Trinity and Incarnation
Subtitle: The Faith of the Early Church
Publisher: T. & T. Clark Publishers
Published: February 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780567292445
Subjects: Christian Theology - General; Christianity - History - General; Early Church; Nature & existence of God; Religion - Church History
First sentence: In the year 325 the emperor Constantine the Great summoned a general synod at Nicea, close to his residence, to settle a theological controversy which had flared up in Alexandria, the empire's cultural centre, between Alexander, the bishop of that city, and his presbyter Arius on the issue of Jesus Christ's divinity.
Description: A fresh examination of the history of early Christian doctrine, by one of the world's leading authorities, which sets its development in the political and cultural context of the Roman Empire