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SINGLE USER product. Materials provided on CD NOTES are copyrighted by World Video Bible School® and MAY NOT be used, reproduced, distributed, republished, displayed, broadcast, hyperlinked or transmitted, in whole or in part, in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical including photocopying, electronic transfer, installing on computers, recording or the use of any information storage and retrieval system, outside of the following permitted use limits: The REGISTERED USER may copy the contents of this CD to their hard drive and store the CD as an archive. If using more than one computer (i.e. home & office), you may copy it to each computer. The REGISTERED USER may print unlimited copies of any and all materials contained on this CD, from their computer for personal use or use in teaching classes, provided World Video Bible School® is given proper credit and materials are not resold. BE ADVISED that WVBS may, at their sole discretion, employ text marking and detection techniques to identify the original purchaser of pirated electronic or printed copies of this material. More importantly, remember that you will answer to God for every word and action (Matthew 12:36). Please consider your actions carefully and proceed accordingly, with a clear conscience. CHURCH HISTORY This set of notes is designed to be used by non-credit students of World Video Bible School and correspondent students enrolled in the Video Bible Institute (VBI). VBI students should pay particular attention to the syllabus. Students not taking the course for credit may bypass the syllabus and use the notes as they see fit for their spiritual enrichment. ® 512-398-5211 (voice) World Video Bible School 512-398-9493 (fax) 25 Lantana Lane [email protected] Maxwell, Texas 78656-4231 www.wvbs.org SYLLABUS I. GENERAL INFORMATION. A. Instructor: Chuck Horner. B. This course consists of 54 lessons on 18 DVDS. C. Each class is approximately 38 minutes long. II. PURPOSE. A. To know the facts of church history in their time frame. B. To recognize religious trends and their results. C. To recognize how reaction to false doctrine also created false doctrine. D. To be able to recognize and correct unlawful trends in the church today. E. To be able to teach these facts, trends, consequences and corrections to others. III. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS. A. Required. 1. Bible (A.S.V., K.J.V. or N.K.J.V.). 2. 54 video lessons. 3. Spiral bound class notes. B. Optional: Mattox, F. W. The Eternal Kingdom, Gospel Light Publishing Co. Delight, AR. 1961. IV. MEMORY WORK. There are no memory verses from the Bible for this course. However, there will be many names, dates and facts to memorize. The tests will be very technical. If you wait until the night before you take a test to study, you may very well fail – unless you have an outstanding memory. i V. TESTS. A. There are two written tests. B. When you near the halfway point, contact us and request the mid-term exam. When you near the end of the course, request the final exam. When you receive a test you have permission to look at it and study it prior to taking it. C. However, when you actually take a test, you must do so completely from memory with no help from notes, Bible, textbook or tapes. VI. TERM PAPER. A. Write a paper on the early departures from the Gospel that culminated in the formation of the Roman Catholic Church. B. The paper should be a minimum of seven pages, typed and double spaced. If handwritten, the paper should be a minimum of ten pages, single spaced. C. The paper is due when you mail VBI your second test. VII. GRADING. A. Memory work, term paper and tests will be graded separately. B. Final grade is based on an average of all assigned work with the written tests counting twice. C. You may request that a grade be explained or reconsidered, but in any case VBI will have the final say. VIII. SUMMARY OF REQUIREMENTS. A. Read the course notes in their entirety. B. View each video lesson in its entirety. C. Submit a term paper (explained under point VI). D. Take two written tests (explained under point V). E. Have a combined grade average of at least 70. ii IX. CREDIT. A. Credit will be issued, including a certificate, only after all work has been suc­ cessfully completed, tapes have been returned (if rented) and all invoices for this particular course have been paid in full. B. Thank you for studying in the Video Bible Institute, we pray it is a blessing to your life on your way to eternity! iii iv TABLE OF CONTENTS I. IN THE FULLNESS OF TIME. .................................... Page1 A. THE GREEK INFLUENCE. ........................................ 1 1. Prelude.................................................... 1 2. Alexander the Great. ......................................... 