Early Church Councils & Creeds

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Primary Sources

	Andrew Ewbank Burn [1864-1927], An Introduction to the Creeds and to the Te Deum. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1899. Hbk. pp.323. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Carl Joseph von Hefele, A History of the Councils of the Church from Original Documents. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1896. Reprinted P. Bedjan, ed. Acta Martyrum et Sanctorum Syriace, Vols. 1-5.. Paris & Leipzig: Harrassowitz, 1975. ISBN: 0404032605.
	William Lambert [1536-1601], Codex Canonum Ecclesæ Universæ. The Canons of the First Four General Councils of the Church, and those of the Early Local Greek Synods, in Greek, with Latin and revised English translations in parallel columns, with notes selected from Zonaras, Balsamon, bishop Beveridge, etc. London: R.D. Dickinson, 1868. Hbk. pp.175. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
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Secondary Sources

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