Philip Schaff and the idea of church history / David W. Lotz -- A century of patristic studies, 1888-1988 / Glenn F. Chesnut -- The gold of catholicity / Bernard McGinn -- Reformation studies / Robert M. Kingdon -- Immigration and American Christianity / Jay P. Dolan -- Civil authority and religious freedom in America / John F. Wilson -- To the ends of the earth / Gerald H. Anderson -- Liturgical and credal studies / Aidan Kavanagh -- Ecumenical studies / John T. Ford -- The first century / Henry Warner Bowden