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Liber VI

Christianity: Faith, Scripture and Tradition

The Church from the apostles to the present: scripture, doctrine, worship and saints.

Christianity grew from the preaching of Jesus of Nazareth and the communities that proclaimed him as Christ after his crucifixion around 30 CE, and is now the largest religion in the world. This section covers its scriptures and how the biblical canon formed, the creeds and councils that defined Christian doctrine, the great divisions into Orthodox, Catholic and Protestant churches, monasticism, the sacraments and liturgy, the saints and the Virgin Mary, and the angels, demons and folk practices that connect official religion to the history of magic.

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Alone of All Her SexMarina Warner Alone of All Her SexMarina Warner AngelsDavid Albert Jones AngelsDavid Albert Jones The Byzantine CommonwealthDimitri Obolensky The Byzantine CommonwealthDimitri Obolensky Byzantine TheologyJohn Meyendorff Byzantine TheologyJohn Meyendorff The Canon of ScriptureF. F. Bruce The Canon of ScriptureF. F. Bruce The Canon of the New TestamentBruce M. Metzger The Canon of the New TestamentBruce M. Metzger Catechism of the Catholic ChurchCatholic Church Catechism of the Catholic ChurchCatholic Church ChristianityAlister E. McGrath ChristianityAlister E. McGrath Christianity's Dangerous IdeaAlister E. McGrath Christianity's Dangerous IdeaAlister E. McGrath The Cult of the SaintsPeter Brown The Cult of the SaintsPeter Brown The Desert a CityDerwas J. Chitty The Desert a CityDerwas J. Chitty The Devil WithinBrian P. Levack The Devil WithinBrian P. Levack Early Christian CreedsJ. N. D. Kelly Early Christian CreedsJ. N. D. Kelly Early Christian DoctrinesJ. N. D. Kelly Early Christian DoctrinesJ. N. D. Kelly The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100–600)Jaroslav Pelikan The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100–600)Jaroslav Pelikan The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325–787)Leo Donald Davis The First Seven Ecumenical Councils (325–787)Leo Donald Davis For the Life of the WorldAlexander Schmemann For the Life of the WorldAlexander Schmemann Furta SacraPatrick J. Geary Furta SacraPatrick J. Geary The Golden LegendJacobus de Voragine The Golden LegendJacobus de Voragine Here I StandRoland H. Bainton Here I StandRoland H. Bainton The Historical Figure of JesusE. P. Sanders The Historical Figure of JesusE. P. Sanders A History of ChristianityDiarmaid MacCulloch A History of ChristianityDiarmaid MacCulloch Institutes of the Christian ReligionJohn Calvin Institutes of the Christian ReligionJohn Calvin An Introduction to PentecostalismAllan Anderson An Introduction to PentecostalismAllan Anderson