Church History (3 vols.)

by Johann Heinrich Kurtz

Publisher:

Funk & Wagnalls

, 1889–1894

Overview

John Henry Kurtz’s Church History provides a comprehensive examination of the Christian church, from its beginnings to the late-nineteenth century. Kurtz’s history of the church offers a historical analysis of both the German church specifically and the Christian church as a whole. This collection comprises all three volumes of Kurt’s Church History, each covering a different historical period, from the life of Christ and the church’s emergence from Judaic and pagan nations, to the state of modern Catholicism and Protestantism in the nineteenth century. These texts also dig into the importance of church history as they investigate historical theologies and obstacles of the Christian church, as well as the roots of apologetics, science, philosophy, and other significant trends. Church History is translated by John Macpherson, who thoughtfully examined Kurtz’s original—and often only available in German—source texts and replaced them with similar or corresponding English texts that are more familiar and accessible to an English audience.

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Key Features

• Chronological history of the church
• Broad spectrum of historical events, people, and ideas
• Emphasis on the Eastern Church

Contents

Top Highlights

“There are elements of truth in the lies, which gave this power to the religion of nature” (Volume 1, Page 24)

“James the brother of John, at an early period, in a.d. 44, suffered a martyr’s death at Jerusalem” (Volume 1, Page 45)

“his third missionary journey, a.d. 55–58, accompanied by Luke, Titus, and Timothy.” (Volume 1, Page 43)

“he time of his death been Bishop of Rome for twenty-five years is wholly fabulous” (Volume 1, Page 45)

“esoteric religion of the priests, and the exoteric religion of the people” (Volume 1, Page 23)

Praise for the Print Edition

The merits of Dr. Kurtz as a writer of church history are admitted by all who are familiar with his previous works . . . Probably no one instructor, out of the very able corps attached to [the Protestant University of Dorpat], possesses so fully the confidence of the public, or enjoys so high a reputation for profound scholarship and distinguished abilities, as Prof. Kurtz.

—The American Presbyterian Review

The facts are clearly presented and well arranged.

—Notes on the Literature of Church History

Product Details

• Title: Church History
• Author: John Henry Kurtz
• Translator: John Macpherson
• Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
• Volumes: 3
• Pages: 1,572

About Johann Heinrich Kurtz

Johann Heinrich Kurtz (December 13, 1809 – April 26, 1890) was a German Lutheran theologian. Kurtz was born in Monschau near Aachen and educated at Halle and Bonn. Abandoning the idea of a commercial career, he gave himself to the study of theology and became religious instructor at the gymnasium of Mitau in 1835, and ordinary professor of theology at Dorpat. He resigned his chair in 1870 and went to live at Marburg.