Epic: The Early Church: A Journey Through Church History

by Steve Weidenkopf

This Leader's Pack includes everything a Group Leader or Facilitator needs to easily implement and run The Early Church study. The pack includes the The Early Church Leader's Guide and Timeline Chart as well as the Epic Bookmark. Each Leader and Facilitator should have a Leader's Pack. [To effectively run the Group Discussions following each presentation, it is suggested that classes be broken down into groups of 10 to 12 students, with one facilitator per group.]The full-color Leader's Guide contains the entire contents of The Early Church Student Workbook as well as a detailed Leader's Overview and suggested responses to the Discussion Questions.The Leader's Guide and Tips to help Leader's plan a study.Ideas and Suggestions for effective ways to promote the study.Instructions for running the study.Essential suggested responses and guidelines for the Discussion Questions.Tips for organizing and managing groups."Ten Commandments" for great small group discussions.

175 pages, Paperback

First published August 1, 2012

About the author

Steve Weidenkopf is a Lecturer in Church History at the Christendom College Graduate School of Theology in Alexandria, Virginia. He has given numerous presentations and seminars on Church History, marriage and family life, human sexuality, and theology throughout the U.S. and Canada.

He served as the Director of the Office of Marriage & Family Life for the
Archdiocese of Denver (2001 - 2004) and as an advisor to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. and was an instructor at the Our Lady of the New Advent Catechetical Institute.

Steve is a member of the Society for the Study of the Crusades and the Latin East - an international academic group dedicated to the field of crusading history and is also a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem.

Reviews

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very helpful in bringing together stories from the Scriptures and the early history of the Catholic Church.

[Stef · Rating 3 out of 5]

This review is of the book, not the study guide. It was very readable, and included quite a bit that was new to me in shedding light on this period of church history and how it has influenced the millenia of church history that followed.
A few facts/reports did not track with other studies I've read from well-known Catholic bible scholars. It would have been very helpful if the author more consistently indicated where he was expressing a theory or opinion or basing something in specific sources. I understand this isn't intended to be a scholarly book, but an overview for general audiences. Still, it can be helpful in evaluating content in a book like this if there are more frequent footnotes, and for the footnotes that are included to have more annotation to explain the sources he's relying on.

[Dede · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very enriching and informative!!! A astounding look into the early church and its martyrs!!