IV. THE MAJOR PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS

• 1. Lutheran churches
  • 1) HISTORY
    • i) The post-Reformation in Germany.
      • 1. Orthodoxy.
      • 2. Pietism.
      • 3. 19th-century developments.
    • ii) Lutheranism in eastern Europe and Scandinavia.
    • iii) Lutheranism in North America.
    • iv) Lutheranism in the 20th century.
  • 2) TEACHINGS
    • i) Lutheran Confessions.
    • ii) Justification.
    • iii) Human nature.
    • iv) Church, sacraments, and ministry.
    • v) Church and state.
    • vi) Scripture and tradition.
    • vii) Ethics.
    • viii) Controversies.
  • 3) WORSHIP AND ORGANIZATION
    • i) Liturgy and music.
    • ii) Education.
    • iii) Organization.
• 2. Reformed and Presbyterian churches
  • 1) HISTORY
    • i) After the Reformation in Europe.
      • 1. Reformed churches in eastern Europe.
      • 2. Reformed churches in France.
      • 3. Reformed churches in Germany.
      • 4. Reformed churches in England and Wales.
      • 5. Reformed churches in Scotland and Ireland.
      • 6. Reformed churches in The Netherlands and Switzerland.
    • ii) Reformed and Presbyterian churches in the United States.
      • 1. The colonial period.
      • 2. The 19th century.
      • 3. The 20th century.
    • iii) Reformed and Presbyterian world mission.
      • 1. Asia.
      • 2. Africa.
      • 3. Other areas.
    • iv) Reformed Christians in the ecumenical movement.
  • 2) TEACHINGS
    • i) Doctrines.
    • ii) The church and the sacraments.
    • iii) Scripture and tradition.
    • iv) Church and state.
    • v) The sovereignty of God and double predestination.
  • 3) WORSHIP AND ORGANIZATION
    • i) Liturgy.
    • ii) Religious education.
    • iii) Present organization of Reformed and Presbyterian churches.
    • iv) Social ethics.
    • v) Types of Reformed piety.
• 3. Anglican Communion
  • 1) HISTORY
    • i) Christianity in England.
    • ii) Developments in worldwide Anglicanism.
  • 2) TEACHINGS
    • i) Doctrinal views.
    • ii) The ministry.
  • 3) WORSHIP AND ORGANIZATION
    • i) Anglican worship.
    • ii) Comprehensiveness in doctrine and practice.
    • iii) Comprehensiveness in doctrine and practice.
    • iv) Internal developments.
    • v) Relations with other churches.
    • vi) World Anglicanism.
• 4. Baptists
  • 1) HISTORY
    • i) Origins.
    • ii) Growth in England and abroad.
    • iii) Development in the United States.
      • 1. Colonial period.
      • 2. In the 19th century.
      • 3. Development of black churches.
      • 4. Developments in education.
      • 5. During the 20th century.
    • iv) Growth outside the United States.
  • 2) TEACHINGS
    • i) History.
    • ii) Contents.
  • 3) WORSHIP AND ORGANIZATION
• 5. Congregationalists
  • 1) HISTORY
    • i) England.
    • ii) Wales, Ireland, and Scotland.
    • iii) United States.
  • 2) TEACHINGS
  • 3) WORSHIP AND ORGANIZATION
    • i) Practices.
    • ii) Polity.
    • iii) Congregationalism in the modern world.
• 6. Friends
  • 1) HISTORY
    • i) The rise of Quakerism.
    • ii) The age of quietism.
    • iii) The impact of evangelicalism.
    • iv) The 20th century.
    • v) The influence of Quakers.
  • 2) TEACHINGS
  • 3) WORSHIP AND ORGANIZATION
    • i) The Inward Light.
    • ii) Polity.
    • iii) Quakerism and world Christianity.
• 7. Methodists
  • 1) HISTORY
    • i) Origins.
    • ii) Methodism in America.
    • iii) Methodism in Canada.
  • 2) TEACHINGS
  • 3) WORSHIP AND ORGANIZATION
    • i) Patterns of service.
    • ii) Polity.
    • iii) Missions.
      • 1. World Methodism.
      • 2. Methodism in the world church.
• 8. Disciples of Christ
  • 1) HISTORY
    • i) Origins.
    • ii) Controversy and separation.
    • iii) Disciples in the 20th century.
    • iv) Churches of Christ in the 20th century.
  • 2) TEACHINGS
  • 3) WORSHIP AND ORGANIZATION
    • i) Internal differences.
    • ii) Recent trends.
    • iii) Social issues.
• 9. Unitarians and Universalists
  • 1) HISTORY
    • i) Servetus and Socinus.
    • ii) Unitarianism in Poland.
    • iii) Transylvanian Unitarianism.
    • iv) English Unitarianism.
    • v) American Unitarianism.
    • vi) Early Universalism.
    • vii) American Universalism.
  • 2) TEACHINGS
  • 3) WORSHIP AND ORGANIZATION