Volume 1

Historical

THEOLOGY

IN-DEPTH

Themes and Contexts of Doctrinal Development since the First Century

David Beale

BOB JONES

UNIVERSITY PRESS

Greenville, South Carolina

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Beale, David, 1944–

Historical theology in-depth: themes and contexts of doctrinal development since the first century / David Beale.

pages cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary: “A closer look at the major theological developments in Christian history”—Provided by publisher.

ISBN 978-1-60682-468-9 (hardcover: alk. paper)—ISBN 978-1-60682-469-6 (hardcover.: alk. paper) 1. Theology, Doctrinal—History. I. Title.

BT21.3.B43 2013

230.09—dc23

2012050567

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Contents

Abbreviations

1. General Introduction: Seven Principles of Historical Theology

2. An Introduction to the Early Church Fathers

3. Clement of Rome and His Epistle to the Corinthians

4. Ignatius of Antioch: Life and Letters of a Martyr-Bishop

5. Polycarp of Smyrna and His Epistle to the Philippians

6. Papias of Hierapolis: Collector of Christian Anecdotes

7. The Epistle of Barnabas and the Didache

8. Hermas of Rome: A Christian Allegorist and His Shepherd

9. The Ancient Philosophers: Backgrounds of Theological Aberrations

10. The Greek Apologists: Justin the Martyr

11. The Greek Apologists: Lesser-Known Notables

12. Irenaeus of Lyon: A Major Greek Polemicist

13. The School of Alexandria: Clement the Christian Gnostic

14. The Rise, Meaning, and Influence of Neo-Platonism

15. The School of Alexandria: Origen and Hermeneutics

16. The School of Carthage: Tertullian and Latin Christianity

17. The School of Carthage: Cyprian and Sacerdotalism

18. A Listing of Ante-Nicene Seeds of Roman Catholicism

19. The Importance of Doctrine and the Earliest Confessions and Creeds

20. The ...