| Preface to the German Editioon |
vii |
| Preface to the American Edition |
ix |
| Translator's Note |
xi |
| List of Abbreviations |
xiii |
| Introduction: DOGMA AND THE HISTORY OF DOGMA |
| Christianity without Dogma |
1 |
| What is Dogma? |
4 |
| The Continuity of the history of Dormas |
8 |
| The Authority of Dogmas |
12 |
| Dogmas Must Be Interpretd |
16 |
| Chapter 1 CANON AND CREED |
19 |
| The Old Testament |
23 |
| The Formation of the New Testament Canon |
26 |
| Scripture and Tradition |
30 |
| The Creed |
32 |
| Chapter 2 The DOCTRINE OF THE TRINITY |
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| Beginnings |
37 |
| Early Traces of a Doctrine of the Trinity |
43 |
| Arius |
48 |
| The Council of Nicaea |
50 |
| More Than Five Decades of Controversy |
56 |
| The Divinity of the Holy Spirit |
61 |
| The Right Interpretation of The Doctrine of Trinity |
66 |
| Chapter 3 CHRISTOLOGY |
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| Beginnings |
71 |
| Apollinaris of Laodicea |
80 |
| Antiochenes and Alexandrians |
84 |
| From Ephesus to Chalcedon |
90 |
| The Sequel |
94 |
| Chapter 4 THE DOCTRINE OF SIN AND GRACE |
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| Faith and Works |
100 |
| Pelagius |
106 |
| Augustine |
110 |
| The Pelagian Controversy |
117 |
| The Semi-Pelagian Controversy |
122 |
| The Result |
127 |
| Chapter 5 WORD AND SACRAMENT |
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| The Early Church 132 |
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| Word abd Sacrament in Augustine |
136 |
| Eucharistic Controversies during the Middle Ages |
141 |
| Further Development of the Doctrine of the Sacraments |
150 |
| Chapter 6 JUSTIFICATION |
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| Distinguishing Characteristics of the Reformation Era |
156 |
| Man before God |
159 |
| The Twofold Nature of Confession |
164 |
| Controversy concerning the Lord's Supper |
169 |
| The confessional Treatises of Lutheranism |
176 |
| Calvin and the Reformed Church |
185 |
| Rome's Answer |
190 |
| Chapter 7 DOGMA WITHIN RECENT CATHOLICISM |
| The Understanding of Dogma |
197 |
| The Immaculate Conception of Mary |
199 |
| The infallibility of Pope |
204 |
| The Bodily Assumption of Mary |
211 |
| Chapter 8 DOGMA WITHIN PROTESTANTISM |
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| Is there a History of Dogma within Protestantism? |
215 |
| The Age of Orthodyxy |
217 |
| The Rise of Historical Thinking |
223 |
| The Barmen Declaration |
230 |
| Chapter 9 THE UNITT OF THE CHURCH |
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| The Goal of the history of Dogma |
237 |
| The Ecumencial Movoment |
242 |
| APPENIXES |
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| Chronological Table |
251 |
| Glossary |
265 |
| For Further Reading |
267 |
| INDEX |
275 |