EPIC Church History Series

General Resources

New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia
The New American Bible Online
The Writings of the Church Fathers
Eye Witness History
Early Christian Writings
Roman Emperors
Church Documents
The Vatican Website
Bible Maps (Interactive by book)
More Bible Maps

Media

The Journey Home (EWTN) interview with Dr. David Anders
Dr. Anders shares with us his experience as a Presbyterian seminarian studying the Church Fathers especially Augustine and what happened to Faith Alone, the Bible Alone among others, on his Journey Home.

Session 1: The Mustard Seed (33-99 A.D.)

Popes
St. Peter
St. Linus
St. Cletus
St. Clement 1
St. Evaristus

Timeline Events
Pentecost
The Journeys of Saint Paul
The Council of Jerusalem
The Burning of Rome and Nero's Persecution
The Destruction of Jerusalem
The Didache (Teachings of the 12 Apostles, full text)
Early Persecution - Domitian
Pope St. Clement's Letter (full text)
The Death of Saint John

People
Augustus
Tiberius
Claudius
Nero
Vespasian
Titus
Domitian
St. Stephen
St. James the Greater
St. Andrew
St. Bartholomew
St. Jude
St. Matthew
St. James the Less
St. Matthias
St. Philip
St. Thomas
St. Timothy and St. Titus

Culture & Politics
Josephus writes the Jewish War
The Colosseum
Roman Invasion of Britain
Fortress of Masada falls

Sessions 2 & 3: Persecution (100 - 312 A.D.)

Popes
St. Alexander I
St. Sixtus I
St. Telesphorus
St. Victor I
St. Calixtus I
St. Urban I
St. Pontian
St. Fabian
St. Cornelius
St. Sixtus II
St. Marcellinus
St. Miltiades

Timeline Events
Trajan's Persecution
Early Heresies & Schisms
Porphyry's Writings Against the Christians (fragments)
St. Irenaeus' Against Heresies (full text)
Decius' Persecution, Valerian's Persecution, & Diocletian's Persecution (Coptic Persecution)

People
Trajan
Hadrain
Antonius Pius Marcus Aurelius
Commodus
Septimus Severus
Decius
Valerian
Diocletian
Maxentius
St. Ignatius of Antioch
The Seven Letters of St. Ignatius of Antioch (full text)
St. Polycarp
St. Justin Martyr
St. Felicity & St. Perpetua
St. Cecilia
St. Hippolytus
St. Agatha
St. Cyprian
St. Lawrence
St. Tarsicius
St. Sebastian
Saints Comsos and Damien
St. Lucy
St. Agnes

Culture & Politics
Pantheon Rome
Hadrian's Wall (video)
Marcus Aurelius' Meditations (full text)
Apology, Tertullian (full text)
Life & Writings of Origen
Last Revolt of the Jews
Diocletian Reform of Roman Government

Sessions 4 & 5: Conversion & Councils (313 -499 A.D.)

Doctors of the Church
Fathers of the Church
Audio of the Doctors of the Church
General Information about the Councils

Popes
Saint Sylvester I
Saint Marcus
Liberius
Saint Damasus I
Saint Siricius
Saint Boniface I
Saint Gelasius I

Timeline Events
Battle of Milvian Bridge
Edict of Milan
Council of Nicea
The Beginnings of Monasticism
St. Athanasius (Defender of Orthodoxy)
Julian the Apostate
Council of Constantinople
Saint Augustine works teachings
Council of Ephesus
Pope Saint Leo I the Great
Council of Chalcedon
The Fall of the Western Empire
Clovis and the Conversion of the Franks

People
Roman Emperors - West
Constantine
Constantine II
Constans
Constantius II
Theodosius I
Romulus Augustulus

Roman Emperors - East
Licinius
Valens
Theodosius II
Zeno
Anastasius I

Kings of the Franks
Meroveus
Childeric I
Clovis I

Saints
Saint Blasé (Blaise)
Saint Helena (mother of Constantine)
Saint Nicholas
Saint Anthony of Egypt
Saint Pachomius
Saint Basil the Great
Saint Hilary of Poitiers
Saint Ephrem
Saint Cyril of Jerusalem
Saint Monica
Saint Gregory Nazianzen
Saint Martin of Tours
Saint Ambrose
Saint John Chrysostom
Saint Jerome
Saint Cyril of Alexandria
Saint Peter Chrysologos
Saint Patrick

Culture & Politics
Life of Eusebius
Ecclesiastical History (325) - full text
Basilica of Saint John Lateran
Old Saint Peter's
St. Paul Outside the Walls
St. Jerome and the Vulgate
St. Augustine's Writings (full text, scroll down to Augustine)
- Confessions
- City of God
Constantinople made capital of the Roman Empire
Franks invade Gaul
Battle of Adrianople
Alaric and the Sack of Rome
Vandals invade Africa
Saxons invade Britain
Attila the Hun threatens Rome
"King" Arthur fights the Saxons

Sessions 6 & 7: Missionaries & the Emperor (500 - 999 A.D.)

