Introduction -- Founded on the cross of Christ -- An awesome and unbloody sacrifice -- The face of God for now -- Seek his face always -- Not my will but thine -- The end given in the beginning -- The reasonableness of faith -- Happy the people whose God is Lord -- The glorious deeds of Christ -- Making this thing other -- Likeness to God -- The knowledge of sensuous intelligence
Summary
In this eloquent introduction to early Christian thought, eminent religious historian Robert Louis Wilken examines the tradition that such figures as St. Augustine, Gregory of Nyssa, and others set in place. Wilken shows how these early thinkers constructed a new intellectual and spiritual world and can still be heard as living voices in the modern world
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-352) and indexes
