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Nicaea and its legacy : an approach to fourth-century Trinitarian theology
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Nicaea and its legacy : an approach to fourth-century Trinitarian theology

Author: Lewis Ayres
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Offers an account of the most important century in the development of Christian belief after Christ. This work shows how the doctrine of the Trinity was developed, and, in particular, argues that a  Read more...

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Named Person: Jesus Christ
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Lewis Ayres
ISBN: 0198755066 9780198755067 9780198755050 0198755058
OCLC Number: 56192222
Description: xiv, 475 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Points of departure --
Theological trajectories in the early fourth century --
Confusion and controversy: AD 325-340 --
The creation of 'Arianism': AD 340-350 --
Shaping the alternatives: AD 350-360 --
The beginnings of rapprochement --
Basil of Caesarea and the development of pro-Nicene theology --
The East from Valens to Theodosius Victory and the struggle for definition --
On the contours of mystery --
'The first and brightest light' --
'Walk towards him shining' --
On not three gods: Gregory of Nyssa's trinitarian theology --
The grammar of Augustine's trinitarian theology --
In spite of Hegel, fire, and sword --
Epilogue: On teaching the fourth century.
Responsibility: Lewis Ayres.
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