Historia de la Iglesia Cristiana (Spanish: A History of the Christian Church) (Paperback)

from keylawk

Professor Walker occupied Yale University's ecclesiastical history department like a colossus. One gem I appreciated because it contradicts so much of what we commonly believe was the "sack of Rome" and its destruction by "barbarians": "When the walls of the Empire were broken, the Germans came, ...

from bsanner

A single volume history of the church, Walker's work provides a great introductory resource for the student and pastor. In-depth and very readable, Walker divides the books by period into short, easy-reference chapters. While chronological (spanning from the NT-era to the mid-20th century - thus ...

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To give you an idea of how old this book is, when he retired from Yale as Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History Williston Walker was replaced by Roland Bainton. Bainton was replaced in 1962 by Jaroslav Pelikan, who just passed away in 2006. This book is well written, full of informatio...