The Early Church

Informationen zum Autor Henry Chadwick was a Regius professor at both Oxford and Cambridge; head of Christ Church, Oxford, and Peterhouse, Cambridge; recipient of a honorary doctorate from Chicago, Harvard, Yale, and Uppsala; a member of the German Order of Merit; a fellow (former vice-president) of the British Academy; and a corresponding member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, and the Gottingen and Rhineland academies. He was made a knight in 1989. Klappentext Examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centureis AD, and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world. Zusammenfassung Examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centuries AD, and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. From Jerusalem to Rome The Jewish background; the earliest Church; the Gentile Church; encounter with the Roman Empire 2. Faith and Order The bonds of unity; gnosticism; the Ministry and the Bible; forms of the Ministry 3. Expansion and Growth Causes of success; the geographical extension of the Church; the defence of the Faith 4. Justin and Irenaeus Justin Martyr; Irenaeus 5. Easter, the Monarchian Controversy, and Tertullian Easter; the Monarchian Controversy; Tertullian 6. Clement of Alexandria and Origen Clement of Alexandria; Origen 7. Church, State and Society in the Third Century The pagan revival and the persecution of Decius; Cyprian; the Great Persecution and its consequences 8. Constantine and the Council of Nicaea 9. The Arian Controversy after the Council of Nicaea From Nicaea to the death of Constantine; the Church under the sons of Constantine; from Julian to Theodosius I 10. The Conflict of Paganism and Christianity in the Fourth Century 11. Church, State and Society from Julian to Theodosius 12. The Ascetic Movement 13. The Controversy about Origen and the Tragedy of John Chrysostom 14. The Problem of the Person of Christ Diodore, Theodore and Apollinaris; Cyril and Nestorius; the "Monophysite" Council of Ephesus and the reaction at Chalcedon; the search for reconciliation; the doctrine of one will 15. The Development of Latin Christian Thought Jerome and the beginnings of maturity; the conversion of Augustine; the Donatist schism and the problem of coercion; "The City of God" and the Pelagian controversy; the Holy Trinity 16. The Papacy 17. The Church and the Barbarians 18. Worship and Art Liturby; daily offices; early Church music; Christian art Conclusion Suggestions for Further Reading ...

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Henry Chadwick was a Regius professor at both Oxford and Cambridge; head of Christ Church, Oxford, and Peterhouse, Cambridge; recipient of a honorary doctorate from Chicago, Harvard, Yale, and Uppsala; a member of the German Order of Merit; a fellow (former vice-president) of the British Academy; and a corresponding member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles Lettres, and the Gottingen and Rhineland academies. He was made a knight in 1989.

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Examines the beginning of the Christian movement during the first centureis AD, and the explosive force of its expansion throughout the Roman world.

Contenu
1. From Jerusalem to Rome
The Jewish background; the earliest Church; the Gentile Church; encounter with the Roman Empire
2. Faith and Order
The bonds of unity; gnosticism; the Ministry and the Bible; forms of the Ministry
3. Expansion and Growth
Causes of success; the geographical extension of the Church; the defence of the Faith
4. Justin and Irenaeus
Justin Martyr; Irenaeus
5. Easter, the Monarchian Controversy, and Tertullian
Easter; the Monarchian Controversy; Tertullian
6. Clement of Alexandria and Origen
Clement of Alexandria; Origen
7. Church, State and Society in the Third Century
The pagan revival and the persecution of Decius; Cyprian; the Great Persecution and its consequences
8. Constantine and the Council of Nicaea
9. The Arian Controversy after the Council of Nicaea
From Nicaea to the death of Constantine; the Church under the sons of Constantine; from Julian to Theodosius I
10. The Conflict of Paganism and Christianity in the Fourth Century
11. Church, State and Society from Julian to Theodosius
12. The Ascetic Movement
13. The Controversy about Origen and the Tragedy of John Chrysostom
14. The Problem of the Person of Christ
Diodore, Theodore and Apollinaris; Cyril and Nestorius; the "Monophysite" Council of Ephesus and the reaction at Chalcedon; the search for reconciliation; the doctrine of one will
15. The Development of Latin Christian Thought
Jerome and the beginnings of maturity; the conversion of Augustine; the Donatist schism and the problem of coercion; "The City of God" and the Pelagian controversy; the Holy Trinity
16. The Papacy
17. The Church and the Barbarians
18. Worship and Art
Liturby; daily offices; early Church music; Christian art
Conclusion
Suggestions for Further Reading