Church History/Anglican Church History

Resources

Patristics

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 and On the Trinity

Gregory Nazianzus, Theological Orations 27-31 ([6])

Cyril of Alexandria, On the Unity of Christ ([7])

Martyrdom of Perpetua ([8])

Gregory the Great, Pastoral Rule ([9])

John Chrysostom, On the Priesthood ([10])

Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit ([11])

Medieval

Bede, Ecclesiastical History ([12])

Thomas Aquinas, selections of the Summa Theologica on God’s existence (First Part, QQ. 2-26; [13]), grace (First Part of the Second Part, QQ. 109-113; [14]) and virtues (First Part of the Second Part, QQ. 55-70; [15])

Bernard of Clairvaux, On Loving God ([16])

Julian of Norwich, Showings ([17])

Cloud of Unknowing ([18])

Anselm of Canterbury, Prayers and Meditations ([19]) and Cur Deus Homo ([20])

Reformation

John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion ([21])

Martin Luther, Freedom of a Christian ([22]) and Preface to Galatians ([23])

John Jewel, An Apology or Answer in Defence of the Church of England ([24])

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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