Title: History of Christian doctrine,
Authors: Fisher, George Park, 1827-1909.
Publisher: C. Scribner's sons,
Year: 1896
Subjects: Theology, Doctrinal History.
Contents: I. The rise and early types of theology to the complete system of Origen and to the fully established conception of the pre-mundane personal logos: Apostolic Christianity -- Palestinian and Hellenistic Judaism -- Greek philosophy and Gentile culture -- The Ecclesiastical writers -- Doctrine in the apostolic father -- The Judaic separatist parties -- The Gnostic sects -- Marcion -- The beginnings of theology: the Greek apologists -- The rise of the old Catholic Church -- the rule of faith -- the canon -- the episcopate -- the rise and the exclusion of Montanism -- The Catholic doctrine in the Asia Minor school: Irenaeus, Melito of Sardis -- in the North African school : Tertullian -- The Alexandrian Christian philosophy: Clement -- Monarchianism -- Monarchianism overcome in the east -- the system of Origen -- theology after the death of Origen -- Novatian -- Dionysius of Alexandria and Dionysius of Rome -- Mehodius -- II. The development of Patristic theology in the east and in the west: The controversy with heathenism -- the danger of division -- the seat of authority -- the canon, scripture and tradition -- the grounds of theistic belief -- Doctrines converted into dogmas -- church and state -- the great controversies -- the ecclesiastical writers, east and west -- The development of the doctrine of the Trinity to the Council of Constantinople -- The development of the doctrine of the person of Christ to John of Damascus -- The doctrines not defined in the Ecumenical councils -- The theological system of Augustine -- the Pelagian controversy -- Pelagianism and the theology of the east on the controverted topics -- Semi-Pelagianism