1 3. The Empire was Divided....................................... 1 4. Four Macedonian Wars 215-148 B.C.............................. 1 5. Rome Defeats Macedon in 146 B.C............................... 1 6. Direct Influences............................................. 2 B. THE ROMAN INFLUENCE ........................................ 2 1. The Roman Government....................................... 2 2. Why the Roman Empire Could Not Continue. 2 3. The Economy. .............................................. 3 4. Moral Conditions............................................. 3 C. RELIGIOUS INFLUENCE ......................................... 3 1. Gentile..................................................... 3 2. Jewish..................................................... 7 II. THE NEW TESTAMENT CHURCH ESTABLISHED. 1 1 A. IN PROPHECY . ............................................... 1 1 1. Jeremiah.................................................. 1 1 2. Remember the Number Two (2)!................................ 1 1 3. The Church Was In the Mind Of God. 1 2 B. IN REALITY ................................................... 1 2 1. The Lord’s Promise.......................................... 1 2 2. The Promise Fulfilled......................................... 1 4 III. THE EARLY CHURCH .............................................. 1 5 A. THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND PAGAN RELIGIONS ............................................ 1 5 B. THE INFLUENCE THE JEWS HAD ON THE EARLY CHURCH. 1 5 C. HISTORICAL EVIDENCE CONCERNING JESUS. 1 5 1. Tacitus.................................................... 1 5 2. Suetonius. ................................................ 1 6 3. Pliny...................................................... 1 6 D. THE CHURCH (33-99). .......................................... 1 6 1. Worship of the Church. ...................................... 1 6 2. Spread of the Church. ....................................... 1 7 3. Persecutions of the Church.................................... 1 7 4. Life of the Early Christians. ................................... 1 9 5. General View of Christianity. .................................. 1 9 IV. THE CANON OF SCRIPTURE . ...................................... 2 0 A. THE SOURCE OF THE SCRIPTURES .............................. 2 0 B. PROOF OF INSPIRATION . ...................................... 2 0 1. Old Testament.............................................. 2 1 v 2. New Testament............................................. 2 1 V. APOSTASY ...................................................... 2 2 A. IN PROPHECY . ............................................... 2 2 1. 2 Thess 2:1-12,15........................................... 2 2 2. 1 Tim 4:1-6. ............................................... 2 2 3. 2 Tim 4:1-5. ............................................... 2 2 4. Acts 20:26-32. ............................................. 2 2 B. THERE WERE NEW TESTAMENT WRITINGS TO OFFSET APOSTASY. 2 3 C. THE BEGINNINGS . ............................................ 2 3 1. Departure in Organization..................................... 2 3 2. Departure in Doctrine. ....................................... 2 3 VI. THE SECOND CENTURY (100-199) . .............................. 2 4 A. EXTERNAL INFLUENCES ON THE CHURCH. 2 4 1. WHY the Church Was Being Persecuted. 2 4 2. Roman Emperors. .......................................... 2 4 B. APOSTASY ................................................... 2 5 1. Elders To “Bishops” To “Bishop”................................ 2 5 2. Succession of Authority....................................... 2 6 3. Synods. .................................................. 2 7 4. Development of the Priesthood................................. 2 7 5. Growth of Sects............................................. 2 8 6. Departures in Doctrine. ...................................... 2 9 a. Millennialism............................................ 2 9 b. Easter................................................. 2 9 c. Pentecost.............................................. 3 0 d. Epiphany............................................... 3 0 e. Judaism. .............................................. 3 0 f. Gnosticism. ............................................ 3 1 g. Asceticism.............................................. 3 4 h. Celibacy. .............................................. 3 4 i. Marcionism............................................. 3 4 j. Montanism. ............................................ 3 5 C. EARLY WRITERS .............................................. 3 7 1. Significance of this Section.................................... 3 7 2. Clement of Rome. .......................................... 3 7 3. Ignatious of Antioch.........................................
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