Most Interesting Period?

[HiredGoon]

What period of church history do you personally find most interesting to study? I know most of you are probably interested in a wide variety of periods, but if you had to pick just one to study (Ante-Nicene, Reformation, etc.) which would it be? Let's here it, what are CFers interested in?

 

[mister_p]

May I pick two???????
One: Patristic period - about 100-451 or so. Lots happening, lots of early heresies, creting the language and ideas for the future.

Two: Early pre- and post-Reformation, say, about 1500 to about the Council of Trent in 1545. Again, alot of change, people prepared to do whatever it took for the faith.

 

[Peter]

I too would say the Ante-Nicene period is my fav. With the body under such intense persecution, epecially bishops, it floors me to read of their unwavering faith.

Peace.

Peter

 

[pax]

One of the more interesting periods to me is the counter-reformation and the Council of Trent, but the ante-Nicene time is cool too.

Really, the last 100 years have been really fascinating to me too. A lot of things within Christianity changed really fast (not always for the better), but at the same time quite a few things have gone well or turned out better than expected. There's no time like the present...

 

[linden branch]

I would have to agree with mister_p on the Patristics period, although it is a rather vague category (many historians use 600 A.D. as a cut-off).

If pressed, I would go with the pre-Chalcedonian period (100-451). Many of the seminal events that have lead to the current shape of Christianity took place during this period.

 

[Eusebios]

If pressed, I would go with the pre-Chalcedonian period (100-451). Many of the seminal events that have lead to the current shape of Christianity took place during this period.

Couldn't have said it better myself lb!
His unworthy servant,
Eusebios.

 

[herev]

What period of church history do you personally find most interesting to study? I know most of you are probably interested in a wide variety of periods, but if you had to pick just one to study (Ante-Nicene, Reformation, etc.) which would it be? Let's here it, what are CFers interested in?

From the time of the second Jewish revolt to the Council of Nicea--fascinating

 

[Kripost]

I would say the the era of the Cappadocian Fathers (Ss. Basil the Great, Gregory Nazianzen, Basil's brother Gregory of Nyssa as well as John Chrysostom).

 

[Inge87]

I would have to say the periods of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation. You have all of the great personalities like Martin Luther, Ignatius of Loyola, and Henry VIII to name a few. Their actions came to guide the actions of the European states for centuries and continue to affect us today.

 

[slimboyfat]

It's got to be the rise of religious radicalism in England 1640-1660 before that nasty CharlesII started putting a dampener on all that glorious unbridled Licentiousness!

 

[DanielRB]

Add my name to the ante-Nicean period column as well.

 

[Archbishop 10-K]

Counter-Reformation. The founding of the Jesuits and their spread all over the world is extremely fascinating.

 

[Ave Maria]

Not sure what the period is called but basically the period from between 1 CE to around 300 CE.

 

[linden branch]

Not sure what the period is called but basically the period from between 1 CE to around 300 CE.

Ante-Nicene is the period prior to the Council of Nicaea circa 325 A.D.

 

[Ave Maria]

Ante-Nicene is the period prior to the Council of Nicaea circa 325 A.D.

Oh ok! Well, the Ante-Nicene period is the period I am most interested in then.

 

[Iosias]

My favourite period is from the Reformation onwards especially with regards to the growth of Brethrenism.

 

[ExOrienteLux]

Mine would be the era of the Ecumenical Councils, followed closely by the period of the Hesychast controversy in the 13th century.

+IC XC NIKA+
Josh.

 

[Sphinx777]

The Age of Captivity and the state of those Christian communities living under Islamic rule is a deeply entrancing time period in the history of the eastern Church...

 

[DanielRB]

The Age of Captivity and the state of those Christian communities living under Islamic rule is a deeply entrancing time period in the history of the eastern Church...

Wow! A four-year dead thread resurrected! Miracles do happen!!

Daniel

 

[Kenny N]

I agree with the Ante-Nicene crowd.

Wow! A four-year dead thread resurrected! Miracles do happen!!

Daniel

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