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Part I THE EARLY CHURCH (TO THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON, 451)

Section I The Church and the World

I. References to Christianity in Classical Authors

(a) Tacitus: The Trial of Pomponia Graecina. The Neronian Persecution

(b) Suetonius: The Expulsion of the Jews from Rome. The Neronian Persecution

II. Christianity and Ancient Learning

(a) Justin: The `Liberal' View

(b) Tertullian: The Negative View

III. Church and State

(a) The Rescript of Hadrian to Caius Minucius Fundanus

(b) Tertullian on Persecution

(d) The Neronian Persecution: Martyrdom of SS. Peter and Paul

(e) Martyrdom of Polycarp

(f) Persecution at Lyons and Vienne, 177

(g) Persecution under Decius

(h) Persecution under Valerian

(i) The Rescript of Gallienus, 261

(j) Persecution under Diocletian, 303-305

(k) Attempt to Restore Paganism under Maximin, 308-311

(l) Edict of Toleration, 311

(m) `Edict of Milan', March(?) 313

(n) Constantine's Support of the Church

(o) Constantine's Legislation in Favour of the Church

(p) A Letter from Hosius, Bishop of Cordova, to Constantius

(q) Julian the Apostate on Toleration

(r) Julian on Christianity. The Worship of Jesus and the Martyrs

(s) Gratian on the Trial of Bishops. Jurisdiction of the Roman See

(t) Gratian's ruling on Ecclesiastical and Civil or Criminal Cases, 376

(u) Theodosius I on Catholic and Heretic

(v) The Edict of Valentinian III, 445. The Primacy of the Pope.

Section II Creeds

I. The Apostles' Creed

(a) `The Old Roman Creed'

(b) A Gallican Creed of the Sixth Century.

II. The Nicene Creed

(a) The Creed of Caesarea

(b) The Creed of Nicaea

Section III The Earliest Testimony to the Gospels

I. The Tradition of the Elders

II. The Evangelists and their Sources

III. The Muratorian Canon

Section IV The Person and Work of Christ

I. Ignatius

II. Irenaeus

(a) The `Recapitulation' in Christ

(b) The Sanctification of each Stage of Life

III. Tertullian: The Incarnation of the Logos

IV. Dionysius, Bishop of Rome, 259-268, on the Trinity and the Incarnation

V. Athanasius on the Atonement

(a) Salvation by Restoration

(b) Salvation by Revelation.

VI. The Atonement: the Transaction with the Devil

VII. Heresies concerning the Person of Christ

(a) Docetism

(b) Gnosticism:

(1) The Syrian Type

(2) The Egyptian Type

(3) The Judaizing Type

(4) The Pontic Type

(1) Patripassianism

(2) Sabellianism

(d) Arianism:

(1) The Letter of Arius to Eusebius

(2) `The Arian Syllogism'

(3) The Letter of the Synod of Nicaea, 325:

Condemnation of Arius

(e) Attempts to Overthrow the Nicene Formulas:

(1) The Dedication Creed, 341

(2) The Blasphemy of Sirmium, 357

(3) An Attempted Compromise, the `Dated Creed', 359.

Section V The Problem of the Relation of the Divinity and the Humanity in Christ

I. Apollinarianism An Examination of Apollinarianism.

II. Nestorianism

(a) The Anathemas of Cyril of Alexandria

(b) Cyril's Exposition.

III. Eutychianism

(a) The Admissions of Eutyches

(b) The Tome of Leo

Section VI Pelagianism. Human Nature, Sin, and Grace

I. The Teaching of Pelagius

(a) Letter to Demetrias

(b) Pelagius on Human Freedom

II. Teaching ascribed to Pelagius and Coelestius

III. The Doctrine of Augustine

(a) The Saying which Troubled Pelagius

(b) Augustine on Grace: Prevenient Grace. Irresistible Grace

(d) Augustine's Conception of Freedom

(e) Freedon and Grace.

IV. The Council of Carthage, 417. Canons on Sin and Grace

V. The Synod of Arles, c.473. `Semi-Pelagianism'

VI. The Council of Orange, 529. Reaction from `Semi-Pelagianism'

Section VII The Church, the Ministry, and the Sacraments

I. The Christian Ministry at the End of the First Century

II. The Ministry and Sacraments

III. A Church Order of the Second Century

IV. Christian Worship in the Second Century

V. Apostolical Succession

(a) The First Extant Use of the Technical Term

(b) Irenaeus on Tradition and Succession

(d) Tertullian on the Priesthood of the Laity

(e) Cyprian on the Unity of the Church

(f) Cyprian on the Episcopate.

