Miller's Church History
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Pergamos Ministries affirms the outstanding labors in Church History compiled by Andrew Miller in the 1800s. Miller has committed to the Church one of the most spiritual accountings ever recorded. His "epical" rendering of the Seven Churches of Asia depict the condition of seven general eras of Church History from the times of the apostles to the present. Frankly, the inspirational tone throughout the book (some 50+ chapters), leaves the reader awestruck and humbled by the Church's legacy . . . we are admonished to "hear what the Spirit says to the churches" for the time is short. May the Lord greatly bless us all as we read of our triumphs, despairs, sufferings, revivals and awakenings throughout history; and, as we come to terms with our apostascies and deceptions, may we rise up in prophetic voice to challenge them "by the blood of the Lamb and by the Word of our Testimony!"
Introduction
The Seven Churches of Asia
1:
The
Rock Foundation
Foundation of the Church
Opening of the Kingdom of Heaven
Church Government
2:
The
Day of Pentecost
Resurrection and Ascension of Christ
Descent of the Holy Ghost
Calling in of the Gentiles
First Christian Martyr
3:
The
Disciples Persecuted and Scattered
Jerusalem and Samaria United by the Gospel
Conversion of Saul of Tarsus
4:
The
First Missionaries of the Cross
The Twelve Apostles
Herodian Line of Kings
5:
The
Apostle Paul
First Visit to Jerusalem
First Missionary Journey
Third Visit to Jerusalem
Visit to Athens
6:
Paul's Third Missionary Journey
Departure for Macedonia
Fifth Visit to Jerusalem
Before the Sanhedrin
Martyrdom of Paul
7:
The
Burning of Rome
First Persecution Under the Emperors
Downfall of Jerusalem
The Real Cause of Persecution
Persecutions in France
8:
The
Internal History of the Church
Apostolic Fathers
Origin of Clergy and Laity
Origin of Dioceses
9:
From Commodus till the Accession of Constantine.
Persecution in Africa
Altered Position of Christianity
The General State of Christianity
The Condition of the Church
10:
Constantine the Great
Church as Constantine Found It
Effects of Royal Favour
Baptism and Death of Constantine
11:
The
Council of Nice
The Council of Tyre
The Barbaric Invaders
12:
The
Internal History of the Church
Infant Baptism
First Society of Ascetics
Calamities of Rome
13:
The
Epistle to the Church in Thyatira
Leo the First, Surnamed the Great
Missionary Zeal of Gregory
Romish Hierarchy in England
14:
The
Spread of Christianity Over Europe
First Preachers in Ireland
First Preachers in Scotland
Foreshadowing of the Man of Sin
15:
Mohammed, the False Prophet of Asia.
Religion of Islam
Successors of Mohammed.
Second Council of Nicaea
16:
The
Silver Line of Sovereign Grace
Origin of the Paulicians
Religious Wars of Charlemagne
Feudal Hierarchical System.
17:
The
Propagation of Christianity
Louis the Pious
The Slavonians Receive the Gospel
England, Scotland, and Ireland
18:
The
Church-Building Spirit Revived.
Learning of the Arabs Imported into Christendom
Traces of the Silver Line of God's Grace
19:
The
Pontificate of Gregory VII
Gregory and Clerical Independence
Celibacy and Simony
The Emperor Deposed by the Pope
Effects of the Papal Policy
Burning of Ancient Rome
20:
The
Crusades
The First Crusade
The Second Crusade
The Third Crusade
The Remainder of the Crusades
21:
Henry V and Gregory's Successors
St. Bernard, Abbot of Clairvaux.
The Great Council of the Lateran
Arnold of Brescia
22:
The Encroachments of Rome in England
The Introduction of Canon Law into England
Thomas a Becket and Henry II
The "Constitutions of Clarendon"
23:
The
Theology of the Church of Rome
Transubstantiation
Mary — Worship
Saint — Worship
Relic — Worship
Purgatory
Extreme Unction
Auricular Confession
Indulgences.
