BIBLIOGRAPHY
There is a vast literature on the nature and mission of
the Church, and
on its history. Much of this is from the
point of view of the
allegiance of each writer. The following
books may be reasonably
regarded as objective studies, and
give extensive bibliographies.
Standard reference works
include: Encyclopaedia of
Religion and Ethics, ed. J. Hast-
ings, 12 vols. (Edinburgh and New York, 1910), Vol. III,
article
“Church” by J. Oman; The Oxford
Dictionary of the
Christian Church, ed. F. J. Cross (London
and New York,
1958), many relevant articles; Religion in Geschichte und
Gegenwart, 3rd ed.
(Tübingen, 1959), III, 1296-1339; Real-
lexikon für Antike und
Christentum, ed. T. Klauser (Stutt-
gart, 1959), IV, article “Ekklesia”; Dictionary of the Bible,
rev. ed. J. Hastings
(London and New York, 1963), article
“Church”;
Dictionary of Comparative Religion, ed. S. G.
F.
Brandon (London and New York, 1970), many relevant
articles.
Among books, the following are especially pertinent: G.
Barraclough, The Medieval Papacy (London, 1968). S. G. F.
Brandon, The Fall of Jerusalem and the Christian
Church,
2nd ed. (Naperville, Ill., 1957); idem, Jesus and the Zealots
(New York, 1967-68); idem, History, Time and Deity (New
York, 1965). A. G.
Dickens, Reformation and Society (New
York,
1966). A. A. T. Ehrhardt, Politische Metaphysik von
Solon bis Augustin, Band II (Tübingen, 1959); idem,
The
Apostolic Succession (London, 1953). M.
Goguel, The Birth
of Christianity (New York,
1953); idem, The Primitive
Church (New York,
1964). A. Harnack, History of Dogma,
7 vols.
(reprint, New York, 1961). F. Heer, Aufgang
Europas
(Vienna and Zürich, 1949). N. D. Kelley, Early Christian
Creeds (London and New York,
1950). S. Runciman, A
History of the Crusades, 3
vols. (New York, 1954). N. Zernov,
Eastern Christendom (New York, 1961).
S. G. F. BRANDON
[See also
Christianity in History; Church, Modernism
in
the Christian; God; Heresy; Hierarchy;
Prophecy; Reforma-
tion; Religion,
Origins of; Ritual in; Sin and Salvation.]
