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1 online resource (201 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- The gnostic beginnings of orthodoxy -- The Catholicity of Irenaeus -- The foundations of Catholic teaching in the third century -- Origen and orthodoxy -- The Nicene Council and its aftermath -- Apollinarius and the Chalcedonian definition -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
While it has often been recognised that the development of Christian orthodoxy was stimulated by the speculations of those who are now called heretics, it is still widely assumed that their contribution was merely catalytic, that they called forth the exposition of what the main church already believed but had not yet been required to formulate. This book maintains that scholars have underrated the constructive role of these "heretical" speculations in the evolution of dogma, showing that salient elements in the doctrines of the fall, the Trinity and the union of God and man in Chris. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
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Church -- Catholicity.
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Church -- Catholicity. |
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Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600.
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Heresy -- History.
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Heresy. |
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History. |
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Gnosticism -- History.
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Gnosticism. |
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30-600 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Print version: Edwards, M.J. (Mark J.). Catholicity and heresy in the early church. Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., ©2009 9780754662976 (DLC) 2009009320 (OCoLC)314379543 |
| ISBN |
9780754695974 (electronic book) |
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0754695972 (electronic book) |
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0754662918 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780754662914 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0754662977 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780754662976 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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