Title: How we got our denominations; a primer on church history.
Authors: Stuber, Stanley I. 1903-
Publisher: Association Press
Year: 1959
Subjects: Sects.; Church history.
Contents: The kingdom and the church -- Birthday of the church -- First called "Christians" -- Years of persecution -- Christianity's great book -- Success comes to the church -- Christianity adapts itself, A.D. 100-323 -- The new church-state -- the undivided Catholic church, A.D. 323-600 -- The early church of creeds -- the church as a system of doctrine, A.D. 325-600 -- The church of corruption -- the Church of the middle ages, A.D. 600-1500 -- The higher life -- the growth of monasticism -- Lights in the darkness -- great Christians of the dark ages, A.D. 260-1153 -- Christendom divided, A.D. 1054 -- Crusades of the church, A.D. 1096-1254 -- The decay of power -- the decline of the papacy -- From renaissance to reformation -- the reformation in Europe, 1517-1648 -- The revision of Christianity -- the reformation in England -- Something much better -- the results of the reformation -- The church in the new world -- The church of authority -- the Roman Catholic church -- The church of creeds -- the Eastern Orthodox church -- The church of beauty -- the Protestant Episcopal church -- The church of duty -- the Presbyterian church -- The church of vision -- the United Church of Christ -- The church of faith -- the Lutheran church -- The church of concern -- the Reformed Church in America -- The church of freedom -- the Baptist churches -- The church of light -- the Quakers -- The church of action -- the Methodist church -- The church of harmony -- the Unitarian church -- The church of unity -- the Christian church (disciples) -- Other important religious bodies -- Christian co-operation -- the denominations in co-operative action.