Church History/Anglican Church History

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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.

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