Historical Theology

Core Courses

HT 511-2, HT 511-3 Early Church
A survey of church history from the post-apostolic period to Augustine. Special emphasis given to the church’s growth, the NT canon’s development, and the Trinitarian controversies (2 or 3 credits).

HT 512-2, HT 512-3 Medieval Church
A survey of church history from Augustine to the Reformation with a focus on the Pelagian controversy and the rise of the sacramental system, sacerdotal clergy, and papacy (2 or 3 credits).

HT 521 Reformation Church
A survey of church history during the period of the Reformation. Special emphasis is given to the leading Reformers, and the key doctrines of the Reformation 
(3 credits).

HT 522 Modern Church
A survey of church history from the Puritan era to the present with special emphasis given to Puritan developments, the great missionary movements, the Fundamentalist-Modernist controversy, and the recent rise of Reformed Baptist churches in America 
(3 credits).

Elective

HT 501 Symbolics
An introduction to the historical background and content of the 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith. Includes a survey of the history of creeds and confessions of the Christian church (3 credits).