The Medieval Theologians
Subtitle: An Introduction to Theology in the Medieval Period (The Great Theologians)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: January 1, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780631212034
First sentence: The writings of Bishop Augustine, a man predestinate, as his first biographer put it, and the most influential Christian theologian after St. Paul, mark the transition from the ancient world to the Latin Middle Ages, and set the Western theological tone for more than a thousand years.
Description: "This comprehensive introduction to medieval theology introduces students to the period through examination of the major individual theologians of the time. Chronologically arranged, it allows students to explore the crucial period between the Church Fathers and the Reformation when theology first emerged as an academic discipline and when important controversies took place. These issues clarified the nature and purpose of the Church and the sacraments, and reopened many of the earlier debates about orthodoxy. This was the period which sowed the seeds of divisions in the church which persist today."--Jacket.