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Bibliography For Further Study on the Creeds and the Great Tradition

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.

Little, Paul. E. Know Why You Believe: Connecting Faith and Reason. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2000.

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