B-stability and B-convergence theories of Runge-Kutta methods for nonlinear stiff Volterra func-tional differential equations (VFDEs) are established which provide unified theoretical foundation for the studyof Runge-Kutta methods when applied to nonlinear stiff initial value problems (IVPs) in ordinary differentialequations (ODEs), delay differential equations (DDEs), integro-differential equations (IDEs) and VFDEs ofother type which appear in practice.