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.