TY - BOOK AU - Calhoun,Robert Lowry AU - Lindbeck,George A. TI - Scripture, creed, theology: lectures on the history of Christian doctrine in the first centuries SN - 9781556354946 AV - BT25 .C354 2011 U1 - 230.09 C152S PY - 2011/// CY - Eugene, Or PB - Cascade Books KW - Fathers of the church KW - Theology, Doctrinal KW - History KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : Calhoun as historical theologian / George A. Lindbeck -- Revelation, religion, theology, and dogma -- Jesus and the faith of the primitive church -- Johannine theology -- Apostolic fathers and second-century apologists -- Heresies : irregular versions of the gospel -- The formation of the Apostles' Creed -- Irenaeus of Lyons -- Tertullian of Carthage -- Alexandrine theology : Clement and Origen -- Efforts to define the Christian doctrine of God -- Theology in the Nicene Age -- Appendix : notes on terminology -- Defenders of Nicaea and the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed -- Christological controversies before and after Chalcedon -- Doctrinal closure in the east -- Appendix : Pseudo-Dionysius and the rise of mysticism -- Augustine of Hippo -- The end of the era : Orange, Leo, and Gregory the Great ER -