Summary
A treatment of the evolution of Christian thought from the birth of Christ, to the Apostles, to the early church, to the great flowering of Christianity across the world. The first volume introduces the central figures and debates culminating in the Councils of Nicea and Chalcedon among which the theologies of the early church were hammered out.
Author Biography
Justo L. ^Gonzalez Justo L. Gonzalez is visiting professor of theology at the interdenominational Theological Center in Atlanta, Georgia. A Methodist minister, he is a member of the Rio Grande Conference. He is the author also of Christian Thought Revisited and Each in Our Own Tongue, published by Abingdon Press.
Table of Contents
| Foreword |
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17 | (6) |
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23 | (6) |
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The Cradle of Christianity |
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29 | (32) |
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The Theology of the Apostolic Fathers |
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61 | (36) |
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97 | (24) |
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The Early Heresies: Challenge and Response |
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121 | (36) |
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157 | (14) |
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171 | (15) |
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The School of Alexandria: Clement and Origen |
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186 | (42) |
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Western Theology in the Third Century |
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228 | (19) |
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Eastern Theology After Origen |
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247 | (14) |
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The Arian Controversy and the Council of Nicea |
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261 | (11) |
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The Arian Controversy After Nicea |
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272 | (19) |
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The Theology of Athanasius |
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291 | (12) |
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303 | (23) |
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Trinitarian Doctrine in the West |
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326 | (9) |
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The Beginnings of the Christological Controversies |
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335 | (18) |
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The Nestorian Controversy and the Council of Ephesus |
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353 | (15) |
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368 | (13) |
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381 | (3) |
| Appendix: Suggestions for Further Reading |
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384 | (5) |
| Index of Subjects and Authors |
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