Early Church History - CH101

Early Church History 101 is the place where you can learn some basics about the early Christian Church, ask difficult questions, and find answers for some of the assertions being used to attack the historic Christian faith.

New Topics:
1. Welcome to our New Faculty Contributors!
We are excited to have two new scholars joining our site as contributors:
Christopher Craun, Ph.D. Medieval History
(Dr. Craun will write the 5th-8th centuries.)
David Hogg, Ph.D. Ecclesiastical History
(Dr. Hogg will write the 10th-13th centuries.)

2. Book Reviews
Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up, by David Bercot
Peter, Paul, and Mary Magdalene, by Bart Ehrman
Lost Christianities, by Bart Ehrman

3. Short Papers
How the New Testament Canon was Formed

Introduction to the Desert Fathers of the late third and early fourth centuries.

An Introduction to Gnostic Texts
"My intention in this paper is to introduce you to some of these alternative texts of the first two centuries....I want to give you some idea of the content in these [Gnostic] documents."

4. The Expansion of the Church, 202 - 303 A.D.
- The Severan Persecution
- Clement of Alexandria
- Origen of Alexandria
- The Decian Persecution
- Cyprian, Bishops and Pope

Also coming soon...
The New Testament Canon, Part 5
Paul of Samosata
Third Century Heresies
The Diocletian Persecution
Heresies
- Novatianism
- Sabellianism
- Rebaptism issue
- Manichees
Porphery, Against the Christians