ATHENS INSTITUTE OF MINISTRY

AIM WEST COURSE DESCRIPTION &

READING ASSIGNMENTS

CHURCH HISTORY

As one wise person said, ?Those who ignore the lessons of history are bound
to repeat them.?  There is so much to learn from two millennia of church history?a
valuable course indeed.  Includes sections on; the early church, Patristics, Restoration
Movement, Crossroads/Campus Ministry, ICOC, and more.  Develop a grasp of church
history period by period, century by century. 

Required Advanced Reading

            1. J. B. Lightfoot and J.R. Harmer (tr.) The Apostolic Fathers (2
nd Edition)

2. David Ber?ot, Will the Real Heretics Please Stand Up?

3. Tim Dowley, Introduction to the History of Christianity (Fortress Press) sect.
?I, II, V

Extra Credit: 

4. Richard T. Hughes, Reviving the Ancient Paths: History of the Churches of
Christ in America     (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996)?4 points

5. Foster Stanback, Into All Nations: A History of the International Churches
of Christ (IPI, 2005)?4 points

6. Tim Dowley, Introduction to the History of Christianity (Fortress Press), rest
?of the book?7 points

7. Mark Noll?s, Turning Points (Downers Grove: Intervarsity Press, 1997)?5 points

Readingis to be done in advance.  If you have read any of the required reading in the
past, you do not need to re-read it. Extra credit will not be available for
books read in the past, unless they are re-read for AIM.

The exam will be on the Saturday, and having completed the reading is 20% of
your grade (no partial credit).

CHURCH HISTORY DATES

20 Dates (all years AD)

30?start of church                             64?Neronian persecution                 70?Destru
ction of Jerusalem

96?Domitianic persecution              110?monarchical episcopate           249?priesthood

303?Diocletian persecution             313?Toleration                                 
?325?Nicea

381?Official religion                          400?Many Catholic doctrines         622?Muslim
Conquest

1054?Great Schism                           1095?First Crusade                          
?1233?Inquisition

1517?Reformation                             1546?Counter-reformation              1830?Sinner?s
prayer

1906?Restoration movement splits1962?VaticanII                                 2000?World
doesn?t end.