Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Justin Martyr on philosophy and theology

Clement of Alexandria on philosophy and theology

Tertullian on the relation of philosophy and heresy

Augustine on philosophy and theology

The Nicene's Creed

The Apostle's Creed

Anselm of Canterbury's proof for the existence of God

Gaunilo's reply to Anselm's argument

Thomas Aquinas on proofs for the existence of God

Thomas Aquinas on the principle of analogy

William of Ockham on proofs of God's existence

Martin Luther on the theology of the cross

John Calvin on the nature of faith

The Heidelberg catechism on images of God

John Locke on the formation of the concept of God

Rene Descartes on the existence of God

Blaise Pascal on proofs for the existence of God

Blaise Pascal on the hiddenness of God

Immanuel Kant on Anselm's ontological argument

Soren Kierkegaard on Anselm's ontological argument

Soren Kierkegaard on the subjectivity of truth

The first Vatican council on faith and reason

John Henry Newman on the grounds of faith

Adolf Von Harnack on the origins of dogma

Karl Barth on the nature and task of theology

Ludwig Wittgenstein on proofs for the existence of God

Vladimir Lossky on Apophatic approaches to theology

Dietrich Bonhoeffer on God in a secular world

Paul Tillich on the method of correlation

Sallie McFague on metaphor in theology

Gustavo Gutierrez on theology as critical reflection

Brian A. Gerrish on accommodation in Calvin's theology

George Lindbeck on postliberal approaches to doctrine

Dumitru Staniloae on the nature of dogma

The sources of theology

The Muratorian fragment on the New Testament canon

Ireneus on the role of tradition

Hippolytus on typological interpretation of scripture

Clement of Alexandria on the fourfold interpretation of scripture

Tertullian on tradition and apostolic succession

Origen on the three ways of reading scripture

Cyril of Jerusalem on the role of creeds

Augustine on the literal and allegorical senses of scripture

Jerome on the role of scripture

Vincent of Lerins on the role of tradition

Bernard of Clairvaux on the allegorical sense of scripture

Stephen Langton on the moral sense of scripture

Ludolf of Saxony on reading scripture imaginatively

Jacques Lefevre d'Etaples on the senses of scripture

Martin Luther on the fourfold sense of scripture

Martin Luther on revelation in Christ

John Calvin on the natural knowledge of God

John Calvin on the relation between Old and New covenants

The Council of Trent on scripture and tradition

The Gallic confession on the canon of scripture

The Belgic confession on the book of nature

Melchior Cano on the church as interpreter of scripture

The formula of concord on scripture and the theologians

King James I on the relation of Old and New Testaments

Roberto Bellarmine on Protestant Biblical interpretation

The King James translators on biblical translation

Sir Thomas Browne on the two books of revelation

Francis White on scripture and tradition

Philip Jakob Spener on scripture and the Christian life

Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf on reason and experience

Jonathan Edwards on the beauty of creation

William Paley on the wisdom of the creation

Johann Adam Mohler on living tradition

John Henry Newman on the role of tradition

Archibald Alexander Hodge on the inspiration of scripture

Benjamin Jowett on the interpretation of scripture

Gerard Manley Hopkins on God's grandeur in nature

Charles Gore on the relation of dogma to the New Testament

James Orr on the centrality of Revelation for Christianity

Wilhelm Herrmann on the nature of revelation

Karl Barth on revelation as God's self-disclosure

Emil Brunner on the personal nature of revelation

Rudolf Bultmann on demythologization and biblical interpretation

Karl Rahner on the authority of scripture

Phyllis Trible on feminist biblical interpretation

Donald G. Bloesch on Christological approaches to biblical hermeneutics

John Meyendorff on living tradition

James I. Packer on the nature of revelation

Thomas F. Torrance on Karl Barth's criticism of natural theology

The catechism of the Catholic Church on scripture and tradition

The doctrine of God

Athenagoras of Athens on the Christian God

Irenaeus on the Trinity

Tertullian on creation from pre-existent matter

Origen on creation from pre-existent matter

Origen on the relation of God and evil

Origen on the suffering of God

Origen in the changelessness of God

Gegory of Nyssa on human analogies of the Trinity

Basil of Caesarea on the Work of the Holy Spirit

Gregory of Nazianzus on the Gradual Revelation of the Tirnity

Hilary of Poitiers on the Trinity

Augustine on the Trinity

Ausustine on the Relation of God and Evil

Augustine on the Holy Spirit

Epiphanius of Constantia on Sebellianism

Cyril of Alexandria on the Role of the Holy Spirit

Fulgentius of Ruspe on the Holy Spirit and Eucharist

