Church History/Anglican Church History

Recommended Reading

Leo Donald Davis, The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325-787): Their History and Theology (Michael Glazier, 1983)

Bruce Kaye, An Introduction to World Anglicanism (Cambridge University Press, 2008)

J.R.H. Moorman, A History of the Church in England, 3rd Edition (Morehouse Publishing, 1980)

Stephen Noll, The Global Anglican Communion: Contending for Anglicanism 1993-2018 (Anglican House, 2018)

Robert W. Prichard, A History of the Episcopal Church - Third Revised Edition: Complete through the 78th General Convention (Morehouse Publishing, 2014)

Resources

Patristic

Ignatius of Antioch, Letters ([1])

Didache ([2])

Irenaeus of Lyons, On the Apostolic Preaching ([3])

Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures ([4])

Athanasius of Alexandria, On the Incarnation ([5])

Augustine of Hippo, Confessions, Books 1-9 ([6]) and On the Trinity ([7])

Gregory Nazianzus, Theological Orations 27-31 ([8])

Cyril of Alexandria, On the Unity of Christ ([9])

Martyrdom of Perpetua ([10])

Gregory the Great, Pastoral Rule ([11])

John Chrysostom, On the Priesthood ([12])

Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit ([13])

Medieval

Bede, Ecclesiastical History ([14])

Thomas Aquinas, selections of the Summa Theologica on God’s existence (First Part, QQ. 2-26; [15]), grace (First Part of the Second Part, QQ. 109-113; [16]) and virtues (First Part of the Second Part, QQ. 55-70; [17])

Bernard of Clairvaux, On Loving God ([18])

Julian of Norwich, Showings ([19])

Cloud of Unknowing ([20])

Anselm of Canterbury, Prayers and Meditations ([21]) and Cur Deus Homo ([22])

Reformation

John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion ([23])

Homily on the Salvation of Mankind ([24])

Martin Luther, Freedom of a Christian ([25]) and Preface to Galatians ([26])

John Jewel, An Apology or Answer in Defence of the Church of England ([27])

Preface, 1549 Book of Common Prayer and 39 Articles of Religion ([28])

Modern

Chicago-Lambeth Quadrilateral ([29])

John Henry Newman, Tracts for the Times 2 ([30])

Jeremy Taylor, Holy Living ([31])

The Jerusalem Statement ([32])

The Conciliar Tradition in Anglicanism

Phil Ashey, Anglican Conciliarism: The Church Meeting to Decide Together (Anglican House, 2017)

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. Medieval & Reformation Church c. Modern Church