VI. Eucharistic Doctrine

(a) Ignatius

(b) Irenaeus

(d) Tertullian on the Eucharist

(e) Cyprian on the Eucharist.

VII. Two Heresies on the Nature of the Church and the Ministry

(a) Montanism

(b) Donatism.

Section VIII The Authority of the Holy See

I. The Claims of Rome, 341

II. Appeals to the Roman See

III. Jerome on the Roman See

IV. Innocent I, 401-417; on the Papal Authority

V. Papal Authority defied by the African Bishops

VI. The African Bishops on Appeals to Rome

VII. Rome and Constantinople

(a) Council of Constantinople, 381

(b) Council of Chalcedon, 451.

Section IX Doctrine and Development. The Vincentian Canon

Section X Christian Inscriptions

Part II FROM THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON TO THE PRESENT

355

Section I From Chalcedon to the Breach between East and West

I. The Eastern and Western Churches

(a) The Henotikon of Zeno, 482

(b) The `Three Chapters'

(d) The Iconoclastic Controversy

(e) Nicholas I on the Apostolic See.

II. The Breach between East and West, 1054

105

Section II The Empire and the Papacy

106

I. Charlemagne and Education, 789

106

II. `The Donation of Constantine', Eighth Century

107

III. Church and State

110

(a) Decree on Papal Elections, 1059

(b) Letter of the Synod of Worms to Gregory VII, January 1076

(d) Gregory VII's Letter to the Bishop of Metz, 1081.

IV. The End of the Struggle over Investiture

121

(a) The Concordat of Worms, 1122

(b) Innocent III on Empire and Papacy.

V. The Pope and Imperial Elections

123

VI. The Bull `Clericis Laicos', 1296

124

VII. The Bull `Unam Sanctam', 1302

126

Section III Monasticism and the Friars

127

I. The Rule of S. Benedict

127

II. The Rule of S. Francis

141

Section IV The Church and Heresy

146

I. The Episcopal Inquisition and the Secular Arm

146

II. The Justification of the Inquisition

147

Section V The Conciliar Movement

149

I. The Decree of the Council of Constance, `Sacrosancta'

149

II. The Bull `Execrabilis' of Pius II

150

Section VI Scholasticism

151

I. S. Anselm's `Ontological Proof' of God's Existence

151

II. S. Anselm on the Atonement

152

III. S. Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274

154

(a) Aquinas on Belief

(b) Aquinas on the Incarnation

(d) Aquinas on the Eucharist: The Doctrine of Transubstantiation.

Section VII The Church in England until the Reformation

167

I. Gregory the Great and the Church of England

167

(a) Letter of Gregory to Eulogius, Patriarch of Alexandria, 598

(b) Gregory's Advice to Augustine on Liturgical Provision for England, 601

II. The First National Synod of English Clergy The Council of Hertford, 673

169

III. William the Conqueror and the Church

171

(a) Refusal of Fealty to the Pope

(b) The Royal Supremacy.

IV. Henry and Anselm

172

(a) The Constitutional Position of the Archbishop. Henry's Letter to Anselm, 1100

(b) The Settlement of Bec, 1107.

V. The Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164

174

VI. The Pope's Interdict on England, 1208

178

VII. John's Concession of the Kingdom to the Pope, 1213

179

VIII. John Ecclesiastical Charter, 1214

181

IX. The Church Clauses of Magna Carta, 1215

183

X. Statutes of Provisors and Praemunire

183

(a) Provisors

(b) Praemunire.

XI. Wycliffe and the Lollards

191

(a) Propositions of Wycliffe condemned at London, 1382, and at the Council of Constance, 1415

(b) The Lollard Conclusions, 1394

Section VIII The Reformation on the Continent

202

I. The Lutheran Reformation

202

(a) The Bull Unigenitus of Clement VI, 1343

(b) The Machinery of Indulgences. Instructions issued by Albert of Mainz

(d) The Leipzig Disputation, 1519

(e) Two Treatises of 1520:

(1) The Appeal to the German Nobility

(2) The Babylonish Captivity of the Church

(f) The Diet of Worms, 1521. Luther's Final Answer

(g) The Short Catechism, 1529

(h) The Confession of Augsburg, 1530.

