Church History
This guide is intended to aid those looking for resources on the various stages of the history of the church.
- Introduction
- General Church History
- Ancient & Medieval
- Reformation & ModernToggle Dropdown
- Majority World
- Presbyterian & Reformed
- Databases & Websites
- Journals
Subject Headings
Follow these links for a more exhaustive list of resources on each subject:
Reference Works
- The Ante-Nicene Fathers by Alexander Roberts (Editor); James Donaldson (Editor)Call Number: BR60 .A5 v.1-10ISBN: 9781565630826Publication Date: 1953English translations of the writings of the Apostolic Fathers prior to AD 325. Volume nine is a bibliographical synopsis (listing of the editions, translations, and literature on all the works included) and a general index to the set.
- The Apostolic Fathers by Michael W. Holmes (Editor)Call Number: BR60 .A62 2007ISBN: 9780801034688Publication Date: 2007Following the recent publication of his revised translations in The Apostolic Fathers in English, 3rd ed., Michael Holmes, a leading expert on these texts, offers a thoroughly revised and redesigned bilingual edition, featuring Greek (or Latin) and English on facing pages. Introductions and bibliographies are generous and up to date. In the textual apparatus, existing notes have been revised and expanded, and well over two hundred new notes have been added. - From the Publisher
- A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church (1st Series) by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (Editors)Call Number: BR60 .N4 v.1-14ISBN: 9781565630949Publication Date: 1952-63Includes English translations of the most important works of Greek Fathers from Eusebius to Photius, and of the Latin Fathers from Ambrose to Gregory the Great. It lacks a general index, but has subject and scripture indexes in each volume.
- A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church (2nd series) by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (Editors)Call Number: BR60 .S4 v.1-14ISBN: 9781565631168Publication Date: 1952-63
- A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs by David Bercot (Editor)Call Number: BR66.5 .D53 1998ISBN: 9781565638709Publication Date: 1998A compilation of excerpts from the ante-Nicene church fathers on more than 700 moral, theological, and historical topics. It offers brief definitions of unfamiliar terms and concepts as well as short biographies of the ante-Nicene church fathers.
Its inclusion of the relevant biblical texts to the topics allows it to serve as a topical concordance to the Scriptures as well as a topical index to the writings of the ante-Nicene fathers. - Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity by Angelo Di Berardino (General Editor)Call Number: BR66.5 .D5813 2014 v.1-3ISBN: 9780830829439Publication Date: 2014
- Encyclopedia of Early Christianity by Everett Ferguson (Editor)Call Number: BR162.2 .E53 1997 v.1-2ISBN: 0815316631Publication Date: 1997A comprehensive treatment of the development of Christianity from the life of Christ to AD 600. The entries describe persons, places, doctrines, practices, art, liturgy, heresies, and schisms of the early church. Articles are non-technical and designed for general readers.
- The Ante-Nicene Fathers by Alexander Roberts (Editor); James Donaldson (Editor)Call Number: BR60 .A5 v.1-10ISBN: 9781565630826Publication Date: 1953English translations of the writings of the Apostolic Fathers prior to AD 325. Volume nine is a bibliographical synopsis (listing of the editions, translations, and literature on all the works included) and a general index to the set.
- A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church (1st Series) by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (Editors)ISBN: 9781565630949Publication Date: 1952-63Includes English translations of the most important works of Greek Fathers from Eusebius to Photius, and of the Latin Fathers from Ambrose to Gregory the Great. It lacks a general index, but has subject and scripture indexes in each volume.
- A Select Library of Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church (2nd series) by Philip Schaff and Henry Wace (Editors)ISBN: 9781565631168Publication Date: 1952-63
- A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs by David Bercot (Editor)ISBN: 9781565638709Publication Date: 1998A compilation of excerpts from the ante-Nicene church fathers on more than 700 moral, theological, and historical topics. It offers brief definitions of unfamiliar terms and concepts as well as short biographies of the ante-Nicene church fathers.
Its inclusion of the relevant biblical texts to the topics allows it to serve as a topical concordance to the Scriptures as well as a topical index to the writings of the ante-Nicene fathers. - Encyclopedia of Ancient Christianity by Angelo Di Berardino (General Editor)ISBN: 9780830829439Publication Date: 2014
- Encyclopedia of Early Christianity by Everett Ferguson (Editor)ISBN: 0815316631Publication Date: 1997A comprehensive treatment of the development of Christianity from the life of Christ to AD 600. The entries describe persons, places, doctrines, practices, art, liturgy, heresies, and schisms of the early church. Articles are non-technical and designed for general readers.
Surveys
- The Story of Christianity: Volume 1 by Justo L. GonzalezCall Number: BR142 .G66 2010 v.1ISBN: 9780061855887Publication Date: 2010
- 2,000 Years of Christ's Power: The Age of the Early Church Fathers by Nick NeedhamCall Number: BR145.2 .N44 2016 v.1ISBN: 9781781917787Publication Date: 2016
- Church History: From Christ to the Pre-Reformation by Everett FergusonCall Number: BR145.3 .F47 2013 v.1ISBN: 9780310516569Publication Date: 2013
- The Birth of the Church by Ivor J. DavidsonCall Number: BR165 .D368 2004ISBN: 0801012708Publication Date: 2004
- A Public Faith by Ivor J. DavidsonCall Number: BR165 .D369 2005ISBN: 9780801012754Publication Date: 2005
- The Path of Christianity: The First Thousand Years by John Anthony McGuckinCall Number: BR165 .M35 2017ISBN: 9780830840984Publication Date: 2017
- Origins to Constantine (Cambridge History of Christianity) by Margaret M. Mitchell (Editor); Frances M. Young (Editor)Call Number: BR165 .O66 2006ISBN: 9780521812399Publication Date: 2006
- Constantine to C. 600 (Cambridge History of Christianity) by Frederick W. Norris (Editor); Augustine Casiday (Editor)Call Number: BR200 .C66 2007ISBN: 9780521812443Publication Date: 2007
- Early Christian Doctrines by J. N. D. KellyCall Number: BT25 .K4 1978ISBN: 9780060643348Publication Date: 1978
- Early Christian Creeds by J. N. D. KellyCall Number: BT990 .K33 2006ISBN: 0826492169Publication Date: 2006
- Origins to Constantine (Cambridge History of Christianity) by Margaret M. Mitchell (Editor); Frances M. Young (Editor)ISBN: 9780521812399Publication Date: 2006
- Constantine to C. 600 (Cambridge History of Christianity) by Frederick W. Norris (Editor); Augustine Casiday (Editor)ISBN: 9780521812443Publication Date: 2007
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