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Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrin #01: The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600)

by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan

Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrin #01: The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600) Cover

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Publisher Comments:

In this five-volume opusnow available in its entirety in paperbackPelikan traces the development of Christian doctrine from the first century to the twentieth.

"Pelikan's The Christian Tradition [is] a series for which they must have coined words like 'magisterial'."Martin Marty, Commonweal

Synopsis:

The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition is the history of this critical, troubled time. Pelikan focuses upon the subtle relation between what the faithful believed, what teachers--both orthodox and heretical--taught, and what the church confessed as dogma during its first six centuries of growth. In constructing his work, Pelikan has made use of exegetical and liturgical sources in addition to the usual polemical, apologetic, and systematic or speculative materials.

About the Author

Jaroslav Pelikan is Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University.

Table of Contents

Preface

Primary Sources

Some Definitions

1. Praeparatio Evangelica

The True Israel

The Christian Dispute with Classical Thought

The Triumph of Theology

The Expectation of the Nations

2. Outside the Mainstream

The Separation of Law and Gospel

Systems of Cosmic Redemption

The New Prophecy

Criteria of Apostolic Continuity

3. The Faith of the Church Catholic

The Apocalyptic Vision and Its Transformation

The Supernatural Order

The Meaning of Salvation

The Church and the Means of Grace

4. The Mystery of the Trinity

Christ as Divine

Christ as Creature

Christ as Homoousios

The Three and the One

5. The Person of the God-Man

Presupposition of Christological Doctrine

Alternative Theologies of the Incarnation

The Dogma of the Two Natures in Christ

The Continuing Debate

6. Nature and Grace

The State of Christian Anthropology

The Paradox of Grace

Grace and Perfection

Natural Endowment and Superadded Gift

7. The Orthodox Consensus

Ubique, Semper, Ab Smnibus

Catholic Orthodoxy in the East

Orthodox Catholicism in the West

Selected Secondary Works

Index: Biblical

Index: General

Product Details

ISBN:
9780226653716
Subtitle:
100-600
Author:
Pelikan, Jaroslav
Author:
Pelikan, Jaroslav
Publisher:
University of Chicago Press
Subject:
Christianity
Subject:
Church History
Subject:
Church History - Catholic
Subject:
Theology and philosophy
Subject:
Religion - Church History
Subject:
Christianity -- History.
Subject:
Christianity - History - Catholic
Subject:
Christianity - History - General
Subject:
REL102000
Copyright:
Edition Description:
1
Series:
Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrin
Series Volume:
01
Publication Date:
August 1975
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
442
Dimensions:
9.02x6.14x.89 in. 1.23 lbs.

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