History of Christian Theology in the Apostolic Age (2 vols.)
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Overview
Édouard Reuss’ two-volume History of Christian Theology in the Apostolic Age presents the development of Christian theology from its nascent forms in the late Second Temple period to its full expression at the end of the first century AD. Providing both historical narrative and biblical exegesis, Reuss presents a comprehensive narrative of how early Christian theology developed.
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- Examines early Christian theology from a Lutheran perspective
- Unpacks the way early theologians treated specific doctrines
- Combines historical and theological analysis
Top Highlights
“The fundamental and formative idea of the prophetic teaching was that of the theocracy, or of the city of God.” (Volume 1, Page 29)
“Luther and Calvin could not agree; Arminius and Gomar were opposed to each other; Halle and Wittenberg declared open hostility. Orthodoxy, ever jealous to prevent even the possibility of error, could not devise any method more efficacious than that which had always produced precisely the contrary result of endless division—the method, that is, of more and more minute definition of dogma. Wherever men have reflected and speculated upon the facts of the religious consciousness, there has been difference of opinion, the gradual or conflicting development of ideas.” (Volume 1, Pages 6–7)
“It is the blending of these two elements in unequal and various proportions, which has produced the successive evolutions of Christian theology, and which in truth still operates in the same way.” (Volume 1, Page 24)
“Biblical theology is then essentially a historical science. It does not demonstrate, it narrates. It is the first chapter in the history of Christian doctrine.” (Volume 1, Page 10)
“Such an explanation of the characteristic traits of Judaism after the exile is utterly false and inexact.” (Volume 1, Page 39)
- Title: History of Christian Theology in the Apostolic Age
- Author: Édouard Reuss
- Translator: Annie Harwood
- Edition: 3rd
- Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
- Volumes: 2
- Pages: 972
About Édouard Reuss
Édouard Reuss (1804–1891) studied at Göttingen and Halle. At Halle, he studied under the famous Hebrew scholar Wilhelm Gesenius. Reuss taught biblical languages at Strasbourg Theological School, and was a member of the Lutheran Protestant Church of Augsburg Confession of Alsace and Lorraine.
About Annie Harwood
Annie Harwood, or Annie Harwood Holmden, was a linguist and church historian. She translated some of the nineteenth century’s most significant contributions to historical theology, including Jesus Christ: His Times, Palestine in the Time of Christ, The Early Years of Christianity, Heresy and Christian Doctrine, and Coligny Coligny: The Earlier Life of the Great Huguenot.
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