PREFACE TO THE GERMAN EDITION |
xv |
PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION |
xvi |
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS |
xvii |
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY |
xli |
INTRODUCTION |
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INTRODUCTION: PATROLOGY AS A SUBJECT |
3 |
PART ONE: APOSTOLIC AND POSTAPOSTOLIC LITERATURE |
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INTRODUCTION: THE RISE OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE |
9 |
CHAPTER ONE: BIBLICAL APOCRYPHA |
13 |
CHAPTER TWO: POSTAPOSTOLIC LITERATURE |
45 |
PART TWO: LITERATURE OF THE PERIOD OF PERSECUTION (MID-SECOND TO EARLY FOURTH CENTURIES) |
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INTRODUCTION: THE IMPACT OF PERSECUTION |
63 |
CHAPTER THREE: GREEK LITERATURE |
69 |
CHAPTER FOUR: BEGININGS OF LATIN LITERATURE |
149 |
PART THREE: LITERATURE OF THE ASCENDING IMPERIAL CHURCH (EARLY FOURTH CENTURY TO CA. 430) |
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INTRODUCTION: ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF THE HISTORY OF THE FOURTH CENTURY |
187 |
CHAPTER FIVE: FIRST PHASE OF ARIANISM |
223 |
CHAPTER SIX: APOLLINARIANISM AND THE SECOND PHASE OF ARIANISM |
262 |
CHAPTER SEVEN: PASTORS, EXEGETES, AND ASCETICS |
296 |
CHAPTER EIGHT: MONASTIC AND HAGIOGRAPHIC LITERATURE |
352 |
CHAPTER NINE: AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO |
386 |
PART FOUR: LITERATURE OF THE TRANSITION FROM LATE ANTIQUITY TO THE EARLY MIDDLE AGES (CA. 430 TO THE MID-EIGHTH CENTURY) |
INTRODUCTION: RETROSPECTIVE COLLECTIONS AND PROGRESSIVE WORKS |
457 |
CHAPTER TEN: THEOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES OF THE FIFTH CENTURY |
461 |
CHAPTER ELEVEN: LITERATURE OF THE LATIN WEST |
490 |
CHAPTER TWELVE: LITERATURE OF THE GREEK EAST |
530 |
PART FIVE: LITERTURE OF THE CHRISTIAN EAST |
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN: INDEPENDENT BODIES OF LITERATURE |
549 |
SUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHY BY WILLIAM HARMLESS, SJ |
581 |
INDEX OF SUBJECTS |
605 |
INDEX OF ANCIENT SOURCES |
623 |