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	Francis John Badcock [1869-1944], The History of the Creeds, 2nd edn. London: SPCK, 1938. Hbk. pp.282. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Edward Backhouse [1808-1879] & Charles Tylor [1816-1902], Early Church History to the Death of Constantine, 3rd edn. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd., 1892. Hbk. pp.333. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Benjamin Wisner Bacon, “The Elder John, Papias, Irenaeus, Eusebius and the Syriac translator,” Journal of Biblical Literature 27.1 (1908): 1-23.
	J.H. Barber, “Constantine in Relation to Christianity,” Review & Expositor 9.1 (Jan. 1912): 63-82. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Ernest William Barnes [1874-1953], The Rise of Christianity. London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1947. Hbk. pp.356. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	William Emery Barnes [1859-1939] "The ‘Nicene’ Creed In The Syriac Psalter," Journal of Theological Studies 7 No 27 (April 1906): 441-449. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	George Duncan Barry [1864-1945], The Inspiration and Authority of Holy Scripture. A Study in the Literature of the First Five Centuries. London: SPCK, 1919. Hbk. pp.146. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	H.N. Bate [1871-1941], The Sibylline Oracles. Books III-V. Translations of Early Documents. Series II: Hellenistic-Jewish Texts. London: SPCK, 1918. Hbk. pp.117. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	H.N. Bate [1871-1941], History Of The Church to A.D. 325, 2nd edn. London: Rivingtons, 1924. Hbk. pp.140. [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Roger T. Beckwith & W. Stott, This Is the Day: The Biblical Doctrine of the Christian Sunday in Its Jewish and Early Church Setting. London: Marshall, Morgan and Scott, 1978. Hbk. pp.181.
	Roger T. Beckwith, "The Daily and Weekly Worship of the Primitive Church," The Evangelical Quarterly 56.2 (Apr.-June 1984): 65-80. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	Roger T. Beckwith, "The Daily and Weekly Worship of the Primitive Church. Part II," The Evangelical Quarterly 56.3 (July-Sept. 1984): 139-158. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	The Platonist Christian cosmology of Origen, Augustine, and Eriugena (Wynand de Beer) pdf [Reproduced by kind permission of the copyright holder]
	Edward White Benson [1829-1896], Cyprian: His Life, His Times, His Work. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1897. Hbk. pp.636. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	James Franklin Bethune-Baker [1861-1951], An Introduction To The Early History Of Christian Doctrine, 2nd edn. London: Methuen & Co., 1903. Hbk. pp.458. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Charles Bigg [1840-1908], The Church's Task under the Roman Empire. Four Lectures with Preface, Notes and an Excursus. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1905. Hbk. pp.136. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Charles Bigg [1840-1908], The Origins of Christianity. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. Hbk. pp.58-62. Chapter VI: Barnabas.
	Charles Bigg [1840-1908], The Origins of Christianity. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. Hbk. pp.63-71. Chapter VII: Clement of Rome.
	Charles Bigg [1840-1908], The Origins of Christianity. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. Hbk. pp.72-84. Chapter VIII: Hermas.
	Charles Bigg [1840-1908], The Origins of Christianity. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. Hbk. pp.99-114. Chapter X: Ignatius.
	Charles Bigg [1840-1908], The Origins of Christianity. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1909. Hbk. pp.185-196. Chapter XV: Montanism.
	Charles Bigg [1840-1908], The Christian Platonists of Alexandria. Being the Bampton Lectures of the Year 1886. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1913. Hbk. pp.386. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Charles Bigg [1840-1908], The Doctrine of the Twelve Apostles. Early Church Classics. Translated into English with Introduction and Notes. London: SPCK, 1914. Hbk. pp.80. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Thomas Herbert Bindley [1861-1931], translator, The Apology of Tertullian for the Christians. Translated with Introduction, Analysis and Appendix containing the Letters of Pliny and Trajan respecting the Christians. London: Parker and Co., 1890. Hbk. pp.158. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Thomas Herbert Bindley [1861-1931], translator, Tertullian on the Testimony of the Soul and on the "Prescription" of Heretics. London: SPCK, 1914. Hbk. pp.96. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Thomas Herbert Bindley [1861-1931], The Commonitory of St. Vincent of Lerins. Early Church Classics. London: SPCK, 1914. Hbk. pp.128. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	J. Neville Birdsall, "The Syriac Original of the Commentary of Ephraim the Syrian upon the Concordant Gospel," The Evangelical Quarterly 37.3 (July-Sept. 1965): 132-136. pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the current copyright holfer without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
	Eric F.F. Bishop, "Some Reflections on Justin Martyr and the Nativity Narratives [Luke 2]," The Evangelical Quarterly 39.1 (Jan.-Mar. 1967): 30-39. pdf [All reasonable efforts have been made to contact the copyright holder of this article without success. If you hold the rights, please contact me]
	J.J. Blunt, O The Right Use of the Fathers, 3rd Edition. London: John Murray, 1869. Hbk. pp.542 .[This material is in the Public Domain]
	George Herbert Box [1869-1933], The Apocalpyse of Ezra (II Esdras III–XIV). Translated from the Syriac Text, with Brief Annotations. Translations of Early Documents. Series I: Palistinian Jewish Texts (Pre-Rabbinic). London: SPCK, 1917. Hbk. pp.115. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	George Herbert Box [1869-1933], The Apocalypse of Abraham. Translations of Early Documents. Series I: Palestinian Jewish Texts (Pre-Rabbinic). London: SPCK,1919. Hbk. pp.99. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	George Herbert Box [1869-1933], The Testament of Abraham. Translated from the Greek Text with Introduction and Notes, with an Appendix containing a translation from the Coptic version of the Testaments of Isaac and Jacob. Translations of Early Documents. Series II: Hellenistic-Jewish Texts (Pre-Rabbinic). London: SPCK,1927. Hbk. pp.92. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Marcion: Portrait of a Heretic (Robert I. Bradshaw) pdf
	Montanism: Heresy or Healthy Revival? (Robert I. Bradshaw) pdf
	Gerald L. Bray, "Can We Dispence With Chalcedon?" Themelios 3.2 (1978): 2-9.
