CH102 Introducing Church History II: Reformation to Postmodernism
Digital Logos Edition
Overview
If you’ve ever wished you knew more about the events of the Protestant Reformation and how the Reformation produced the contemporary Protestant church, CH102 is for you. This course dispels popular misconceptions of Martin Luther’s intentions, and it provides a close look at Luther’s call from God which led him out of the monastery, his teaching on sola fide, and his eventual excommunication. Dr. James teaches you how to distinguish between Luther, the Swiss Reformers (including John Calvin, the “accidental reformer”), and the so-called Radical Reformers. He also provides a helpful explanation of the Council of Trent, the formation of the Jesuits, and the Catholic Counter-Reformation. Dr. James then helps you navigate the historical and theological developments that led to Arminianism, English Puritanism, and Puritanism in New England. Learn how the spiritual decline in England led to John Wesley’s Methodism, the English Revival, and the Great Awakening in America, and get an in-depth look at Christianity in the modern era. After this course, you will be able to articulate how even through all of the twists and turns of the past 2,000 years, God is still working in the modern church.
Top Highlights
“intellectual fundamentalism, epitomized by J. Gresham Machen of Princeton Seminary.” (source)
“‘Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason (for I do not trust either in the pope or his councils alone, since it is well known that they have often erred and contradicted themselves), I am bound by the Scriptures I have quoted and by my conscience I am captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything, since it is neither safe nor wise to go against conscience.’ And then he is reported to have concluded in German, ‘Here I stand. I cannot do otherwise. God help me.’” (source)
“concludes that God is the real cause of human sin.” (source)
“‘We call predestination God’s eternal decree, by which he compacted with himself what he willed to become of each man. For all are not created in equal condition; rather, eternal life is foreordained for some, eternal damnation for others.’” (source)
“However, the fundamental difference lies in the fact that Trent understands justification to include both legal justification and moral sanctification, while the Protestants restrict the term to legal justification only. To Catholics, the Protestant doctrine of justification seemed to undermine human responsibility. To Protestants, Trent and its understanding seemed to suggest that salvation was based on human effort, thus demeaning God’s grace.” (source)
- Title: CH102 Introducing Church History II: Reformation to Postmodernism
- Author: Frank James
- Series: Logos Mobile Education
- Publisher: Lexham Press
- Print Publication Date: 2016
- Logos Release Date: 2016
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Courseware
- Subjects: Church history; Education › Church history; Education › Evangelicalism; Education › Reformation; Evangelicalism; Reformation
- Resource ID: LLS:CH102JAMES
- Resource Type: Courseware Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-05-04T00:28:49Z
Dr. Frank James is President of Biblical Theological Seminary in the Philadelphia suburb of Hatfield, PA. Prior to taking his current post in 2013, he taught and served as president at Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, FL, and served as provost and taught at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, MA. Additionally, he has been on the teaching faculties of Villanova University and Westmont College, and was Visiting Professor at the Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Oxford University.
Dr. James has focused particularly in two academic areas—the Reformation and Contemporary American Evangelicalism—and has taught and written widely in both areas. He has written or edited nine books and published over 60 articles in popular and academic journals. His latest book is Church History: Reformation to the Present (Zondervan, 2013). Previous works include (as coeditor and contributor) The Glory of the Atonement: In Biblical, Theological and Historical Perspective (InterVarsity Press, 2004); Peter Martyr Vermigli and Predestination: The Augustinian Inheritance of an Italian Reformer (Oxford University Press, 1998); and (as coeditor and contributor) Companion to Peter Martyr Vermigli (Brill, 2009). Dr. James has also has given lectures at distinguished universities and research institutes around the globe, including Oxford University, the University of Zurich, and the University of Padua, Italy.
A Texas native, Dr. James has two doctorates: a DPhil in History from Oxford and a PhD in Theology from Westminster Theological Seminary. He is married to fellow author Carolyn Custis James.