2nd and 3rd centuries

Ante-Nicene Christianity: Second & Third centuries

1. 1. Ante-Nicene Christianity (SHCC, vol. 2)
   2. “First Division: A.D. 98–180” (RACC, 5-139) – 1. The Environment | 2. The Early Churches | 3. The Church’s Life | 4. Beliefs and Sacraments | 5. The Apologists | 6. The Heresies | 7. Montanism |
   3. “Second Division: A.D. 98–180” (RACC, 141-267) – 8. Relation to the State | 9. The New Philosophy | 10. Christian Thought and Literature | 11. Christ and God | 12. Christian Life | 13. Worship | 14. Clergy | 15. Discipline and Schisms |16. Manicheism
   4. “From the Apostolic Age to Constantine (100-313)” (45ff in FHCC)
   5. Eusebius of Caesarea Ecclesiastical History
   6. Church Fathers of the Second Century
   7. Church Fathers of the Third Century

   Want to go deeper?

   The following are useful resources to purchase when pursuing your study of church history:

   • Robert C. Walton. Chronological & Background Charts of Church History. (2005).
   • John D. Hannah. Charts of Reformation & Enlightenment Church History. (2002).
   • John D. Hannah. Charts of Modern and Post-Modern Church History. (2004).
   • Everett Ferguson. Church History, vol. 1: Christ to Pre-Reformation. (2004).
   • For online reading: History of the Christian Church by Philip Schaff (1886, abbreviated below as SHCC) – Vol. 1 | Vol. 2 | Vol. 3 | Vol. 4 | Vol. 5 | Vol. 6 | Vol. 7 | Vol. 8