This bibliography lists all the books, booklets, pamphlets and other documents in my library which relate to
the general public history of the church, to notable individuals and, in particular, to the history of what is commonly called the "brethren" movement.
Many of the books are written from a preconceived and prejudiced position and are, therefore, biased in favour of the author's viewpoint – and so should be read with care.
- Even when facts may be reported reasonably accurately the interpretation may be suspect.
A historian's chief responsibility is to present thoroughly
researched and authenticated facts, objectively and free from personal
bias.
- On this rests his right to public recognition as a scholar, as well
as his personal integrity.
- Only when these conditions have been fulfilled has he the liberty to draw moral or spiritual lessons from the past.
History, political and religious, has been written largely by the
victorious side in any conflict. It therefore reflects
- the peculiar prejudices of the victors, portraying themselves as virtuous and their enemies as evil, despicable and, often, as guilty of heinous crimes whereas the opposite may actually be true.
- More often than not, the records of the vanquished or persecuted have been lost, destroyed by the victors, or only survive secretly – treasured by a remnant.
The books have been classified as:
Histories:
- The Public History Of The Church
- The "Brethren" Movement
Biographies:
- General
- "Brethren"
Some items were privately produced and not published. Many items are out of print.
The symbol ¶ indicates items relating in whole, or in part, to the "brethren" movement.
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| THE PUBLIC HISTORY OF THE CHURCH |
- Anonymous, Persecution and Profession Sketches of Early Church History
- to the Close of the Fifth Century,
- London, no date, G. Morrish
- Anonymous, Darkness of the Dark Ages
- Sketches of Church History
- from AD 500 to the Time of the Reformation,
- London, no date, G. Morrish
- ¶ Broadbent, E. H., The Pilgrim Church
- London, 1963, Pickering & Inglis: ¶ chapters 16-18
- ¶ Carron, Thomas W.,
- The Christian Testimony through the Ages
- London, 1957, G. Morrish: ¶ chapters 53-55
- D'Aubigné, J. H. Merle, (S. M. Houghton, Editor)
- The Reformation in England Volumes 1 and 2, London, 1962-3,
The Banner of Truth Trust
- Eusebius, The Ecclesiastical History of Eusebius Pamphilus
- 1973, Grand Rapids, Baker Book House
- Foxe, John (Marie Gentert King, Editor),
- Foxe's Book of Martyrs
- Westwood, N.J., 1968, Fleming H. Revell Company
- ¶ Miller, Andrew, Miller's Church History
- London, no date, Pickering & Inglis: ¶ Last Chapter
- See the original "Last Chapter" in next section
- ¶ Poole-Connor, E. J., Evangelicalism in England
- Worthing, 1966, Henry E. Walter Ltd.,
- ¶ pp. 19, 23, 222-3, 261, 275, 277, 282, 290-1, 294
- ¶ Price, G. H. Stuart,
- A Brief Synopsis of the Public History of the Church
- London, 1950, Cooper & Budd: ¶ pp. 52-62
- Smith, M. A.,
- The Church Under Siege Constantine to Charlemagne
- Downers Grove, Illinois, 1976, Inter-Varsity Press
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| ¶ THE "BRETHREN" MOVEMENT |
- Adams, Norman, Goodbye, Beloved Brethren
- A journalist's account of events surrounding
- the Aberdeen meetings, 1970,
- Aberdeen, 1972, Impulse Books
- Bass, Clarence, Backgrounds to Dispensationalism
- J.N.D.'s teachings,
- Grand Rapids, 1977, Baker Book House
- Burton, Brian W.,
- A Further Review of Recovery to the Truth and its Maintenance
- Lancing, 1998, Kingston Bible Trust [withdrawn from sale]
- Coad, F. Roy, A History of the Brethren Movement
- Grand Rapids, 1968, Wm. B. Eerdmans
- Calvey, Hubert, The Confrontation of James Taylor Junior
- 3 volumes of HC's 1965-67 letters
- Southport, 1965, H. Calvey
- This unique historical record has been scanned and will be preserved for research purposes but – except for relevant extracts – will not be posted to MB.
- Because of their necessarily polemical nature, the files will only be available for the personal and exclusive use of those who – in MB's judgment – have a legitimate and sincere interest and who agree to not give, loan or share, the files, that being MB's prerogative.
- Dronsfield, W. R., The "Brethren" since 1870
- England, no date, W. R. Dronsfield
- Doodson, A. T. (Editor), The Search for the Truth of God
- England, 1959, Needed Truth
- Dorman, W. H., Dorman's Papers – Then and Now
- Towson, Maryland, 1931, A. S. Loizeaux, 2nd edition
- Gardiner, Alfred J., The Recovery and Maintenance of the Truth
- Kingston, 1963, Stow Hill Depot, 2nd edition
- The 1st edition, 1951, has been scanned and will be preserved for research purposes. Some extracts have already been posted to MB.
- The files will only be available for the personal and exclusive use of those who – in MB's judgment – have a legitimate and sincere interest and who agree to not give, loan or share, the files, that being MB's prerogative.
