Church History

Japanese: 教会史 - きょうかいし

Also known as ecclesiastical history, it is a field of study that grasps and examines the internal and external history of the church founded by Christ from a historical and theological perspective. Interest in church history already began in the New Testament, which emphasizes God's work in history and human experiences of faith and salvation. In the 2nd century, due to the need to protect the church from heresy, the main points of tradition from the apostolic age were written down, and lists of bishops and church chronicles began to be created. Eventually, Eusebius of Caesarea, known as the "father of church history," collected and examined a wide range of historical materials and detailed the 10 volumes of the "History of the Church" up to 325 in connection with the history of the Roman emperors.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

教会史学とも称し，キリストが創立した教会の歴史の中での内的外的な歩みを，史学的神学的観点より把握し考究する学問をいう。歴史の中での神の働きと人間の信仰･救済体験とを重視する新約聖書の中に，すでに教会史への関心が芽生えているが，2世紀には，教会を異端から守る必要性もあって，使徒時代の伝承の要点が書き留められ，歴代司教の目録や教会の年代記が作成されはじめた。やがて〈教会史の父〉と称されるカエサレアのエウセビオスが，広範な史料の収集検討後，325年までの《教会史》10巻をローマ皇帝史と関連させて詳述。

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