Documents of the Christian Church

Henry Bettenson

Oxford University Press, 1963 - Church history - 489 pages

This fully revised edition of Bettenson's widely acclaimed volume traces Christian history through the periods of the Fathers, the Church in the Roman Empire, the Creeds, Scholasticism, the Reformation, the Churches in Great Britain, and Roman Catholic pronouncements up to the eve of the Second Vatican Council.

Contents

• Part I: 1
• Church and State: 7
• Section II: 23
• Section III: 26
• Athanasius on the Atonement: 33
• Section V: 44
• Eutychianism: 48
• The Doctrine of Augustine: 54
• The Council of Orange 29 Reaction from SemiPelagianism: 61
• Eucharistic Doctrine: 74
• Part II: 89
• The Final Breach between East and West 1054: 96
• The End of the Struggle over Investiture III: 111
• 25585: 117
• The Rule of S Francis: 128
• Section V: 135
• Section VII: 151
• The Constitutions of Clarendon 1164: 157
• Johns Ecclesiastical Charter 1214: 164
• 63: 166
• Wycliffe and the Lollards: 173
• 888: 174
• the Council of Constance 1415 b The Lollard Conclusions 1394: 179
• 26: 187
• 64: 189
• Calvinism: 212
• Section X: 244
• The Independents Congregationalism The Savoy Declaration: 250
• Section XI: 258
• The Tridentine Profession of Faith 1564: 266
• The Roman Church and Social Problems: 275
• Section XII: 282
• The Test Act 1673: 297
• XI John Kebles Assize Sermon 1833: 315
• Anglican Orders Responsio to Apostolicae Curae 1897: 322
• The Orthodox Church and Anglican Orders: 329
• The Old Catholic Churches and the Anglican Communion State: 330
• 33: 337
• The Claims of Rome: 341

Bibliographic information

• Title: Documents of the Christian Church; Galaxy book; Issue 125 of Oxford paperbacks; Volume 495 of The World's classics. 495
• Editor: Henry Bettenson
• Compiled by: Henry Bettenson
• Edition: reprint, revised
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1963
• ISBN: 0195012933, 9780195012934
• Length: 489 pages