Early Christian doctrines
Edition: Rev. ed., Prince Press ed edition
Publisher: Prince Press, an imprint of Hendrickson Publishers; Prince Press
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Peabody, MA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 511
ISBN-13: 9781565639119
Subjects: Early church, ca. 30-600; History; Theology, Doctrinal
First sentence: THE object of this book is to sketch the development of the principal Christian doctrines from the close of the first century to the middle of the fifth.
Table of contents: title: Part 1. Prolegomena.; title: I. The background.; title: The Patristic epoch; title: Judaism; title: Religious trends in the Roman Empire; title: Graeco-Roman philosophy; title: Neo-Platonism; title: The Gnostic way; title: II. Tradition and scripture.; title: The norm of doctrine; title: The primitive period; title: Irenaeus and Tertullian; title: The third and fourth centuries; title: The appeal to the Fathers; title: III. The Holy Scriptures.; title: The Old Testament; title: The New Testament canon; title: The inspiration of scripture; title: The unity of the two testaments; title: Typology and allegory; title: The Antiochene reaction; title: Part 2. The pre-Nicene theology.; title: IV. The divine triad.; title: One God the creator; title: The Church's faith; title: The Apostolic Fathers; title: The apologists and the Word; title: The apologists and the Trinity; title: Irenaeus; title: V. Third-century Trinitarianism.; title: Introduction; title: Hippolytus and Tertullian; title: Dynamic Monarchianism; title: Modalistic Monarchianism; title: The Roman theology; title: Clement and Origen; title: The influence of Origen; title: VI. The beginnings of Christology.; title: One-sided solutions; title: The Spirit Christology; title: The apologists and Irenaeus; title: The Western contribution; title: The school of Alexandria; title: The East after Origen; title: VII. Man and his redemption.; title: The sub-Apostolic age; title: The Apologists; title: The theory of recapitulation; title: The West in the third century; title: The doctrine of Man in the east; title: Eastern views of the work of Christ; title: VIII. The Christian community.; title: The beginnings of ecclesiology; title: Early views of the sacraments; title: Developments in the doctine of the Church; title: Baptism in the third century; title: Progress in Eucharistic doctrine; title: The penitential discipline; title: Part 3. From Nicaea to Chalcedon.; title: IX. The Nicene crisis.; title: The eve of the conflict; title: The teaching of Arius; title: The theology of Nicaea; title: The aftermath of Nicaea; title: The Nicene party and Athanasius; title: The anti-Nicenes; title: X. The doctrine of the Trinity.; title: The return to the Homoousion; title: The Homoousion of the Spirit : Athanasius; title: The Homoousion of the Spirit : The Cappadocians; title: The Cappadocians and the Trinity; title: The Trinity in the West; title: The contribution of Augustine; title: XI. Fourth-century Christology.; title: The Arians and Eustathius; title: The Christology of Athanasius; title: Apollinarianism; title: The Orthodox reaction; title: The Antiochene Christology; title: XII. The Christological settlement.; title: Nestorianism; title: Cyril of Alexandria; title: From Ephesus towards unity; title: The case of Eutyches; title: The West and Leo; title: The Chalcedonian settlement; title: XIII. Fallen man and God's grace.; title: The soul's origin; title: Athanasius and the Fall; title: The Greek Fathers; title: The West before Augustine; title: The doctine of Pelagius; title: Augustine and original sin; title: Grace and presdestination; title: The Western settlement; title: The East in the fifth century; title: XIV. Christ's saving work.; title: The clue to soteriology; title: Athanasius; title: Fourth-century Greek Fathers; title: The West in the fourth century; title: Augustine; title: XV. Christ's mystical body.; title: Ecclesiology in the East; title: The East and the Roman See; title: Western doctrines : Hilary and Optatus; title: Western doctrines : Augustine; title: The West and the Roman primacy; title: XVI. The later doctine of the sacraments.; title: General theory; title: Baptism; title: Confirmation or Chrism; title: Penance; title: The Eucharistic presence; title: The Eucharistic sacrifice; title: Part 4. Epilogue.; title: XVII. The Christian hope.; title: The tension in eschatology; title: Second-century conceptions; title: The develpoment of dogma; title: Origen; title: Later thought : Resurrection of the body; title: Later thought : Parousia and Judgment; title: Life everlasting; title: XVIII. Mary and the Saints.; title: The martyrs and saints; title: Mary in the Ante-Nicene period; title: From Nicaea to Ephesus