The Early Christian Church
The following lectures were recorded in the Spring of 2009 at UC San Diego. Feel free to add them to your mp3 player and listen to them in the car or while you're working out, or play them on your computer at home while looking at the Powerpoint visuals. Each is about an hour in length.
1. Introduction to the Study of Christian History
2. The Jewish Background of Christianity (Part 1)
3. The Jewish Background of Christianity (Part 2)
4. The Apostolic Period (36-70 CE) (Part 1)
5. The Apostolic Period (36-70 CE) (Part 2)
6. Greco-Roman Influences on Christianity
7. The Gospel Period (70-110 CE) (Part 1)
8. The Gospel Period (70-110 CE) (Part 2)
9. The Generation of the Fathers (110-156 CE) (Part 1)
10. The Generation of the Fathers (110-156 CE) (Part 2)
11. The War Against Mysticism (156-200 CE) (Part 1)
12. The War Against Mysticism (156-200 CE) (Part 2)
13. Period of Speculation (200-249 CE) (Part 1)
14. Period of Speculation (200-249 CE) (Part 2)
15. Period of Speculation (200-249 CE) (Part 3)
16. Period of Increased Persecution (249-313 CE) (Part 1)
17. Period of Increased Persecution (249-313 CE) (Part 2)
18. The Constantinian Revolution (313-337 CE)
19. The Growth of the Christian Monastic Movement
20. The Arian Period (337-381 CE)
21. The Christian Empire (381-451 CE) (Part 1)
22. The Christian Empire (381-451 CE) (Part 2)