Christian History

Four manuscripts in one book:

• History of Christianity: An Enthralling Overview of the Most Important Events that Shaped the Christian Church
• Early Christianity: An Enthralling Overview of Jesus, the Twelve Apostles, the Conversion of Constantine, and Other Events in Christian History
• The Crusades: An Enthralling Overview of an Event in Christian History That Took Place in the Middle Ages
• The Knights Templar: An Enthralling History of the Rise and Fall of the Most Influential Catholic Military Order

From its inception, Christianity was persecuted and hounded. Christians often paid a high price for their faith. They met underground and even in graveyards. They were misunderstood, and their message to outsiders seemed hopelessly strange and muddled.

In the first part of this book, you will learn about the following:

• The origins of Christianity and why people flocked to the religion
• The life and ministry of Jesus
• The first Christian disciples
• The early Christian Church
• The Council of Nicaea and the momentous impact it had on Christian history
• The earth-shattering Reformation

In Early Christianity, we will look at the time of Jesus from a historical viewpoint and also find out the truth about Christianity and what revolutionary changes occurred in the first few centuries AD.

In the second part of this book, you will discover the truth about the following:

• Why the first-century Jews were so eagerly waiting for a savior and how they knew when he would arrive;
• Jesus’ origins and the historical and biblical events surrounding his birth;
• The heartbreaking terror that Jesus’ parents faced in his early years and the drastic life decision they were guided to make;
• Some of the compelling words Jesus spoke and why they drew so many people to him;
• The ideas that laid the foundation for Christianity;
• How Christianity spread and changed over time.

The Crusades were a call to defend Eastern Christians and aid Christian pilgrims in the Holy Land. It was only once the massive earthquake of Christian crusaders was unleashed from the West that the Crusades morphed into something altogether different. This book explores how the scope and ideology of the Crusades evolved over time, from the conquest of Jerusalem during the First Crusade to the fall of the Crusader States.

In the third part of this book, you will learn about the following:

• How the Crusades actually began
• The initial objectives of the crusaders
• How the Crusades evolved over time
• The monastic orders involved in the Crusades
• The Reconquista

The Knights Templar has established itself as the most popular military organization of medieval times. Everyone has heard of the order, and everyone is familiar with the image of a medieval Crusader knight with a red cross on their white uniform. But who exactly were the Templars? What was their purpose? And are the rumors about their secretive nature true?

In the fourth part of this book, you will learn about the following:

• The events from the 11th to the early 14th centuries and how they shaped the order
• Different actors, from kings to ordinary knights, who defined the Knights Templar
• The Templars’ involvement in the military endeavors of the known world
• What caused the rise and downfall of the Order of the Knights Templar
• The truth behind Templar allegations and its secretive nature
• The twisted Templar legacy and how it changed the way we viewed the world forever
• And much, much more!