Topic · Doctrine · 23 books
Books on Theology
The whole counsel of God in order: systematic works, confessions, and the great treatises on God's attributes and will.
On Apostolic Preaching
Irenaeus of Lyon · 180 AD — one of the earliest explanations of Christianity for new believers.
On First Principles
Origen of Alexandria · 225 AD — the first systematic Christian theology ever written.
The City of God
Augustine of Hippo · 413 AD — all 22 books, free to read online; also available as two volumes.
The City of God: Volume 1
Augustine of Hippo · 413 AD — books 1 to 10: the case against the pagan gods.
The City of God: Volume 2
Augustine of Hippo · 413 AD — books 11 to 22: the two cities from creation to judgment.
The Bondage of the Will
Martin Luther · 1525 AD — Luther's response to Erasmus arguing the will cannot choose God apart from grace.
Institutes of the Christian Religion: Book 1
John Calvin · 1559 AD — Calvin's opening book on the knowledge of God the Creator.
Institutes of the Christian Religion: Book 2
John Calvin · 1559 AD — why humanity needed a Redeemer, and how Christ alone restores us to God.
Institutes of the Christian Religion: Book 3
John Calvin · 1559 AD — how believers receive Christ's grace through faith and justification.
Institutes of the Christian Religion: Book 4
John Calvin · 1559 AD — Calvin on the church, its government, worship, and the sacraments.
A Golden Chain
William Perkins · 1590 AD — the order of salvation and damnation traced link by link, from God's eternal decree to the last judgment.
A Reformed Catholic
William Perkins · 1597 AD — argues the Reformation restored true catholicity by grounding faith in Scripture, not Rome.
The Marrow of Sacred Divinity
William Ames · 1623 AD — his complete system of Christian doctrine and ethics in numbered theses.
Westminster Confession of Faith
Westminster Assembly · 1646 AD — the systematic statement of Reformed belief produced by the Westminster Assembly.
The Incomparableness of God
George Swinnock · 1672 AD — why no being in heaven or on earth can rival God's excellence.
The Existence and Attributes of God, Volume Four
Stephen Charnock · 1682 AD — the goodness, dominion, and patience of God, concluding Charnock's discourses.
The Existence and Attributes of God, Volume One
Stephen Charnock · 1682 AD — the existence of God, the atheism of ordinary conduct, and God as a Spirit.
The Existence and Attributes of God, Volume Three
Stephen Charnock · 1682 AD — the power of God argued from Job, and the holiness of God argued from Exodus.
The Existence and Attributes of God, Volume Two
Stephen Charnock · 1682 AD — the immutability, omnipresence, knowledge, and wisdom of God.
On Grace
Jonathan Edwards · 1739 AD — why saving grace differs in kind, not merely degree, from natural virtue.
Freedom of the Will
Jonathan Edwards · 1754 AD — a philosophical defense of divine sovereignty alongside human responsibility.
The End for Which God Created the World
Jonathan Edwards · 1755 AD — a philosophical argument that God's ultimate purpose in creation is his own glory.
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