Church History

Speciality Search Engines, Indexes and Link Sites

• TheoWiki. TheoWiki is a dynamic resource containing information about theology, religions, and philosophies. It is also a community of online users who can all contribute to the content development in TheoWiki.
• THEOLDI. Theological Literature Documented in the Faculty for Catholic Theology at Leopold Franz University Innsbruck. THEOLDi contains the following databases: BILD - Biblical Literature Documented in Innsbruck; KALDI - Canonistic Literature Documented in Innsbruck; and MIMESIS - Documentation on the Mimetic Theology of Rene Girard.
• Index Theologicus - a bibliographic database of over 600 periodicals, Festschriften and Congress Publications that is updated every night.

Encyclopaedias, Dictionaries & Other References

• Encyclopaedia Biblica: A Critical Dictionary of the Literary, Political and Religious History, the Archaeology, Geography, and Natural History of the Bible (New York: Macmillan; London: Adam and Charles Black, 1899-1903), by T. K. Cheyne and J. Sutherland Black
  • Volume I (A-D)
  • Volume II (E-K)
  • Volume III (L-P)
  • Volume IV (Q-Z)
• The Jewish Encyclopedia (1906 edition)
• The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, ed. Philip Schaff.
• World Wide Encyclopedia of Christianity at CCEL

Repositories of Primary Sources

• Repositories of Primary Sources - University of Idaho.
• Archives - Billy Graham Center
• Bible, Judaism and Christianity via Google Book Search - Mischa Hooker.

Church History in General

• General: The Hall of Church History - Phil Johnson
• Internet Theology Resources: Church History and Historical Theology - Elizabeth T. Knuth
• History E-Book Project
• St. Pachomius Library - A Living Encyclopaecia of Orthodox Christianity
• Hanover College - Department of History: Hanover Historical Texts Project; Internet Archive of Texts and Documents; Electronic Text Collections; Maps; Theology Library - Church History; The Ecclesiastical History Society; The American Society of Church History.

Online Lectures

• O'Malley, John W. "Vatican II: Did Anything Happen?" 2005 Yale Divinity School, Roland Bainton Lecture.
• Walls, Andrew. "The Vernacular Principle in Christian History" 2004 Yale Divinity School, Roland Bainton Lecture.

Early Church - Patristics

• Early Church - Patristics: The Ecole Initiative - Creating a Hypertext Encyclopedia of Early Church History on the World-Wide Web
• Bauer, Walter, Orthodoxy and Heresy in Earliest Christianity
• The Tertullian Project
• The Confessions of Augustine: An Electronic Edition
• Augustine of Hippo.
• Article - "Early Christianity On-Line: e-text and e-learning in Theology Teaching" - Jonathan Wooding - (November, 2005).
• E-List - Ecclesiastica History List (ECCHST-L).
• Google Group - Early Church Resources.
• Blog - Earlychurch.org.uk - Rob Bradshaw.
• Baur, Ferdinand Christian. The Church History of the First Three Centuries (3rd ed.; trans. Allan Menzies).
• Dodd, C. H. The Founder of Christianity. New York: Macmillan, 1970.
• Renan, Ernest. Lectures on the Influence of the Institutions, Thought and Culture of Rome on Christianity and the Development of the Catholic Church.
• Reuss, Eduard. History of Christian Theology in the Apostolic Age (trans. of 3d German edition)
• Harnack, Adolf von. New Testament Studies V: Bible Reading in the Early Church (trans. John Richard Wilkinson)
• Hatch, Edwin. The Organization of the Early Christian Churches: Eight Lectures Delivered before the University of Oxford, in the Year 1880.
• Lake, Kirsopp. Landmarks in the History of Early Christianity.
• Ramsay, William Mitchell. The Church in the Roman Empire Before A.D. 170.
• Campenhausen. Hans von. The Fathers of the Greek Church.
• Fairweather, William. Origen and Greek Patristic Theology.
• Fortescue, Adrian. The Greek Fathers.
• Lake, Kirsopp, trans. The Apostolic Fathers (LCL): Volume 1 (1 Clement, 2 Clement, Ignatius, Polycarp, Didache, Barnababas.

