Bibliography

I have a far more extensive bibliography at the other blog, to include many books from authors like GK Chesterton and CS Lewis, along with dozens of other books I have reviewed and written about on the Middle Ages, war, and general history and political thought.

This bibliography below includes posts from both my other blog and this current one, specifically related to my Christian journey – my learning of doctrine and theology through history, and, most importantly, my desire to grow in Christ.

You will see posts without links. These have been written but either a) not yet published at the time of updating this page, or b) have been published, but I just haven’t come around to the administrative task of updating this page.

Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, Jesus Christ: His Life and Teaching, Vol.4 - The Parables of Jesus

Metropolitan Hilarion Alfeyev, Jesus Christ - His Life and Teaching, Vol. 5: The Lamb of God
- In the Beginning Was the Word
- The Word Became Flesh
- John and Paul
- The Temple
- Living Water
- Judgment
- Bread
- The Polemic Theological Core

St. Anselm, Cur Deus Homo: Why God Became Man (also online)

St. Athanasius, Life of St. Antony (PDF)
- The Life of St. Anthony

St. Athanasius, Against the Heathen (Contra Gentiles) (html)

St. Athanasius, On the Incarnation

Matthew Barrett, The Reformation as Renewal: Retrieving the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church

· John Behr, The Way to Nicaea

o Who Do You Say That I Am?
o The Two Main Challenges
o The Hypothesis
o Tradition Grounded in Scripture
o The Christ of Scripture
o The Word
o Salvation
o Ignatius of Antioch
o Justin Martyr
o Justin Martyr, Part Two
o Irenaeus of Lyons
o Drawing Some Boundaries
o The Roman Debates
o Origen (Part One)
o Origen (Part Two)
o Paul of Samosata

· Daniel Boyarin, The Jewish Gospels: The Story of the Jewish Christ

o Jewish Christology
o The Son of Man
o Daniel 7
o Why Would Jews Believe Jesus Was God?
o Fulfilling the Job Description
o Further Evidence
o Keeping Kosher?
o The Suffering Christ
o The Jewish Jesus Christ

· St. Cyril of Alexandria, On the Unity of Christ

o Leading to Ephesus
o The Crisis Takes Root
o The Uproar
o Cyril’s Christology
o The Word Became Flesh
o Made Like His Brethren
o Not Two, But One
o Why Have You Forsaken Me?
o A Manner That He Alone Knows

· Francis Dvornik, The Ecumenical Councils (html)

o It Seemed Good to the Holy Spirit
o Describing Christ’s Nature

· R. Kent Hughes, Disciplines of a Godly Man

o Spiritual Discipline
o Fatherhood and Friendship
o Discipline the Mind
o A Fruitful Interior Life
o Disciplined Worship
o Integrity
o Work
o Church

· Philip Hughes, The Church in Crisis: A History of the General Councils, 325–1870

o An Overview of Church Councils
o The First Council of Nicaea, 325
o The First Council of Nicaea, 325 (part II)
o The Council of Constantinople, 381
o The Council of Ephesus, 431
o The Council of Ephesus, 431 (part two)
o The Council of Chalcedon (451), part one
o The Council of Chalcedon (451), part two
o The Council of Chalcedon (451), part three
o The Second Council of Constantinople, 553
o The Second Council of Constantinople, 553 (part two)
o The Second Council of Constantinople 553, (part three)
o The Third Council of Constantinople, (680-681)
o The Second General Council of Nicaea. 787
o The Council of Trent (1545-1563), part one
o The Council of Trent (1545-1563), part two
o The Council of Trent 1545-1563, (part three)

· St. Ignatius, The Letters

o The Letters of Ignatius
o Ephesians and Magnesians
o Various Letters
o Pseudo-Ignatius

· St. Irenaeus, On the Apostolic Preaching

o The Demonstration
o Let’s Begin at the Beginning
o Uniting God and Man

· Philip Jenkins, The Lost History of Christianity: The Thousand-Year Golden Age of the Church in the Middle East, Africa, and Asia--and How It Died

o Those Other Christians
o Loss…and a Remnant
o Go East Young Man
o Claiming Tradition
o Neither Rome nor Constantinople
o Obliteration and Destruction
o The Cleansing
o Heading Toward the Grave
o Refuge in the Hills…

C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will; translation and introduction by J. I. Packer & O. R. Johnston

Martin Luther, A Treatise on Good Works
- Martin Luther and Good Works
- The Necessary Foundation
- For God’s Glory

Michael Massing, Fatal Discord: Erasmus, Luther, and the Fight for the Western Mind

Andrew Murray, Humility: The Journey Toward Holiness

Andrew Murray, Absolute Surrender

Rev. Dr. Vrej Nersessian, Christology of the Armenian Church

James R. Payton, Jr., Editor, A Patristic Treasury: Early Church Wisdom for Today

Patrick Henry Reardon, The Trial of Job: Orthodox Christian Reflections on the Book of Job

James R. Salladin, Jonathan Edwards and Deification: Reconciling Theosis and the Reformed Tradition

Fr. V. C. Samuel, The Council of Chalcedon Re-Examined

· Karekin Sarkissian, The Council of Chalcedon and the Armenian Church

o Rejecting Chalcedon
o Nestorianism and Chalcedon
o A New Language
o A Nestorian Redux?
o Post-Chalcedon
o Living Between Two Worlds
o Living Between Two Worlds II
o Between Ephesus and Chalcedon
o Between Ephesus and Chalcedon: An Analysis
o The Historical Situation Post-Chalcedon
o The Doctrinal Situation
o Rejection

· Stuart Scott, From Pride to Humility

o From Pride to Humility

· Alan F. Segal, Two Powers in Heaven: Early Rabbinic Reports about Christianity and Gnosticism (PDF)

o Two Powers in Heaven
o Two Powers in Heaven – Doctrinal Development
o Two Powers in Heaven – Rabbinical Refutation

· Fulton Sheen, The Life of Christ

o Christ’s Early Life
o The Temptations
o The Beatitudes
o You Have Heard It Said…
o Public Life and Passion
o Death and Resurrection

· Solomon, Ecclesiastes

o Ecclesiastes
o Ecclesiastes 1
o Ecclesiastes 2
o Ecclesiastes 3
o Ecclesiastes 4
o Ecclesiastes 5
o Ecclesiastes 6
o Ecclesiastes 7
o Ecclesiastes 8
o Ecclesiastes 9
o Ecclesiastes 10
o Ecclesiastes 11
o Ecclesiastes 12

· Mark Zhakevich, Follow Me: The Benefits of Discipleship in the Gospel of John

o Discipleship and its Benefits
o Membership in the Divine Family
o Abiding

The Church in History

· Formation And Struggles: The Birth of the Church Ad 33-200, by Veselin Kesich

o After Acts
o The Backdrop
o The Founder
o Passover
o Jerusalem
o Beyond Jerusalem
o Avoiding Syncretism
o The Road to Damascus
o The Diaspora
o The Rift
o New Christian Centers
o Persecution and Martyrdom

A Christian Hall

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