We work through why the first 1,500 years of Christian history belong to Protestants too, and how doctrine grows clearer without becoming “new.” We talk councils, church fathers, Rome, and the Reformation so we can read widely while keeping Scripture as the final authority.
• The faith once for all delivered and what “progress” really means for doctrine.
• Why “go back to Acts” can be a shallow way to read church history.
• How Nicaea clarifies the Trinity without inventing it.
• Why church fathers are valuable but not infallible interpreters.
• Reading Augustine and Aquinas under sola scriptura and a confessional lens.
• How church history helps test modern teachings and spot recycled heresies.
• Catholic small c versus Roman Catholic as an institution.
• The 1054 schism and how authority claims shape later Roman Catholic doctrine.
• Why anachronisms matter when people read later dogma into earlier centuries.
• Luther’s intent to reform and why justification by faith alone becomes central.
• Why neglecting church history can disconnect us from Christ’s preserving work.
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