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	EWTN - Vol.1-3
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	EWTN		General Councils Plenary Councils
1. The First General Council of Nicaea, 325	EWTN	EWTN Catholicsource Fordham	Nicaea I
2. The First General Council of Constantinople, 381	EWTN	Catholicsource Fordham	Constantinople I
The General Council of Ephesus, 431	EWTN	EWTN Catholicsource  Fordham	Ephesus
4. The General Council of Chalcedon, 451	EWTN	Catholicsource Fordham	Chalcedon
5. The Second General Council of Constantinople, 553	EWTN	EWTN Catholicsource Fordham Anathemas of the Council	Constantinople II
6. The Third General Council of Constantinople, 680-681		Catholicsource Fordham	Constantinople III
7. The Second General Council of Nicaea, 787	EWTN	EWTN Catholicsource Fordham	Nicaea II
8. The Fourth General Council of Constantinople, 869-70	EWTN	EWTN Catholicsource Fordham	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 Catholicsource	Constance
17. The General Council of Basel-Ferrara-Florence, 1431-45	EWTN	EWTN Catholicsource	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 RC.net EWTN

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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