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Indlæser... The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Vol. 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600) (original 1971; udgave 1975)af Jaroslav Pelikan (Forfatter)
Work InformationThe Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine, Volume 1: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (100-600) af Jaroslav Pelikan (1971)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I don't think that the English language has a word that is sufficient to describing just how excellent this book is. Every Christian and, really, every non-Christian should have to read this book. Pelikan describes in a good amount of detail, but in a nonetheless very approachable and readable manner, the development of doctrine from the close of the Apostolic era through to the time of St. Augustine, St. Gregory the Great, and the Fifth Ecumenical Council, hinting at the developments of both East and West slightly beyond. His approach is wide and his views are always fair and balanced. A very helpful feature of the book is the sidenote approach where, rather than in-text citations, footnotes, and endnotes, Pelikan instead lists the sources of his quotations and summaries to the side of where they are given. I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the books in this series. I cannot recommend enough reading this book, no matter your own personal doctrinal or non-doctrinal views. Quite a complete presentation of early Christian doctrines. The focus of this book is really purely doctrinal, so there's not even a mention of how the church developed as an institution in Roman society. The discussion of the relationship between Christian doctrine and Greek philosophy was of particular interest to me. An excellent and commanding work on the development of doctrines within early catholicism from 100-600. The book is rather advanced and presupposes a healthy knowledge of theological concepts and the Greek language. Nevertheless, Pelikan provides a balanced perspective of the challenges that faced the early Christians in their formulations of their beliefs. A great resource. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Henvisninger til dette værk andre steder. Wikipedia på engelsk (22)In this five-volume opus--now available in its entirety in paperback--Pelikan traces the development of Christian doctrine from the first century to the twentieth. "Pelikan's The Christian Tradition [is] a series for which they must have coined words like 'magisterial'."--Martin Marty, Commonweal No library descriptions found. |
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I purchased this book on January 12, 2006 (thank you, Amazon) and thus apparently used it as an occasional reference for eight years before having the courage to attack it from beginning to end over the course of the past seven weeks. To those who have read through it in a shorter period of time (and in larger chunks), I commend you.
In an introductory autobiographical essay for Orthodoxy & Western Culture (written in honor of Pelikan's 80th birthday), Pelikan recalls that in 1944, at the age of 20, he entered the PhD program at the University of Chicago's divinity school "fully conscious (probably more than fully conscious) of my powers," which included mastery of several languages. As the owner of several of his books, who am I to disagree? I humbly offer five stars -- as if the world needs an additional voice proclaiming his unprecedented scholarship. ( )