Theophilus of Antioch Ad Autolycus
Author: Theophilus (Antiochenus)
Publisher:
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13:
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From Logos to Trinity
Author: Marian Hillar
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2012-01-30
Total Pages: 333
ISBN-13: 1139505149
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book presents a critical evaluation of the doctrine of the Trinity, tracing its development and investigating the intellectual, philosophical and theological background that shaped this influential doctrine of Christianity. Despite the centrality of Trinitarian thought to Christianity and its importance as one of the fundamental tenets that differentiates Christianity from Judaism and Islam, the doctrine is not fully formulated in the canon of Christian scriptural texts. Instead, it evolved through the conflation of selective pieces of scripture with the philosophical and religious ideas of ancient Hellenistic milieu. Marian Hillar analyzes the development of Trinitarian thought during the formative years of Christianity from its roots in ancient Greek philosophical concepts and religious thinking in the Mediterranean region. He identifies several important sources of Trinitarian thought heretofore largely ignored by scholars, including the Greek middle-Platonic philosophical writings of Numenius and Egyptian metaphysical writings and monuments representing divinity as a triune entity.
Theophilus of Antioch
Author: Rick Rogers
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780739101322
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTheophilus of Antioch was a second-century Syrian bishop who sought to promote in three books, collectively known as Ad Autolycum, a moralistic form of Christianity. Given that this form of Christianity is generally considered by scholars as atypical within the early church, Theophilus has not received the same amount of attention as have other second-century theologians. Rick Rogers seeks to redress this gap, offering a fuller analysis of the rhetoric and focus of Theophilus's theological system as it is manifest in Ad Autolycum. Rogers concludes that Theophilus's thought may have been closer to the emphasis of Hellenistic Judaism than was any other form of New Testament or early Christianity. His book will hold strong appeal for scholars and students of early Christianity.
The Faith of the Early Fathers
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Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9780814604328
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTaken together, these three volumes represent a basic English-language reference book of patristic works. Volume 1 ends circa 382.
St. Irenaeus
Author: Saint Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon.)
Publisher:
Published: 1920
Total Pages: 188
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Author: Robert McQueen Grant
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780334005353
DOWNLOAD EBOOKApologetic literature emerges from minority groups seeking to come to terms with the larger cultures within which they live. Its authors are not entirely at home in either thei r own groups or the larger society, and therefore their position is one with which many Christians today can sympathize. Professor Grant's new book looks at the first Christian apologists of all and the background to their message.After opening chapters discussing early Christian apologetic and its historical setting in the Roman empire, he looks in detail at Justin, Apollinaris of Hierapolis, Melito of Sardis, Athenagoras of Athens, Tatian, Theophilus of Antioch and other related figures including Celsus, Marcus Aurelius and the Gallican martyrs. He ends by tracing apologetic through the thi rd century and into the Middle Ages.Apologetic can be attractive to readers today, but the main theme of the book is that while there is a certain timeless character to the Christian apologists of the second century, they are deeply involved in the political and social struggles of their time and cannot be understood apart from the precise circumstances in which they are writing.
Universalism, the Prevailing Doctrine of the Christian Church During Its First Five Hundred Years
Author: John Wesley Hanson
Publisher:
Published: 1899
Total Pages: 342
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Author: C. E. Hill
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012-04-05
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 0199640297
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHow did the Church get Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John instead of Thomas, Mary, Peter, and Judas? C. E. Hill presents evidence for how and why, despite the numerous Gospels that appeared in the earliest Christian centuries, four (and only four) Gospels came to be embraced by the Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox churches alike.
On the Apostolic Preaching
Author: Saint Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon.)
Publisher: St Vladimir's Seminary Press
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 132
ISBN-13: 9780881411744
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSt Irenaeus is the most important theologian of the second century, laying the foundation for all future Christian thinkers. Irenaeus tells us that he had known Polycarp, who had himself known the apostles and been appointed by them as the bishop of the church of Smyrna. This direct contact with the immediate successors of the apostles was of importance for Irenaeus in his later defense of Christian practice and teaching. In this work Against the Heresies, he was the first to utilize the full range of apostolic writings in his controversy with the Gnostics and others. Uniting, for the first time, the whole history of God's activity in one all-encompassing divine economy, Irenaeus demonstrates that there is but one God, who has made Himself known through His one Son, Jesus Christ, by the one Holy Spirit, to the one human race, bringing His creatures made from mud into the intimacy of communion with Himself.
The Complete Works of Saint Cyprian of Carthage
Author: Saint Cyprian (Bishop of Carthage.)
Publisher: Christian Roman Empire
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781935228110
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Translation of St. Cyprian's works originally published as part of The Ante- Nicene Fathers: The Writings of the Fathers down to AD 325, Volume 5, 1885."
