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From Nicaea to Chalcedon : a guide to the literature and its background / Frances M. Young ; with Andrew Teal.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Young, Frances M. (Frances Margaret)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
- Church history.
- Church history--Primitive and early church.
- Fathers of the church--Biography.
- Fathers of the church.
- Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.
- Christian literature, Early.
- Theology, Doctrinal--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.
- Theology, Doctrinal.
- History.
- Theology, Doctrinal--Early church.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 406 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, [2010]
- Contents:
- [Part] 1. The birth of church history and its sequel
- Eusebius of Caesarea
- Life
- The Ecclesiastical history and earlier historical writings
- Apologetic works
- Political writings
- Eusebius' Christology
- Eusbeius as a biblical scholar
- Eusebius' successors
- Socrates Scholasticus
- Philostorgius
- Sozomen
- Theodoret
- Conclusion
- [Part] 2. Athanasius and the shaping of Nicene theology
- Introduction
- Arius
- Athanasius: the legend and the critique
- The fundamentals of Athanasius' theology: Contra gentes, De incarnatione
- Marcellus: ally or embarrassment?
- Orations against the Arians
- Self-justification, retrospective history and shifting theological alliances
- Other works
- Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-386) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780801039157
- 0801039150
- OCLC:
- 548412808
- Publisher Number:
- 99938785581
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