Readings in the History of Christian Theology: From its beginnings to the eve of the ReformationWilliam Carl Placher Westminster John Knox Press, 1. jan. 1988 - 206 sider In this book, William C. Placher compiles significant passages written by the most important Christian thinkers through the early sixteenth century. An important resource for theological study, Readings in the History of Christian Theology contains excerpts preceded by the author's illuminating introductions so that the book can stand alone as a coherent history. |
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Preface | 9 |
George Blaurock The Hutterite Chronicle | 27 |
Menno Simons The Writings of Menno Simons | 33 |
Calvin and the English Reformation | 58 |
Richard Hooker The Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity | 73 |
George Fox Journal | 79 |
Matthew Tindal Christianity as Old as the Creation | 87 |
John Wesley The Scripture Way of Salvation | 95 |
Gotthold Lessing On the Proof of the Spirit and of Power | 101 |
Theology in the United States | 107 |
The Nineteenth Century | 130 |
The Twentieth Century | 156 |
New Voices | 190 |
Suggestions for Further Reading | 205 |
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