II. Calvinism

236

III. The Peace of Augsburg, 1555

238

IV. The Edict of Nantes, 1598

239

V. The Peace of Westphalia, 1648

240

Section IX The Reformation in England

241

I. The Reformation under Henry VIII

241

(a) The Submission of the Clergy, 1532

(b) The Legal Principle--The Restraint of Appeals, 1533

(d) The Supremacy Act, 1534

(e) Abjuration of Papal Supremacy by the Clergy, 1534:

(1) By the Convocation of Canterbury

(2) By the Convocation of York

(f) The Pope's Condemnation of Henry, 1535

(g) The Royal Injunctions:

(1) 1536

(2) 1538

(h) The Six Articles, 1539.

II. The Elizabethan Settlement

260

(a) The Supremacy Act, 1559

(b) Elizabeth's Act of Uniformity, 1559

(d) The Papal Bull against Elizabeth, 1570

(e) Act against Jesuits and Seminarists, 1585

(f) Act against Puritans, 1593

(g) Act against Recusants, 1593.

Section X The Roman Catholic Church from the Counter-Reformation to the Second Vatican Council

272

I. The Jesuits

272

(a) Rules for Thinking with the Church

(b) Obedience of the Jesuits.

II. The Council of Trent, 1545-1563

275

(a) On Scripture and Tradition

(b) On Original Sin

(d) On the Eucharist

(e) On Penance

(f) On the Most Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

(g) On Purgatory and Invocation of Saints

(h) On Indulgences.

III. The Tridentine Profession of Faith, 1564

281

IV. Arminianism. The Five Articles of the Remonstrants

282

V. Jansenism. The `Five Propositions', 1653

284

VI. The Gallican Declaration, 1682

285

VII. The Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, 1854

286

VIII. The Syllabus of Errors, 1864

287

IX. The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility, 1870

288

X. Pope Leo XIII on Anglican Orders, 1896

289

XI. The Roman Catholic Church and Social Problems

290

(a) Rerum Novarum, 1891

(b) Quadragesimo Anno, 1931

XII. The Doctrine of the Assumption. Munificentissimus Deus, 1950

297

Section XI The British Churches in the Seventeenth Century

298

I. Anglicanism of the Seventeenth Century

298

(a) The Church of England: Jeremy Taylor

(b) The Catholic Church

(1) William Sherlock

(2) Richard Hooker

(3) Richard Field

(d) Justification: William Beveridge

(e) The Eucharist:

(1) Lancelot Andrewes

(2) Jeremy Taylor

(f) Confession: John Cosin

(g) Prayer for the Dead: Herbert Thorndike.

II. James I and the Puritans

311

(a) The Millenary Petition

(b) The Book of Sports, 1618.

III. The Solemn League and Covenant, 1643

316

IV. Presbyterianism. The Westminster Confession of Faith, 1643

319

V. Baptist Confessions of Faith

323

(a) The First Confession, 1646

(b) The Second Confession, 1677.

VI. Selections from the Agreement of the People, 1649

325

VII. Selections from the Instrument of Government, 1653

326

VIII. `The Humble Petition and Advice', 1657

327

IX. The Independents (Congregationalism). The Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order, 1658

329

X. The Clarendon Code

331

(a) The Corporation Act, 1661

(b) The Conventicle Act, 1664-1670

XI. The Test Act, 1673

336

XII. The Quakers

337

XIII. The Declaration of Indulgence, 1688

342

Section XII The British Churches in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

345

I. The Deistic Controversy of the Eighteenth Century

345

(1) Matthew Tindal

(2) John Toland

II. The Organization of the Methodists

349

(a) The Deed of Declaration, 1784

(b) The Plan of Pacification, 1795

III. John Keble's Assize Sermon, 1833

351

IV. Tract XC. Remarks on Certain Passages in the Thirty-Nine Articles, London, 1841

354

Section XIII The Roman Catholic Church at the Second Vatican Council

359

I. Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

359

II. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church

360

(a) The `People of God'

(b) Collegiality

III. Decree on the Catholic Eastern Churches

363

IV. Decree on Ecumenism

363

V. Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions

364

VI. Declaration on Religious Liberty

365

VII. Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World

366

(a) The Church in Dialogue and Service

(b) The `Signs of the Times'

(d) Equality and Social Justice

(e) Total Warfare.

