LEADER 03913nam 2200733Ia 450 001 9910820318203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-351-95306-0 010 $a1-315-26077-8 010 $a1-351-95305-2 010 $a1-282-34425-0 010 $a9786612344251 010 $a0-7546-9597-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000807076 035 $a(OCoLC)500683243 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10343285 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000291057 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11245799 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000291057 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10246829 035 $a(PQKB)10222146 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC476355 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL476355 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10343285 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL234425 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781315260778 035 $a(OCoLC)314379543 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB154460 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000807076 100 $a20090303d2009 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||| ||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCatholicity and heresy in the early church /$fMark Edwards 205 $aFirst edition. 210 $aFarnham, Surrey, England ;$aBurlington, VT $cAshgate Pub. Ltd.$dc2009 215 $a1 online resource (208 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-7546-6297-7 311 $a0-7546-6291-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tContents: Introduction; The gnostic beginnings of orthodoxy; The catholicity of Irenaeus; The foundations of Catholic teaching in the 3rd century; Origen and orthodoxy; The Nicene Council and its aftermath; Apollinarius and the Chalcedonian definition; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index. 330 3 $aWhile it has often been recognised that the development of Christian orthodoxy was stimulated by the speculations of those who are now called heretics, it is still widely assumed that their contribution was merely catalytic, that they called forth the exposition of what the main church already believed but had not yet been required to formulate. This book maintains that scholars have underrated the constructive role of these "heretical" speculations in the evolution of dogma, showing that salient elements in the doctrines of the fall, the Trinity and the union of God and man in Christ derive from teachings that were initially rejected by the main church. Mark Edwards also reveals how authors who epitomised orthodoxy in their own day sometimes favoured teachings which were later considered heterodox, and that their doctrines underwent radical revision before they became a fixed element of orthodoxy. The first half of the volume discusses the role of Gnostic theologians in the formation of catholic thought; the second half will offer an unfashionable view of the controversies which gave rise to the councils of Nicaea, Ephesus and Chalcedon . Many of the theories advanced here have not been broached elsewhere, and no synthesis on this scale had been attempted by other scholars. While this book proposes a revision in the scholarly perception of early Christendom, it also demonstrates the essential unity of the tradition. 606 $aChurch history$yPrimitive and early church, ca. 30-600 606 $aChurch$xCatholicity 606 $aTheology, Doctrinal$xHistory$yEarly church, ca. 30-600 606 $aHeresy$xHistory 606 $aGnosticism$xHistory 615 0$aChurch history 615 0$aChurch$xCatholicity. 615 0$aTheology, Doctrinal$xHistory 615 0$aHeresy$xHistory. 615 0$aGnosticism$xHistory. 676 $a273/.1 700 $aEdwards$b M. J$g(Mark J.)$0852107 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820318203321 996 $aCatholicity and heresy in the early church$94192252 997 $aUNINA