The work of Christ
By: a historical study of Christian doctrine
Series: Nelson's Library of Theology; Nelson's Library of Theology
Publisher: Thomas Nelson and Sons, Ltd
Published: 1962
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 708
Subjects: History of doctrines; Doctrinal Theology; Redemption; History
Other titles: History of the doctrine of the work of Christ.
Notes: Originally published in 1918 under title: A history of the doctrine of the work of Christ.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Part I. Patristic theology: 1. The sub-apostolic age: Apostles' creed, Apostolic fathers, Ignatius, Apologists, Gnosticism, Marcion, Question of proof of doctrine; title: 2. The beginnings of the Greek theology: Irenaeus, Clement, Origen; title: 3. The Later Greek theology: Athanasius, Nicene creed, Gregory of Nyssa, Gregory of Nazianzus, Cyril of Alexandria, Creed of Chalcedon, John of Damascus, Greek synthesis; title: 4. The theology of the Latin fathers: Tertullian, Hilary and Ambrose, Augustine, Leo and Gregory the Great, Western Adoptianism; title: Part II. The Mediaeval theology: 1. Preliminary studies: the development of the Doctrine of Penance in the early middle ages, the principles of the mediaeval theology; title: 2 The beginnings of the mediaeval theology: Anselm, Abelard, Bernard, Rupert of Deutz; title: 3. The systematisation of doctrine: Hugo of St Victor, Peter Lombard; title: 4. The Early Franciscan theology: Alexander of Hales, the formation of the mediaeval synthesis; title: 5. The Dominican theology: Thomas Aquinas, the perfecting of the mediaeval theology; title: 6. The Later Franciscan theology: Duns Scotus, the end of the medieval theology: the Nominalists, Occam and Biel, Erasmus; title: Part III. The Older Protestant theology: 1. The Reformers: Luther, Zwingli; title: 2. The theologians of the Reformation: Melanchthon, Formula of Concord, Calvin, the emergence of the Protestant synthesis; title: 3. The conditions of the further development: the completion of the Protestant synthesis, internal controversies; title: 4. Socinianism: Socinus; title: 5. The Arminian theologians: Arminianism, Limborch, Grotius; title: 6 The final form of the Protestant theology: Quenstedt, Heidegger, the Lutheran and the Reformed Doctrines compares; title: 7. Theology in England: Hooker and Pearson, Owen; title: Part IV. Modern Protestant theology: 1. The beginnings of modern theology in England and America: the English Deism, Locke, Chubb, Butler, Edwards; title: 2. The beginnings of modern theology in Germany: Steinbart, the theology of the nineteenth century, Kant, Hegel; title: 3. The centre of the modern theological movement: Schleiermacher, German theology after Schleiermacher; title: 4. The liberal and the mediating society: Biedermann, Schweizer, Rothe, Dorner; title: 5. The Erlangen school: Hofmann, Thomasius, Frank; title: 6. Ritschl and the modern synthesis: Ritschl, Lipsius and Kahler, Lipsius, Kahler, the modern synthesis; title: 7. Theology in England and Scotland up to 1860: Coleridge, Erskine, Maurice, Campbell; title: 8. Recent theology in America and England: Bushnell, Dale, Westcott, Moberly, modern theology in English; title: Retrospect.