The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1, Revised and Updated

The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation

By: Justo L. González

Narrated by: Michael Kramer

In The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1, Justo L. González, author of the highly praised three-volume History of Christian Thought, presents a narrative history of Christianity from the early church to the dawn of the Protestant reformation. From Jesus' faithful apostles to the early reformist John Wycliffe, González skillfully traces core theological issues and developments within the various traditions of the church, including major events outside of Europe, such as the Spanish and Portuguese conquest of the New World.

This updated and expanded edition incorporates recent archaeological discoveries about the life of early Christian communities as well as important contemporary research revealing the significant role of women throughout the history of the church. With lively storytelling, The Story of Christianity provides a fascinating and panoramic history of the dramatic events, colorful characters, and revolutionary ideas that shaped the first 15 centuries of the church.

©2016 Justo L. González (P)2016 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Profound

Justo Gonzalez, has give us a profound acount to awake interest in more quality story.

Informative and Enjoyable Read!

Gonzalez presents a very thorough but still enjoyable survey of the history of Christianity. It does not read like a textbook but more like a story that one is captivated by. He does a great job of grouping concepts together while still staying mostly in chronological order.

An essential reference

This book provides a thorough yet amenable overview of the origins and subsequent growth of Christianity throughout the world. Scholarly yet also appealing to the reader as a whole work, to be read and understood by any layman. I wholeheartedly recommend it

Very Good

The voice is calming. I also think the manner it which it was presented was easy to follow.

Very good resource for church history

This is my textbook for History of Christianity class at University. Its historical accounts of the Early Church are well organized and laid out with great care. He provides logical and a great flow of the events that shaped the world of Christians and great insight into the evidence based and objective presentation of history. I recommend the Vol 1 (I have not yet read Vol 2).

However, no historian is 100% objective and unbiased, or without weaknesses, this applies to Gonzales. The bias included undermining the gravity of persecution of Christians by Julian the Apostate. The weakness is all but ignoring the gravity and events leading to the simultaneous appointment of 3 Popes at the same time and the power struggle and lessons to the Church that ensued. Compared to other historians Gonzales is great and his weakness is minimal.