The Christian tradition :

Pelikan, Jaroslav, 1923-2006.

The Christian tradition : a history of the development of docrine / Jaroslav Pelikan. - Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, <1971-1989> - <5 vols > ; pbk ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

v.1 : The emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600) :
Praeparatio evangelica. The true Israel ; The Christian dispute with classical thought ; The triumph of theology ; The expectation of the nations --
Outside the mainstream. The separation of law and gospel ; Systems of cosmic redemption ; The new prophecy ; Criteria of apostolic community --
The faith of the church Catholic. The apocalyptic vision and its transformation ; The supernatural order ; The meaning of salvation ; The church and the means of grace --
The mystery of the Trinity. Christ as divine ; Christ as creature ; Christ as homoousios ; The three and the one --
The person of the God-man. Presuppositions of the Christological doctrine ; Alternative theologies of the incarnation ; The dogma of the two natures in Christ ; The continuing debate --
Nature and grace. The state of Christian anthropology ; The paradox of grace ; Grace and perfection ; Natural endowment and superadded gifts --
The orthodox consensus. Ubique, semper, ab omnibus ; Catholic Orthodoxy in the East ; Orthodox Catholicism in the West. v.2. The spirit of Eastern Christendom (600-1700) :
The authority of the fathers. The changeless truth of salvation ; The norms of traditional doctrine ; The councils and their achievements ; Knowing the unknowable --
Union and division in Christ. Duality of hypostases ; One incarnate nature of God the Logos ; Actions and wills in unison ; Christ the universal man --
Images of the invisible. Images graven and ungraven ; Images as idols ; Images as icons ; The melody of theology --
The challenge of the Latin church. The orthodoxy of old Rome ; The foundation of apostolic piety ; The theological origins of the schism ; The filioque --
The vindication of Trinitarian monotheism. Trinity and Shema ; Evil and the God of love ; The one God --
and his prophet ; The God of the philosophers --
The last flowering of Byzantine Orthodoxy. The mystic as new theologian ; The final break with Western doctrine ; The definition of Eastern particularity ; The heir apparent. v.3. The growth of medieval theology (600-1300) :
The integrity of the Catholic tradition. The faith and the creed ; Faith, hope, and love ; The spirit and the letter ; The city of God --
Beyond the Augustinian synthesis. The reconsideration of dogma ; The rule of prayer ; The sovereignty of grace ; The claims of reason --
The plan of salvation. The paradox of justice and mercy ; The discipline of Jesus ; The cross as the redemption of mankind ; The Lord of history --
The communication of grace. Mary as mediatrix ; The communion of the saints ; The real presence ; The grace of the sacraments --
The one true faith. The problem of patristic consensus ; Schism, sect, and heresy ; The encounter with other faiths ; Faith in search of understanding --
Summa theologica. The reintegration of the Catholic tradition ; Natural theology and the scholastic method ; The celestial and ecclesiastical hierarchies ; The vision of God. v. 4. Reformation of church and dogma (1300-1700) :
Doctrinal pluralism in the later Middle Ages. Beyond the Augustinian synthesis ; The plan of salvation ; The communication of grace ; The one true faith --
One, holy, Catholic, and apostolic? The unity of the church ; The holy church ; Catholic concordance ; In defense of apostolic obedience --
The gospel as the treasure of the church. Divine justice and human righteousness ; Justification by faith ; The theology of the cross ; The centrality of the gospel --
The word and the will of God. Word and spirit ; Obedience to the word and will of God ; The eternal will of God, hidden and revealed ; The will of God for the world --
The definition of Roman Catholic particularity. Defenders of the faith ; The gospel and the Catholic church ; From pluralism to definition ; Reaffirmation of church and dogma --
Challenges to apostolic continuity. Christian humanism and the authority of revelation ; Spirit versus structure ; Repudiation of Trinitarian doctrine --
Confessional dogmatics in a divided Christendom. The prolegomena of dogmatics ; The humanity of Jesus Christ ; The history of the covenant ; The gifts of grace. v. 5. Christian doctrine and modern culture (since 1700) :
The crisis of orthodoxy east and west.Apologia for the church ; Investigations into Christian doctrine ; The doctrine of law and grace ; The devout and holy life --
The objectivity of transcendent revelation. Miracle, mystery and authority ; The contingent truths of history ; Christological dogma and the Historical Jesus ; The essence of true religion --
The theology of the heart. The affectional transposition of doctrine ; God and the soul ; Evangelical perfection ; The experience of the Holy Spirit --
Foundations of the Christian world view. The reality of God ; maker of Heaven and Earth ; The Divine Image ; The progress of the Kingdom --
The definition of doctrine. The principle of historical mediation ; Inspiration and infallibilty ; The consensus of Christian tradition ; Dogma and its development --
The sobornost of the body of Christ. The renewal of ecclesiology ; Theological resources for unity ; The redemption of society ; Lumen Gentium,

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Theology, Doctrinal--History.

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