A History of Christian Thought: From the beginnings to the Council of ChalcedonA 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. |
Contents
Foreword | 13 |
Introduction | 23 |
The Cradle of Christianity | 29 |
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