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From Nicaea to Chalcedon : a guide to the literature and its background / Frances M. Young.

By: Publication details: London, UK : SCM, 1983.Description: viii, 406 p. ; pbk ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0334004950
  • 0800607112
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 270.2/YOU
Contents:
1. The birth of church history and its sequel : Eusebius of Caesarea -- Eusebius' successors -- Tales of the monks -- Conclusion.
2. Athanasius and sone fellow-Alexandrians of the fourth century : Arius -- Athanasius -- Didymus the blind.
3. The Cappadocians : Biographical -- Withdrawal and involvement -- Christianity and the contemporary culture -- Basil and the ascetic movement -- Gregory the theologian -- Gregory of Nyssa and Neoplatonic mysticism -- Preacher and teachers of the church.
4. The temper of the times : some contrasting characters of the late fourth century : Introduction -- Cyril of Jerusalem -- Epiphanius of Salamis -- John Chrysostom -- Nemesius of Emesa -- Synesius of Cyrene.
5. The literature of Christological controversy -- Introduction : Eustathius -- Apollinarius and Diodore -- Theodore of Mopsuestia -- Polemical correspondence and a pamphlet war -- Nestorius -- Cyril of Alexandria -- Theodoret of Cyrrhus.
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Includes bibliographies and indexes.

1. The birth of church history and its sequel :
Eusebius of Caesarea --
Eusebius' successors --
Tales of the monks --
Conclusion.

2. Athanasius and sone fellow-Alexandrians of the fourth century :
Arius --
Athanasius --
Didymus the blind.

3. The Cappadocians :
Biographical --
Withdrawal and involvement --
Christianity and the contemporary culture --
Basil and the ascetic movement --
Gregory the theologian --
Gregory of Nyssa and Neoplatonic mysticism --
Preacher and teachers of the church.

4. The temper of the times : some contrasting characters of the late fourth century :
Introduction --
Cyril of Jerusalem --
Epiphanius of Salamis --
John Chrysostom --
Nemesius of Emesa --
Synesius of Cyrene.

5. The literature of Christological controversy --
Introduction : Eustathius --
Apollinarius and Diodore --
Theodore of Mopsuestia --
Polemical correspondence and a pamphlet war --
Nestorius --
Cyril of Alexandria --
Theodoret of Cyrrhus.

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