Section XIV The Twentieth-Century World Churches: Justice, Peace, and the Environment

369

I. The Call for Peace

369

(a) Quaker London Yearly Meeting, 1915

(b) John XXIII, Pacem in Terris, 1963

II. Resistance in Nazi Germany

372

(a) Karl Barth, Epistle to the Romans, 1928

(b) The Barmen Declaration, 1934

III. Black Theology in the 1960s

375

(a) Martin Luther King, Letter from Birmingham Jail, 1963

(b) National Committee of Negro Churchmen on `Black Power', 1966

IV. The Origins of Liberation Theology

379

(a) Paul VI, Populorum Progressio, 1967

(b) Latin American Bishops' Conference at Medellin, 1968

(d) Latin American Bishops' Conference at Puebla, 1979.

V. Liberation Theology and the Vatican

385

(a) Leonardo Boff, Church: Charism and Power, 1981

(b) SCDF, Instruction on Certain Aspects of the `Theology of Liberation', 1984

(d) Tissa Balasuriya, Mary and Human Liberation, 1990.

VI. The Ordination of Women

390

(a) Letters of Archbishop of Canterbury to Paul VI and Cardinal Willebrands, 9 July 1975

(b) SCDF, Inter Insigniores, 1976.

VII. Feminist Theology

391

(a) Rosemary Radford Ruether, Sexism and God-Talk, 1983

(b) Letty M. Russell, Feminist Interpretation of the Bible, 1985

VIII. Ecotheology

395

(a) Matthew Fox, Original Blessing, 1983

(b) Jurgen Moltmann, God in Creation, 1985

IX. South Africa and Third World Solidarity

397

(a) Kairos Document, 1985

(b) The Road to Damascus, 1989.

X. Faith, Society, and the Economy

400

(a) Church of England, Faith in the City, 1985

(b) WCC, Christian Faith and the World Economy Today, 1992

XI. The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe

403

(a) Pastors Rainer Eppelmann and

(b) Klaus Kaden, We Were the People.

Section XV The Twentieth-Century World Churches and Inter-Faith Dialogue

404

I. Jewish-Christian Relations

404

(a) The Ten Points of Seelisberg, 1947

(b) WCC, The Theology of the Churches and the Jewish People, 1948

II. Muslim-Christian Relations. Christian-Muslim Conversations, WCC, 1969

407

III. The Parliament of the World's Religions. Declaration Toward a Global Ethic, 1993

408

IV. Christianity and the New Age Movement. Methodist Conference Report, 1994

410

Section XVI The Twentieth-Century Churches and Christian Unity

411

I. Ecumenism and Anglicanism

411

(a) Letter `To All Christian People', 1920

(b) The Oecumenical Patriarch, Encyclical on Anglican Orders

(d) Paul VI and Michael Ramsey, The Joint Declaration of Cooperation, 1966

(e) ARCIC II, Church as Communion, 1990

(f) The Porvoo Declaration, 1992.

II. Christian Unity in the British Isles

418

(a) Church of Scotland Act, 1921

(b) The Welsh Covenant, 1975

III. Taize and Reconciliation. Brother Roger, No Greater Love, 1990

421

IV. The Church of South India. Basis of Union, 1946

423

V. The World Council of Churches

426

(a) Constitution of the World Council of Churches, 1948

(b) Amended `Basis' in the Constitution, 1961

VI. Ecumenism in the USA. Consultation on Church Union, 1964

428

VII. Ecumenism and Roman Catholicism

429

(a) Paul VI and Athenagoras I, The Common Declaration, 1965

(b) John Paul II and Bartholomew I, Common Declaration, 1995

VIII. Lima Report: Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry

432

(a) Baptism Eucharist and Ministry, 1982

(b) Sharing a Common Life in Christ, 1993.

IX. Lutheran-Reformed Relations. Towards Church Fellowship, 1989

435

Section XVII The Twentieth-Century Churches: Sexuality and Procreation

436

I. Sexuality

436

(a) Towards a Quaker View of Sex, 1963

(b) SCDF, Pastoral Care of Homosexual Persons, 1986

(d) URC Working Party, Homosexuality: A Christian View, 1991.

II. Marriage and Divorce

440

(a) Church of England, Marriage and the Church's Task, 1978

(b) ARCIC II, Life in Christ, 1994.

III. Contraception

442

(a) Lambeth Conference, 1930

(b) Paul VI, Humanae Vitae, 1968.

IV. The Embryo--Abortion and Bioethics

444

(a) Church of England, Personal Origins, 1985

(b) SCDF, Respect for Human Life in its Origin, 1987

V. AIDS. WCC, Facing AIDS, 1997

448

VI. Moral Controversy within Roman Catholicism. John Paul II, Veritatis Splendor, 1993

450

Appendix. A List of Councils

452

Bibliography

453

Acknowledgements

456

Index

459