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Cheating Policy
CLC/CLI Policy on Retaking a Failed Course
Discussion Forum
Christian History magazine (free articles online)
Christian Classics library (many writings from the past 2000 years)
Trial and Triumph (ebook with interesting, readable stories)
Announcements

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Video: Why Study Church History? (Dr. Feddes)
Video Transcript: Why Study Church History?
Reading: Why Study Church History? (Video Slides)
Video: Foundations (Early Church, Part 1)
Video Transcript: Foundations
Reading: Titus Destroys Jerusalem 70
Video: Spread (Early Church, Part 2)
Video Transcript: Spread
Video: Accusation (Early Church, Part 3)
Video Transcript: Accusation
Reading: A Look at the Early Church
Reading: A Testament is Born
All Unit 1 readings
PDF: All Unit 1 readings

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Video: Persecution (Early Church, Part 4)
Video Transcript: Persecution
Video: Testimony (Early Church, Part 5)
Video Transcript: Testimony
Reading: The Gnostic Hunger for Secret Knowledge
Reading: Irenaeus 125-202
Reading: Defining the Faith
Reading: How We Christians Worship (Justin Martyr's description in 150)
Reading: The World Changer (Dr. Feddes)
All Unit 2 Readings
PDF: All Unit 2 readings
Resource: World Changer series (Dr. Feddes)

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Video: Transition (Early Church, Part 6)
Video Transcript: Transition
Video: The Early Church 65-430 (Dr. Timothy George)
Video Transcript: The Early Church 65-430
Reading: Constantine 272-337
Reading: The Council of Nicea 325
Reading: Athanasius 296-373
Reading: Theodosius I 347-395
Reading: Jerome Completes the Vulgate 405
Video: Christianity and Women (Dr. Feddes)
Video Transcript: Christianity and Women
Reading: Christianity and Women
Slides: Christianity and Women
Reading: All Unit 3 readings
PDF: All Unit 3 readings

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Reading: John Chrysostom 347-407
Reading: Augustine 354-430
Reading: Patrick 387-460
Reading: Heresy in the Early Church: Summary of Competing Views
Reading: The Council of Chalcedon 461
Reading: Benedict Writes His Monastic Rule 540
Reading: Gregory the Great 540-604
Video: Christianity and Slavery (Dr. Feddes)
Reading: Christianity and Slavery
Slides: Christianity and Slavery
Reading: All Unit 4 readings
PDF: All Unit 4 readings

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Reading: The Rise of Islam (Dr. Feddes)
Reading: Islam and Christianity (Dr. Feddes)
Reading: Islam 101
Reading: Secrets of Islam's Success
Reading: Charles Martel Defeats the Muslims at Tours 732
Reading: Bloody Pilgrimage - The First Crusade
Optional Resource - Fall of Jerusalem to Crusaders 1099
Reading: Saladin (1138–1193)
Reading: Richard the Lionheart (1157–1199)
Reading: The Crusades: How Could Christians Do This?
Reading: Fall of Constantinople 1453
Optional video (3:11) Fall of Constantinople
Reading: A Deadly Give and Take: Christians Versus Muslims
Reading: Encounters with Islam
Video: Christianity and Education (Dr. Feddes)
Reading: Christianity and Education
Slides: Christianity and Education
Reading: All Unit 5 readings
PDF: All Unit 5 readings

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Reading: The Pagan Buster - Boniface 675-755
Reading: Charlemagne 742-814
Optional reading and video (3:39) The Reign of Charlemagne
Reading: Cyril (827-869) and Methodius (820-882)
Reading: Vladimir Adopts Christianity 988
Reading: The East-West Schism 1054
Reading: What the (Eastern) Orthodox Believe
Video: The Church in the Middle Ages 410-1483 (Dr. Timothy George)
Reading: The Church in the Middle Ages 410-1483 (Video Slides)
Reading: Anselm 1033-1109
Reading: Bernard of Clairvaux 1090-1153
Reading: Francis of Assisi 1181-1226
Reading: Thomas Aquinas 1225-1274
Reading: Everyday Faith in the Middle Ages
Video: Christianity and Compassion (Dr. Feddes)
Reading: Christianity and Compassion
Slides: Christianity and Compassion
Reading: All Unit 6 readings
PDF: All Unit 6 readings

