In an era of rapid social change and of notable attitudinal shifts, the contemporary Catholic Church has been challenged to reflect upon, and to articulate its self-understanding in ways that are faithful to its tradition and, at the same time, comprehensible to people today, open to the insights of secular disciplines, and alert to needs for justice and compassion.

	Introduction to Ecclesiology and Church History
	Images of Church before the 2nd Vatican Council
	Images of Church After the 2nd Vatican Council
	Avery Dulles' Models of the Church
	An Eight Module History of the Church from Apostolic Days to the Present:
	From Jesus to the End of the 1st Century
	The 2nd and 3rd Century
	The 4th and 5th Century
	The 6th to the 10th Century
	The 11th to the 13th Century
	The 14th to the 16th Century
	From the 17th to the 20th Century
	Australian Catholicism: A Brief History
	The Challenge of Being Church Today?
	Bibliography

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