Church History
A Unique Providence
The Protestant Reformation was not merely a social movement, but a distinctive work of divine providence that recovered the gospel and changed the world.
After Darkness, Light
The story of Geneva’s motto, Post Tenebras Lux, and how the recovered gospel brought the light of Christ out of medieval darkness.
After Light, Darkness
A survey of the theological and institutional developments that carried the church from apostolic light into the darkness preceding the Reformation.
Charts and Tables
An index of charts, maps, timelines, family trees, and comparison tables for studying Reformation history and theology.
Constantinianism
How Constantine’s alliance of church and empire transformed Christianity and introduced enduring confusion between the authority of church and state.
Eusebius of Caesarea
The father of church history, whose Ecclesiastical History is the chief source for the church from the apostles to Constantine.
Major Schisms in Church History
A chronological overview of major schisms in church history and the doctrinal, political, and institutional divisions that produced them.
Other Reformers
Many were the hands and hearts that contributed to the Reformation. Here are a few other prominent reformers, arranged by the lands where they chiefly labored.
Papacy
A historical examination of the rise of papal authority, its development in the medieval church, and its departure from the New Testament pattern.
Protestant Family Tree
A visual family tree tracing the historical relationships among major Protestant traditions that emerged from the Reformation.
Reformation Branches
A visual guide to the earliest branches of the Protestant Reformation and the principal reformers associated with each tradition.
Reformation Overview
An overview of the Protestant Reformation as the vastest convergence of divine grace in nearly two thousand years of church history.
Reformation Wall
An interactive presentation and visitor reference for Geneva's Reformation Wall, commemorating leading figures and events of the Protestant Reformation.
Stewards of History
A call to steward church history as a living testimony to God’s providence, learning from the past to strengthen conviction and faithfulness in the present.
The Protestant Reformation
An introduction to the Protestant Reformation as God’s work of restoring the gospel, Scripture, worship, and the church to their biblical foundations.
The Story
A survey of the Protestant Reformation within the larger history of Christ's church, with a guided path through its people, events, theology, and legacy.
The Venerable Bede
The English monk-scholar whose Ecclesiastical History is our chief source for the early English church.
The Word “Catholic”
The origin and meaning of the word catholic, its association with the universal church, and its changing use under the Roman imperial church.
Types of Anabaptists
A guide to the distinct Anabaptist families, including the Swiss Brethren, Hutterites, Münsterites, Mennonites, Amish, spiritualists, and rationalists.
What?
What the Reformation was: the largest gospel revival in the history of the church.
When?
When the Reformation occurred, from 1517 to about 1560, and the events that marked its course.
