and his Fortunes	TriciaG	00:08:13
Play 59	2.29 General Literature	TriciaG	00:04:02
Play 60	2.30 The Great Schools	TriciaG	00:02:51
Play 61	2.31 The Divided Papacy	TriciaG	00:07:20
Play 62	2.32 Retrospect	TriciaG	00:03:57
Play 63	3.1 The Heralds of Protestantism	TriciaG	00:33:33
Play 64	3.2 The Humanism of Italy	TriciaG	00:11:40
Play 65	3.3 The Reformatory Councils	TriciaG	00:07:37
Play 66	3.4 The German Reformation: Martin Luther	TriciaG	00:18:39
Play 67	3.5 Luther: Further Labors and Personal Character	TriciaG	00:16:25
Play 68	3.6 Melanchthon and other German Reformers	TriciaG	00:12:24
Play 69	3.7 The Reformation in German Switzerland	TriciaG	00:10:39
Play 70	3.8 The Reformation in French Switzerland	TriciaG	00:18:49
Play 71	3.9 The English Reformation: First Period	TriciaG	00:17:24
Play 72	3.10 The English Reformation: Second Period	TriciaG	00:08:43
Play 73	3.11 The Scotch Reformation	TriciaG	00:06:51
Play 74	3.12 The Reformation in the Netherlands	TriciaG	00:09:45
Play 75	3.13 The Reformation in France	TriciaG	00:11:00
Play 76	3.14 The Reformation in Italy	TriciaG	00:13:08
Play 77	3.15 The Reformation in Spain and Portugal	TriciaG	00:06:50
Play 78	3.16 The Reformation in Scandinavia	TriciaG	00:03:20
Play 79	3.17 The Reformation in the Slavic Lands	TriciaG	00:06:48
Play 80	3.18 Survey of Results	TriciaG	00:06:57
Play 81	3.19 The Four Hundredth Anniversary of Luther's Birth	TriciaG	00:05:39
Play 82	4.1 Recuperative Measures of Romanism	TriciaG	00:06:17
Play 83	4.2 The Order of Jesuits	TriciaG	00:09:46
Play 84	4.3 The English Church under James I and Charles I	TriciaG	00:08:03
Play 85	4.4 The English Puritans	TriciaG	00:05:40
Play 86	4.5 The Quakers	TriciaG	00:04:44
Play 87	4.6 Cromwell and the Commonwealth	TriciaG	00:08:05
Play 88	4.7 The Church During the Restoration	TriciaG	00:06:52
Play 89	4.8 English Deism	TriciaG	00:07:52
Play 90	4.9 The Protestant Church in Germany	TriciaG	00:04:44
Play 91	4.10 Mysticism in Germany	TriciaG	00:05:42
Play 92	4.11 The Thirty Years' War	TriciaG	00:07:37
Play 93	4.12 The Protestant Emigration to America	TriciaG	00:02:49
Play 94	4.13 Arminius and the Synod of Dort	TriciaG	00:05:17
Play 95	4.14 The Salzburg Persecution	TriciaG	00:03:39
Play 96	4.15 Spener and Pietism	TriciaG	00:10:18
Play 97	4.16 The Moravians	TriciaG	00:05:32
Play 98	4.17 Swedenborg and the New Church	TriciaG	00:04:53
Play 99	4.18 Rationalism in Germany	TriciaG	00:06:25
Play 100	4.19 The Evangelical Reaction	TriciaG	00:05:50
Play 101	4.20 French Mysticism and Flemish Jansenism	TriciaG	00:06:07
Play 102	4.21 French Infidelity	TriciaG	00:05:21
Play 103	4.22 French Protestantism	TriciaG	00:06:25
Play 104	4.23 The Russo-Greek Church	TriciaG	00:09:07
Play 105	4.24 Wesley and Methodism	TriciaG	00:09:08
Play 106	4.25 The Tractarian Movement	TriciaG	00:06:53
Play 107	4.26 The Schools in the Church of England	TriciaG	00:13:36
Play 108	4.27 The English Universities	TriciaG	00:05:19
Play 109	4.28 Scholars and Divines of the English Church	TriciaG	00:16:23
Play 110	4.29 Puritan and Presbyterian Scholars and Divines	TriciaG	00:15:00
Play 111	4.30 Critical Periods in the History of the Scottish Church	TriciaG	00:10:50
Play 112	4.31 The Ekskine Schism and the Haldane Revival	TriciaG	00:07:44
Play 113	4.32 The Great Disruption	TriciaG	00:08:30
Play 114	4.33 Learning and Literary Culture in the Roman Catholic Church	TriciaG	00:07:26
Play 115	4.34 The Growth of Mary-Worship	TriciaG	00:06:10
Play 116	4.35 The End of the Temporal Power of the Papacy	TriciaG	00:06:00
Play 117	4.36 The Contest with Germany	TriciaG	00:04:27
Play 118	4.37 The Survival of Superstition	TriciaG	00:03:38
Play 119	4.38 Roman Catholicism in England	TriciaG	00:07:44
