History of Doctrine in the Early Church

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	David W. Bercot, ed. A Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs: A Reference Guide to More Than 700 Topics Discussed by the Early Church Fathers. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson Publishers, 1998. Hbk. ISBN: 1565633571. pp.704.
	Louis Berkhof, The History of Christian Doctrines. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1978. Pbk. ISBN: 0801006368.
	James Franklin Bethune-Baker [1861-1951], An Introduction To The Early History Of Christian Doctrine, 2nd edn. London: Methuen & Co., 1903. Hbk. pp.458. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Colin Brown, Christianity & Western Thought, Vol. 1. Leicester: Apollos, 1990. ISBN: 0851117635.
	F.F. Bruce, "The History and Doctrine of the Apostolic Age," H.H. Rowley, ed., A Companion to the Bible, revised. edn. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1963. pp.495-522.
	Stanley M. Burgess, The Spirit of the Church: Antiquity. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1984. pp. x + 216.
	T.Alec Burkill, The Evolution of Christian Thought. Ithaca / London: Cornell University Press, 1971. Hbk. ISBN: 0801405815. pp. xii + 505.
	Henry Chadwick, Early Christian Thought and the Classical Tradition. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984. ISBN: 0198266731. pp.184.
	Hubert Cunliffe-Jones & Benjamin Drewery, editors. A History of Christian Doctrine, new edn. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1997. Pbk. ISBN: 0567085805. pp.611.
	Justo L. González, A History of Christian Thought, Vol. 1. From the Beginnings to the Council of Chalcedon. Nashville: Abingdon, 1987. Pbk. ISBN: 0687171822. pp.400.
	Stuart G. Hall, Doctrine and Practice in the Early Church. London: SPCK, 1991. 262 pp. Hbk. ISBN: 0281045216. pp.272.
	Hugh Jackson, "Resurrection Belief of the Ealiest Church: a Response to the Failure of Prophecy?" Journal of Religion 55 (1975): 415-25.
	Werner Wilhelm Jaeger, Early Christianity and the Greek Paideia. London / Oxford / New York: Oxford University Press, 1961. Pbk. ISBN: 0674220528. pp.154.
	J.N.D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines, revised. HarperCollins. Pbk. ISBN: 006064334X. pp.500.
	Conrad Leyser, Authority and Asceticism from Augustine to Gregory the Great. Oxford University Press, 2000. Hbk. ISBN: 0198208685. pp.234.
	Bernard Lohse, A Short History of Christian Doctrine: From the First Century to the Present. Ernest Stoeffler, translator. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1980. ISBN: 0800613414. pp. xii + 304.
	Andrew Louth, The Origins of the Christian Mystical Tradition. From Plato to Denys. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1981. Hbk. ISBN: 0198266553. pp. xvii + 215.
	Arthur Cushman McGiffert [1861-1933], A History of Christian Thought, Vol. I. Early and Eastern: From Jesus to John of Damascus. New York / London: Scribner's, 1932. pp. xi + 352. [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Arthur Cushman McGiffert [1861-1933], A History of Christian Thought, Vol. II. The West From Tertullian to Erasmus. New York / London: Scribner's, 1933. pp. xii + 420. [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Alister McGrath, Historical Theology. Blackwell Publishers, 1998. Pbk. ISBN: 0631208445. pp.416.
	R.P. Maloney, "The Teaching of the Fathers on Usury: an Historical Study on the Development of Christian Thinking," Vigiliae Christianae 27 (1973): 241-65.
	Arthur D. Nock, Early Gentile Christianity and Its Hellenistic Background. New York / Evanston / London: Harper & Row, Torchbooks, 1964. pp. xvi + 155.
	Richard A. Norris, God and World In Early Christian Theology: A Study in Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Tertullian and Origen. London: Adam & Charles Black, 1966. Hbk. ISBN: 0713602198.
	Roger E. Olson, The Story of Christian Theology. Twenty Centuries of Tradition & Reform. Leicester: Apollos, 1999. Hbk. ISBN: 0851117732. pp.652.
	L.G. Patterson, God and History in Early Christian Thought. New York: Seabury, 1967. pp.ix + 181.
	Jaroslav Pelikan, "The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600)," The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Vol. 1. London & Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1971. Pbk. ISBN: 0226653714. pp.394.
	Leighton Pullan [1865-1940], Early Christian Doctrine. Oxford Church Text Books. London: Rivingtons, 1899. Hbk. pp.124. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Jeffrey B. Russell, Satan: The Early Christian Tradition. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1981. Pbk. ISBN: 0801494133. pp.258.
	Joyce E. Salisbury, "`The Bond of a Common Mind': A Study of Collective Salvation from Cyprian to Augustine," Journal of Religious History 13.3 (1985): 235-247.
	Reinhold Seeberg, Text-Book of the History of Doctrines: History of Doctrines in the Ancient Church; History of Doctrines in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Ages, 2 Vols. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 1997. Pbk. ISBN: 1579100260. pp.906.
	John Stoughton [1807-1897], An Introduction to Historical Theology Being a Sketch of Doctrinal Progress From the Apostolic Era to the Reformation. London: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. Hbk. pp.464. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Thomas F. Torrance, The Doctrine of Grace in the Apostolic Fathers. Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1948. pp. vii + 150.
	Linwood Urban, A Short History of Christian Thought. New York / Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995. Pbk. ISBN: 0195093488. pp. xv + 319.
	R. Vair, "The Old Testament Promise of the Land as Reinterpreted in First and Second Century Christian Literature," Dissertation Abstracts 40 (1979/50).
	Martin Werner, The Formation of Christian Dogma: An Historical Study of the Problerm. S.F.G. Brandon, trans. San Fransisco: Harper & Brothers, 1957. Reprint. Boston: Beacon Press, 1965. pp. xvi + 352.
	Peter Widdicombe, The Fatherhood of God from Origen to Athanasius. Oxford University Press, 2000. Pbk. ISBN: 0199242488. pp.300.
	Maurice Wiles, The Making of Christian Doctrine: A Study in the Principles of Early Doctrinal Development. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1975. Pbk. ISBN: 0521099625. pp. vii + 184.