One Stop Shop for Church History

[TheInconsistentChristian]

Good evening,

I'm trying to find a comprehensive book/article of the history on the church. Very basic, surface information that can provide me a good foundation or at least an idea of what it would look like. If you're willing, please drop in this thread or send me a message! Thanks in advance.

 

[jas3]

The First Seven Ecumenical Councils by Leo Donald Davis covers the first 9 centuries in just enough detail to understand the major theological controversies during that time. There's a free podcast that goes through this book called "At the Intersection of East and West."

The Orthodox Church by Timothy (Kallistos) Ware provides a ~100-page overview of history that covers the 2nd millennium.

For really surface-level information, there are plenty of overviews online. Wikipedia is honestly not a bad place to start.

 

[Pioneer3mm]

History of the World Christian Movement (Vol 1&2)
- Dale T. Irwin & Scott Sunquist
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Kindle ebook

 

[TheInconsistentChristian]

Much appreciated. I've actually started there with the council of Nicaea with a curiosity of the disunion of the churches there. But I need to go further back.