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Short History of the Christian Church

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"The present work has as its basis the series of five Short Histories by the same author, which appeared in the following order: The Reformation, 1884; The Early Church, 1886; The Medieval Church, 1887; The Modern Church in Europe, 1888; and The Church in the United States, 1890. The five volumes form a connected History of the Church nearly down to the present time." (from the preface)

John Fletcher Hurst was an American bishop in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He wrote the 5 histories as Chautauqua textbooks. The audio files are in the following order:
Part 1: The Early Church (A.D. 30-750)
Part 2: The Medieval Church (A.D. 750-1517)
Part 3: The Reformation (A.D. 1517-1545)
Part 4: The Modern Church in Europe (A.D. 1558-1892)
Part 5: The Church in the United States (A.D. 1492-1892) (26 hr 30 min)

Chapters

Preface

4:41

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1.1 The Church and Its History

7:43

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1.2 The Scene of the Labors of the Apostles

8:07

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1.3 The Greek and Roman Conditions

12:22

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1.4 The Attitude of Judaism towards Christianity

7:51

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1.5 The Period of Universal Persecution

7:47

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1.6 Christian Worship

4:23

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1.7 The Life of Christians

4:26

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1.8 Ecclesiastical Organization

4:02

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1.9 Ebionism and Gnosticism

11:13

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1.10 The Pagan Literary Attack

7:35

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1.11 The Christian Defenders

8:04

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1.12 The Christian Schools

6:16

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1.13 Liberation under Constantine

6:47

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1.14 Reaction under Julian

7:37

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1.15 The Montanistic Reform

5:58

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1.16 Controversies on Christ

6:52

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1.17 The Later Controversies

14:07

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1.18 Ecclesiastical Schisms

6:53

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1.19 The Scriptures and Tradition

9:07

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1.20 Apocryphal Writings

5:57

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1.21 Theology During the Early Period

17:12

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1.22 Ecclesiastical Government and the Roman Primacy

14:44

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1.23 Sacred Seasons and Public Worship

8:41

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1.24 Ecclesiastical Discipline

5:53

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1.25 Christian Life and Usages

11:56

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1.26 The Church in the Catacombs

15:41

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1.27 Monasticism

6:20

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1.28 The Age of Gregory the Great

4:14

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1.29 The Expansion of Christianity

13:12

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1.30 The Close of the Early Period

7:05

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2.1 The Medieval Transition

5:48

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2.2 The Reign of Charlemagne

8:29

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2.3 Church and State under the Later Carolingian Rulers

5:47

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2.4 The Fictitious Isidore

9:12

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2.5 Mohammedanism

7:37

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2.6 The Schools of Charlemagne

7:29

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2.7 Theological Movements

7:32

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2.8 The Rule of the Popes

10:16

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2.9 The Gregorian Reform

7:19

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2.10 Moral Life and Ecclesiastical Usages

6:14

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2.11 The Public Services

7:45

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2.12 The Writers of the Times

4:58

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2.13 New Missions

12:38

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2.14 Schism between the East and the West

6:52

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2.15 The Anglo-Saxon Church

6:48

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2.16 Arnold of Brescia

8:12

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2.17 The Waldenses and the Albigenses

5:53

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2.18 Thomas Becket

7:30

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2.19 The Monastic Orders

9:33

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2.20 Monasteries as Centres of Intellectual Life

2:44

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2.21 Christian Art

6:19

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2.22 Christian Worship

5:10

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2.23 The Crusades: A.D. 1096-1270

9:02

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2.24 Arabic Philosophy

3:47

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2.25 The Hohenstaufens in Italy

5:50

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2.26 The Jewish Philosophy

4:30

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2.27 The Scholastic Philosophy

11:09

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2.28 Abelard and his Fortunes

8:13

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2.29 General Literature

4:02

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2.30 The Great Schools

2:51

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2.31 The Divided Papacy

7:20

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2.32 Retrospect

3:57

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3.1 The Heralds of Protestantism

33:33

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3.2 The Humanism of Italy

11:40

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3.3 The Reformatory Councils

7:37

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3.4 The German Reformation: Martin Luther

18:39

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3.5 Luther: Further Labors and Personal Character

16:25

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3.6 Melanchthon and other German Reformers

12:24

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3.7 The Reformation in German Switzerland

10:39

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3.8 The Reformation in French Switzerland

18:49

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3.9 The English Reformation: First Period

17:24

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3.10 The English Reformation: Second Period

8:43

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3.11 The Scotch Reformation

6:51

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3.12 The Reformation in the Netherlands

9:45

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3.13 The Reformation in France

11:00

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3.14 The Reformation in Italy

13:08

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3.15 The Reformation in Spain and Portugal

6:50

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3.16 The Reformation in Scandinavia

3:20

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3.17 The Reformation in the Slavic Lands

6:48

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3.18 Survey of Results

6:57

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3.19 The Four Hundredth Anniversary of Luther's Birth

5:39

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4.1 Recuperative Measures of Romanism

6:17

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4.2 The Order of Jesuits

9:46

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4.3 The English Church under James I and Charles I

8:03

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4.4 The English Puritans

5:40

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4.5 The Quakers

4:44

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4.6 Cromwell and the Commonwealth

