Period II – The High Middle Ages and The Protestant Reformation
- Birth of the Holy Roman Empire
- The Power Struggle Leads to Corruption
- Reforms by Pope Gregory VII
- Papal Supremacy under Pope Innocent III
- Councils Reassert Their Authority
2 – Medieval Scholasticism, the Incomprehensible God, and Supernatural Grace
- Medieval Scholasticism
- The Rediscovery of Aristotle
- Thomas Aquinas on the Incomprehensible God and Supernatural Grace
- Thomas Aquinas on the Incomprehensible God and Supernatural Grace
3 – The High Middle Ages and the Three Estates
4 – Providence and Sacramentality
5 – Early Christianity, Eastern Orthodox and Catholic Mysticism
- Common Aspects of Mysticism
- General Types of Mysticism
- Boethius
- Eastern Monastic Mysticism
- Catholic Mysticism
- Meister Echart
- A Dark Night and Ignatius of Loyola
6 – The Renaissance and Christian Humanism
- The Fourteenth Century Crisis
- Florence, the Birthplace of the Renaissance
- Christian Humanism
- The Perpetual Religious Tension Between Reason, Emotion and Authority
7 – Early Reformers and Pre-Modern Thinkers
8 – Martin Luther’s Law and Gospel
9 – The Early Protestant Reformation
10 – Calvin and the Church Reformed
11 – Christian Theories Regarding the Atonement
- Basic Christian Theology
- Recapitulation Theory
- The Randsom Theory
- The Satisfaction Theory
- The Moral Influence Theory
- The Penal Substitution Theory
12 – The Anglican Communion and Presbyterianism
- Formation of the Church of England
- Development of Anglican Protestant Theology
- John Knox Presbyterianism in Scotland
13 – Anabaptists and Moravians
14 – Puritans, Baptists and Quakers
15 – Comparison of Catholic, Lutheran, and Reformed Theologies
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