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This book traces the movements and counter-movements of theological thought through the centuries from the New Testament to the present. This work is divided in three parts: · Part 1 addresses the age of the church fathers · Part 2 covers the Middle Ages from Augustine to Luther · Part 3 moves from the Reformation to the mid-20th century.

Moralism was found not in the proclamation of the Law as such but in the manner this was done. There was a strong tendency among the Apostolic Fathers to emphasize obedience to the Law, as well as the imitation of Christ, as the way to salvation and the essential content of the Christian life. Christs death and resurrection were pointed to as the basis of man’s salvation. Because of Christ’s work man can receive the forgiveness of sin, the gift of life, immortality, and release from the powers of
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