Summary: This 74th Episode of CS is the 2nd Overview, where we pause to sum up the journey we’ve taken since the last overview, which was Episode 35. That summary began with the Apostolic Church and ran up through the 5th Century and the Fall of the Western Roman Empire. In this Overview, starts where that left off and brings us up to the 15th C. We’re about to move into what’s called the Reformation & Counter- Reformation Era, but have a bit more work to do in looking at some trends that took place in the Church in Europe in the waning decades of the Middle Ages. Turns out, there was a lot of reform-oriented activity that took place in the Church well before the birth of Martin Luther. So we’ll be taking a look at that. And filling in some of the holes left in our story so far. (more…)