	Gerald L. Bray, Holiness and the Will of God. Perspectives on the Theology of Tertullian. Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1979. Hbk. ISBN: 0551055936. pp.179.
	Gerald Bray, "The Doctrine of the Trinity in Augustine's De Civitate Dei," European Journal of Theology 1.2 (1992): 141-150. pdf [Reproduced by permission of the current copyright holder]
	British Museum, A Guide to the Early Christian and Byzantime Antiquities in the Department of British and Mediaeval Antiquities, 2nd edn. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1921. Pbk. pp.191. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	F.F. Bruce, "The Early Church in the Roman Empire," The Bible Student (Bangalore, India), 56 (March-April 1933): 30-32. pdf
	F.F. Bruce, "The Earliest Latin Commentary on the Apocalypse," The Evangelical Quarterly 10.4 (Oct. 1938): 352-366. pdf *[Reprinted with revisions in A Mind For What Matters* (1990). pp.198-212.]**
	F.F. Bruce, "Some Notes on the Fourth Evangelist," The Evangelical Quarterly 16 (1944): 101-109. pdf
	F.F. Bruce, "Marius Victorinus and his Works," The Evangelical Quarterly 18 (1946): 132-153. pdf
	F.F. Bruce, "Church History and Its Lessons," J.B. Watson, ed., The Church: A Symposium. London: Pickering & Inglis, Ltd., 1949. pp.178-95. pdf
	F.F. Bruce, "The Gospel of Thomas: Presidential Address 14 May 1960," Faith and Thought 92.1 (1961): 3-23. pdf
	F.F. Bruce, "The Gospels and Some Recent Discoveries," Faith and Thought 92.3 (1962): 149-67. pdf [The First Rendle-Short Memorial Lecture. Delivered in the University of Bristol on 2 March 1962.]
	F.F. Bruce, "New Light on the Origin of the New Testament," Faith and Thought 101.2 (1974): 158-162. pdf This is a brief summary of the above article.
	Francis Crawford Burkitt [1864-1935], Early Christianity outside the Roman Empire. Two Lectures delivered at Trinity College, Dublin. Cambridge: Cambridge Universty Press, 1899. Hbk. pp.90. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Francis Crawford Burkitt [1864-1935], The Religion of the Manichees. Donnellan Lectures for 1924. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,1924. Hbk. pp.130. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Francis Crawford Burkitt [1864-1935], Church & Gnosis. A Study of Christian thought and speculation in the Second Century. The Morse Lectures For 1931. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1932. Hbk. pp.154. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Andrew Ewbank Burn [1864-1927], An Introduction to the Creeds and to the Te Deum. London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1899. Hbk. pp.323. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Andrew Ewbank Burn [1864-1927], "The Textus Receptus of the Apostle's Creed," Journal of Theological Studies 3 No 12 (July 1902): 481-500. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Andrew Ewbank Burn [1864-1927], The Apostle's Creed, 3rd edn. Oxford Church Text Books. London: Rivingtons, 1912. Hbk. pp.120. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Andrew Ewbank Burn [1864-1927], The Nicene Creed. Oxford Church Text Books. London: Rivingtons, 1913. Hbk. pp.113. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Andrew Ewbank Burn [1864-1927], The Athanasian Creed. Oxford Church Text Books. London: Rivingtons, 1918. Hbk. pp.114. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Robert Wheler Bush [1820-1908], St. Augustine. His Life and Times. London: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. Hbk. pp.212. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	Robert Wheler Bush [1820-1908], St. Athanasius: His Life and Times. The Fathers for English Readers. London: SPCK, 1888. Hbk. pp.252. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]
	James Davie Butler, "Life of John Chrysostom," Bibliotheca Sacra 1 No. 4 (1844): 669-702. pdf [This material is in the Public Domain]