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75 Other Important Events in Church History
A brief listing of significant dates that also earn a place in the "Christian History 100"
Catherine of Siena
She lived only 33 years, but her vibrant faith and writings were so influential she has been declared a Doctor of the Church.
Caroline T. Marshall is Professor of History at James Madison University in Harrisonburg Virginia, and a contributor to The History of Christianity (Lion, 1977).
Five Religious Options for Medieval Women
In the High Middle Ages, Christian women found many ways to live a holy life.
Dr. Ann K. Warren is Adjunct Associate Proffessor of History at Case Western Reserve University and author of Anchorites and Their Patrons in Medieval England (California, 1985).
Terms of the Religious Life
Inside the Convent
How did convents arise? Why did so many medieval women enter them?
Dr. Jo Ann McNamara is Professor of History at Hunter College, City University of New York, and author of Women and the Structures of Society (Duke, 1984).
Women in the Medieval Church: A Gallery of Christian Women Writers of the Medieval World
Dr. Katharina M. Wilson is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Georgia and editor of Medieval Women Writers (Georgia, 1984).
Women in the Medieval Church: The Christian History Timeline
Dr. Thomas O. Kay is Chair of the Department of History at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.
Women in the Medieval Church: Did You Know?
Jeannette L. Angell is a doctoral candidate in history and liturgics at the School of Theology, Boston University.
Heloise and Abelard's Tumultuous Affair
She became an acclaimed abbess; he was one of the greatest philosophers of the medieval world. Yet their fabled love deeply damaged them both.
Dr. Ruth A. Tucker is visiting professor at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. She is author of eight books, including Daughters of the Church (with Walter Liefeld; Zondervan, 1987) and Stories of Faith (Zondervan, 1990).
The Mystics
Why did mysticism flower in the medieval world—and why did women often lead in it?
Dr. Elizabeth Alvilda Petroff is Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and author of Medieval Women's Visionary Literature (Oxford, 1986).
The Fighting Monks
In the new religious orders, Christians blended poverty, chastity, and military fervor.
Michael Gervers
How We Got Our Bible: Christian History Interview - From the Apostles To You
INTERVIEW WITH BRUCE METZGER
John Chrysostom: Christian History Timeline
by GERARD H. ETTLINGER Gerard H. Ettlinger is professor of theology at St. John’s University in Jamaica, New York. He is editor of a critical edition of the Greek text of Saint Jean Chrysostome: A’ une Jeune Veuve Sur le Mariage Unique (Sources Chrtiennes, 1968), and of Theodoret of Cyrus: Eranistes (Clarendon, 1975).
Scripture-Drenched Life
Medieval monasteries were Bible schools extraordinaire.
Dennis Martin teaches at Loyola University, Chicago
The Spirit-Bearers
If you know a little about Eastern monasticism, you know a great deal about Eastern Orthodoxy.
John Chryssavgis
Eastern Orthodoxy: Recommended Resources
Eastern Orthodoxy
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Evangelism in the Early Church: Christian History Timeline - The Growth of Early Christianity
Christian History Timeline
David F. Wright
The Fury of the Northmen
The Viking invasions destroyed the glory of Celtic monasticism.
Georgia Beaverson
Patrick and Celtic Christianity: Did You Know?
Rooted in the Tradition
Celtic Christianity is not as theologically unique as many have supposed.
Gilbert Márkus
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