CHURCH HISTORY: Pre-Reformation

Hi105 Western Civilization to 1500 (3)

A study of the social, economic, and political contributions of the ancient people of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, and the contributions of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance to Western culture. Study will include the development of the Christian Church before the Reformation.

Church History--Sources / Church History--Chronology

Church History--2nd century / 3rd century / 4th century / 5th century / 6th century / 7th century / 8th century / 9th century / 10th century / 11th century / 12th century / 13th century / 14th century / 15th century / 16th century

Church History--30-600. Early church / Church History--600-1500. Middle Ages. / Church History--Byzantine Empire.

Crusades / Monasticism and religious orders / mysticism / Persecution / Popes / Reformation--Early movements / Religious thoughts / Schism, The Great Western, 1378-1417 / Schism (1054)

Papal documents / Prayers / Sermons / Catenae / Hymns, Early Christian / Apocryphal and legendary literature

By adding "sources" (as a subject) or "critical" / "study" (as a keyword) to the catalog search, you should be given texts that are considered "primary sources". This is not 100% accurate, but should get you in the high 90's for accuracy of finding primary sources. A primary sources is usually considered the text or a translation of a text without commentary. The commentary itself is a secondary source. The Bible your read is a primary text. The notes on the bottom of the page, or a commentary, are secondary sources. Your instructor may be even more nuanced about the distinction between primary and secondary, e.g. primary is only original language.

The Ante-Nicene Fathers / Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series 1 / Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers series 2 (different fathers)
Loeb Classic Library / Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture / The Age of The Fathers, 2 vols