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The Doctrine of the Fall in the Early Church


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Primary Sources

Book or monograph Ambrose, Hexameron, Paradise, Cain and Abel, J.J. Savage, trans. The Fathers of the Church, Vol. 42. Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1961. Hbk. 0813200423. pp.287-356.
Book or monograph St Augustine: The Literal Meaning of GenesisJohn H. Taylor, translator, St Augustine, The Literal Meaning of Genesis, Johannes Quasten, Walter J. Burghardt & Thomas C. Lawler, eds. Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation, No. 41. New York: Newman Press, 1983. ISBN: 0809103265. pp.296..
Book or monograph St Augustine: The Literal Meaning of GenesisJohn H. Taylor, translator, St Augustine, The Literal Meaning of Genesis, Johannes Quasten, Walter J. Burghardt & Thomas C. Lawler, eds. Ancient Christian Writers: The Works of the Fathers in Translation, No. 42. New York: Newman Press, 1983. ISBN: 0809103273. pp.360.
Book or monograph Augustine, On the Rebuke and Grace. Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, 1st series, Vol. 5. Edinburgh: T & T Clark, 1893. pp.471-491.
Book or monograph Gregory of Nyssa, "On the Making of Man", H.A. Wilson, trans.
Book or monograph Irenaeus, Against Heresies 3-5. Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 1. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980. Hbk. ISBN: 0802880878. pp.414-567.
Book or monograph Methodius, "On the Resurrection", W.R. Clark, trans. Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 6. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1980. Hbk. ISBN: 0802880924. pp.364-377.
Book or monograph Origen, On First Principles, G.W. Butterworth, trans. Peter Smith Publisher Inc., 1985. Hbk. ISBN: 0844626856. pp.397.

Secondary Sources

Article in Journal or Book Christian AuthorityJ. Robert Wright, "The Authority of Chalcedon for Anglicans," G.R. Evans, ed., Christian Authority: Essays in Honour of Henry Chadwick. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1988. Hbk. ISBN: 0198266839. pp.59-75.
Article in Journal or Book E.V. McClear, "The Fall of Man and Original Sin in the Theology of Gregory of Nyssa," Theological Studies, Vol. 9 (1948): 175-212.
Book or monograph Kelly: Early Christian DoctrinesJ.N.D. Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines, revised. HarperCollins. Pbk. ISBN: 006064334X. pp.500. Chs. 7 & 13.
On-line Resource Jack P. Lewis, "The woman's seed (Gen 3:15)," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 34.3 (Sept. 1991): 299-319.View in PDF format pdf
Article in Journal or Book Jonathan Morgan, "The Soul’s Forgetfulness of God in Athanasius' Doctrine of the Fall," St Vladimir's Theological Quarterly 60.4 (2016): 473-488.
Book or monograph Niebuhr: Nature and Destiny of ManRienhold Niebuhr, The Nature and Destiny of Man, Vol. 1. MacMillan, 1980. Pbk. ISBN: 0023875100.
Article in Journal or Book B. Otis, "Cappodocian Thought as a Coherent System," Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol.12 (1958): 95-124.
Article in Journal or Book Elaine Pagels, "The Politics of Paradise: Augustine's Exegesis of Genesis 1-3 Versus that of John Chrysostom," Harvard Theological Review 78.1/2 (1985): 67-99.
Article in Journal or Book Panayiotis Papageorgiou, "Chrysostom and Augustine on the Sin of Adam and Its Consequences," St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly 39.4 (1995): 361-378.
Book or monograph F.R. Tennant, The Sources of the Doctrines of the Fall and Original Sin. New York: Shocken Books, 1968. Hbk. ISBN: 0805232451.
On-line Resource Jeff Vogel, "The Haste of Sin, the Slowness of Salvation: An Interpretation of Irenaeus on the Fall and Redemption," Anglican Theological Review 89.3 (2007): 443-459.View in PDF format pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
Book or monograph Norman P. Williams, The Ideas of the Fall and of Original Sin. London: Longmans Green, 1927. Reprint: Ams Press, 1980. Hbk. ISBN: 0404184391.

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