(Thematic - Christian History) Church History Denominational Chart, Moyer - Long, c. 1973
An interesting investigation of the American facet of the Christian church.
Charts of this type are intending to show a connection or succession over time. This is a visual gesture to show not just who came first, but that certain groups have an almost royal lineage that gives them a type of credence and place. On this chart on the very far left is identified the beginning, where one true and Apostolic Catholic Church began, but also parallel movements that were unaffiliated like the Gnostics, Zoroastrians, and others, as well as the different regional branches of the Christian church like the Cops, Maronites, etc. But as you look to the right the different branches fan out in greater intensity as dozens upon dozens of new denominations arise, many times from root movements. Such movements are labelled as "Methodists", "Holiness Movements" or "Pentecostal Movements". And here we see the very American approach where churches with similar or identical theology would separate racially or politically (like the Church of God in Christ being distinct from the Assemblies of God). The theologian Eugene Peterson said that American Christianity was like a cross between John Calvin and Henry Ford, and parishioners were shopping for the theology that fit them as individuals... thus we see an ever growing number of different "churches" that all basically rally to the same central tenets, but with some very specific and identifying differences.
This publication made by the professors of the Moody bible institute that was born of the revival movements of the 19th century.
Condition is good with some age toning to the sheet on the far right and on folds. Overall size is approximately 15.5 x 32.25 (inches)
