CSL Course Booklists: Historical

Recommended Texts

Ambrose. On the Duties of the Clergy.  In Nicene-Post-Nicene Fathers, Second Series, Vol.10, Ambrose Select Works and Letters. Ed. P. Schaff and H. Wace. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1994. Reprint. Online for Free. I have no ISBN

Gregory the Great, The Book of Pastoral Rule. Trans. George Demacopoulos. Popular Patristic Series, Vol. 34. Crestwood, NY: St. Vladimir’s Press, 2007. ISBN: 0881413186
ISBN-13: 9780881413182

Oden, Thomas. Classical Pastoral Care. Vol. 1 Becoming a Minister. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1987. ISBN 0-8010-6763-4; ISBN 13: 9780801067631

HIS886A/B is a Fall/Spring sequence for Latin I and II. Books remain the same for both semesters.

RECOMMENDED BOOKS

Robertson, Archibald, ed. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 2^nd Series. Vol. 4. Athanasius: Select Works and Letters. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Pub., 1994.  Online edition is fine. We will only be using this volume for Adversus Gentes. 9781565631168

Anatolios, Khaled, ed. The Holy Trinity in the Life of the Church. Holy Cross Studies in Patristic Theology and History. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2014.

Ayres, Lewis.  Nicaea and Its Legacy.  Oxford, 2006.

Behr, John. Formation of Christian Theology: Vol. 1. The Way to Nicaea. Yonkers, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2001.

Behr, John. Formation of Christian Theology: Vol. 2. The Nicene Faith. Parts 1 and 2. Yonkers, NY: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2004.

Elowsky, J. Letter to Marcellinus on the Psalms: Spiritual Wisdom for Today. ICCS Press, 2017. Ebook.

Ernest, James D. The Bible in Athanasius of Alexandria. Boston, MA: Brill Academic, 2004.

Gregg, Robert C. Athanasius: The Life of Antony and the Letter to Marcellinus. The Classics of Western Spirituality. Mahwah, NJ: Paulist Press, 1980.

Haase, Albert. Athanasius: The Life of Antony of Egypt. Classics in Spiritual Formation. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2012.

Kelly, J. N. D. Early Christian Doctrines. San Francisco, CA: Harper Collins, 1978.

Leithart, Peter J. Athanasius. Foundations of Theological Exegesis and Christian Spirituality. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2011.

Young, Frances, Ayres, Lewis and Louth, Andrew. The Cambridge History of Early Christian Literature. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Stevenson, J. ed. Creeds, Councils and Controversies: Documents Illustrating the History of the Church, AD 337-461. Rev. W. H. C. Frend. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 1966, rev. 2012.

Studer, Basil. Trinity and Incarnation. Trans. Matthias Westerhof. Ed. Andrew Louth. Edinburgh, T&T Clark, 1993.

Whitacre, Rodney A. A Patristic Greek Reader. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson Pub., 2007.

Kindle versions are available for all (except Mumford) and are fine to use.  Also, editions and printings other than those listed (complete, not abbreviated) are also acceptable.