Play 120	4.39 The Vatican Council	TriciaG	00:05:36
Play 121	4.40 The Old Catholics	TriciaG	00:06:40
Play 122	4.41 The Evangelical Alliance	TriciaG	00:04:11
Play 123	4.42 The Sunday-School	TriciaG	00:03:52
Play 124	4.43 The Revision of the Bible	TriciaG	00:04:34
Play 125	4.44 The Protestant Mission Field	TriciaG	00:16:21
Play 126	4.45 The Temperance Reform	TriciaG	00:04:08
Play 127	4.46 Philanthropy in England and Germany	TriciaG	00:07:26
Play 128	4.47 English Preachers	TriciaG	00:05:20
Play 129	4.48 Literature and Religion in England	TriciaG	00:05:42
Play 130	4.49 The Salvation Army	TriciaG	00:05:06
Play 131	4.50 Survey of Religious Life on the Continent	TriciaG	00:06:19
Play 132	5.1.1 The New Christendom	TriciaG	00:04:34
Play 133	5.1.2 The Spanish Colonization	TriciaG	00:10:04
Play 134	5.1.3 The French Colonization	TriciaG	00:09:33
Play 135	5.1.4 The English Colonization: Virginia and Massachusetts	TriciaG	00:14:53
Play 136	5.1.5 Maryland, Pennsylvania, and other English Colonies	TriciaG	00:09:13
Play 137	5.1.6 Continental Colonies: Dutch, Swedes, Huguenots, and other Protestants	TriciaG	00:07:55
Play 138	5.1.7 The Providential Planting	TriciaG	00:05:46
Play 139	5.1.8 Political Framework of the Colonies	TriciaG	00:06:49
Play 140	5.1.9 Church Government in the Colonies	TriciaG	00:07:48
Play 141	5.1.10 Education	TriciaG	00:09:59
Play 142	5.1.11 Intolerance in the Colonies	TriciaG	00:13:30
Play 143	5.1.12 Religious Life of the Colonies	TriciaG	00:06:22
Play 144	5.1.13 Colonial Worship and Usages	TriciaG	00:06:04
Play 145	5.1.14 Missions to the Indians	TriciaG	00:10:07
Play 146	5.1.15 Theological Movements	TriciaG	00:10:32
Play 147	5.1.16 Religious Literature	TriciaG	00:09:48
Play 148	5.1.17 Early Leaders	TriciaG	00:12:15
Play 149	5.1.18 The Influence of the Puritans	TriciaG	00:04:15
Play 150	5.1.19 The Episcopal Defection in Connecticut	TriciaG	00:03:56
Play 151	5.2.1 The Church at the Founding of the Republic	TriciaG	00:07:10
Play 152	5.2.2 The Separation of Church and State	TriciaG	00:08:15
Play 153	5.2.3 The French Infidelity	TriciaG	00:07:29
Play 154	5.2.4 Revival at the Beginning of the Century	TriciaG	00:05:57
Play 155	5.2.5 Expansion in the South and West	TriciaG	00:06:38
Play 156	5.2.6 The Protestant Episcopal Church	TriciaG	00:05:09
Play 157	5.2.7 The Congregational Church	TriciaG	00:05:14
Play 158	5.2.8 The Reformed Churches	TriciaG	00:06:08
Play 159	5.2.9 The Baptist Church	TriciaG	00:11:47
Play 160	5.2.10 The Presbyterian Church	TriciaG	00:12:54
Play 161	5.2.11 The Lutheran Church	TriciaG	00:10:45
Play 162	5.2.12 American Methodism	TriciaG	00:19:50
Play 163	5.2.13 The Roman Catholic Church	TriciaG	00:14:54
Play 164	5.2.14 The Unitarian Church	TriciaG	00:13:16
Play 165	5.2.15 The Universalist Church	TriciaG	00:09:11
Play 166	5.2.16 The Moravian Church	TriciaG	00:08:35
Play 167	5.2.17 Alexander Campbell and the Disciples of Christ	TriciaG	00:09:11
Play 168	5.2.18 The Quakers	TriciaG	00:09:34
Play 169	5.2.19 Other Denominations	TriciaG	00:26:05
Play 170	5.2.20 The Transcendentalists	TriciaG	00:10:24
Play 171	5.2.21 Communistic Churches	TriciaG	00:12:09
Play 172	5.2.22 The Mormons	TriciaG	00:14:27
Play 173	5.2.23 The Antislavery Reform	TriciaG	00:16:10
Play 174	5.2.24 The Temperance Reform	TriciaG	00:17:11
Play 175	5.2.25 Philanthropy and Christian Union	TriciaG	00:15:39
Play 176	5.2.26 Missions	TriciaG	00:16:46
Play 177	5.2.27 The Sunday-School	TriciaG	00:07:33
Play 178	5.2.28 Christian Literature	TriciaG	00:13:07
Play 179	5.2.29 The American Pulpit	TriciaG	00:12:56
Play 180	5.2.30 Theology of the American Church	TriciaG	00:12:52
Play 181	5.2.31 Theological Scholarship	TriciaG	00:19:04

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