A Short History of Christian Doctrine

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Fortress Press, 1966 - Religion - 304 pages

This book has earned wide acceptance as an outstanding single volume history of doctrine. It is ideally suited for classroom and seminar use as well as research and independent study.

With remarkable conciseness and clarity Lohse, shows how doctrinal development has occurred in the various periods of the Church's history from the first century to the present. He explores and discusses, one by one, the dogmas and doctrines that constitute the milestones in the story of the Church's effort to proclaim the message of Jesus Christ to each age.

This Revised American Edition includes a new preface by the author, an account of the significance of the Second Vatican Council and alterations in the "For Further Reading" section to bring it up to date.

 

Contents

Canon and Creed
23
The Formation of the New Testament Canon
26
Scripture and Tradition
30
The Creed
32
The Doctrine of the Trinity
37
Early Traces of a Doctrine of the Trinity
43
Arius
48
The Council of Nicaea
50
Further Development of the Doctrine of the Sacraments
150
Justification
156
Man before God
159
The Twofold Nature of Confession
164
Controversy concerning the Lords Supper
169
The Confessional Treatises of Lutheranism
176
Calvin and the Reformed Church
185
Romes Answer
190

More Than Five Decades of Controversy
56
The Divinity of the Holy Spirit
61
The Right Interpretation of the Doctrine of the Trinity
66
Christology
71
ApoUinaris of Laodicea
80
Antiochenes and Alexandrians
84
From Ephesus to Chalcedon
90
The Sequel
94
The Doctrine of Sin and Grace
100
Pelagius
106
Augustine
110
The Pelagian Controversy
117
The SemiPelagian Controversy
122
The Result
127
Word and Sacrament
132
Word and Sacrament in Augustine
136
Eucharistic Controversies during the Middle Ages
141
Dogma within Recent Catholicism
197
The Immaculate Conception of Mary
199
The Infallibility of the Pope
204
The Bodily Assumption of Mary
211
Dogma within Protestantism
215
The Age of Orthodoxy
217
The Rise of Historical Thinking
223
The Barmen Declaration
230
The Unity of the Church
237
The Ecumenical Movement
242
The Second Vatican Council
247
Chronological Table
251
Glossary
265
For Further Reading
267
Index
275
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About the author (1966)

Bernhard Lohse (1928-1997) was a preeminent church historian and Professor of Church History and Historical Theology at the University of Hamburg. He is author of A Short History of Christian Doctrine (1978) and Martin Luther (1986), both from Fortress Press.

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