Script: Traditional Chinese Publisher: China Evangelical Seminary, Taiwan Date: 1984 Format/Pages: softcover/405 pp ISBN: 9579337470 Availability: out of stock Price: $9.88
Early Christian Doctrine is a clear, precise and up-to-date account of the early history of Christian doctrine. It is invaluable for an understanding of the formative period when the main lines of Christian dogma were laid down; and it presents a balanced picture of the early controversies in the light of modern scholarship. The doctrines of the Trinity, the authority of the Bible and tradition, the nature of Christ, salvation, original sin and grace, and the sacraments are all extensively treated in these pages.
Translated, compiled and published by non-Orthodox. Not all doctrines that were circulating in the early church are accepted by the Orthodox Church. Even so, the extant writings of those not recognized as Church Fathers such as Origen and Tertullian may be read with prudence. This will enable students in patrology to grasp the context by which Church Fathers and the various Councils put forth their anathemata against various heretical teachings that the early Church has to combat against. Read with discretion.