Here are the completed notes from the Sunday Evening Service August 16, 2015:
VIII. A Brief Survey of Church History – Part #3
D. The Reformation 1517 – 1700
Events to be aware of:
The Invention of the Printing Press:
- Johan Gutenburg (1453)
- Gutenburg’s first publication was the Bible
The Reformation:
- The Reformation tried at first to reform the Roman Church
- As this proved impossible, the Reformation produced a new wave of Protestant churches
The Sale of Indulgences
- A new form of penance called indulgences were created in order to raise huge sums of money
- The Roman Catholic Church told people that indulgences completely erased one’s temporary punishment in purgatory
Protestant Churches
- With the beginning of the Reformation, churches “protested” the wrong theology of the Roman Catholic Church and its abusive structure
Names to be familiar with from this period:
William Tyndale (1490-1536) – Father of the English Bible
Martin Luther (1483-1546)
- Luther’s 95 Thesis (1517)
- The “Diet of Worms” (1521)
John Calvin (1509-1564)
- Credited with bringing the church back to systematic theology
- 5 Doctrines of Grace:
- Total Depravity
- Unconditional Election
- Particular Redemption (Limited Atonement)
- Irresistable Grace
- Perseverance of the Saints
John Knox (1513-1572)
John Bunyan (1628-1688)
- Wrote the Pilgrim’s Progress
E. Modern Church History (1700-1800)
Terms to be familiar with from this period:
The Great Awakening (1720-1750s)
Names to be familiar with from this period:
John Wesley (1703-1791)
George Whitefield (1714-1770)
Jonathan Edwards (1703-1758)
F. The Modern Missionary Movement (1800-2000)
Names to be familiar with from this period:
William Carey (1761-1843) – The Father of Modern Missions
Adoniram and Ann Judson (1788-1850)
David Livingstone (1813-1873)
Hudson Taylor (1832-1905)
Lottie Moon (1840-1912)
Amy Carmichael (1867-1951)
Billy Graham (1918 – Present)
Others to Know:
George Muller (1805-1898)
Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
Dwight L. Moody (1837-1899)
C.I. Scofield (1843-1921)
Billy Sunday (1862-1935)
C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)
Jerry Falwell (1933-2007)
*Some contents adapted from Dr. Harold Willmington’s notes on the church