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The Christological controversy /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Latin, Greek, Ancient (to 1453) Series: Sources of early Christian thoughtPublication details: Philadelphia : Fortress Press, ©1980Description: viii, 162 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0800614119
  • 9780800614119
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 232/.09/15
LOC classification:
  • BT198 .C44 1980
Contents:
Introduction : Early Christology -- Initial problems : Justin Martyr, Melito of Sardis, Irenaeus of Lyon, Tertullian of Carthage, Origen of Alexandria -- Further problems : The Arians and Athanasius ; Appollinari of Laodicea ; Theodore of Mopsuestia ; Cyril, Nestorius, and Eutyches ; Leo and Chalcedon -- A homily on the Passover / Melito of Sardis -- Against heresies / Irenaeus of Lyon -- Against Praxeas ;
Summary: This book is a collection of texts designed to illustrate the development of Christian thought about the person of Christ in the patristic era. The earliest text translated comes from the latter half of the second century, when the ideas and problems which were to dominate Christological thought in this period were first crystallized. The latest is the well-known "Definition of the Faith" of the Council of Chalcedon, which generally has been accepted as defining the limits of Christological orthodoxy
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-162)

Introduction : Early Christology -- Initial problems : Justin Martyr, Melito of Sardis, Irenaeus of Lyon, Tertullian of Carthage, Origen of Alexandria -- Further problems : The Arians and Athanasius ; Appollinari of Laodicea ; Theodore of Mopsuestia ; Cyril, Nestorius, and Eutyches ; Leo and Chalcedon -- A homily on the Passover / Melito of Sardis -- Against heresies / Irenaeus of Lyon -- Against Praxeas ;

This book is a collection of texts designed to illustrate the development of Christian thought about the person of Christ in the patristic era. The earliest text translated comes from the latter half of the second century, when the ideas and problems which were to dominate Christological thought in this period were first crystallized. The latest is the well-known "Definition of the Faith" of the Council of Chalcedon, which generally has been accepted as defining the limits of Christological orthodoxy

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