Author: Michel R. BarnesPublisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Arianism After Arius
Author: Michel R. BarnesPublisher: Burns & Oates
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Four Discourses Against the Arians
Author: Arius
Author: Rowan WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
History of the Arians
Author: Defense Against the Arians
Author: Arianism: Roman Heresy and Barbarian Creed
Author: Guido M. BerndtPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317178653
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
This is the first volume to attempt a comprehensive overview of the evolution of the 'Arian' churches in the Roman world of Late Antiquity and their political importance in the late Roman kingdoms of the 5th-6th centuries, ruled by barbarian warrior elites. Bringing together researchers from the disciplines of theology, history and archaeology, and providing an extensive bibliography, it constitutes a breakthrough in a field largely neglected in historical studies. A polemical term coined by the Orthodox Church (the side that prevailed in the Trinitarian disputes of the 4th century C.E.) for its opponents in theology as well as in ecclesiastical politics, Arianism has often been seen as too complicated to understand outside the group of theological specialists dealing with it and has therefore sometimes been ignored in historical studies. The studies here offer an introduction to the subject, grounded in the historical context, then examine the adoption of Arian Christianity among the Gothic contingents of the Roman army, and its subsequent diffusion in the barbarian kingdoms of the late Roman world.
The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God
Author: Richard Patrick Crosland HansonPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780567030924
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 966
Book Description
First published in 1988, The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God is still considered by many scholars to be the finest work on the Arian Controversy. Examining scholarly works on the Controversy and many original texts, Professor Hanson, provides a clear understanding of how the traditional and historic doctrine of God as the Holy Trinity reached its most mature and enduring form. The author is not primarily concerned to defend the orthodox position itself, but rather to discover and examine the formation of that orthodoxy. The history of the events - the Councils, the interventions of the Emperor, the rivalries of sees, the behaviour of bishops, the varying fortunes of the different schools of thought and their leaders - is interwoven with the progression of thought and doctrine during the sixty years of the Controversy. Professor Hanson sees the problem of the reconciliation of two concepts which were both part of the very fabric of Christianity - monotheism and the worship of Jesus Christ as divine.
The Plot Against the Church
Author: Maurice PinayPublisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1365162427
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 517
Book Description
This book, The Plot Against the Church, was published prior to the beginning of the Second Vatican Council as a warning of what the dark powers had in store for the Church. The high ranking clerics, writing as Maurice Pinay, stated that the ultimate purpose of the Council was to remove the crime of Deicide from the Jews and assign it instead to the Romans. It is a scholarly work, worthy of consideration of all who would understand Christian history and Christian defense against forces seeking to destroy the Church and Faith. While written in 1962, Rabbi Louis Israel Newman wrote much the same from the Jewish side in his 1925 work Jewish Influence in Christian Reform Movements, which is quoted extensively in The Plot.
Arius
Author: Rowan WilliamsPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 1467431753
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 444
Book Description
Arius is widely considered to be Rowan Williams's magnum opus. Long out of print and never before available in paperback, it has been newly revised. This expanded and updated edition marks a major publishing event. Arianism has been called the "archetypal Christian heresy" because it denies the divinity of Christ. In his masterly examination of Arianism, Rowan Williams argues that Arius himself was actually a dedicated theological conservative whose concern was to defend the free and personal character of the Christian God. His "heresy" grew out of an attempt to unite traditional biblical language with radical philosophical ideas and techniques and was, from the start, involved with issues of authority in the church. Thus, the crisis of the early fourth century was not only about the doctrine of God but also about the relations between emperors, bishops, and "charismatic" teachers in the church's decision-making. In the course of his discussion, Williams raises the vital wider questions of how heresy is defined and how certain kinds of traditionalism transform themselves into heresy. Augmented with a new appendix in which Williams interacts with significant scholarship since 1987, this book provides fascinating reading for anyone interested in church history and the development of Christian doctrine.
Augustine and the Arians
Author: William A. SumruldPublisher: Associated University Presse
ISBN: 9780945636465
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Subsequent generations viewed the Catholic victory as inevitable, but for Augustine's contemporaries the Ulfilan Arians were a serious menace.