8:05

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4.7 The Church During the Restoration

6:52

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4.8 English Deism

7:52

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4.9 The Protestant Church in Germany

4:44

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4.10 Mysticism in Germany

5:42

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4.11 The Thirty Years' War

7:37

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4.12 The Protestant Emigration to America

2:49

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4.13 Arminius and the Synod of Dort

5:17

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4.14 The Salzburg Persecution

3:39

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4.15 Spener and Pietism

10:18

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4.16 The Moravians

5:32

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4.17 Swedenborg and the New Church

4:53

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4.18 Rationalism in Germany

6:25

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4.19 The Evangelical Reaction

5:50

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4.20 French Mysticism and Flemish Jansenism

6:07

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4.21 French Infidelity

5:21

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4.22 French Protestantism

6:25

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4.23 The Russo-Greek Church

9:07

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4.24 Wesley and Methodism

9:08

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4.25 The Tractarian Movement

6:53

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4.26 The Schools in the Church of England

13:36

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4.27 The English Universities

5:19

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4.28 Scholars and Divines of the English Church

16:23

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4.29 Puritan and Presbyterian Scholars and Divines

15:00

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4.30 Critical Periods in the History of the Scottish Church

10:50

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4.31 The Ekskine Schism and the Haldane Revival

7:44

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4.32 The Great Disruption

8:30

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4.33 Learning and Literary Culture in the Roman Catholic Church

7:26

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4.34 The Growth of Mary-Worship

6:10

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4.35 The End of the Temporal Power of the Papacy

6:00

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4.36 The Contest with Germany

4:27

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4.37 The Survival of Superstition

3:38

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4.38 Roman Catholicism in England

7:44

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4.39 The Vatican Council

5:36

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4.40 The Old Catholics

6:40

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4.41 The Evangelical Alliance

4:11

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4.42 The Sunday-School

3:52

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4.43 The Revision of the Bible

4:34

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4.44 The Protestant Mission Field

16:21

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4.45 The Temperance Reform

4:08

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4.46 Philanthropy in England and Germany

7:26

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4.47 English Preachers

5:20

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4.48 Literature and Religion in England

5:42

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4.49 The Salvation Army

5:06

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4.50 Survey of Religious Life on the Continent

6:19

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5.1.1 The New Christendom

4:34

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5.1.2 The Spanish Colonization

10:04

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5.1.3 The French Colonization

9:33

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5.1.4 The English Colonization: Virginia and Massachusetts

14:53

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5.1.5 Maryland, Pennsylvania, and other English Colonies

9:13

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5.1.6 Continental Colonies: Dutch, Swedes, Huguenots, and other Protestants

7:55

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5.1.7 The Providential Planting

5:46

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5.1.8 Political Framework of the Colonies

6:49

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5.1.9 Church Government in the Colonies

7:48

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5.1.10 Education

9:59

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5.1.11 Intolerance in the Colonies

13:30

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5.1.12 Religious Life of the Colonies

6:22

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5.1.13 Colonial Worship and Usages

6:04

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5.1.14 Missions to the Indians

10:07

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5.1.15 Theological Movements

10:32

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5.1.16 Religious Literature

9:48

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5.1.17 Early Leaders

12:15

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5.1.18 The Influence of the Puritans

4:15

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5.1.19 The Episcopal Defection in Connecticut

3:56

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5.2.1 The Church at the Founding of the Republic

7:10

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5.2.2 The Separation of Church and State

8:15

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5.2.3 The French Infidelity

7:29

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5.2.4 Revival at the Beginning of the Century

5:57

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5.2.5 Expansion in the South and West

6:38

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5.2.6 The Protestant Episcopal Church

5:09

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5.2.7 The Congregational Church

5:14

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5.2.8 The Reformed Churches

6:08

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5.2.9 The Baptist Church

11:47

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5.2.10 The Presbyterian Church

12:54

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5.2.11 The Lutheran Church

10:45

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5.2.12 American Methodism

19:50

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5.2.13 The Roman Catholic Church

14:54

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5.2.14 The Unitarian Church

13:16

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5.2.15 The Universalist Church

9:11

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5.2.16 The Moravian Church

8:35

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5.2.17 Alexander Campbell and the Disciples of Christ

9:11

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5.2.18 The Quakers

9:34

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5.2.19 Other Denominations

26:05

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5.2.20 The Transcendentalists

10:24

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5.2.21 Communistic Churches

12:09

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5.2.22 The Mormons

14:27

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5.2.23 The Antislavery Reform

16:10

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5.2.24 The Temperance Reform

17:11

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5.2.25 Philanthropy and Christian Union

15:39

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5.2.26 Missions

16:46

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5.2.27 The Sunday-School

7:33

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5.2.28 Christian Literature

13:07

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5.2.29 The American Pulpit

12:56

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5.2.30 Theology of the American Church

12:52

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5.2.31 Theological Scholarship

19:04

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Bewertungen

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Great listening. If you’re interested in the history of the Christian church in America this is a wonderful way to gain insight into what brought us to the current day.

Short but broad history

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A short history of the Church, but very comprehensive. Well read by Tricia G.

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Fascinating subject. Thank you to the reader , you were wonderful!!