The Ph.D. Files

In 2005 I was accepted into the Ph.D. program in Christian Intellectual Thought at Whitefield Theological Seminary, Lakeland, FL. The school several esteemed graduates, the foremost of which is Dr. R.C. Sproul (one of my personal heroes).

The school is not government accredited. However, the quality of education is greater than the vast majority of accredited schools (I have two degrees from fully accredited schools). As one can see from the course requirements below, Whitefield is no degree mill!

SYS 901 History of the Reformation
Read Merle D'Aubigne's "History of the Reformation" and write chapter summaries
Chapter summaries are one to two page summaries of the content of each chapter. D'Aubigne's work contains over 200 chapters!

Books Completed to Date:

  • Book I: The State of Europe Before the Reformation (9 chapters)
  • Book II: The Youth, Conversion, and Early Labors of Luther–1483-1517 (11 chapters)
  • Book III: The Indulgences and the Theses–1517 - May 1518 (11 chapters)
  • Book IV: Luther Before The Legate – May to December 1518 (11 chapters)
  • Book V: The Leipsic Disputation – 1519 (8 chapters)
  • Book VI: The Papal Bull – 1520 (12 chapters)
  • Book VII: The Diet of Worms – 1521, January to May (11 chapters)
  • Book VIII: The Swiss – 1484-1522 (14 chapters)
  • Book IX: First Reforms – 1521 and 1522 (12 chapters)
  • Book X: Agitation, Reverses, and Progress – 1522 and 1526 (14 chapters)

This has turned into a Th.M. project with the goal of publication. My page count is at 270 pages.

Click on the link below to access a PDF file of Books I through X.

Books One Through Ten
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Read Schaff's "History of the German Reformation" and write a 15 page report
Read Schaff's "History of the Swiss Reformation" and write a 15 page report
Read McGrath's "The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation" and write a book report
Write a 20 page paper on a particular event that occurred during the Reformation