Trinity and Incarnation: The Faith Of The Early Church - Softcover

Studer, Basil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0567292444 ISBN 13: 9780567292445

Publisher: T & T Clark International, 1994

Synopsis

A fresh examination of the history of early Christian doctrine, by one of the worldGÇÖs leading authorities, which sets its development in the political and cultural context of the Roman Empire.

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From the Back Cover:

A history of early Christian doctrine, by one of the world's leading authorities. This book is a comprehensive study of early Christian trinitarian theology and christology - the central issues in patristic theology. Professor Studer shows how early apocalyptic visions developed into sophisticated, philosophically orientated theology concerning the mystery of God, the world and humankind. From the mystery of the resurrection of Christ from the dead there developed a growing understanding both of the mystery of the living nature of God, in the doctrine of the Trinity, and of the ways God communicates to men and women, above all in the doctrine of the Incarnation. Basil Studer sets the development of Christian doctrine firmly in the political and cultural context of the Roman Empire. He explores the history and conditions which preceded the advent of specifically Christian ideas, and the transmission and reception of doctrine through to its mature expression in the work of Augustine and other theologians of the fifth and sixth centuries. While historically perceptive Basil Studer's approach is always that of a theologian concerned about the Church's mission to the contemporary world.

About the Author:

Basil Studer, O.S.B. is Professor of Early Church History and Patristics at the Pontifical Athenaeum S. Anselmo and at the Patristic Institute, the Augustinianum, in Rome.

About this edition

• Publisher: T & T Clark International
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0567292444
• ISBN 13: 9780567292445
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• Editor: Louth Andrew