Homeschool History Notebook Journal | The Nicene Church Age

Cobblestone Path™: A middle and high school homeschool history notebook journal. Teens can research the Nicene Church — from 325-600 AD.

The Nicene Church

The Nicene Church Age was a time of growing pains in the history of the Church. From the Arian Controversy to the Nicene Creed, the Great Cappodocians and early theologians like Augustine of Hippo, to the schism between the Eastern and Western Church, there was both strife and growth. Invite your older students to travel the Cobblestone Path of Church history. A path filled with individual lives, theological debates, and political intrigue.

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Cobblestone Path covers a number of subjects throughout Christian history, helping middle and high school students hone important skills.

Homeschool History Notebook Journey

Invite your older students to travel the Cobblestone Path™ of Church history. It is a path filled with individual lives, theological debates, and political intrigue.

C obblestone Path™ Church History Research Journals are designed to help middle school and high school students develop a solid understanding of Christian history one “age” at a time.

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They will also help young adults develop and strengthen skills in:

pre-writing (notetaking and organization)
handwriting
reading comprehension
research

While much of the research for the journals will be done using the internet, you’ll want to have a good Christian history overview text (or two) and you may wish to supply your students with some great biographies or literature pertaining to the time period.

Each journal covers a period of time (or “age”) in Church History. There’s no clear agreement on the divisions of Church ages, so I have divided these ages thematically and have tried to name them appropriately.

Cobblestone Path™ is designed to look at the major aspects of each age from a global view. Students will find people and movements that stood in opposition to the Christian Church, as well as those who claimed the name of Christ, yet espoused a different gospel.

This Church history research journal series is compiled from a Protestant viewpoint. There is not a complete list of the bishops and popes of Rome or of world leaders, however, at every point where the individual popes or world leaders are important to understanding Church history, they are included.

Nicene Church History Resources

While much of the research for Cobblestone Path™ may be done online, there are wonderful recommended and supplemental resources suggested for use with the journals.

This is a list of great resources for studying the Christian Church from the Ascension of Jesus until 325 AD.

This list is designed to coordinate with Cobblestone Path™ Church History Research Journal: The Apostolic and Church Ages, but can also be used on their own just to study the history of the Church.

Following is a list of recommended resources and suggested supplements. Because I know you may have younger children as well, I will also recommend some great books from The Apostolic and Early Church Ages as well. You can include them in your Church history studies with a few well-chosen read-alouds. No notebooking or research required!

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Recommended Church History Overviews

For middle and high school students undertaking the study of Church history, I recommend choosing a good overview text (or two), and then allowing students to use the internet to do additional research. Following are several good choices. You’ll want to read reviews and make a decision based on your needs.

Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity Church History in Plain Language: Fourth Edition The Church in History The Story of Christianity, Vol. 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation The Story of Christianity, Vol. 2: The Reformation to the Present Day Foxe’s Book of Martyrs (Pure Gold Classics)

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