Creeds & Confessions

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• Nicene Creed (text, Vatican) — https://www.vatican.va/content/catechism/en/part_one/section_one/chapter_three/article_2/the_credo.html

• Nicene Creed (USCCB, liturgical form) — https://www.usccb.org/prayers/nicene-creed

• Athanasian Creed (CCEL) — https://www.ccel.org/creeds/athanasian.creed.html

• Athanasian Creed (Anglican Communion PDF) — https://www.anglicancommunion.org/media/109017/Athanasian-Creed.pdf

• Westminster Confession of Faith (OPC) — https://www.opc.org/wcf.html

• Westminster Standards (PCA, with proofs) — https://www.pcaac.org/bco/westminster-confession/

 

Primary Patristic Sources (classical Nicene/Pro-Nicene)

• Athanasius, Orations Against the Arians (New Advent) — https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/2816.htm

• Athanasius, Orations Against the Arians (NPNF/Schaff PDF) — https://www.documentacatholicaomnia.eu/03d/0295-0373%2C_Athanasius%2C_Orationes_contra_Arianos_%5BSchaff%5D%2C_EN.pdf

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations (New Advent: Or. 27–31) — https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3102.htm

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations (Internet Archive) — https://archive.org/details/fivetheologicalo00greg

• Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (New Advent) — https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/3203.htm

• Basil of Caesarea, On the Holy Spirit (public-domain translation PDF) — https://files.romanroadsstatic.com/materials/romans/nicene-christianity/OnTheHolySpiritV2-0.pdf

• Augustine, De Trinitate (New Advent) — https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/1301.htm

• Augustine, On the Trinity (Monergism PDF) — https://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/sdg/augustine/On%20The%20Trinity%20-%20Augustine.pdf

 

Reformation & Reformed Standards / Classics

• Calvin, Institutes, I.13 (CCEL table of contents) — https://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/institutes.toc.html

• Calvin, Institutes I.13 (alt. online text) — https://www.biblestudytools.com/history/calvin-institutes-christianity/book1/chapter-13.html

• Francis Turretin, Institutes of Elenctic Theology (P&R page) — https://www.prpbooks.com/book/institutes-of-elenctic-theology-3-volume-set

• Turretin, Institutes Vol. 3 (P&R page) — https://www.prpbooks.com/book/institutes-of-elenctic-theology-2

• Richard A. Muller, Post-Reformation Reformed Dogmatics (Baker) — https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/products/9780801026188_post-reformation-reformed-dogmatics

• Muller, PRRD Vol. 4: The Triunity of God (Amazon) — https://www.amazon.com/Post-Reformation-Reformed-Dogmatics-Triunity-God/dp/0801022959

• Herman Bavinck, Reformed Dogmatics Vol. 2 (Baker) — https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/reformed-dogmatics-volume-2/266360

• Bavinck, RD Vol. 2 (WTS Books) — https://www.wtsbooks.com/products/reformed-dogmatics-vol-herman-bavinck-9780801026553

 

Modern Retrieval & Solid Evangelical/Academic Treatments

• Scott R. Swain, The Trinity: An Introduction (Crossway) — https://www.crossway.org/books/the-trinity-tpb/

• Michael Allen & Scott R. Swain (eds.), Christian Dogmatics (Baker) — https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/christian-dogmatics/342941

• Stephen R. Holmes, The Quest for the Trinity (IVP Academic) — https://www.ivpress.com/the-quest-for-the-trinity

• Adonis Vidu, The Same God Who Works All Things: Inseparable Operations (Eerdmans) — https://www.eerdmans.com/9780802874436/the-same-god-who-works-all-things/

• Matthew Barrett, Simply Trinity (Baker) — https://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/simply-trinity/400871

• Karl Rahner, The Trinity (A&C Black/Continuum overview) — https://books.google.com/books/about/Trinity.html?id=5VetAwAAQBAJ

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Non-Nicene takes on Hierarchy in the Godhead (Outside of Orthodoxy)

Modern EFS / ESS Advocates (for reference)

• Wayne Grudem, Systematic Theology 2nd ed. (Zondervan Academic) — https://zondervanacademic.com/products/systematic-theology-second-edition

• Bruce A. Ware, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Crossway) — https://www.crossway.org/books/father-son-and-holy-spirit-tpb/

• CBMW (Council on Biblical Manhood & Womanhood) — https://cbmw.org/

• Wayne Grudem (CBMW response in 2016 debate) — https://cbmw.org/2016/06/09/whose-position-on-the-trinity-is-really-new/

 

EFS / ESS Critical Responses (scholarly & overview)

• D. Glenn Butner, “Eternal Functional Subordination and the Problem of the Divine Will,” JETS 58.1 (2015, PDF) — https://etsjets.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/files_JETS-PDFs_58_58-1_JETS_58-1_131-49_Butner.pdf

• Michael F. Bird & Scott Harrower (eds.), Trinity Without Hierarchy (Kregel) — https://www.kregel.com/theology-and-religious-studies/trinity-without-hierarchy/

• Themelios (TGC): “Trinitarian Agency and the Eternal Subordination of the Son: An Augustinian Perspective” — https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/trinitarian-agency-and-the-eternal-subordination-of-the-son-an-augustinian-perspective/

• Christianity Today overview of the 2016 debate — https://www.christianitytoday.com/2016/06/gender-trinity-proxy-war-civil-war-eternal-subordination/

Optional: Secondary/Supporting (use as needed)

• Gregory of Nazianzus, Theological Orations (University of Toronto translation PDF) — https://utoronto.scholaris.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/5e681a69-dec2-4247-accf-3b9596baf722/content

• Basil, On the Holy Spirit (Internet Archive) — https://archive.org/details/saint-basil-the-great-on-the-holy-spirit

• Muller, PRRD Vol. 4 (Logos) — https://www.logos.com/product/4463/post-reformation-reformed-dogmatics

• Vidu, Inseparable Operations (Google Books preview) — https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Same_God_Who_Works_All_Things.html?id=Xub9DwAAQBAJ

• Holmes, Quest for the Trinity (Google Books preview) — https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Quest_for_the_Trinity.html?id=cbtAX0DdmWEC

• Barrett, Simply Trinity (Google Books preview) — https://books.google.com/books/about/Simply_Trinity.html?id=oe_yDwAAQBAJ