A History of Christian Thought

by Gonzalez, Justo L.

• ISBN13: 9780687171828
• ISBN10: 0687171822
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-07-01
• Publisher: INGRAM

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	13	(4)
Roland H. Bainton
List of Abbreviations	17	(6)
Introduction	23	(6)
The Cradle of Christianity	29	(32)
The Theology of the Apostolic Fathers	61	(36)
The Greek Apologists	97	(24)
The Early Heresies: Challenge and Response	121	(36)
Irenaeus	157	(14)
Tertullian	171	(15)
The School of Alexandria: Clement and Origen	186	(42)
Western Theology in the Third Century	228	(19)
Eastern Theology After Origen	247	(14)
The Arian Controversy and the Council of Nicea	261	(11)
The Arian Controversy After Nicea	272	(19)
The Theology of Athanasius	291	(12)
The Great Cappadocians	303	(23)
Trinitarian Doctrine in the West	326	(9)
The Beginnings of the Christological Controversies	335	(18)
The Nestorian Controversy and the Council of Ephesus	353	(15)
The Council of Chalcedon	368	(13)
Apostolic or Apostate?	381	(3)
Appendix: Suggestions for Further Reading	384	(5)
Index of Subjects and Authors	389