Popes
Vigilius
Honorius I
St. Martin I
St. Eugenius
St. Agatho
St. Leo II
St. Gregory II
St. Leo III
St. Nicholas I the Great
Adrian II
Formosus
John IX
John X
Sylvester II

Timeline Events
St. Benedict and the Rule
Pope St. Gregory the Great
2nd Council of Constantinople
St. Augustine of Canterbury and the Church in England
The Rise of Islam - Mohammed
3d Council of Constantinople
The Apostle of Germany - St. Boniface
Battle of Poitiers - Charles Martel "the Hammer"
Charlemagne the Emperor
2nd Council of Nicea
4th Council of Constantinople
Cluny - Reform of the Monasteries

People
King of the Franks
Pepin the Short
Charlemagne (768-814)
Kings of England
Alfred the Great
Holy Roman Emperors
Charlemagne (800-814)
Louis the Pious
Charles the Fat
Guy of Spoleto
Lambert of Spoleto
Otto the Great
Eastern Emperors
Justin I
Justinian I
Leo III
Constantine VI
Irene
Saints
St. Scholastica
St. Gregory of Tours
St. Columba
St. Columban
St. Isidore of Seville
St. Maximus the Confessor
St. Wilfrid
St. Bede the Venerable
St. John Damascene
St. Cyril and St. Methodius
St. Wenceslaus

Culture & Politics

St. Sophia (Hagia Sophia) built
Iona Monastery
Gregorain Chant
Koran compiled
Lindisfarne Monastery
Beowulf full text
Dome of the Rock
Lindisfarne Gospels produced
St. Bede's Ecclesiastical History (full text)
Song of Roland full text
Book of Kells
Palace Chapel of Charlemagne
Muslims capture Alexandria
Muslims invade Spain
The Donation of Pepin
London sacked by Vikings
Treaty of Verdun, portioning of the Carolingian Empire
Paris sacked by Vikings
Otto I - Restoration of the Empire
Vikings colonize Greenland

Sessions 8, 9 & 10: Crusaders & Scholars (1000 - 1299 A.D.)

Popes
St. Leo IX
Nicholas II
Blessed Urban II
Innocent II
Blessed Eugenius III
Alexander III
Honorius III
Gregory IX
Innocent IV
Blessed Gregory X
Nicholas IV
St. Celestine V

Timeline Events
The Great Schism (1054)
Pope St. Gregory VII
The Crusades
The Lateran Councils
First
Second
Third
Fourth
Pope Innocent III
St. Thomas á Becket
The Rise of the Mendicant Orders
St. Francis Assisi
St. Claire
St. Dominic
The Rise of Scholars
St. Anselm of Canterbury
Peter Abelard
Peter Lombard
St. Boneventure
St. Thomas Aquinas
Albigensian Heresy
Medieval Inquisitors
Councils of Lyons
First
Second

People
Kings of France
Philip I
St. Louis IX
Kings of England
St. Edward the Confessor
Harold Godwinson
William I - the Conqueror
Henry II
Richard I
John
Edward I
Holy Roman Emperors
St. Henry II
Henry IV
Conrad III
Frederick I Barbarossa
Frederick II
Eastern Emperors
Alexius I
Alexius III
Alexius IV
Nicholas
Alexius V
Saints
St. Peter Damian
St. Bruno
St. Robert of Molesme
St. Norbert
St. Hildegard of Bingen
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Elizabeth of Hungary
St. Simon Stock
St. Raymond á Penafort
St. Albert the Great

Culture & Politics

The Bayeux Tapestry
Domesday Book
St. Denis & Abbot Suger, Gothic Architecture
Notre Dame Cathedral
Aristotle's Metaphysics translated into Latin
Saint Chapelle Paris
Leif Ericsson's Voyage to North America
Church of the Holy Sepulchure at Jerusalem destroyed by Muslims
Battle of Hastings
El Cid's Campaign against the Moors
Order of the Knights Templar
Knights of the Cross (Teutonic) founded
England becomes a papal feif
The Magna Carta
Marco Polo's Expedition to China
William Wallace's revolt - Battle of Stirling Bridge

Saint Theresa and Saint Christopher Tiverton Website