Turning points : decisive moments in the history of Christianity / Mark A. Noll.
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| Language: | English |
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Grand Rapids, Mich. : Leicester, England :
Baker Books ; Inter-Varsity Press,
[1997], ©1997.
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| Physical Description: | 335 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Introduction : The idea of turning points and reasons for studying the history of Christianity
- The church pushed out on its own : the fall of Jerusalem (70)
- Realities of empire : the Council of Nicaea (325)
- Doctrine, politics, and life in the word : the Council of Chalcedon (451)
- The monastic rescue of the church : Benedict's rule (530)
- The culmination of Christendom : the coronation of Charlemagne (800)
- Division between East and West : the Great Schism (1054)
- The beginnings of Protestantism : the Diet of Worms (1521)
- A new Europe : the English Act of Supremacy (1534)
- Catholic reform and worldwide outreach : the founding of the Jesuits (1540)
- The new piety : the conversion of the Wesleys (1738)
- Discontents of the modern West : the French Revolution (1789)
- A faith for all the world : the Edinburgh Missionary Conference (1910)
- Further turning points of the twentieth century.