Course Overview

This course will help you continue to gain insight into the past, so that you can defend our Catholic history from attack and teach it to others. Learning Catholic history is not only important for apologetics, but also for evangelization because some people believe the myths perpetuated against the Church and end up losing their Faith.
Course Overview

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Course Topics

Before you can start helping others, you need to be equipped with the knowledge and skills required to share the truth with gentleness and reverence. Steve Weidenkopf, your instructor touches on these topics in this course::

  • The Black Death

  • St. Catherine of Siena

  • The Great Western Schism

  • The Fall of Constantinople

  • Martin Luther

  • The Council of Trent

  • The Enlightenment

  • The Second Vatican Council

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A Pope Resigns | Learn why no greater century of crisis afflicted the Church than the fourteenth century.


Meet Your Instructor

  • Steve Weidenkopf

    Instructor

    Steve Weidenkopf

    Steve Weidenkopf is a lecturer of Church History at the Christendom College Graduate School of Theology and the author of The Glory of the Crusades and The Real Story of Catholic History, from Catholic Answers Press. He is also the creator and author of Epic: A Journey through Church History, an adult faith-formation program on the 2,000-year history of the Church.

Course curriculum

  • 1
    Introduction to Church History 2
    • Lesson 1: Introduction - Review of Course 1 FREE PREVIEW
    • Introduction to Church History 2 | Lesson Study Guide PDF
    • Quiz: Review of Course 1
    • Lesson 2: Review of Course 2
    • Quiz: Overview of Course 2
    • Lesson 3: A Pope Resigns FREE PREVIEW
    • Quiz: The Fourteenth-Century Crisis
    • Lesson 4: Pope Boniface VIII
    • Quiz: Pope Boniface VIII
    • Lesson 5: Avignon Papacy
    • Quiz: The Avignon Papacy
    • Lesson 6: The Black Death
    • Quiz: The Black Death
    • Lesson 7: St. Catherine of Siena
    • Quiz: St. Catherine of Siena
    • Lesson 8: The Great Western Schism
    • Quiz: The Great Western Schism
    • Lesson 9: End of an Empire – The Fall of Constantinople
    • Quiz: End of an Empire: The Fall of Constantinople
    • Lesson 10: Renaissance Papacy
    • Quiz: Renaissance Papacy
    • Lesson 11: Savonarola
    • Quiz: Savonarola
    • Lesson 12: Background to Division
    • Quiz: Background to Division
    • Lesson 13: Martin Luther
    • Quiz: Martin Luther
    • Lesson 14: Exsurge Domine & the Diet of Worms
    • Quiz: Exsurge Domine and the Diet of Worms
    • Lesson 15: The End of Luther
    • Quiz: The End of Luther
    • Lesson 16: John Calvin
    • Quiz: John Calvin
    • Lesson 17: Geneva & Theocracy
    • Quiz: Geneva & Theocracy
    • Lesson 18: The English Accident
    • Quiz: The English Accident
    • Lesson 19: Our Lady Appears
    • Quiz: Our Lady Appears
    • Lesson 20: The Catholic Queen of England
    • Quiz: The Catholic Queen of England
    • Lesson 21: Elizabeth I and the Catholic Persecution
    • Quiz: Elizabeth I and the Catholic Persecution
    • Lesson 22: Impacts of the Christian Division
    • Quiz: Impacts of the Christian Division
    • Lesson 23: The Great Reform
    • Quiz: The Great Reform
    • Lesson 24: The Council of Trent
    • Quiz: The Council of Trent
    • Lesson 25: The Society of Jesus
    • Quiz: The Society of Jesus
    • Lesson 26: Struggle Against the Ottoman Empire
    • Quiz: Struggle Against the Ottoman Empire
    • Lesson 27: The Enlightenment
    • Quiz: The Enlightenment
    • Lesson 28: The French Revolution
    • Quiz: The French Revolution
    • Lesson 29: Pope Bl. Pius IX and Modernism
    • Quiz: Pope Bl. Pius IX and Modernism
    • Lesson 30: The First Vatican Council, the Kulturkampf, and Pope St. Pius X
    • Quiz: The First Vatican Council, the Kulturkampf, and Pope St. Pius X
    • Lesson 31: A World at War and Fatima
    • Quiz: A World at War and Fatima
    • Lesson 32: Revolution and Persecution in Mexico
    • Quiz: Revolution and Persecution in Mexico
    • Lesson 33: The Spanish Civil War, Fascist Italy, and Nazi Germany
    • Quiz: The Spanish Civil War, Fascist Italy, and Nazi Germany
    • Lesson 34: Pope Pius XII
    • Quiz: Pope Pius XII
    • Lesson 35: The Second Vatican Council
    • Quiz: The Second Vatican Council
    • Lesson 36: Pope St. John Paul II
    • Quiz: Pope St. John Paul II
    • Lesson 37: The Future of the Church
    • Quiz: The Future of the Church
    • Lesson 38: Our Role in the Catholic Story and Conclusion
    • Quiz: Our Role in the Catholic Story and Conclusion
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Reviews

From people who have completed the course.

  • Excellent journey through the history of our Catholic Church

    Ramon Ferrer

    This course covers the most relevant historic events which have affected our Catholic Church in a very clear and easy to understand way. Every Catholic shoul...

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    This course covers the most relevant historic events which have affected our Catholic Church in a very clear and easy to understand way. Every Catholic should take this course to be in a better position to defend our Faith with factual information. Thank you Catholic Answers

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  • Praise God for his church through good times and bad

    Tim Rooney

    This has been amazing journey! For me, this is just one small step in a "closeness" with Christ's church and the "truth" to defend and protect it. I will be ...

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    This has been amazing journey! For me, this is just one small step in a "closeness" with Christ's church and the "truth" to defend and protect it. I will be eternally grateful.

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