A succinct, readable survey of key Christian thinkers and significant theological developments from the churchs inception to the present.

Tony Lane is professor of historical theology and director of research at the London School of Theology. He is the author of a number of books, including The Lion Christian Classics Collection, John Calvin: Student of the Church Fathers, and Justification by Faith in Catholic-Protestant Dialogue.

Introduction

1

(2)

Part I THE CHURCH OF THE FATHERS TO AD 500

3

(62)

Greek Philosophy

6

(2)

Apostolic Fathers

8

(2)

Justin Martyr

10

(2)

Irenaeus

12

(2)

Tertullian

14

(4)

Clement of Alexandria

18

(2)

Origen

20

(4)

Cyprian

24

(3)

Eusebius of Caesarea

27

(1)

Council of Nicea (325)

28

(3)

Athanasius

31

(3)

Ephrem the Syrian

34

(1)

Cyril of Jerusalem

35

(1)

Cappadocian Fathers

36

(3)

Council of Constantinople (381)

39

(3)

Ambrose

42

(2)

John Chrysostom

44

(1)

Jerome

45

(2)

Augustine

47

(6)

Cyril of Alexandria

53

(3)

Council of Ephesus (431)

56

(1)

Theodoret of Cyrus

57

(1)

Leo the Great

58

(2)

Council of Chalcedon (451)

60

(2)

Apostles' Creed

62

(3)

Part II THE EASTERN TRADITION FROM AD 500

65

(22)

Dionysius the Areopagite

68

(1)

Council of Constantinople (553)

69

(2)

Maximus the Confessor

71

(2)

Council of Constantinople (680--81)

73

(1)

John of Damascus

74

(2)

Council of Nicea (787)

76

(3)

Simeon the New Theologian

79

(1)

Gregory Palamas

80

(2)

Confession of Dositheus (1672)

82

(2)

Vladimir Lossky

84

(3)

Part III THE MEDIAEVAL WEST (AD 500--1500)

87

(60)

Athanasian Creed

91

(2)

Boethius

93

(2)

Council of Orange (529)

95

(2)

Benedict

97

(3)

Gregory the Great

100

(3)

John Scotus Erigena

103

(2)

Anselm

105

(3)

Peter Abelard

108

(3)

Bernard of Clairvaux

111

(2)

Peter Lombard

113

(2)

Joachim of Fiore

115

(1)

Fourth Lateran Council (1215)

116

(2)

Francis of Assisi

118

(2)

Bonaventure

120

(2)

Thomas Aquinas

122

(5)

John Duns Scotus

127

(2)

William of Ockham

129

(2)

Thomas Bradwardine

131

(2)

John Tauler

133

(1)

Catherine of Siena

134

(1)

John Wyclif

135

(3)

Jan Hus

138

(2)

Council of Florence (1438--45)

140

(1)

Thomas a Kempis

141

(2)

Gabriel Biel

143

(4)

Part IV REFORMATION AND REACTION (1500--1800)

147

(86)

Desiderius Erasmus

151

(4)

The Lutheran Tradition

155

(1)

Martin Luther

155

(5)

Philip Melanchthon

160

(2)

Augsburg Confession (1530)

162

(2)

Formula of Concord (1577)

164

(2)

Philip Jakob Spener

166

(3)

The Reformed Tradition

169

(1)

Ulrich Zwingli

169

(3)

Martin Bucer

172

(2)

John Calvin

174

(6)

Heinrich Bullinger

180

(1)

Heidelberg Catechism (1563)

181

(2)

Jakob Arminius

183

(2)

Synod of Dort (1618--19)

185

(2)

Jonathan Edwards

187

(2)

The Anabaptists

189

(1)

Schleitheim Confession (1527)

189

(2)

Menno Simons

191

(2)

The British Reformation

193

(1)

William Tyndale

193

(1)

Thomas Cranmer

194

(3)

John Knox

197

(2)

Thirty-nine Articles

199

(1)

Richard Hooker

200

(3)

William Perkins

203

(1)

Westminster Confession

204

(3)

John Owen

207

(1)

Richard Baxter

208

(2)

Second London Confession (1677)

210

(1)

John Bunyan

211

(2)

John and Charles Wesley

213

(5)

The Roman Catholic Response

218

(1)

Gasparo Contarini

218

(1)

Ignatius Loyola

219

(2)

Council of Trent (1545--63)

221

(3)

Teresa of Avila

224

(2)

John of the Cross

226

(2)

Robert Bellarmine

228

(1)

Blaise Pascal

229

(4)

Part V CHRISTIAN THOUGHT IN THE MODERN WORLD (1800 ONWARDS)

233

(101)

The Liberals

237

(1)

Friedrich Schleiermacher

237

(3)

Albrecht Ritschl

240

(2)

Adolf von Harnack

242

(2)

Rudolf Bultmann

244

(4)

Paul Tillich

248

(2)

John Hick

250

(3)

The Evangelicals

253

(1)

Charles Finney

253

(2)

B. B. Warfield

255

(3)

G. C. Berkouwer

258

(2)

John Stott

260

(3)

Lausanne Congress (1974)

263

(5)

The New Orthodoxy

268

(1)

Soren Kierkegaard

268

(3)

P. T. Forsyth

271

(1)

Karl Barth

272

(6)

Gustaf Aulen

278

(2)

Barmen Declaration (1934)

280

(1)

Dietrich Bonhoeffer

281

(4)

Reinhold Niebuhr

285

(2)

Jurgen Moltmann

287

(3)

Wolfhart Pannenberg

290

(3)

Other Developments

293

(1)

Process Theology

293

(3)

Kosuke Koyama

296

(1)

John Mbiti

297

(2)

George Lindbeck

299

(3)

The Roman Catholics

302

(1)

John Henry Newman

302

(4)

Ineffabilis Deus (1854)

306

(1)

First Vatican Council (1869--70)

307

(3)

Munificentissimus Deus (1950)

310

(1)

Second Vatican Council (1962--65)

311

(3)

Karl Rahner

314

(3)

Hans Urs von Balthasar

317

(1)

Hans Kung

318

(3)

Gustavo Gutierrez

321

(3)

Joseph Ratzinger/Pope Benedict XVI

324

(1)

Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza

325

(3)

Catechism of the Catholic Church (1994)

328

(1)

The Ecumenical Movement

329

(1)

World Council of Churches

329

(4)

Baptism, Eucharist and Ministry (1982)

333

(1)

Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (1999)

334

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