Miller's Church History

Short Papers on Church History, by Andrew Miller, commonly known as "Miller's Church History," is the best concise examination of the history of Christ's church available.

Much more than a history book, Church History carefully applies scriptural principles, prophecy, and instruction to form an analysis of every formative event since the foundation of the New Testament Church. Unlike many other Church histories, Miller begins with the foundation of the Church by Christ, rather than an institution by man. In the first chapter, Miller asserts boldly and with Scriptural support that Jesus Christ is the "only builder of his Church." Such sets the stage for a Biblical examination the history of the Church Christ built.

Short Papers on Church History is 1200 pages in print, but is conveniently divided into subchapters as a SwordSearcher Book module, is easily read by section, and can be instantly searched by words or phrase.

The SwordSearcher edition includes the famous "last chapter" by Miller, which is shamefully removed from many printings of the work. Short Papers is organized into the following chapters (each being further subdivided into sections):

1. The Rock Foundation
2. The Day of Pentecost Fully Come
3. The Disciples Persecuted and Scattered
4. The Missionaries of the Cross
5. The Apostle Paul
6. Paul's Third Missionary Journey
7. The Burning of Rome
8. The Internal History of the Church (1)
9. From Commodus Till the Accession of Constantine
10. Constantine
11. The Council of Nice
12. The Internal History of the Church (2)
13. The Epistle to the Church in Thyatira
14. The Spread of Christianity Over Europe
15. Mahomet (Muhammad), the False Prophet of Arabia
16. The Silver Line of Sovereign Grace
17. The Propagation of Christianity, Ninth Century
18. The Church-building Spirit Revived
19. The Pontificate of Gregory VII
20. The Crusades
21. AD 1106-1122
22. The Encroachments of Rome in England
23. The Theology of the Church of Rome
24. Innocent III and His Times
25. Innocent and the South of France
26. The Inquisition Established in Languedoc
27. The Approaching Dawn of the Reformation
28. The Decline of Papal Power
29. The Forerunners of the Reformation
30. John Wycliffe
31. The Reformation Movement in Bohemia
32. The Capture of Constantinople
33. The Reformation in Germany
34. The First Papal Jubilee
35. Luther at Wartburg
36. Protestantism
37. The Sacramentarian Controversy
38. The Council of Bologna
39. The Popish Refutation
40. The Reformation in Switzerland
41. The Leaders of the Reformation in Switzerland
42. The Results of Disputations
43. The General Progress of Reform
44. The Extension of Reform in Switzerland
45. The Reformation in Germany
46. The Opening of the Council of Trent
47. The Interim
48. The Effect of the Reformation in Germany on the Nations of Europe
49. The Reformation in French Switzerland
50. The Reformation in France
51. The Great Progress of the Reformation
52. The Waldenses
53. The Reformation in the British Isles Ireland
54. England
55. The Reign of Elizabeth
56. Philadelphia (Including the origin of the Brethren)