Church History/Anglican Church History

Resources

Patristics

Ignatius of Antioch, Letters (Alistair Stewart, trans., Ignatius of Antioch: The Letters [St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2013; ISBN 978-0881414646])

Didache ([1])

Irenaeus of Lyons, On the Apostolic Preaching (John Behr, trans., St. Irenaeus of Lyons: On the Apostolic Preaching [St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1997; ISBN 978-0881411744])

Cyril of Jerusalem (F. L. Cross, ed., St Cyril of Jerusalem: Lectures on the Christian Sacraments [St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1977; ISBN 978-0913836397])

Athanasius, On the Incarnation and Life of Anthony (John Behr, trans., St. Athanasius of Alexandria: On the Incarnation [St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2011; ISBN 978-0881414097])

Augustine of Hippo, Confessions Books 1-9 and On the Trinity

Gregory Nazianzus, Theological Orations (Frederick Williams and Lionel Wickham, trans., St. Gregory of Nazianzus: On God and Christ [St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2002; ISBN 978-0881412406])

Cyril of Alexandria, On the Unity of Christ (John Anthony McGuckin, trans., St. Cyril of Alexandria: On the Unity of Christ [St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1995; ISBN 978-0881411337])

Martyrdom of Perpetua ([2])

Gregory the Great, Pastoral Rule (George E. Demacopoulos, trans., St. Gregory the Great: The Book of Pastoral Rule [St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2007; ISBN 978-0881413182])

John Chrysostom, On the Priesthood (Graham Neville, trans., St. John Chrysostom: Six Books on the Priesthood [St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1996; ISBN 978-0913836385])

Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit

Medieval

Bede, Ecclesiastical History (Leo Sherly-Price, trans.; R. E. Latham, rev., Bede: Ecclesiastical History of the English People [Penguin, 1968; ISBN 978-0140445657])

Thomas Aquinas, selections of the Summa Theologica on God’s existence (First Part, QQ. 2-26; [3]), grace (First Part of the Second Part, QQ. 109-113; [4]) and virtues (First Part of the Second Part, QQ. 55-70; [5])

Bernard of Clairvaux, On Loving God (Robert Walton, trans., Bernard of Clairvaux: On Loving God [Cistercian Publications, 1973; ISBN 978-0879071141])

Julian of Norwich, Showings (Edmund Colledge and James Walsh, trans., Julian of Norwich: Showings [Paulist Press, 1977; ISBN 978-0809120918])

Cloud of Unknowing (James Walsh, ed., The Cloud of Unknowing [Paulist Press, 1981; ISBN 978-0809123322])

Anselm of Canterbury, Prayers and Meditations and Cur Deus Homo(Benedicta Ward, trans., The Prayers and Meditations of St. Anselm with the Proslogion [Penguin, 1973; ISBN 978-0140442786]; Brian Davies and G. R. Evans, eds., Anselm of Canterbury: The Major Works [Oxford, 1998; ISBN 978-0199540082)

The Conciliar Tradition in Anglicanism

Paul Avis, Beyond the Reformation?: Authority, Primacy and Unity in the Conciliar Tradition (T & T Clark, 2008)

Paul Avis, “Anglican Conciliarity and the Lambeth Conference,” Theology 101 (1998): 245-252.

Canonical Areas

Church History/Anglican Church History

a. Patristics & Early Church b. 7 Ecumenical Councils c. High and Late Medieval Era d. Reformation History - Continental & English e. Heresies - Ancient & Modern f. Celtic Christianity g. Foundation of Church in England & Canterbury h. Elizabethan Settlement i. BCP Development j. 39 Articles k. Oxford Movement l. Chicago Lambeth Quadrilateral m. North American Church History n. ACNA Foundations o. Missional Movements, Ancient and Modern