![]() Covering the earliest noncanonical Christian writings through the fifth century and later, this book will serve as an indispensable guide to students studying the theology of the early church. Throughout he demonstrates how literary genre played a decisive role in the construction of theological meaning. Published 2010 Binding Trade paperback, glued binding ISBN 10 0061855898 Quantity Available 1 Seller. Beginning with the epistolary writings of the earliest Christian writers of the second century CE, he moves through apologies, martyrologies, antiheretical polemics, biblical commentaries, sermons, all the way up through Augustines invention of spiritual autobiography and beyond. Gonzalez Condition New Edition Revised and updated ed. In this groundbreaking work, esteemed historian of Christianity Justo Gonzalez chooses to focus on the literature of early Christianity. The lives of significant theological figures, the rejection of individuals and movements as heretical, and the Trinitarian and christological controversiesthe defining theological events of the early churchhave long provided the framework with which to understand the development of early Christian belief. Gonzalezs book The Story of Christianity is a very informative summation a continuation of Volume 1 which covered the beginning of the church up to the. ![]() Historical events have long been the standard lens through which scholars have sought to understand the theology of Christianity in late antiquity. Gonzalez's The Story of Chrisanity, Vol 1 Contents Insights from Chapter 1 Insights from Chapter 2 Insights Front Cover. ![]()
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