2000 YEARS OF HISTORY

MarkHooper · Thu Apr 03, 2008 - 21:20:27

Can anyone explain the history of the churches of Christ beyond restoration history? Or is the restoration really part of the churches of Christ? It seems to me there is a lot of myths about where we came from?

marc · Thu Apr 03, 2008 - 21:25:14

No, but I can say a few things about the history of the Church of Christ, which is a quite different thing.

MarkHooper · Fri Apr 04, 2008 - 11:48:20

QuoteI can say a few things about the history of the Church of Christ, which is a quite different thing.

I would be interested in reading it. I read a variety of histories some prophetic in thinking other more from the idea of discovered truth. What I'm curious about is the time period between 90ad and 500ad.

marc · Fri Apr 04, 2008 - 14:04:10

We weren't around then (that's why I capitalized the C in church.)

Sorry. I tend to obsess on the small vs. big C thing. That's all my comment was about. In other words, yes, there are more myths than truths about where we came from, I believe.

chayat · Sun Apr 27, 2008 - 06:03:55

QuoteI would be interested in reading it. I read a variety of histories some prophetic in thinking other more from the idea of discovered truth. What I'm curious about is the time period between 90ad and 500ad.

If you are curious about that time period, read Eusebius. I have read the Ecclesiastical History several times. I always enjoy it and find myself strengthened by it.

Windsong · Sun Apr 27, 2008 - 09:54:07

I admire Polycarp myself and how he was martyred for his faith in Christ during the Apolstolic Period.

Windsong

Wycliffes_Shillelagh · Sun Apr 27, 2008 - 19:39:06

Polycarp is good. I Clement is good. Irenaeus is good. You can skip Ignatius.

Eusebius isn't very reliable historically, but it's a nice collection of everybody's stories.

broach972 · Mon Apr 28, 2008 - 07:30:15

Quote from: Wycliffes_Shillelagh on Sun Apr 27, 2008 - 19:39:06
Polycarp is good. I Clement is good. Irenaeus is good. You can skip Ignatius.

Eusebius isn't very reliable historically, but it's a nice collection of everybody's stories.

Why skip Ignatius of Antioch?

Wycliffes_Shillelagh · Mon Apr 28, 2008 - 14:36:02

Quote from: broach972 on Mon Apr 28, 2008 - 07:30:15
Quote from: Wycliffes_Shillelagh on Sun Apr 27, 2008 - 19:39:06
Polycarp is good. I Clement is good. Irenaeus is good. You can skip Ignatius.

Eusebius isn't very reliable historically, but it's a nice collection of everybody's stories.

Why skip Ignatius of Antioch?

Doubtful authorship, multiple authorship, the letters contradict each other in places. The usual reasons.

Ramy · Fri Jul 11, 2008 - 14:03:01

I think we should read history from many books including the bible.
Anyway you can read history of the main three churchs ( Orthodox,Catholic and protestant) churchs
and ofcourse it's impossible to seperate church history from the world history and of course the jewish history .
Reading history will make you enjoy the present and maybe expect the future some how.

thank you and good bye

Will Lee · Thu Oct 23, 2008 - 23:27:00

Please be patient with me, as I must confess my ignorance. I have seen the term "restoration" applied , but I am lost as to what it means? The only restoration that I can thin of in history was when king Charles II was restored to the English throne around 1666 or so. But I do not think that this is what we speak of. Could someone educate me?

DCR · Fri Oct 24, 2008 - 17:36:02

Quote from: Will Lee on Thu Oct 23, 2008 - 23:27:00
Please be patient with me, as I must confess my ignorance. I have seen the term "restoration" applied , but I am lost as to what it means?

We're referring to the Restoration Movement, which was a movement among Protestant churches in America in the 1800s, out of which came such churches as the Christian Church and the Churches of Christ.

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