Jerry ’s Reviews > History of Christianity: An Enthralling Overview of the Most Important Events that Shaped the Christian Church > Status Update

Read the Conclusion. Read that Christianity has the most adherents in the world and that even nonbelievers can revere Christian aspects such as Christmas. The story of Frosty the Snowman is embedded with aspects of the Jesus story.

Finished Chapter 12. Read about how the two World Wars changed Christian eschatological viewpoints. Especially when Israel became a nation in 1948. Also read about how Christians tried to fight against Nazism, Fascism, and the Holocaust and were severely persecuted in Germany and Russia.

Finished Chapter 10. Read about Christianity's diverse mosaic and how this diversity and Deism shaped the new American Republic in the 18th century.

Finished Chapter 9. Read about the Spanish Inquisition, the discovery of the Americas, and the beginning of the Enlightenment era.

Finished Chapter 8. Read about 3 great Catholic saints: Augustine of Hippo, Thomas Aquinas, and St. Francis of Assisi.

Finished Chapter 7. Read about the reforms in France and England. John Calvin's reforms in France made him hated by the nobility, so he went to Switzerland. His teaching of Predestination caused a bit of chaos that had people fearing about their souls. In England, Henry VIII broke with the Catholic church and founded the Church of England. However, he soon used his power to enforce his own brand of persecution.

Finished Chapter 6. Read about the events of the Reformation involving Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli.

Finished Chapter 5. Read about the Crusades, the Western Schism that saw 2 and later 3 men as Pope, and then the chapter ended by mentioning the martyrdom of Jan Hus.

Finished chapter 4. Read about the Great Schism and the events that led to it.

Finished Chapter 3. Read about the Council of Nicea and how Constantine wanted to unite all Christians under a unified belief. Then, read how Christianity survived the fall of the Western Roman Empire. Then in 800 A.D., Charlemagne was made emperor of the new Holy Roman Empire.