The Modern Era of Church History (1648 to 1962 AD)
The Modern era of church history ran from 1648 to 1962 AD. It had three subunits: Enlightenment; Revolution; and Intransigence.
CONTENTS
Enlightenment. From 1648 to 1789 AD
Revolution. From 1789 to 1870 AD
Intransigence. From 1870 to 1962 AD
ENLIGHTENMENT
1648 to 1789 AD
Rene Descartes (died 1650 AD)
WROTE:
Discourse on the Method
Blaise Pascal (died 1662 AD)
WROTE:
Pensées
Baruch Spinoza (died 1677 AD)
WROTE:
Ethics
John Bunyan (died 1688 AD)
WROTE:
The Pilgrim’s Progress
Brother Lawrence (died 1691 AD)
WROTE:
The Practice of the Presence of God
Alphonsus Liguori (died 1787 AD)
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Theologiae Moralis
Talking with God (150 pages)
Twelve Steps to Holiness (216 pages)
REVOLUTION
1789 to 1870 AD
Immanuel Kant (died 1804 AD)
WROTE:
Religion Within the Limits of Reason
The Philokalia
By Makarios of Corinth (died 1805), and Nikodemos of the Holy Mountain (died 1809).
Elizabeth Ann Seton (died 1821)
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Conference to her spiritual daughters
Friedrich Schleiermacher (died 1834 AD)
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Religion: Speeches to Its Cultured Despisers
Andrew Dung-Lac (died 1839)
Martyr
John Henry Newman (died 1845 AD)
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Lectures on Justification
Søren Kierkegaard (died 1855 AD)
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Fear and Trembling
First Council of the Vatican (1869-1870)
(Ecumenical) Council. Held in Italy. About 700 prelates attended. Reaffirmed traditional Catholic teachings. Declared the infallibility of the pope.
INTRANSIGENCE
1870 to 1962
Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (died 1881 AD)
WROTE:
The Brothers Karamazov
The Way of a Pilgrim (1884)
By an unknown author
Gerard Manley Hopkins (died 1889 AD)
WROTE:
Poetry
Thérèse of Lisieux (died 1897 AD)
Also known as the Little Flower.
Mystic
WROTE:
Leo XIII (died 1903 AD)
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Rerum Novarum
G. K. Chesterton (died 1936 AD)
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Orthodoxy
Thomas Raymond Kelly (died 1941 AD)
Quaker mystic
WROTE:
A Testament of Devotion (160 pages)
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (died 1945)
WROTE:
The Cost of Discipleship
Life Together (122 pages)
AND A FEW MORE
Here are a few more.
Admittedly, they passed away during The Postmodern Era. However, their greatest influence was during this Modern Era.
And so we list them on this page:
Adrienne von Speyr (1902–1967)
A Protestant medical doctor, writer, and theologian. She wrote more than 60 books of spirituality and theology. She was a Mystic, and she had the stigmata.
SELECT WRITINGS:
Book of all Saints
Confession
Elijah
Handmaid of the Lord
John, Volumes 1 to 4
Letter to the Colossians
Letter to the Ephesians
Light and Images
Lumina | New Lumina
Man Before God
Mary in the Redemption
My Early Years
Mystery of Death
The Book of All Saints
The Boundless God
The Christian State of Life
The Countenance of the Father
The Cross: Word and Sacrament
The Gates of Eternal Life
The Holy Mass
The Mission of the Prophets
The Passion from Within
They Followed His Call
Three Women and the Lord
Victory of Love
With God and with Men: Prayers
World of Prayer
Karl Rahner (1904-1984)
One of the most influential Roman Catholic theologians of the 20th century.
SELECT WRITINGS:
Content of Faith (199 pages)
Hearers of the Word
Homanisation and Incarnation
Foundations of Christian Faith
I Remember
Mystical Way of Contemplative Life (199 pages)
Spirit in the World
Spiritual Writings (200 pages)
The Trinity
Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905-1988)
One of the most influential Roman Catholic theologians of the 20th century.
In 2018, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Chur formally opened their cause towards his sainthood.
SELECT WRITINGS:
The Glory of the Lord (7 volumes)
Theo-Drama: Theological Dramatic Theory (5 volumes)
Theo-Logic (3 volumes)
Dare We Hope
Henri de Lubac (1896-1991)
French existentialist. One of the most influential Roman Catholic theologians of the 20th century.
His writings and doctrinal research played a key role in shaping the Second Vatican Council.
SELECT WRITINGS:
Catholicism: Christ and Common Destiny of Man
Christian Sources
Corpus Mysticum
Drame de l’humanisme athée
De la connaissance de Dieu
Surnaturel: Études historiques
Paradoxes of Faith (236 pages)
Yves Congar (1904-1995)
Ecclesiologist. One of the most influential Roman Catholic theologians of the 20th century.
SELECT WRITINGS:
True and False Reform in the Church
Mon Journal du Concile I-II, présenté et annoté par Éric Mahieu (two volumes)
The Meaning of Tradition (172 pages)
After Nine Hundred Years
CHURCH HISTORY
The Patristic Era (33 to 590 AD)
The Medieval Era (590 to 1417 AD)
The Reformation Era (1417 to 1648 AD)
The Modern Era (1648 to 1962 AD)
The Postmodern Era (1962 AD to present)
The Doctors of the Catholic Church
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