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Justo L. GonzalezHarperOne / 2010 / Trade PaperbackOur Price$20.995.0 out of 5 stars for The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation, Revised: The Story of Christianity. View reviews of this product. 6 Reviews
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oldmanchubbAge: 25-34Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5Good Summation of Church HistoryOctober 12, 2012oldmanchubbAge: 25-34Gender: maleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Justo Gonzalez essentially wrote one very large volume on the history of Christianity and it has been broken into two parts to make it more accessible (I am including reviews for both works). After all, we're talking about two thousand years of history here. Like many histories, the diving point is things prior to the Reformation and things after. This split makes sense for a two-volume work.
Church history isn't exactly the most riveting matter for most Christians and Gonzalez has done a terrific job in making this topic very readable and enjoyable. He traces the world from the time of Jesus through recent events. Obviously this will need to be revised as time goes on. He makes ample use of charts and maps and pictures and even after seminary his work is still a great guide in sermonizing and teaching.
I would highly recommend this work for anyone who is interested in knowing more about the history of the Christian church. Obviously it's hard to cover so much ground in so "short" a work, but Gonzalez treats his topics fairly thoroughly. One can sit down and read it as a regular book or it also serves its purpose as more of a reference material. -
JasmineWestern AustraliaAge: Over 65Gender: Female5 Stars Out Of 5An easy to read account of Church HistoryDecember 18, 2012JasmineWestern AustraliaAge: Over 65Gender: FemaleQuality: 4Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This was the recommenced text for a church history course that was/is available at www.churchtimeline.com . I have found it a wonderful text that is concise enough yet, seemingly accurate to keep me engaged and forever learning new facets of church history.
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bp04Indianapolis, INAge: 55-65Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5The Story of Christianity - Volume 1October 3, 2014bp04Indianapolis, INAge: 55-65Gender: maleQuality: 4Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This book is a great introduction to church history. While writing in an easily understood format, Justo Gonzalez does a commendable job of introducing the church fathers, through whom the church's history was created; and he gives equal attention to the schisms that threatened to divide the church. In each section of this book, Gonzalez provides an excellent bibliography for additional study. It's unfortunate these books are not available as hard backs.
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Nolan5 Stars Out Of 5The Story of Christianity by Justo Gonzalez, Vol. 1February 20, 2020NolanBest survey of church history I've ever read. Puts the church's history in context with the surrounding secular environment and sheds a lot of light not only on the happenings within the church but also how they were influenced by secular authorities and the overall environment in which they took place. Helped me better understand why the believers that lived then believed they were living the fulfillment of the prophecies in Revelation that John was told "will soon come to pass".
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Reader5 Stars Out Of 5priceSeptember 9, 2021ReaderQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 4expected cheaper price
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