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PBS: The First 500 - Week 1

Rev. Dr. Bob Fuller

Sep 10, 2025

Episode 1:

THE FIRST 500 - Overture

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Course Syllabus

Outline - Episode 1Episode 1 Questions

  1. Introduction — The First 500 Years
  2. Fools and Heretics: Christianity in Its Cultural Context
  3. The Blood of the Martyrs (100–313 AD)
  4. Getting It Right: Heresies & Orthodoxy
  5. Christianity & Empire
  6. Mystics, Monks & Desert Fathers
  7. The Beginnings of the Bible: Formation of the Canon
  8. Trinitarian Controversies
  9. Christological Controversies
  10. Augustine & the Struggle for Grace
  11. Over the Horizon: Celtic Christianity & Beyond
  12. Conclusion
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