The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God: The Arian Controversy 318-381

Richard Patrick Crosland Hanson

T. & T. Clark, 1988 - Religion - 931 pages

Contents

• List of Abbreviations: xiv
• What did Arius Teach?: 11
• The Early Supporters of Arius: 27
• The Antecedents of Arius: 61
• The Rationale of Arianism: 99
• Inferiority and Imperfection of the Logos: 106
• More Detailed Christology: 117
• The Attitude of Arians to Arius: 123
• Events Leading to Nicaea: 129
• The Council of Nicaea: 152
• Semantic Confusion: 181
• Eustathius and Marcellus: 208
• The Behaviour of Athanasius: 239
• Attempts at Creedmaking Phase One 341349: 274
• Attempts at Creedmaking Phase Two 350357: 315
• Attempts at Creedmaking Phase Three 357361: 348
• Eusebius of Emesa and Cyril of Jerusalem: 387
• The Doctrine of Athanasius: 417
• The Western ProNicenes I Hilary of Poitiers: 459
• The Western ProNicenes II: 507
• The Western ProNicenes III Marius Victorinus: 531
• Homoian Arianism: 557
• The NeoArians: 598
• Athanasius and his Heirs: 639
• The Cappadocian Theologians: 676
• The Doctrine of the Spirit: 738
• The Council of Constantinople: 791
• The Development of Doctrine: 824
• Bibliography: 878
• General Index: 901
• Index of Modern Authors: 922

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God: The Arian Controversy 318-381
• Author: Richard Patrick Crosland Hanson
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: T. & T. Clark, 1988
• Original from: the University of Michigan
• Digitized: Jul 14, 2009
• ISBN: 0567094855, 9780567094858
• Length: 931 pages
• Subjects: Religion / Christian Theology / General; Religion / Christian Theology / Systematic; Religion / Christianity / History; Religion / General