Church History

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Ad Hoc :

- Resources for teaching and research relating to the history of Christianity, compiled by Yale University.
Ancient History Sourcebook: Christian Origins :

- Takes a look through the history of the Church from the first century to present-day as well as links to other faiths such as Islamic and Jewish.
Believer's Web: Biographies :

- 100+ biographical articles.
Christian Biography Resources :

- A directory of links to sources on British and American authors, preachers, hymn writers and missionaries, together with links to collections of Christian biographies.
The Christian Catacombs of Rome :

- History and description of the underground cemeteries used from the 2nd to the 5th centuries. Includes a section on the symbols used, but no images.
Christian History :

- Includes recent articles from Christianity Today magazine.
Christian History Institute :

- Features daily articles, quotations, chronologies, and reviews.
Church History and Historical Theology :

- Annotated directory. Patristics, New Testament era to 1200, 1200-1600, links.
Church History Timeline Index :

- A timeline of Church history, with emphasis on the first several centuries.
ChurchRodent: Glossary of Christian History :

- By R. A. Tatum, partly based on Bruce Shelley's "Christian History in Plain Language."
Cross Search Church History :

- Links: to churches, archives, glossaries, specific theologies, and general history.
Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature :

- A Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century A.D., with an Account of the Principal Sects and Heresies. By Henry Wace.
Divinity Library, Vanderbilt University :

- Collections and publications, databases, online periodicals in religion/theology, directory of online resources.
Ecole Initiative :

- Hypertext encyclopedia of early Christian Church history.
History of Christianity in China :

- A small encyclopedia, including information on Chinese culture.
James Kiefer's Hagiographies :

- Brief biographical notes, arranged by (Anglican) liturgical calendar.
Overview of Late Antiquity :

- Includes several articles on Christianity in the 4th-7th centuries; many articles on the historical and religious background.
Sketches of Church History :

- The history of the Christian Church from the Apostolic Age through the Inquisition, in 29 short chapters.
Story of the Church :

- Overview of church history through the reformation: notes from classes taught at Community Bible Chapel, Richardson, Texas.
Territorial Evolution of Christianity :

- Historical review, with statistics and maps.
The Tredways: Church History Timelines :

- Major events shown in two timelines: ancient and medieval, reformation and modern.
Wesley Center for Applied Theology :

- Archive of Wesleyan and Holiness texts; sales of "Wesleyan Heritage" CD-ROM.
The Wesleys (John, Charles, Susanna) and Their Times :

- Loads of material, primary and secondary sources.
Worlds of Late Antiquity :

- Materials relating to the culture of the Mediterranean world in late antiquity (roughly 200-700 C.E.); by James O'Donnell at Georgetown University.