- Grant, Frederick W., A Divine Movement and Our Path with God To-day
- Los Angeles, no date, Good Tidings Publishers
- Ironside, Harry A., A Historical Sketch of the Brethren Movement
- Neptune, N.J., 1984, Loizeaux Brothers
- Knapp, Thomas J., A Short History of Divisions and Reunions, 1881-1970's
- Canada, no date, T. J. Knapp
- Miller, Andrew, "The Brethren" commonly so-called;
- A Brief Sketch of Their Origin, Progress and Testimony
- Hong Kong, no date, Christian Book Room
- Miller, Andrew, The Last Chapter of Miller's Church History
- No location, no date, D.T.J. (Don Johnson)
- Neatby, W. Blair, A History of the Plymouth Brethren
- London, 1902, Hodder and Stoughton
- Noel, Napoleon, The History of the Brethren, 2 Volumes
- Denver, 1936, W. F. Knapp
- Piepkorn, Arthur C., Profiles in Belief – Volume 4
- ¶ Part 1.4, The Plymouth Brethren Movement
- San Francisco, 1979, Harper & Row
- Rowdon, Harold H., The Origins of the Brethren, 1825-1850
- London, 1967, Pickering & Inglis
- Rainbow, Gordon A., The Historical Reference Series
- A private collection of booklets, pamphlets and letters
- See Personal: My Projects.
- Smith, Hamilton, Open Brethren – Their Origin, Principles, and Practice
- U.S.A., no date, no publisher
- Tregelles, Samuel Prideaux,
- Three Letters to the author of "A Retrospect of Events
- that have taken place amongst the Brethren"
- London, 1894, Houlston & Sons, 2nd edition
- Trotter, William, The Origin of so-called Open-Brethrenism
- – The Whole Case of Plymouth and Bethesda
Kingston, no date, Stow Hill Depot
Veitch, T. S., The Story of the Brethren Movement
London, no date, Pickering & Inglis
Wilson, Bryan R. (Editor), Patterns of Sectarianism
London, 1967, Heinemann
- Embley, Peter L.,
- The Early Development of the Plymouth Brethren
- Willis, Gordon and B. R., Wilson,
- The Churches of God: Pattern and Practice
- Wilson, B. R., The Exclusive Brethren:
- A Case Study in the Evolution of a Sectarian Ideology
Wolston, Walter T. P.,
"Hear the Right" Plain Facts regarding
- Alnwick and Glanton, Edinburgh and London
Edinburgh, 1908, W. T. P. Wolston
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- Bourne, F. W., Billy Bray – The King's Son
- London, 1966, The Epworth Press
- Charles, Elizabeth Rundle, Our Neighbour: Martin Luther
- – Chronicles of the Schönberg-Cotta Family
- Chicago, 1964, Moody Press
- Harrison, Frank Mott, John Bunyan – A Story of his Life
- London, 1964, The Banner of Truth Trust
- Newton, John, Out of the Depths – Autobiography
- Chicago, no date, Moody Press
- Parker, Percy Livingstone (Editor), The Journal of John Wesley
- Chicago, no date, Moody Press
- Purves, Jock, Fair Sunshine,
- Character Studies of the Scottish Covenanters
- London, 1968, The Banner of Truth Trust
- Ryle, J. C., Five English Reformers
- London, 1965, The Banner of Truth Trust
- Ryle, J. C., Five Christian Leaders
- London, 1963, The Banner of Truth Trust
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| ¶ BIOGRAPHIES: "BRETHREN" |
- Arnott, Anne, The Brethren – An Autobiography
- London, 1970, Hodder and Stoughton
- Dennett, Edward, The Step I Have Taken, Letters to a friend
- on taking his place with "brethren"
- London, no date, G. Morrish
- Fromow, George H.,
- B. W. Newton and Dr. S. P. Tregelles,
- London, 1969, The Sovereign Grace Advent Testimony
- Gosse, Edmund, Father and Son – A Study of Two Temperaments
- England, 1979, Penguin Books
- Kinnear, Angus I., Against the Tide, The Story of Watchman Nee
- Eastbourne, 1973, Victory Press
- Pickering, Hy. (Editor), Chief Men among the Brethren
- London, 1968, Pickering & Inglis
- Turner, W. G., John Nelson Darby
- London, 1944, C. A. Hammond
- Willis, A. F. (Mrs. John L. Willis), The Days of my Pilgrimage
- Hong Kong, no date, The Christian Book Room
- Weremchuk, Max S., John Nelson Darby
- Neptune, N.J., U.S.A., 1992, Loizeaux Brothers
- Willis, Helen,
- Through Encouragement of the Scriptures
- Hong Kong, 1963, The Christian Book Room
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- Bettenson, Henry (Editor), Documents of the Christian Church
- London, 1975, Oxford University Press
- ¶ Douglas, J. D. (Editor)
- The New International Dictionary of the Christian Church
- 1979, Grand Rapids, Zondervan, Revised Edition
- ¶ See handwritten list on the back inside fly sheet.
- Duddy, Neil T., The God-Men
- An Inquiry into Witness Lee & the Local Church
- Downers Grove, 1981, InterVarsity Press
- Murray, Iain (Editor), Sermons of the Great Ejection 1662
- London, 1962, The Banner of Truth Trust
- Murray, Iain (Editor), The Reformation of the Church
- A Collection of Reformed and
- Puritan Documents on Church Issues
- London, 1965, The Banner of Truth Trust
- Porteous, David, Calendar of the Reformation
- New York, 1960, Loizeaux Brothers
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