Medieval Church History II: The Fall of Medieval Christianity
Course Features:
This course covers key developments in the medieval period (c. 500-1517 AD): the rise of medieval Christianity, monasticism, missions, evangelism, challenges to church authority during the Gregorian era, Eastern Orthodoxy, key theological debates (predestination, Christ’s presence in the Eucharist, atonement), the Crusades, mysticism, discussions on ideas (realism, conceptualism, nominalism), scholasticism, heresies (Albigensianism, Waldensianism), religious orders and their theologians (Aquinas, Abelard, Nicholas of Lyra), the decline of the medieval worldview, and early figures leading to the Reformation (Thomas Bradwardine, Gregory of Rimini, John Wycliffe, Jan Hus).
This course covers key developments in the medieval period (c. 500-1517 AD): the rise of medieval Christianity, monasticism, missions, evangelism, challenges to church authority during the Gregorian era, Eastern Orthodoxy, key theological debates (predestination, Christ’s presence in the Eucharist, atonement), the Crusades, mysticism, discussions on ideas (realism, conceptualism, nominalism), scholasticism, heresies (Albigensianism, Waldensianism), religious orders and their theologians (Aquinas, Abelard, Nicholas of Lyra), the decline of the medieval worldview, and early figures leading to the Reformation (Thomas Bradwardine, Gregory of Rimini, John Wycliffe, Jan Hus).
Meet the Professor
Dr. Maarten Kuivenhoven
Dr. Maarten Kuivenhoven earned his BA in Honors History from the University of Western Ontario (2004), his MDiv from Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (2010), and his ThM from Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (2011). He completed a PhD from Calvin Theological Seminary (2019), writing his dissertation entitled “Songs of the Son: Exegetical Method, Christology, and Piety in Reformation and Post-Reformation Interpretations of Select Messianic Psalms.” He is an ordained pastor in the Heritage Reformed Congregations (HRC) and previously pastored the Heritage Reformed Congregation of Grand Rapids, MI, from 2010-2022. He is married to Jennifer, and they have five children.
Patrick Jones - Course author
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