FIVE PERIODS OF CHURCH HISTORY NEW TESTAMENT (First Century) APOSTASY (Falling Away) DARK AGES (Catholic Dominion) REFORMATION (Protestant)) RESTORATION (Back to the New Testament)
NEW TESTAMENT AGE Matthew 16:18 Luke 24:46-49 Acts 2 (Day of Pentecost) Church Established
APOSTASY 2 Timothy 4:1-4 1 John 4:1 Acts 20: Timothy 4:1-3
THE DARK AGES 2 THESSALONIANS 2:1-8 FROM PLURALITY TO MONARCHIAL BISHOP BELIEVER’S BAPTISM TO INFANT BAPTISM IMMERSION TO SPRINKLING INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC IN WORSHIP
REFORMATION GERMANY - MARTIN LUTHER SWITZERLAND - ULRICH ZWINGLI ENGLAND - HENRY VIII
RESTORATION “ SPEAK WHERE THE BIBLE SPEAKS, SILENT WHERE THE BIBLE IS SILENT” 1 PETER 4:11 - “IF ANY MAN SPEAK...” THOMAS AND ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, BARTON W. STONE
SURVEY OF CHURCH HISTORY NEW TESTAMENT PERIOD APOSTASY, OR FALLING AWAY DARK AGES - MANY CHANGES PROTESTANT REFORMATION RESTORATION MOVEMENT