  Special Topics - Early Church - Patristics

  • Walker, P. W. L., "Jerusalem in the Early Christian Centuries," in Jerusalem: Past and Present in the Purpose of God, ed. P. W. L. Walker (Cambridge: Tynadale House, 1992), 81-97.
  • Watson, Francis, "Have you not read…?" Christians, Jews and Scripture in Justin's Dialogue with Trypho. The Ethel M. Wood Lecture, University of London, 3 March 2005.
  • Calder, W. M. "The New Jerusalem of the Montanists," Byzantion 6 (1931): 421-25.
  • Tate, J., "On the History of Allegorism," Classical Quarterly 28 (1934): 105-14.
  • Tyng, Dudley, "Theodore of Mopsuestia as an Interpreter of the Old Testament," Journal of Biblical Literature 50 (1931): 298-303.
  • Stob, Ralph, "Stoicism and Christianity," Classical Journal 30 (1934-1935): 217-224.
  • Tate, J. "The Beginnings of Greek Allegory," Classical Review 41 (1927): 214-215.
  • Croteau, David, Tithing in the Early Church - This is a blog article.
  • De Soyres, John. Montanism And The Primitive Church (Cambridge: Deighton, Bell & Co., 1877).
  • Peterlin, Davorin. "Clement's Answer to the Corinthian Conflict in AD 96," JETS 39, No. 1 (1996): 57-70.
  • Shogren, Gary Steven. "Christian Prophecy and Canon in the Second Century: A Response to B. B. Warfield," JETS 40, No. 4 (1997): 609-626.
  • Copan, Paul. "Augustine and the Scandal of the North African Catholic Mind." JETS 41, No. 2 (1998): 287-298.
  • Arnold, Clinton E. "Early Church Catechesis and New Christians' Classes in Contemporary Evangelicalism." JETS 47, No. 1 (2004): 39-54.
  • Reist, Irwin W. "The Christology of Irenaeus." JETS 13, no. 4 (1970): 241-251.
  • Yamauchi, Edwin. "The Gnostics and History." JETS 14, no. 1 (1971): 29-40.
  • Johnson, Edward A. "The First harmony of the Gospels: Tatian's Diatessaron and its Theology." JETS 14, no. 4 (1971): 227-238.
  • Fudge, Edward. "The Eschatology of Ignatius of Antioch: Christocentric and Historical." JETS 15, no. 4 (1972): 231-237.
  • Martin, R. P. "A Footnote to Pliny's Account of Christian Worship." Vox Evangelica 3 (1964): 51-57.
  • Case, Robert A., III. "Will the Real Athanasius Please Stand Up?" JETS 19, no. 4 (1976): 283-296.
  • Kistemaker, Simon J. "The Lord's Prayer in the First Century." JETS 21, no. 4 (1978): 323-328.
  • Johnson, Edwards A. "Constantine the Great: Imperial Benefactor of the Early Christian Church." JETS 22, no. 2 (1979): 161-170.
  • Miethe, Terry L. "Augustine's Theory of Sense Knowledge." JETS 22, no. 3 (1979): 257-264.
  • Hunter, Harold. "Tongues-Speech: A Patristic Analysis." JETS 23, no. 2 (1980): 125-138.
  • Holmes, Michael W. "Origen and the Inerrancy of Scripture." JETS 24, No. 3 (1981): 221-232.
  • Dunbar, David. "The Problem of Hippolytus of Rome: A Study in Historical-Critical Reconstruction." JETS 25, No. 1 (1982): 63-74.
  • Yarbrough, Robert W. "The Date of Papias: A Reassessment." JETS 26, No. 2 (1983): 181-192.
  • Hoffman, Daniel. "The Authority of Scripture and Apostolic Doctrine in Ignatius of Antioch." JETS 28, No. 1 (1985): 71-80.
  • Lea, Thomas D. "A Survey of the Doctrine of the Return of Christ in the Ante-Nicene Fathers." JETS 29, No. 2 (1986): 163-178.
  • Cornman, Thomas. "The Development of Third-Century Hermeneutical Views in Relation to Eschatological Systems." JETS 30, No. 3 (1987): 279-288.
  • Helyer, Larry R. "Arius Revisited: The Firstborn Over All Creation (Col 1:15)." JETS 31, No. 1 (1988): 59-68.
  • Crutchfield, Lary V. "The Apostle John and Asia Minor As a Source of Premillennialism in the Early Church Fathers." JETS 31, No. 4 (1988): 411-428.
  • Bethune-Baker, J. F. The Meaning of Homoousios in the Constantinopolitan Creed (Texts and Studies 7)
  • Hort, Fenton John Anthony. Notes Introductory to the Study of the Clementine Recognitions.
  • Robinson, J. Armitage. Texts and Studies: Contributions to Biblical and Patristic Literature (The Apology of Aristides; The Passion of S. Perpetua; The Lord's Prayer in the Early Church; The Fragments of Heracleon)
  • Stählin, Otto. Clemens Alexandrinus und die Septuaginta.
  • Swete, Henry Barclay. Patristic Study.

Medieval Church

• Medieval Church: Internet Medieval Sourcebook
• The Labyrinth - Resources for Medieval Studies
• NetSERF - The Internet Connetion for Medieval Resources
• The Gregorian Chant Home Page.
• Blog - MedievalChurch.org.uk - Rob Bradshaw.

