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Appendix 29 The Apostles’ and Nicene Creed Bibliography

The following is a selected, scholarly listing on the origin and meaning of 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 .

Creed Bibliography

Chadwick, Henry. The Early Church, Penguin History of the Church 1 , rev. ed. New York: Penguin, 1994. (One scholar says of this book, “Chadwick has a gift for making complex matters clear and understandable. Though the basic text was written in the late 60s and is dated in some ways, it remains a great introduction.”)

The Apostles’ and Nicene

Davis, Don. Sacred Roots: A Primer on Retrieving the Great Tradition . Wichtia, KS, Los Angeles: World Impact Press, 2010.

Ferguson, Everett, Michael P. McHugh, and Frederick W. Norris, eds., Encyclopedia of Early Christianity , 2nd ed. New York: Garland Publishing, 1998. (Award-winning with articles by leading experts on topics) Frend, W. H. C. The Rise of Christianity . Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1984. (Called by some the most thorough and up-to-date of the one-volume surveys of the early Church)

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 .