| Description |
xvii, 334 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. One God: questions and opposition -- 2. The One and the Mind -- 3. The Bible as the material of theology -- 4. One God as Cause and Father -- 5. The unity of all things in Christ -- 6. One God in a new way: by the Son and Spirit -- 7. One Good -- 8. One Mind, Truth, and Logic -- Conclusion -- Appendices -- Select Bibliography |
| Summary |
There are special times of movement in the history of ideas, and one such time - as the author of this study shows - was the second half of the second century, when Christian thought showed fresh vigour. By concentrating on five seminal Christian thinkers of the second century (Justin, Athenagoras, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria and Tertullian) Eric Osborn illustrates how it was that Christianity made monotheism axiomatic to its central doctrinal claims while adapting, too, to the peculiar circumstances in which it developed. The stimulus for new thought came from the objections of the state, philosophers, Jews, Gnostics and Marcion, who in different ways denied the Christian claim to faith in one God. In response, Christian thinkers argued for one God who was the first principle of being, goodness and truth. In its presentation of the lively beginning which brought Christianity and classical thought together, this book casts new light on the growth of the European intellectual tradition |
| Analysis |
Christianity Theology History |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography (pages 314-328) and indexes |
| Notes |
Text in Urdu |
| SUBJECT |
Bible -- Philosophy http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013700 -- History.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
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| Subject |
Fathers of the church.
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Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Philosophical theology -- History.
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| LC no. |
92011489 |
| ISBN |
052143078X |
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