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Issue 72 : How We Got Our History

Originally published in 2001

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Table of Contents

The History of Recorded History: Did You Know?

Interesting facts about the history of recorded history.
History - Behind the Scenes: From the Editor

Elesha Coffman
The Problem of Eusebius

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

Everett Ferguson
What a Difference a Reign Makes

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

Paul L. Maier
Eusebius's Ancestors

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

Elesha Coffman
In God's Country

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

Elesha Coffman
When God Came to England

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

Frank A. James III
Oswald and Aidan

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

Bede
Wide Angles and Zoom Lenses

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

James D. Smith III
Great Lessons From Bad History

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

Thomas Head
Maggie, the Dragon Slayer?

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

Elesha Coffman
The Best of History

Selected by our editorial advisers
Church History's Biggest Hoax

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

Peter E. Prosser
Battle For the Past

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

Timothy George
Model Martyrs

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

William Flower
Modern Pioneers: Philip Schaff

Father of American church history
Modern Pioneers: Kenneth Scott Latourette

Historian of six-continent Christianity

Andrew F. Walls
Modern Pioneers: Christopher Dawson

Champion of Christian culture

Caroline T. Marshall
Modern Pioneers: Herbert Butterfield

Scientific and Christian

C.T. McIntire
How Could You Forget…

More notable names from the field's recent past.
The Link: Christian History Today

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

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