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| Preface | |
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| God and the Gods | |
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| Religion In the Roman Empire | |
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| Critiques Of The Gods | |
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| Society And Government | |
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| The Empire And Christianity | |
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| Community And Morality | |
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| Conversion And Preparation | |
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| Coming To Baptism | |
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| The Eucharistic Offering | |
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| The Message And The Messengers | |
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| The Canon Of Scripture | |
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| Interpreting Scripture | |
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| Church Leaders: Didache; Clement Of Rome, Ignatius, Irenaeus | |
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| Proliferation And Excess | |
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| Heresy And Schism | |
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| Marcion | |
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| Gnosticism | |
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| Eastern Christianity | |
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| Montanism | |
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| Defence And Definition: Early Apologists | |
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| Apologists And Apologetic | |
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| Charge And Counter-Charge | |
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| God And His Word | |
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| Holy Spirit And Trinity | |
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| Tradition And Truth: Irenaeus Of Lyons | |
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| Lyons And Irenaeus | |
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| Apostolic Succession | |
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| The Rule Of Truth | |
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| God And Christ | |
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| Mankind And Redemption | |
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| Latin Theology Launched: Tertullian | |
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| Tertullian The Christian | |
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| Tertuiiian The Churchman | |
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| Tertulhan The Theologian | |
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| Sectarian Religion And Episcopal Authority | |
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| Dionysius Of Corinth, Serapion And Demetrius | |
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| The Church in Rome Under Victor | |
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| Doctrinal Disputes: Hippolytus | |
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| Disciphne And Order: Callistus | |
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| Reconciliation And Renewed Persecution | |
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| One Church, One Baptism: Cyprian | |
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| Persecution and the Problem of the Lapsed | |
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| Schism and Unity | |
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| Cyprian on Defaulting Bishops and on baptism | |
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| The Alexandrian Heritage: Clement | |
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| Alexandria and Clement | |
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| Clement The Teacher | |
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| The Knowledge Of God | |
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| Origen The Theologian | |
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| Origen | |
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| The System and the Scriptures | |
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| Scripture And Allegory | |
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| God And The Trinity | |
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| Creation, Flesh And The Humanity Of Christ | |
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| The Influence Of Origen: Dionysius And Paul | |
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| The Rise Of Constantine | |
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| The Great Persecution | |
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| Donatism | |
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| Church And Empire | |
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| Arius And The Council Of Nicaea | |
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| Arius | |
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| Constantine Intervenes | |
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| The Council Of Antioch, 325 | |
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| Marcellus Of Ancyra | |
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| The Council And Creed Of Nicaea | |
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| The Outcome And Aftermath Of Nicaea | |
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| Councils And Controversies: 327-361 | |
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| The Eusebian Supremacy | |
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| The Division Of East And West | |
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| The Eastern Dominance | |
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| Towards Synthesis: 361-378 | |
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| The Reign Of Julian, 361-3 | |
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| The Spirit-Fighters | |
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| Apollinarianism | |
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| The Cappadocian Fathers | |
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| The Cappadocian Fathers On The Trinity | |
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| The Cappadocian Fathers On Christ And Salvation | |
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| Theodosius I And The Council Of Constantinople | |
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| Theodosius And The Western Theology | |
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| Nicenes Divided In The East | |
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| The Council Of Constantinople: Canons | |
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| The Council Of Constantinople: The Creed | |
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| The West | |
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| New Spirituality: The Monastic Movement | |
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| Monastic Beginnings | |
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| Pachomius And Life Together | |
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| Syrian Movements | |
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| Basil's Contribution | |
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| Evagrius Of Pontus | |
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| Western Developments | |
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| Origenism, Jerome And John Chrysostom | |
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| Origenism And Jerome | |
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| Origenism In Palestine; Rufinus | |
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| John Chrysostorn | |
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| Augustine Of Hippo | |
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| Career And Confessions | |
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| Youth In Africa; Manicheism | |
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| Ambrose And Neoplatonism | |
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| Monastic Call And Conversion | |
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| Augustine On The Trinity | |
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| Donatism and The Church | |
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| Pelagianism | |
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| The City Of God | |
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| Cyril, Nestorius And The Council Of Ephesus | |
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| Cyril And The Rise Of Nestorius | |
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| Theotokos | |
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| Cyril's Second Letter To Nestorius | |
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| Cyril's Third Letter To Nestorius | |
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| Nestorius Condemned | |
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| The Formula Of Reunion | |
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| Eutyches, Leo And The Council Of Chalcedon | |
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| New Personalities | |
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| Leo | |
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| Theodoret | |
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| Eutyches | |
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| The Tome Of Leo | |
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| The Council Of Ephesus, 449 | |
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| The Council Of Chalcedon, 451 | |
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| The Chalcedonian Definition | |
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| The Value Of The Definition | |
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| The Heritage Of Ancient Theology | |
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| The Imperial Church | |
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| Doctrinal Development | |
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| The Biblical Basis | |
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| Further Reading | |
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| Index | |