Ten epochs of church history
Subtitle: Volume 3: The Ecumenical Councils
Publisher: Christian Literature Co.
Published: 1896
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Description: Volume 3 of 10.
Table of contents: title: CONTENTS.; title: Preface; title: CHAP. I. — The Christology of the New Testament. — Qualification for Interpreting Christ. — Christ as Ethical and Religions Ideal. — Christ more than an Ideal of Humanity. — Relation of Christ to Old Testament.— The Primitive Gospel. — Christ's Authority. — The Divine and the Human in Christ. — Divinely Human and Humanly Divine. — The Law and the Gospel. — Truth is Polar. — Duality of Our Lord's Person. — The Organic Age of Christianity 1; title: CHAP. II.— The Natural Basis of a Scriptural and Catholic Christology. — Harmony of the Early Fathers. — Incarnation and Generation. — Human Knowledge of God. — Truth and Reason. — Incarnation and Atonement Necessary. — Meaning of Inspiration. — Particular and Universal Truth. — The Increment of Truth. — The Church and the Council. — Authority and Experience 27; title: CHAP. III. — Ebionism and Docetism. — Jewish and Gentile Christians. — The Mission of Judaism. — Heathenism, Judaism, Christianity. — Ebionism. — Artemon and Paul of Samosata. — Samosatenism and Arianism. — Dualism. — Gnosticism. — Docetism. — Apollinarianism and Eutychianism 48; title: CHAP. IV. — Sabellianism and the Beginning of the Trinitarian Discussion. — Patripassian Monarchianism. — The Immanence of God.— Relation of God and the World.— The Truth of the Trinity.— Piety versus Speculation. — Primitive Thought of the Trinity. — Primitive Thought of the Logos.-vNature and the Supernatural. — Absoluteness of Our Lord's Humanity. — Christian . Pantheism  69; title: CHAP. V. — The Origin and Rise of Arianism. — Theological Motive of Arianism. — Need of an Exact Terminology. — Outbreak of the Heresy. — Tenets of Arianism. — Denies both Godhead and Manhood. — The Catholic Doctrine. — Logos and Son. — Constantine the Great. — Sincerity of his Policy. — Gradual Approach to Christianity. — His zeal for Unity and Uniformity.— Failure of Constantine's Policy 90; title: CHAP. VI.— The Council of Nicea. — Note of Ecumenicity. — The Emperor and the Council. — The Arians in the Coun- cil. — Conservatives in the Council. — Athanasius and the Catholics. — Arius and Athanasius. — The Creed of Nicaea. — Necessity of Definitions. — The Arguments of Athanasius. — Result of the Council 114; title: CHAP. VII.— Arianism after the Council of Nicjea. — Testimony Prior to Reflection. — Doubt and Reaction. — Action of the Different Parties. — The Conservatives. — Objections to the " Homoousion." — Force of the " Homoousion." — Meaning of "Substance." — Policy of the Arians. — Attempt to Destroy Athanasius. — Athanasius in Exile. — Violence of Constantius. — Julian, Jovian, and Valens. — Disintegration of Arianism. — Triumph of Nicenism 134; title: CHAP. VIII. — The First General Council of Constantinople. — Continuation of Nicene Theology. — Meaning of " Hypostasis " or "Person." — Review of Trinitarian Thought. — Distinctions within the Godhead. — Growth of a Religious Philosophy. — Lights and Shadows of the Period. — Faithfulness of the Common People. — The Creed of Constantinople. — Practical Legislation 162; title: CHAP. IX. — Apollinarianism. — Opening of Christological Discussion. — The End of the Incarnation. — The Eternal Humanity of the Son. — Christ the Realization of Humanity. — Significance of Redemption. — Christ's Humanity Ours. — Opposition to Nestorianism. — Tendency to Monophysitism. — The Humanity not yet Defined. — Christianity more than a Revelation 180; title: CHAP. X.— Nestorianism.— The School of Antioch.— Theo- dore of Mopsuestia. — Our Lord's Dual Personality. — A Gnomic Unity. — St. John Chrysostom. — Nestorius. — The Counter-school of Alexandria. — Opposite Points of View. — St. Cyril of Alexandria. — Attitude of the Roman Bishop 201; title: CHAP. XI. — The Council of Ephesus. — Conservative Temper of Antioch. — Division in the Council. — Movement toward Reconciliation. — Obstacles to Reconciliation. — Net Result of the Council. — Doctrine of the " One Incarnate Nature." — Alexandrian Christology Defective. — Character of Cyril. — Renewal of the Issue — 223; title: CHAP. XII. — Eutychianism And The Council Of Chalcedon. — Character and Views of Eutyches. — The "Robber Synod." — Leo's Letter to Flavian. — The Synod Sustained by the Emperor. — Council of Chalcedon. — The Chalcedonian Decrees. — The Chalcedonian Symbol. — Criticism of the Tome. — Its Insufficiency. — Defects of Leo's Christology. — Political Schemes of Leo. — Primacy of Rome 242; title: CHAP. XIII. — The Monophysites and the Second Council of Constantinople. — Revolt against Decrees of Chalcedon. — Monophysite Propaganda. — Justinian as Mediator.— Edict of the Three Chapters.— The Fifth General Council. — Principal of Monophysitism. — The Scientific Difficulty. — The Religious Difficulty 267; title: CHAP. XIV. — The Monothelites and the Third Council of Constantinople. — One Will or Two? — Maximus Confessor. — Sequence of Events. — Sergius of Constantinople. — Honorius Originator of Monothelitism. — Excuse for the Monothelitic Revolt. — The Sixth General Council.— John of Damascus 284; title: CHAP. XV. — Adoptionism. — Meaning of Adoptionism. — Nature of Our Lord's "Sonship." — Human Sonship by Nature and by Grace. — Appeal to Scripture. — Sonship and the Resurrection. — Error of Adoptionism. — Christ Universal Humanity. — God the Essence of Our Personality. — Fate of Adoptionism 301; title: CHAP. XVI.— The Christological Goal.— Christ Truer than Our Science of Him. — The Inductive Method. — Christ the Way to God. — The Proper Deity of the Human Jesus. — The Logos the True Personality of Men. — The Kenosis. — The Incarnation Spiritual not Physical. — Theory of Self-depotentiation. — Theory of Progressive Incarnation. — Soteriology Dependent on Christology. — The Sum of Spiritual Science 320