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This eight volume work begins with the early church and ends at 1605 with the swiss reformation. This ambitious project in nine volumes will connect the institutional history of the churches. Volume 4 covers the years from 1550 to 1800, a short but surprisingly eventful period in japanese history commonly referred to as japans early modern age. Cambridge histories online cambridge university press, 2008. T his course surveys major developments in the history of christian theology, which is the tradition of critical reasoning about how to teach the faith of christ. Schaffs treatment is comprehensive and in depth, discussing all the major and minor. Cambridge history of christianity cambridge university press.