Historical Theology
By Alister McGrath
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Description: An introduction to the history of Christian thought. This book aims to introduce you to historical theology as an important and interesting subject. This book aims to pack as much useful information into a single volume as is realistically possible, using approaches which have been tried and tested in classrooms.
The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine
By: Jaroslav Pelikan
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Description: Regarded by Alister McGrath as "the best one-stop introduction currently available to its subject." Volumes include The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100--600); The Spirit of Eastern Christendom (600--1700); The Growth of Medieval Theology (600--1300); Reformation of Church and Dogma (1300--1700); and Christian Doctrine and Modern Culture (since 1700). 1840 pages total, five softcovers from University of Chicago.
History of the Christian Church, 8 volumes
By: Philip Schaff
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Description: Schaff bases his work on the premise that church history in order to be valid and valuable must deal with three factors: 1) God through Christ, 2) man as a responsible moral creature, and 3) Satan as a real being employing the Anti-Christ as his agent at the end of time. Schaff begins his history with an examination of the preparation for Christianity in Judaism and the heathen world and the life and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The 8 volume series concludes with a general introduction to modern church history and a thorough analysis of the productive period of the Reformation, tracing the Protestant movement in Germany and Switzerland to the close of the 16th century. There are footnotes, charts, maps and each volume contains its own alphabetical index.
The Ante-Nicene Fathers, 10 vols.
Editor: Alexander Roberts
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Description: The Ante-Nicene Fathers 10 VOLS is part of the 38 volume set The Early Church Fathers. These writings of the church fathers represent the first primary sources of Christian history following the canon of the New Testament, and as such are invaluable resources for the serious student of the early Christian history, doctrine, and ethics. The Ante-Nicene Fathers ranges from the Apostolic Fathers to various third and fourth century sources including the liturgies and ancient Syriac documents.
