Issue 72 How We Got Our History

First-century rivals for the title Father of Church History.

Interesting facts about the history of recorded history.

With history, as with rumors and recommendations, it’s crucial to consider the source.

His work became the foundation for centuries of Christian scholarship. Was that foundation firm or hopelessly flawed?

Eusebius traces the Christian saga: from abuse to esteem in less than a decade.

Those who believe that God rewards righteous nations have Orosius to admire and Augustine to dispute.

In Bede’s view, the history of the English church—like the history of redemption—begins in Genesis and ends in Revelation.

How an English king and a Scottish bishop teamed up to spread the gospel.

Medieval chronicles showed Christians their place in God’s world, from Creation to the end.

Hagiography may not be factual biography, but it captures the practices and ideals of pre-modern Christianity perfectly.

Sometimes even hagiographers wondered if their stories were too good to be true.

Selected recommendations by our editorial advisors.

Renaissance scholarship proved fatal for one of the medieval papacy’s favorite claims.

As traditions clashed during the Reformation, history became hotly disputed territory.

A feisty English Protestant and a meek Dutch Anabaptist take their faith to the flames.

Father of American church history

Historian of six-continent Christianity.

Champion of Christian culture.

Scientific and Christian

More notable names from the field’s recent past.

Combining Christian convictions and scholarly conventions, two historians create very different blends.