Doctrine and Philosophy in Early Christianity
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Author_Christopher Stead
biblical exegesis history
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Christian metaphysics
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Greek patristics
Gregory of Nyssa logic
philosophical analysis of early doctrine
Platonic cosmology
theological epistemology
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- ISBN 9780860788300
- Weight: 580g
- Dimensions: 150 x 224mm
- Publication Date: 09 Aug 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The studies in this second collection by Professor Stead, which includes three pieces hitherto unpublished, investigate in detail the philosophical basis and legitimacy of important statements of early Christian doctrine, focusing on the writings of Arius, Athanasius and Augustine. Arius is shown as a theologian of merit, rather than the monster portrayed by conventional historians, with Athanasius' polemical attacks on him emerging as ill-founded - though Athanasius' own positive teaching is deservedly famous. Augustine appears as not only a masterly theologian, but an enterprising philosopher, albeit one capable of error. His cosmology, often neglected, forms the subject of one of the unpublished studies.
Christopher Stead, Emeritus, University of Cambridge, UK
