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10 best books like On the Apostolic Preaching (Irenaeus of Lyons): Confessions, On the Incarnation, Early Christian Fathers (Library of Christian Classics), The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church, The Enchiridion on Faith Hope and Love, The Major Works, After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory, On God and Christ, The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius: St. Gregory of Nazianzus, The First and Second Apologies, On the Holy Spirit

Confessions
AuthorAugustine of Hippo
ISBN0192833723
Augustine's Confessions is one of the most influential and most innovative works of Latin literature. Written in the author's early forties in the last years of the fourth century A.D. and during his first years as a bishop, they reflect on his life and on the activity of remembering and interpreting...
On the Incarnation
AuthorAthanasius of Alexandria
ISBN0913836400

I was pleased to find On the Incarnation remarkably fresh and engaging, still fierce and still passionate too. Such is rarely the case with works of theology, particularly when orthodoxy has robbed them even of the novelty of heresy, for dry-as-dust disquisitions on settled questions often summon...
Early Christian Fathers (Library of Christian Classics)
AuthorCyril Charles Richardson
ISBN0684829517
This selection of writings from early church leaders includes work by Clement of Rome, Ignatius, Polycarp, Irenaeus, Athenagoras and Justin Martyr.
Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides...
The Mystical Theology of the Eastern Church
AuthorVladimir Lossky
ISBN0913836311
This is a book that changed my life and made me want to be a Christian after years of immersing myself in other 'Eastern' Religions. This review should be seen in that light and in this respect is deeply personal.

Lossky's Mystical Theology spoke to me but before it did, I got to know Lossky through...
The Enchiridion on Faith Hope and Love
AuthorAugustine of Hippo
ISBN1565481240
Written as a favor for a friend this little work is a wonderful explanation of the Christian faith. A true catechism from which, throughout the history of the church, other catechisms have drawn and learned including the recent Catechism of the Catholic Church which quotes Augustine extensively....
The Major Works
AuthorAnselm of Canterbury
ISBN0192825259
Although utterly convinced of the truth of Christianity, Anselm of Canterbury struggled to make sense of his religion. He considered the doctrines of faith an invitation to question, to think, and to learn; and he devoted his life to confronting and understanding the most elusive aspects of Christianity....
After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory
AuthorAlasdair MacIntyre
ISBN0268006113
When After Virtue first appeared in 1981, it was recognized as a significant and potentially controversial critique of contemporary moral philosophy. Newsweek called it “a stunning new study of ethics by one of the foremost moral philosophers in the English-speaking world.” Since that time,...
On God and Christ, The Five Theological Orations and Two Letters to Cledonius: St. Gregory of Nazianzus
AuthorGregory of Nazianzus
ISBN0881412406
Gregory of Nazianzus, "The Theologian," was recognized among the Cappadocian Fathers as a peculiarly vivid and quotable exponent of the doctrine of God in Trinity. A brilliant orator and accomplished poet, he placed before the Church his interpretation of the sublime mystery of the God revealed...
The First and Second Apologies
AuthorJustin Martyr
ISBN0809104725
Justin Martyr (AKA Saint Justin) was a second century Christian leader, teacher, and writer. Only three of his works survive today: the lengthy Dialogue with Trypho and two shorter apologies. This book contains both apologies, written around 156-58 or so and addressed to the emperors Antoninus Pius,...
On the Holy Spirit
AuthorBasil the Great
ISBN0913836745
St Basil, much like St Gregory of Nazianzen, begins his work with a dense discussion of the terminology. It is easy for today's reader to miss what is important in the debate. St Basil spends the first few chapters sparring over the use of prepositions as they are applied to Father, Son, and Holy Spirit....
For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy
AuthorAlexander Schmemann
ISBN0913836087
This is the best book on worldview I have ever read. Hands down. I come from a protestant background but most protestants argue for worldview in gnostic categories. Even the most creational of them merely reduce the Christian faith to the intellectual. This is the oldest heresy the church faced: gnosticism....
The Life of Moses
AuthorGregory of Nyssa
ISBN0809121123
St. Gregory of Nyssa This great spiritual master of the fourth century was born as the general persecution of Christians was ending. One of the Greek Cappadocian Fathers (the other two were Gregory's brother, St. Basil the Great, and their mutual friend, St. Gregory Nazianzen), Gregory has come to...
On the Divine Images
AuthorJohn of Damascus
ISBN0913836621
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...
The Household and the War for the Cosmos: Recovering a Christian Vision for the Family
AuthorC.R. Wiley
Really good book which doesn't quite fit the genre, at least not as you probably anticipate. There's a very compelling comparison of Abraham and Aeneas in the first half, and the second half gives a good explanation of "household" (oikonomia) and a very interesting reading of Ephesians with that perspective....
On Pascha: With the Fragments of Melito and Other Material Related to the Quartodecimans
AuthorMelito of Sardis
ISBN0881412171
The Quartodecimans were early Christians who kept a single feast of Pascha on the Passover, maintaining the tradition derived from Judaism. In this work, Alistair Stewart-Sykes, the leading authority on Melito and the Quartodecimans, presents a unique collection of material in a format ideal for...
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