Abstract: Christian theology begins with the New Testament. The earliest Christians, it shows us, were ready to expound the Scriptures and to defend their faith in Jesus against Jewish and pagan opponents. But before long they faced the new task of expressing their beliefs in a way that well-educated pagans could understand and appreciate. And as the Christian movement expanded, new expressions of the faith were devised, and had to be examined and approved so that as far as possible disagreements and misconceptions could be avoided. The great development of early Christian theology took place in the three hundred years extending from the mid-second century to the Council of Chalcedon in 451: the age of Irenaeus, Origen, Athanasius and Augustine.
Publication Year: 1994
Publication Date: 1994-11-24
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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