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Reading: When a Third of the World Died
Optional video (3:32) The Black Death Begins 1347
Optional video (3:20) Black Plague Extinction
Reading: Contagious Compassion: Catherine of Siena 1347-1380
Video: John Wycliffe 1320-1384
Reading: John Wycliffe
Video: John Hus 1372-1415
Reading: John Hus
Reading: The Great Papal Schism 1378-1417
Reading: Thomas a Kempis 1380-1471
Reading: Gutenberg Produces the First Printed Bible 1456
Video: Christianity and Prosperity (Dr. Feddes)
Reading: Christianity and Prosperity (Article)
Slides: Christianity and Prosperity
Reading: All Unit 7 readings
PDF: All Unit 7 readings

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Video: The Reformation 1483-1564 (Dr. Timothy George)
Video Transcript: The Reformation 1483-1564
Video: Martin Luther
Reading: Luther and the Jews
Video: Ulrich Zwingli & John Calvin
Reading: John Calvin Publishes Institutes 1536
Reading: The Anabaptist Movement Begins 1525
Video: The Anabaptists
Reading: The Council of Trent Begins 1545
Reading: On Earth as It Is in Heaven: Protestant Reformers and Government
Video: Christianity and Government (Dr. Feddes)
Reading: Christianity and Government
Slides: Christianity and Government
Reading: All Unit 8 readings
PDF: All Unit 8 readings

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Reading: The Act of Supremacy 1534
Video: William Tyndale 1494-1536
Reading: William Tyndale - What the English Bible Cost One Man
Reading: A Tale of Two Martyrs - Ridley and Latimer 1555
Reading: John Knox 1514-1572
Reading: Publication of the King James Bible 1611
Reading: Physicians of the Soul: The English Puritans
Reading: To Walk in All His Ways: Origins of the Baptists
Video: The Age of Reason and Piety 1543-1738 (Dr. Timothy George)
Video Transcript: The Age of Reason and Piety
Video: Christianity and Science (Dr. Feddes)
Reading: Christianity and Science
Slides: Christianity and Science
Reading: All Unit 9 readings
PDF: All Unit 9 readings

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Reading: Catholic Conquest of Latin America
Video: Christianity in the New World 1492-1770 (Dr. Timothy George)
Video Transcript: Christianity in the New World 1492-1770
Reading: John Wesley 1703-1791
Reading: George Whitefield: Heavenly Comet 1714-1770
Reading: Jonathan Edwards - A Mind on Fire 1703-1758
Reading: Christian Faith Among African-American Slaves
Reading: William Wilberforce 1759-1833
Video: The Shameful Side of History (Dr. Feddes)
Slides: The Shameful Side of History
Reading: All Unit 10 readings
PDF: All Unit 10 readings

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Video: Into All the World 1789-1989 (Dr. Timothy George)
Video Transcript: Into All the World 1789-1989
Reading: Hudson Taylor 1832-1905
Reading: Why Did the 1800s Explode With Missions?
Reading: John Nelson Darby 1800-1882
Reading: Dwight L. Moody 1837-1899
Reading: Insights from Abraham Kuyper 1837-1920
Reading: Who Were the Fundamentalists?
Reading: Setting the Captives Free: Pandita Ramabai (1858-1922)
Reading: William Seymour 1870-1922
Reading: Pentecostalism's Global Language
Reading: William Wade Harris 1860-1929
Video: Christianity and Rationalistic Statism (Dr. Feddes)
Reading: Christianity and Rationalistic Statism
Slides: Christianity and Rationalistic Statism
Reading: All Unit 11 readings
PDF: All Unit 11 readings
Resource: World Changer series (Dr. Feddes)

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Reading: The Second Vatican Council 1962-1965
Reading: Martin Luther King Jr. 1929-1968
Video (5:17) "I Have a Dream" by Martin Luther King Jr. 1963
Reading: Mother Teresa 1910-1997
Reading: Festo Kivengera 1919-1988
Reading: Richard and Sabina Wurmbrand 1909-2001
Video: Richard Wurmbrand, Tortured for Christ
Reading: Billy Graham 1918-2018
Video (9:05) Billy Graham preaching in New York crusade 1957
Reading: From Foreign Missions to Chinese Church
Reading: Protestantism Explodes in Latin America
Video: Reproducing Christianity (Dr. Feddes)
Slides: Reproducing Christianity
Reading: All Unit 12 readings
PDF: All Unit 12 readings
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Final Assignment: Feedback Survey

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Women's Ministry
Final Assignment: Feedback Survey

Final Assignment: Feedback Survey

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