  Special Topics - Medieval Church

• Deanesly, Margaret, The Significance of the Lollard Bible. Ethel M. Wood Lecture delivered before the University of London on 13 March, 1951 London: Athlone Press, 1951.
• Laistner, M. L. W. "Bede as Classical and as a Patristic Scholar," Transactions of the Historical Society. London Series 16 (1933): 69-94.
• MP3 Lectures - William Tyndale - by Brian Edwards at The Christian Institute.
• Heth, William A. "Another Look at the Erasmian View of Divorce and Remarriage." JETS 25, No. 3 (1982): 263-272.
• Kyle, Richard. "Nestorius: The Partial Rehabilitation of a Heretic." JETS 32, No. 1 (1989): 73-84.
• Lavallee, Louis, "Augustine on the Creation Days." JETS 32, No. 4 (1989): 457-464.

Reformation & Post-Reformation Europe

• Reformation & Post-Reformation Europe: Reformation Guide
• Society for Reformation Research
• Internet Modern History Sourcebook - Reformation Europe
• Reformation History
• Project Wittenberg.

  Special Topics - Reformation & Post-Reformation Europe

  • Thompson, Alan J. "The Pietist Critique of Inerrancy? J.A. Bengel's Gnomon as a Test Case." JETS 47, No. 1 (2004): 71-88.
  • Rowden, H. H. "A Nineteenth-Century Nestorius," Vox Evangelica 1 (1962): 60-75.
  • Zwingli - 67 Articles.
  • Rowden, H. H. "Secession from the Established Church in the Early Nineteenth Century." Vox Evangelica 3 (1964): 76-88.
  • Karlberg, Mark W. "Reformation Politics: The Relevance of OT Ethics in Calvinist Political Theory." JETS 29, No. 2 (1986): 179-192.
  • Pierard, Richard V. "The Lutheran Two-Kingdoms Doctrine and Subservience to the State in Modern Germany." JETS 29, 2 (1986): 193-204.
  • Klauber, Martin I. "Continuity and Discontinuity in Post-Reformation Reformed Theology: An Evaluation of the Muller Thesis." JETS 33, No. 4 (1990): 467-476.

American Church History

• American Church History: American Church History by Ronald Crown
• Wabash Center - Religion in the United States and Canada
• History of American Religion - H-AmRel.

  Special Topics - American Church History

  • Westra, Helen Peter. "Jonathan Edwards and "What Reason Teaches," JETS 34, No. 4 (1991): 495-504.
  • Lea, Thomas D. "The Hermeneutics of the Puritans," JETS 38, No. 2 (1996): 271-285.
  • Bauman, Michael. "Jonathan Dickinson and the Subscription Controversy." JETS 41, No. 3 (1998): 455-468.
  • Carpenter, John B. "The Fourth Great Awakening or Apostasy: Is American Evangelicalism Cycling Upwards or Spiraling Downwards?" JETS 44, No. 4 (2001): 647-670.
  • Helseth, Paul Kjoss. ""Re-Imagining" the Princeton Mind: Postconservative Evangelicalism, Old Princeton, and the Rise of Neo-Fundamentalism." JETS 45, No. 3 (2002): 427-450.
  • McConnel, Tim. "The Old Princeton Apologetics: Common Sense or Reformed?" JETS 46, No. 4 (2003): 647-672.
  • Fesko, J. V. "The Legacy of Old School Confession Subscription in the OPC." JETS 46, No. 4 (2003): 673-698.
  • Johnson, Alan. "The Bible and War in America: An Historical Survey." JETS 28, No. 2 (1985): 169-182.
  • Patterson, James Alan. "Changing Images of the Beast: Apocalyptic Conspiracy Theories in American History." JETS 31, No. 4 (1988): 443-452.

Asian Church History

Theologians

• Wabash Center - Theologians (born 1401-1865); Theologians (born 1866-1900); Theologians (born 1901-2000).

Online Book Collections - Church History

• Religious Study Web Guide. This web site, in existence since 1995, focuses on free internet resources of use to researchers involved in the academic study of religion.
• Christian Classics Ethereal Library. CCEL is a collection of public domain Christian books in an electronic format.
• ICLnet. A Guide to Christian Literature on the Internet.

Online Journals

Blogs

• Dead Christians Society - Chris Armstrong, Bethel Seminary, Minnesota.
• Ecclesioblog - Michael Haykin
• Societas Christiana - Tim Enloe

Bibliographies

• Bibliography: The Development of Doctrine in the Early Church to A.D. 451 - Theology at Oxford.