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Guide Information

This guide is designed to get you started on your research Christian History and related courses.

The resources listed in this guide are just a sampling of the resources available through the Masland Library.  Use the resources here to help you get started and then dig deeper into the library catalog and databases. 

Library of Congress

If you want to just browse the Masland Library Shelves for books related to Church History use the call number ranges below. 

  Call Number Range
Christianity BR
  • Early Christian Literature. Fathers of the Church, etc.
 BR60-67
  • Christianity in relation to special subjects
 BR115
  • Christian antiquities. Archaeology. Museums
 BR130-133.5
  • History
 BR140-1510
  • By Period
 BR160-481
  • Early and Medieval
 BR160-275
  • Renaissance. Renaissance and Reformation
 BR280
  • Modern Period
 BR290-481
  • Luther, Martin
 BR323.5-334.2
  • By Region or Country
 BR500-1510
  • Persecution. Martyrs
 BR1600-1609
  • Dissent
 BR1609.5
  • Tolerance and toleration
 BR1610
  • Liberalism
 BR1615-1617
  • Sacrilege (History)
 BR1620
  • Biography
 BR1690-1725
Christian Dominations BX
  • Eastern churches. Oriental Churches
 BX100-189
  • Orthodox Eastern Church
 BX200-756
  • Catholic Church
 BX800-4795
  • Dissenting sects other than Protestant
 BX4716.4-4795
  • French schisms of the 19th century
 BX4737
  • Protestantism
 BX4800-9999
  • General
 BX4800-4861
  • Pre-Reformation
 BX4872-4924
  • Lollards, Wycliffites
 BX4900-4906
  • Hussites
 BX4913-4924
  • Post-Reformation
 BX4929-4951
  • Anabaptists
 BX4929-4946
  • Anglican Communion (General)
 BX5001-5009
  • Church of England
 BX5011-5207
  • Church of England outside of Great Britain
 BX5600-5740
  • Other Protestant denominations in alphabetical order
 BX6101-9999
  • Baptists
 BX6201-6495
  • Christian Reformed Church
 BX6801-6843
  • Congregationalism
 BX7101-7260
  • Disciples of Christ. Campbellities
 BX7301-7343
  • Evangelical and Reformed Church
 BX7451-7493
  • Evangelical United Brethren Church
 BX7451-7493
  • Friends. Society of Friends. Quakers
 BX7601-7795
  • Holiness Churches
 BX7990 .H6-H69
  • Lutheran Churches
 BX8001-8080
  • Mennonites
 BX8101-8144
  • Methodism
 BX8201-8495
  • Moravian Church. United Brethren. Unitas Fratrum
 BX8551-8593
  • Mormons. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
 BX8601-8695
  • New Jerusalem Church. New Church. Swedenborianism
 BX8701-8749
  • Pentecostal Churches
 BX8762-8765
  • Plymouth Brethren. Darbyites
 BX8799-8809
  • Presbyterianism. Calvinist Methodism
 BX8901-9225
  • Puritanism
 BX9301-9359
  • Reformed or Calvinistic Churches
 BX9401-9640
  • Salvation Army
 BX9701-9743
  • Shakers. United Society of Believers. Millennial Church
 BX9751-9793
  • Unitarianism
 BX9801-9869
  • Universalism. Universalists
 BX9901-9969
  • Other Beliefs and Movements akin to Christianity
 BX9998
  • Independent churches, parishes, societies, etc.
 BX9999

 

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