Contents -- 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 -- II. Christianity and Ancient Learning -- III. Church and State -- Section II: Creeds -- I. The Apostles' Creed -- II. The Nicene Creed -- 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 -- 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 -- VI. The Atonement: the Transaction with the Devil -- VII. Heresies concerning the Person of Christ -- Section V: The Problem of the Relation of the Divinity and the Humanity in Christ -- I. Apollinarianism -- II. Nestorianism -- III. Eutychianism -- Section VI: Pelagianism. Human Nature, Sin, and Grace -- I. The Teaching of Pelagius -- II. Teaching ascribed to Pelagius and Coelestius -- III. The Doctrine of Augustine -- 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 -- VI. Eucharistic Doctrine -- VII. Two Heresies on the Nature of the Church and the Ministry -- 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 -- Section IX: Doctrine and Development. The Vincentian Canon -- Section X: Christian Inscriptions -- Part II: FROM THE COUNCIL OF CHALCEDON TO THE PRESENT -- Section I: From Chalcedon to the Breach between East and West -- I. The Eastern and Western Churches -- II. The Breach between East and West, 1054 -- Section II: The Empire and the Papacy -- I. Charlemagne and Education, 789 -- II. 'The Donation of Constantine', Eighth Century -- III. Church and State -- IV. The End of the Struggle over Investiture -- V. The Pope and Imperial Elections -- VI. The Bull 'Clericis Laicos', 1296 -- VII. The Bull 'Unam Sanctam', 1302 -- Section III: Monasticism and the Friars -- I. The Rule of S. Benedict -- II. The Rule of S. Francis -- Section IV: The Church and Heresy -- I. The Episcopal Inquisition and the Secular Arm -- II. The Justification of the Inquisition -- Section V: The Conciliar Movement -- I. The Decree of the Council of Constance, 'Sacrosancta' -- II. The Bull 'Execrabilis' of Pius II -- Section VI: Scholasticism -- I. S. Anselm's 'Ontological Proof' of God's Existence -- II. S. Anselm on the Atonement -- III. S. Thomas Aquinas, 1225-1274 -- Section VII: The Church in England until the Reformation -- I. Gregory the Great and the Church of England -- II. The First National Synod of English Clergy The Council of Hertford, 673 -- III. William the Conqueror and the Church -- IV. Henry and Anselm -- V. The Constitutions of Clarendon, 1164 -- VI. The Pope's Interdict on England, 1208 -- VII. John's Concession of the Kingdom to the Pope, 1213 -- VIII. John Ecclesiastical Charter, 1214 -- IX. The Church Clauses of Magna Carta, 1215 -- X. Statutes of Provisors and Praemunire -- XI. Wycliffe and the Lollards.

Section VIII: The Reformation on the Continent -- I. The Lutheran Reformation -- II. Calvinism -- III. The Peace of Augsburg, 1555 -- IV. The Edict of Nantes, 1598 -- V. The Peace of Westphalia, 1648 -- Section IX: The Reformation in England -- I. The Reformation under Henry VIII -- II. The Elizabethan Settlement -- Section X: The Roman Catholic Church from the Counter-Reformation to the Second Vatican Council -- I. The Jesuits -- II. The Council of Trent, 1545-1563 -- III. The Tridentine Profession of Faith, 1564 -- IV. Arminianism. The Five Articles of the Remonstrants -- V. Jansenism. The 'Five Propositions', 1653 -- VI. The Gallican Declaration, 1682 -- VII. The Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, 1854 -- VIII. The Syllabus of Errors, 1864 -- IX. The Doctrine of Papal Infallibility, 1870 -- X. Pope Leo XIII on Anglican Orders, 1896 -- XI. The Roman Catholic Church and Social Problems -- XII. The Doctrine of the Assumption. Munificentissimus Deus, 1950 -- Section XI: The British Churches in the Seventeenth Century -- I. Anglicanism of the Seventeenth Century -- II. James I and the Puritans -- III. The Solemn League and Covenant, 1643 -- IV. Presbyterianism. The Westminster Confession of Faith, 1643 -- V. Baptist Confessions of Faith -- VI. Selections from the Agreement of the People, 1649 -- VII. Selections from the Instrument of Government, 1653 -- VIII. 'The Humble Petition and Advice', 1657 -- IX. The Independents (Congregationalism). The Savoy Declaration of Faith and Order, 1658 -- X. The Clarendon Code -- XI. The Test Act, 1673 -- XII. The Quakers -- XIII. The Declaration of Indulgence, 1688 -- Section XII: The British Churches in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries -- I. The Deistic Controversy of the Eighteenth Century -- II. The Organization of the Methodists -- III. John Keble's Assize Sermon, 1833.

IV. Tract XC. Remarks on Certain Passages in the Thirty-Nine Articles, London, 1841 -- Section XIII: The Roman Catholic Church at the Second Vatican Council -- I. Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy -- II. Dogmatic Constitution on the Church -- III. Decree on the Catholic Eastern Churches -- IV. Decree on Ecumenism -- V. Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non-Christian Religions -- VI. Declaration on Religious Liberty -- VII. Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World -- Section XIV: The Twentieth-Century World Churches: Justice, Peace, and the Environment -- I. The Call for Peace -- II. Resistance in Nazi Germany -- III. Black Theology in the 1960s -- IV. The Origins of Liberation Theology -- V. Liberation Theology and the Vatican -- VI. The Ordination of Women -- VII. Feminist Theology -- VIII. Ecotheology -- IX. South Africa and Third World Solidarity -- X. Faith, Society, and the Economy -- XI. The Fall of Communism in Eastern Europe -- Section XV: The Twentieth-Century World Churches and Inter-Faith Dialogue -- I. Jewish-Christian Relations -- II. Muslim-Christian Relations. Christian-Muslim Conversations,WCC, 1969 -- III. The Parliament of the World's Religions. Declaration Toward a Global Ethic, 1993 -- IV. Christianity and the New Age Movement. Methodist Conference Report, 1994 -- Section XVI: The Twentieth-Century Churches and Christian Unity -- I. Ecumenism and Anglicanism -- II. Christian Unity in the British Isles -- III. Taizé and Reconciliation. Brother Roger, No Greater Love, 1990 -- IV. The Church of South India. Basis of Union, 1946 -- V. The World Council of Churches -- VI. Ecumenism in the USA. Consultation on Church Union, 1964 -- VII. Ecumenism and Roman Catholicism -- VIII. Lima Report: Baptism, Eucharist, and Ministry -- IX. Lutheran-Reformed Relations. Towards Church Fellowship, 1989.

Section XVII: The Twentieth-Century Churches: Sexuality and Procreation -- I. Sexuality -- II. Marriage and Divorce -- III. Contraception -- IV. The Embryo-Abortion and Bioethics -- V. AIDS.WCC, Facing AIDS, 1997 -- VI. Moral Controversy within Roman Catholicism. John Paul II, Veritatis Splendor, 1993 -- Appendix. A List of Councils -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.