From Nicaea to Chalcedon: A Guide to the Literature and Its Background - Couverture souple

Young, Frances M.

 
9780334029939: From Nicaea to Chalcedon: A Guide to the Literature and Its Background
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0334029937 ISBN 13 : 9780334029939
Editeur : SCM Press, 2009

Synopsis

Created as a companion guide to a Patristics textbook, From Nicaea to Chalcedon surveys a variety of writings to have occurred during one of the most significant periods in the formation of the Church, from 265-466. It does not aim to cover the subject as a textbook would, but aims to delve deeper into some of the characters who were involved with the Church or the Councils during this period.


Beginning with Eusebius of Caesarea and the first council of the Church at Nicaea, and ending with Theodoret of Cyrrhus, who is thought to have changed his view of Christology after the watershed Council of Chalcedon, this unique text surveys some of the most influential characters to have shaped Church history and the formation of doctrine. Surveying a mixture of significant literary figures, laymen, bishops and heretics this book presents biographical, literary-critical and theological information about each. They are chosen either because they are important to the history of doctrine, or because new material about them has thrown light upon their work, or because they will broaden the reader's understanding of the culture and history of the period or of live issues in the church at the time.


Structured in five parts, each part deals with a period of time and a sequence of characters, so the book is easily followed in chronological order. Added to this, is the double bibliography, which in this edition is fully updated. Bibliography A details those texts in English of the original texts of antiquity, whilst Bibliography B provides details of publications in English, French and German which have appeared since 1960-2004 on or about the characters discussed in the body of the text.

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À propos de l?auteur

Professor Dr Revd Frances M Young is Pro-Vice Chancellor of the Dept of Theology at the University of Birmingham. Paul Parvis is a lecturer at the department of theology at the University of Edinburgh.

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Éditeur
SCM Press
Date d'édition
2009
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0334029937
ISBN 13 
9780334029939
Reliure
Broché
Numéro d'édition
2
Nombre de pages
420
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