Early Christian Fathers (Library of Christian Classics)
10 best books like Early Christian Fathers (Library of Christian Classics) (Cyril Charles Richardson): Three Treatises, Practicing Our Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People, The Geometry of Love: Space, Time, Mystery, and Meaning in an Ordinary Church, Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers, The Christological Controversy, The Early Church, Synopsis of the Four Gospels, Early Christian Doctrines, The Christian Tradition 3: The Growth of Medieval Theology 600-1300, Documents of the Christian Church
| Author | Martin Luther |
| ISBN | 0800616391 |
Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses on the church door at Wittenberg in 1517. In the three years that followed, Luther clarified and defended his position in numerous writings. Chief among these are the three treatises written in 1520. In these writings Luther tried to frame his ideas in terms...
| Author | Dorothy C. Bass |
| ISBN | 0787938831 |
Many Christians are looking for ways to deepen their relationship with God by practicing their faith in everyday life. Some go on retreats but are often disappointed to find that the integrated life they experienced in a place apart is difficult to recreate in their day-to-day world. Many thoughtful,...
| Author | Margaret Visser |
| ISBN | 0865476403 |
Margaret Visser's desire to find answers to her own questions -- as a traveler, a believer, and an insatiable "anthropologist of everyday life" -- led her to undertake this unique and revelatory book. Guiding the reader through a church outside Rome, Sant'Agnese fuori le Mura, she draws upon history,...
| Author | Christopher A. Hall |
| ISBN | 0830815007 |
Many Christians today long to become reacquainted with their ancient ancestors in the faith. They see a deeper worship and devotion in the prayers and hymns of the early church. And they believe that the writings of the early church can shed new light on their understanding of Scripture. But where and...
| Author | Richard A. Norris Jr. |
| ISBN | 0800614119 |
Series Foreword I. Introduction Early Christology Initial Problems Justin Martyr, Melito of Sardis, Irenaeus of Lyon, Tertullian of Carthage, Origen of Alexandria Further Problems The Arians and Athanasius; Apollinaris of Laodicea; Theodore of Mopsuestia; Cyril, Nestorius, and Eutyches;...
This is the first volume of the penguin history of the church and not the beginning of a history of Christianity.
Implicit in this book is the idea that orthodoxy has always existed. This is a problem and a grave weakness. In the absence of a creed, a canon of agreed genuine holy books there is only...
| Author | Kurt Aland |
| ISBN | 0826705006 |
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This revised edition of the standard history of the first great period in Christian thought has been thoroughly updated in the light of the latest historical findings. Dr. Kelly organizes an ocean of material by outlining the development of each doctrine in its historical context. He lucidly summarizes...
The Christian Tradition 3: The Growth of Medieval Theology 600-1300
| Author | Jaroslav Pelikan |
| ISBN | 0226653757 |
"A magnificent history of doctrine."—New York Review of Books
"In this volume Jaroslav Pelikan continues the splendid work he has done thus far in his projected five-volume history of the development of Christian doctrine, defined as 'what the Church believes, teaches, and confesses...
| Author | Henry Bettenson |
| ISBN | 0195012933 |
It took me one year and three months, but I've finally finished this comprehensive survey of writings relating to the Christian Church that I bought for the Church History class I audited last Fall. Reading just a little bit at a time eventually adds up! This collection was originally compiled in 1943...
John Henry Cardinal Newman begins the Essay with a deffinition of development, pointing out that the real problem is how to distinguish true developments from corruptions and decays. He then goes on to sweeping consideration of the growth and development of doctrine in the Catholic Church, from the...
Understanding the Old Testament
| Author | Bernhard W. Anderson |
Presents a study of the Old Testament by interweaving historical, archeological, literary, and religious perspectives. The book traces the story of the people of Israel from the Exodus in the time of Moses through the dawn of the Common Era. It considers the importance of literary criticism and other...
| Author | Bonaventure |
| ISBN | 0872202003 |
The Hackett edition of this classic of medieval philosophy and mysticism--a plan of pilgrimage for the learned Franciscan wishing to reach the apex of the mystical experience--combines the highly regarded Boehner translation with a new introduction by Stephen Brown focusing on St. Francis as a...
The Oxford History Of The Biblical World
| Author | Michael D. Coogan |
| ISBN | 0195087070 |
Here, in one impressively illustrated volume, leading scholars offer compelling glimpses into the biblical world, the world in which prophets, poets, sages, and historians created one of our most important texts - the Bible.
For more than a century, archeologists have been unearthing...
On Marriage and Family Life
| Author | John Chrysostom |
| ISBN | 0913836869 |
My adoration for the theology of St. Augustine (354-431 A.D.) is an open secret, but even if his views of marriage and sexuality are read in context (which does not happen often enough, in my opinion), he still comes across as a bit of a pessimist on those subjects. Of course, this is the man who infamously...
| Author | John of Damascus |
| ISBN | 0913836621 |
ON THE DIVINE IMAGES is a series of apologies written by St John of Damascus in the 8th century against the iconoclasm begun by Byzantine emperor Leo III. The writer was safe from persecution in the monastery of St Sabbas in Palestine, outside of the Byzantine empire, and the destruction of images by his...
Kingdom Prologue: Genesis Foundations for a Covenantal Worldview
| Author | Meredith G. Kline |
| ISBN | 1597525642 |
As intimated by the subtitle, Genesis Foundations for a Covenantal Worldview, the immediate literary focus of this study is the book of Genesis and its account of the formative ages in the eschatological movement of the kingdom of God from creation to consummation. As also indicated by the subtitle,...
The New Jerome Biblical Commentary
| Author | Raymond E. Brown |
| ISBN | 0138598363 |
This reference book is a compact commentary on the entire Bible that readers can use to familiarize themselves with the methods and paths followed by biblical scholars. It features current theories on dating, historical reconstruction, and archaeological information. Contemporary perspectives...
Documents of the Christian Church
| Author | Chris Maunder |
| ISBN | 0192880713 |
Since its first publication in 1967, this collection of writings from the most important moments in the history of Christianity has established itself as a classic work. Now incorporating a wealth of new material, this new edition will be an essential reference source for anyone interested in the...
| Author | Origen |
| ISBN | 0844626856 |
s/t: Being Koetschau's Text of the De Principiis Translated into English Together with an Introduction & Notes
The Father
Christ
The Holy Spirit
Loss or falling away
Rational natures
The end or consummation
Things corporeal & incorporeal
The angels
The...
| Author | Avery Dulles |
| ISBN | 0385133685 |
There is today a dramatic reexamination of structure, authority, dogma -- indeed, every aspect of the life of the Church is held up to scrutiny. Welcoming this as a sign of vitality, Avery Dulles has carefully studied the writings of contemporary Protestant and Catholic ecclesiologists and sifted...
Reading the Old Testament: An Introduction
| Author | Lawrence Boadt |
| ISBN | 0809126311 |
While this was written as a textbook, it is remarkably free of academic cant, and is actually readable. There are times when just a bit more detail would have been useful, such as when the discussion of the Geography of Israel didn't make a point of mentioning that the Northern kingdom's lands were much...
