TY - BOOK AU - Young,Frances M. TI - From Nicaea to Chalcedon: a guide to the literature and its background SN - 0334004950 U1 - 270.2/YOU PY - 1983/// CY - London, UK PB - SCM KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Fathers of the church KW - Biography KW - Christian literature, Early KW - History and criticism KW - Theology, Doctrinal KW - History KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 N1 - 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 ER -