History of the Church

Many useful links for the study and research of the History of the Church

A History of the Church - To the Eve of the Reformation by Msgr. Phillip Hughes

From the Michael A. Gallagher website

Alternative Site
Vol. 1 - The Church And The World In Which The Church Was Founded
Covers the time period from the First Century A.D. through 711 A.D. Judaism, Heresies, Gnostics, Pagan Rome
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Vol. 2 - The Church And The World The Church Created Augustine To Aquinas
Covers the time period from 300 A.D. through 1216 A.D. (Incomplete)
Vol. 3 - The Revolt Against The Church - Aquinas To Luther
Covers the time period 1270 through 1520 A.D. (Presently this page is empty)

 

A Church in Crisis: History of the General Councils: 325-1870 A.D. by Msgr. Phillip Hughes

From the Christus Rex Website

Historical background by Msgr. Hughes
Alternative Site Council Documents Catholic Encyclopedia Article

Introduction: On Councils and General Councils

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General Councils
Plenary Councils
1. The First General Council of Nicaea, 325 EWTN EWTN
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Nicaea I
2. The First General Council of Constantinople, 381 EWTN Catholicsource
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Constantinople I
The General Council of Ephesus, 431 EWTN EWTN
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Ephesus
4. The General Council of Chalcedon, 451 EWTN Catholicsource
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Chalcedon
5. The Second General Council of Constantinople, 553 EWTN EWTN
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Anathemas
of the Council
Constantinople II
6. The Third General Council of Constantinople, 680-681 Catholicsource
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Constantinople III
7. The Second General Council of Nicaea, 787 EWTN EWTN
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Nicaea II
8. The Fourth General Council of Constantinople, 869-70 EWTN EWTN
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Constantinople IV
9. The First General Council of the Lateran, 1123 EWTN Catholicsource Lateran I
10. The Second General Council of the Lateran, 1139 EWTN Catholicsource Lateran II
11. The Third General Council of the Lateran, 1179 EWTN Catholicsource Lateran III
12. The Fourth General Council of the Lateran, 1215 EWTN Catholicsource
Fordham
Lateran IV
13. The First General Council of Lyons, 1245 EWTN Catholicsource The Councils of Lyons
14. The Second General Council of Lyons, 1274 EWTN Catholicsource The Councils of Lyons
15. The General Council of Vienne, 1311-12 EWTN Catholicsource Vienne
16. The General Council of Constance, 1414-18 EWTN EWTN
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Constance
17. The General Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence, 1431-45 EWTN EWTN
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Basel
Florence
18. The Fifth General Council of the Lateran, 1512-17 EWTN Catholicsource Lateran V
19. The General Council of Trent, 1545-63 EWTN Hanover College Trent
20. The First General Council of the Vatican, 1869-70 EWTN Catholicsource Vatican I
Appendix      
Vatican II - 1962-1965   Christusrex
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Other History Links:

Early Creeds of the Church - Apostle's Creed, Nicene Creed, Athanasian Creed, Definition of Chalcedon
The Council of Orange , 592 A.D. [Alternate site]
The Council of Trullo - Quinsext Council, 692 A.D.
The Crusades - Various Church documents
The Crusades - Historical background
The Catholic Church and World History - contains numerous links and articles, includes information on the Pope and WWII, Inquisition, Crusades, Galileo, slavery, and more - from the Catholic Educators Resource Center
The Donation of Constantine - Excerpt from Dr. Warren Carroll's book, "The Building of Christendom" about this forged document, and other links 
The Effects of the French Revolution
Bible Manuscripts in History
Baltimore Catechism - a late 19th century question-and-answer catechism
Ecole Initiative - Hypertext encyclopedia of early church history
Medieval Spirituality - Early Church fathers and other saints writings
Early Church documents - Local and Ecumenical Councils of the Church
The Church and the Holy Bible - Historical perspective of the Catholic Church and Scripture
Catholic Church timeline - Graphical timeline of Church history
The Church: Its Beginning, Success, Failures - Historical timeline of Church history
Timeline of the Holy Roman Catholic Church

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