24:
Innocent III and His Times
Innocent's Views of Popedom
Philip and Otho
Innocent and England
England Surrendered to Rome
25:
Innocent and the South of France
Peter Waldo
Raymond a Spiritual Outlaw
The Real Object of the Catholics
26:
The
Inquisition Established in Languedoc
The Application of Torture
The Auto de Fe
St. Benedict
New Orders — St. Dominic and St. Francis
27:
The
Approaching Dawn of the Reformation
Christianity in Ireland
Christianity in Scotland
Popery as a System.
28:
The
Decline of Papal Power
Gregory IX and Frederick II
The Overruling Hand of God
The Humiliation of the Pontiff
29:
The
Forerunners of the Reformation
Literary Men
The Theologians
The Waldenses
The Dark Year of 1560
30:
John Wycliffe
England and the Papacy
Wycliffe and the Bible
The Lollards.
31:
The
Reformation Movement in Bohemia
The Imprisonment of John Huss
The Arrest and Imprisonment of Jerome
The United Brethren or Moravians
32:
The
Capture of Constantinople
The First Printed Bible
The Immediate Precursors of Luther
Reflections on the Life of Savonarola
33:
The
Reformation in Germany
Popery and Mankind
The First Period of Luther's Life
Luther's Conversion
34:
The
First Papal Jubilee
Luther's Public Appeal
Distinguished Men of the Sixteenth Century
The Diet of Worms
35:
Luther at Wartburg.
Luther and the German Bible
The Hundred Grievances
The First Diet of Spires
36:
Protestantism
The Lutheran Churches
Meetings of the Protestants
37:
The
Sacramentarian Controversy
The Conference at Marburg
A Proposal for Toleration and Unity
38:
The
Council at Bologna
The Diet of Augsburg
The Articles of Faith
The Letters of Melanchthon and Luther
39:
The
Popish Refutation
The Final Decree
The League of Smalcald
The Peace of Ratisbon
40:
The
Reformation in Switzerland
Zwingle, Pastor of Glaris
The Rising Storm
41:
The
Leaders of the Reformation in Switzerland
The Progress of the Reformation-Zurich
Zwingle and His Brothers
The Disputations at Zurich
42:
The
Results of the Disputations
The Answer of Zurich to Lucerne
The Swiss and German Reformation
The Weapons of Rome's Warfare
43:
The
General Progress of Reform
The Reformation in Berne
The Conference at Baden
The Great Conference at Berne
The Reformation of Basle
44:
The
Extension of Reform in Switzerland.
The Five Cantons Form a League with Austria
The Treaty of Cappel
War Declared Against Zurich
45:
The
Reformation in Germany
The Great Actors Passing Off the Scene
The Death of Luther
Reflections on the Life of Luther
46:
The
Opening of the Council of Trent
The Smalcald War
The Treachery of Maurice
The German's Treated as a Conquered People
47:
"The Interim"
The Revolution in Germany
The Calamities of the Protestants
The Rise of the Jesuits
48:
The
Effect of the Reformation in Germany on the
Nations of Europe
Sweden and Denmark
Italy
Spain
The Netherlands
49:
The
Reformation in French Switzerland
Early History of William Farel
The Arrival of Calvin in Geneva
Calvin and Calvinism
50:
The
Reformation in France
The Bible in French at Meaux
Commencement of Persecution in France
The Year of the Placards
51:
The
Great Progress of the Reformation
The First Planting of the Reformed Church in France
The Saint Bartholomew Massacre
The Council of Trent
52:
The
Waldenses
The Wars of Extermination
The Sympathy of England
The Persecution and Expulsion of the Waldenses
53:
The
Reformation in the British Isles
Ireland
Scotland
The Fiery Zeal of Cardinal Beaton
George Wishart
John Knox
54:
The
Reformation in England
The Reformation Begun
The Persecution Begins
Ridley, Latimer, and Cranmer
55:
The
Reign of Elizabeth
The Puritans
John Wesley
Sunday Schools
Foreign Missions
56:
Philadelphia
Laodicea
Church Truth
The Spread of the Truth
Conclusion