#217 — A Church History Reading Guide

Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley take a break in their journey through Exodus to spotlight some major questions, discussions, and works in church history.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• What is the value of reading across church history?
• What is the relationship between the testimony of scripture and the testimony of the church’s historic witness (i.e. tradition)?
• Who are some of the widely agreed upon significant names/thinkers to be familiar with throughout the history of the church?

Helpful Definitions:

• Tradition 0: No creed but the Bible or Solo Scriptura: Scripture alone.
• Tradition 1 (One-Source): The Bible alone is authoritative but we need tradition to come alongside to help us become better readers or Sola scriptura: By Scripture alone. 
• Tradition 2 (Two Sources): Tradition is as authoritative as scripture.
• Filioque Clause: What does it mean for the Father and Son to send the Holy Spirit.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Apostles Creed Series
• “Against Heresies” by Irenaeus
• “On the Incarnation” by Saint Athanasius
• “The Democratization of American Christianity” by Nathan Hatch
• “The Book of Pastoral Rule” by Pope Gregory
• “Cur Deus Homo: Why God Became Man” by Anselm
• “Summa Theologica” by Thomas Aquinas
• “A Summa of the Summa” by Peter Kreeft
• “The Bondage of the Will” by Martin Luther
• “Commentary on Galatians” by Martin Luther
• “Institutes of the Christian Religion” by John Calvin
• The Heidelberg Catechism
• The Belgic Confession of Faith
• Westminster Confession of Faith
• The Westminster Shorter Catechism
• The Westminster Larger Catechism
• The First London Baptist Confession of Faith (1646)
• Second London Baptist Confession of Faith (1689)
• “The Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan
• “Communion with God” by John Owen
• “Church Dogmatics” Carl Bart

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