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Christendom 2: A Short History of Christianity & Its Impact on Western Civilization
s/t: A Short History of Christianity & Its Impact on Western Civilization
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Published June 1, 1970
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Roland H. Bainton
129 books47 followersRoland Herbert Bainton, Ph.D. (Yale University; A.B., Whitman College), served forty-two years as Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity School. A specialist in Reformation history, he continued writing well into his twenty years of retirement. His most popular book, Here I Stand, sold more than a million copies.
Ordained as a Congregationist minister, he never served as the pastor of a congregation.
Ordained as a Congregationist minister, he never served as the pastor of a congregation.
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July 23, 2024
THE SECOND VOLUME OF BAINTON'S GENERAL CHURCH HISTORY
Roland Herbert Bainton (1894-1984) was a British born American Protestant church historian, who has also written books such as Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (Hendrickson Classic Biographies), Erasmus of Christendom, etc. The other volume in this set is 'Christendom: a Short History of Christianity and It's Impact on Western Civilization: Volume 1: From the Birth of Christ to the Reformation.' This book was first published in 1964.
He notes that "The radicals (Anabaptists) complained further that the conduct of those who confessed the reformed faith fell far short of New Testament standards. Neither Zwingli nor Luther denied this... but neither of the two wished to use the ban so drastically as to reduce the Church to a handful of saints." (Pg. 35)
While Catholics were conducting the Inquisition, Bainton says, "the Protestants ruthlessly conducted their own purges. They did not burn Catholics, but they drowned Anabaptists and they beheaded and burned anti-Trinitarians, whose beliefs were repugnant to most Protestants as well as to Catholics. One victim was the Spaniard Michael Servetus..." (Pg. 53)
On a positive note, he observes, "The missionary movement, by instilling ideas of dignity and equality of opportunity, has been indirectly responsible for the rise of self-government and nationhood of many ... peoples." (Pg. 141) Later, he points out, "The campaign against the slave trade in England came from the Methodist and Anglican Evangelicals." (Pg. 147)
Bainton's two volumes are a general, very readable overview of Christian history.
Roland Herbert Bainton (1894-1984) was a British born American Protestant church historian, who has also written books such as Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther (Hendrickson Classic Biographies), Erasmus of Christendom, etc. The other volume in this set is 'Christendom: a Short History of Christianity and It's Impact on Western Civilization: Volume 1: From the Birth of Christ to the Reformation.' This book was first published in 1964.
He notes that "The radicals (Anabaptists) complained further that the conduct of those who confessed the reformed faith fell far short of New Testament standards. Neither Zwingli nor Luther denied this... but neither of the two wished to use the ban so drastically as to reduce the Church to a handful of saints." (Pg. 35)
While Catholics were conducting the Inquisition, Bainton says, "the Protestants ruthlessly conducted their own purges. They did not burn Catholics, but they drowned Anabaptists and they beheaded and burned anti-Trinitarians, whose beliefs were repugnant to most Protestants as well as to Catholics. One victim was the Spaniard Michael Servetus..." (Pg. 53)
On a positive note, he observes, "The missionary movement, by instilling ideas of dignity and equality of opportunity, has been indirectly responsible for the rise of self-government and nationhood of many ... peoples." (Pg. 141) Later, he points out, "The campaign against the slave trade in England came from the Methodist and Anglican Evangelicals." (Pg. 147)
Bainton's two volumes are a general, very readable overview of Christian history.
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