Sacred Roots

A P P E ND I X : R E S OU R C E S F O R T H E J OU R N E Y

APPENDIX 3

S ELECT B IBLIOGRAPHY ON THE C REEDS AND THE G REAT T RADITION

An abridged listing on the Apostles’ and Nicene Creeds, and early Christian belief:

Bethune-Baker, J. F. An Introduction to the Early History of Christian Doctrine . London: Methuen & Co., 1933.

Bloesch, Donald. Essentials of Evangelical Theology . San Francisco: Harper and Row, 1978.

Burnaby, John. The Belief of Christendom : A Commentary on the Nicene Creed .

Chadwick, Henry. The Early Church, Penguin History of the Church 1 . Rev. ed. New York: Penguin, 1994.

Ferguson, Everett, Michael P. McHugh, and Frederick W. Norris, eds. Encyclopedia of Early Christianity . 2nd ed. New York: Garland Publishing, 1998.

Frend, W. H. C. The Rise of Christianity . Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984.

Gonzalez, Justo. A History of Christian Thought . Nashville: Abingdon, 1975.

Heim, Mark S. ed. Faith to Creed: Toward a Common Historical Approach to the Affirmation of the Apostolic Faith in the Fourth Century .

Howell, James C. The Life We Claim: The Apostles’ Creed for Preaching, Teaching, and Worship . Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005.

Leith, John H. Ed. Creeds of the Churches: A Reader in Christian Doctrine from the Bible to Present . 3rd Edition. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1982.

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