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You are invited to journey back 2,000 years to the very start of Christianity and track 450 years of its fascinating early development.
In Christian Origins 101, you will explore the rich history, early leadership, and groundbreaking theology, of early Christianity. Through 30 erudite lectures, you will focus on six major themes: the early Church’s relationship with its Jewish heritage, the Gnostic movement, Christianity and the Roman Empire, the early Church and women, debates about Jesus’ divinity in the fourth century, and debates about Jesus’ humanity in the fifth century. Each of these themes served as a locus for significant debates about the nature of Christian beliefs and practices.
In exploring the fundamental questions that challenged Christianity from the Apostolic Age to the Council of Chalcedon in 451 AD, you will gain a deep understanding of the roots of the beliefs Christians hold dear. By learning about Christianity’s remarkable origins and development, you will gain a richer understanding of the Church today.
You will find these lectures extraordinarily well taught, highly informative and enjoyable.
This course was previously published as The Origins of Christianity
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Matthew –
Prof. David Flanagin provides an excellent and understandable account of Christian beginnings.
Prof. David Flanagin provides an excellent and understandable account of Christian beginnings.
Tim –
One of the best
I have purchased more than thirty courses from Now You Know Media and without question this is one of the best. Most of the courses are good, but only a few would I rate five stars. This is one of them. Dr. Flanagin, must be a very distant relative of Peter of Ireland. He does an exceptional job of explaining the evolution of Catholic theology and its historical context. If this is the type of subject that you find interesting, you will be well pleased with this course.
Matthew –
Nice overview
Prof. David Flanagin is very knowledgeable and presents the material in a clear way. This course provides a nice overview of early Christianity with many currently relevant questions answered.
Charles –
Very enlightening
The evolution of the Church’s understanding of the Trinity and the consensus arrived at over the first 400 years of our Church was very enlightening.
John –
Superb scholarship
Superb scholarship, order of progression historical material excellent, entire program excellent.
Matthew M., MA –
Fall Survey: October 2016
Knowledgeable and well delivered lectures relevant to today.
Jim T., NV –
Winter Survey: January 2017
Thorough and engaging presentation throughout.
William M., IA –
Summer Survey: July 2017
It gives insight into the diversity in the early church.
Matthew M., MA –
Summer Survey: July 2017
Prof. Flanagin is very knowledgeable and delivers clear and interesting talks.
Mike McWilliams (verified owner) –
I have listened to numerous Learn25 courses, but this is the first time I have written a review. As to the content, this is a very clear and thorough review of early church history. It is well organized. The length of the course doesn’t fit a typical 12-lecture format; neither do Professor Flanagin’s other courses. I suspect that his approach is to do as much justice to the topic as he reasonably can within limits, and let that determine the course length. The content will interest those who want to understand more about how information was transmitted by Christians before Christian writings began; the early written documents available to us, whether the theology contained in them eventual became treated as “orthodox” or not; and the struggle to give definition to belief about Jesus Christ. It will be more than some want, with Donatists, Nestorians, and ecumenical councils among those making an appearance. It was just right for me. More important than the content for me is the quality of the Professor. He is articulate; he doesn’t assume we have a lot of background knowledge; but is effective at proportioning his time among topics. He is clearly in command of the scholarship behind his topic. I am a Protestant; the material is equally applicable for Catholic or Protestant. I trust his judgement in the choice of the material he synthesizes. He clearly loves his field of history, and he is true to its healthy methods and practices. Hence, his is not an apologetic or devotional objective, but one of history. After listening to this course, I bought his four other Learn25 courses. I can only recall doing this before, based solely on the quality of the presenter, with Professor Michael Higgins’ courses.