TY - BOOK AU - Hall,Stuart George TI - Doctrine and practice in the early church SN - 9781610970518 AV - BT25 .H34 2011 PY - 2005/// CY - London PB - SPCK KW - Theology, Doctrinal KW - History KW - Early church, ca. 30-600 KW - Church history KW - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 N1 - Previous ed.: 2nd ed. London : SPCK, 2005; Includes bibliographical references (p. 246-250) and index; God and the gods -- Community and morality -- The message and the messengers -- Proliferation and excess -- Defence and definition: early apologists -- Tradition and the truth: Irenaeus of Lyons -- Latin theology launched: Tertullian -- Sectarian religion and episcopal authority -- One church, one baptism: Cyprian -- The Alexandrian heritage: Clement -- Origen the theologian -- The rise of Constantine -- Arius and the Council of Nicaea -- Councils and controversies: 327-361 -- Towards synthesis: 361-378 -- Theodosius I and the Council of Constantinople -- New spirituality: the monastic movement -- Origenism, Jerome and John Chrysostom -- Augustine of Hippo -- Cyril, Nestorius, and the Council of Ephesus -- Eutyches, Leo and the Council of Chalcedon -- The heritage of ancient theology ER -