From Nicaea to Chalcedon :

Young, Frances M.

From Nicaea to Chalcedon : a guide to the literature and its background / Frances M. Young. - London, UK : SCM, 1983. - viii, 406 p. ; pbk ; 22 cm.

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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Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Fathers of the church--Biography.
Christian literature, Early--History and criticism.
Theology, Doctrinal--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

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