One example of the Mythic history of the church Genre in literature is "The trail of blood"
I think that all three of the ones I have mentioned are mythic rather than historic and all three are fundamentally incorrect.
The Trail of Blood is a 1931 book by American Southern Baptist minister James Milton Carroll, comprising a collection of five lectures he gave on the history of Baptist churches, which he presented as a succession from the first Christians. The work has been criticized for linking together numerous unrelated sects and historical heresies that have no relation to Baptist theology or polity.
Others are "The Great Controversy"The book begins with a historical overview, which begins with the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70, covers the Reformation and Advent movement in detail, and culminates with a lengthy description of the end times. It also outlines several key Seventh-day Adventist doctrines, including the heavenly sanctuary, the investigative judgment and the state of the dead.
And "Jehovah's Witnesses : proclaimers of God's kingdom"Summary: Jehovah's Witnesses Proclaimers of God's Kingdom is a 749 page book that is published by Jehovah's Witnesses which gives a detailed history of the organization and organizational structure, various schools, assemblies and programs, literature, as well as a section on persecution, and problems within the organization itself.
Each book purports to give a history of Christianity, each has sources from which very tenuous ancestry for the denomination or religion is drawn, and each book proclaims that the denomination or religion it advocates for is The church that Jesus Christ founded.I think that all three of the ones I have mentioned are mythic rather than historic and all three are fundamentally incorrect.