John of Damascus on the Holy Spirit

The Eleventh Council of Toledo on the Trinity

Anselm of Canterbury on the Compassion of God

Richard of St Victor on Love within the Trinity

Alexander of Hales on the Suffering of God in Christ

Thomas Aquinas on Divine Omnipotence

Bonaventure in the Origin of Evil

Julian or Norwich on God as our Mother

William of Ockham on the Two Powers of God

Thomas a Kempis on the Limits of Trinitarian Speculation

John Owen on the Soveriegnty of God

Benedict Spinoza on the Impassibility of God

F. D. E. Schleiermacher on the Trinity

Karl Barth on the "Otherness" of God

Jurgen Moltmann on the Suffering of God

Richard Swinburne on God as Creator

Leonardo Boff on the Trinity as Good News for the Poor

Robert Jenson on the Trinity

Hans Kung on the Immutability of God

Eberhard Jungel on the Theology of Icons

Walter Kasper on the Rationaility of the Trinity

Paul Jewett on Noninclusive Langauge and the Trinity

Anne Carr of Feminism and the Maleness of God

Sarah Coakley on Social Models of the Trinity

Ignatuis of Antioch on Docetism

Irenaeus on Gnosticism in Christology

Tertullian on Patripassianism

Tertullian on the Incarnation

Novatian on the Divinity of Christ

Origen on the Two Natures of Christ

Arius on the Status of Christ

Athanasius on the Two Nature of Christ

Apollinarius of Laodicea on the Person of Christ

Gregory of Nazianzus on Apollinarianism

Theodore of Mopsuesia on the "Union of Good Pleasure"

Nestorius on the Term "Thetokos"

Cyril of Alexandria on Nestorius's Christology

Cyril of Alexandria on the Incarnation

Cyril of Alexandria on Mary as the Mother of God

Leo the Great on the Two Natures of Christ

The Chalcedonian Definition of Christian Faith (451)

The Emperor Zeno on the Natures of Christ

The Monophysites on the Natures if Christ

John of Damascus on the Incarnation and Icons

Honorius of Autun on the Cause of the Incarnation

Thomas Aquinas on the Necessity of the Incarnation

Gregory Palamas on the Divine Condescension in the Incarnation

Martin Luther's Critique of Nestorianism

Francois Turrettini on the Threefold Office of Christ

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing on the "Natural Heresies" of Christianity

A. B. Rischl on the Uniqueness of Jesus Christ

Martin Kahler on the Historical Jesus

George Tyrell on the Christ of Liberal Protestantism

Albert Schweitzer on the Failure of the "Quest of the Historical Jesus"

Peter Taylor Forsyth on the Person of Christ

Ernst Troeltsch on the Faith and History

Dorothy L. Sayers on Christology and Dogma

Paul Tillich on the Dispensensability of the Historical Jesus

Wolfhart Pannenberg on the Indispensability of the Historical Jesus

Thomas F. Torrance on the Incarnation and Soteriology

Rosemary Radford Ruther on the Maleness of Christ

Daphne Hampson on the Possibility of a Feminist Christology

Morna D. Hooker on Chalcedon and the New Testament

N. T. Wright on History and Christology

Irenaeus on the " Ransom" Theory of the Atonement

Irenaeus on "Recapitulation" in Christ

Clement of Alexandria on Christ's Death as an Example of Love

Athanasius on the Death of Christ

Athanasius on the Relation of Christology and Soteriology

Pseudo-Hippolytus on the Cosmic Dimension of the Cross

Rufinys of Aquileia on the "Fish-hook" Theory of the Atonement

An Ancient Liturgy on Christ's Descent into Hell

Theodoret of Cyrrhus on the Death of Christ

Maximus of Constantinople on the Economy of Salvation

Simeon the New Theologian on Salvation as Deification

Anselm of Canterbury on the Atonement

Peter Abelard on the Love of Christ in Redemption

Hugh of St Victor on the Death of Christ

Rupert of Deutz on the Incarnation as God's Response to sin

Thomas Aquinas on the satisfaction of Christ

Nicholas Cabasilas on the death of Christ

John Calvin on the Grounds of Redemption

The Socinian Critique of the idea of Satisfaction

John Donne on the Work of Christ

George Herbert on the Death of Christ and Redemption

Charles Wesley on Salvation in Christ

F. D. E. Schleiermacher on Chirst as a Charismatic Leader

F. D. E. Schleiermacher on Christology and Soteriology

Charles Gore on the Relation of Christology and Soteriology

Hastings Rashdall on Christ as a Moral Example

James Denney on Atonement and Incarnation

Gustaf Aulen on the Classic Theory of the Atonement

Vladimir Lossky on Redemption as Deification

Bernard Lonergan on the Intelligibility of Redemption

Wolfhart Pannenberg on Soteriological Approaches to Christology

James I. Packer on Penal Substitution

Dorothee Solle on Suffering and Redemption

Colin E. Gunton on the Language of Atonement

Irenaeus on Human Progress

Tertullian on the Origin of Sin

Tertullian on Inherited Guilt

Tertullian on the Image of God

Origen on the Images of God

Origen on Inherited Sin

Lactantius on Political Aspects of the Image of God

Ambrose on the Unmerited Character of Salvation

Ambrosiaster on Original Sin

Gregory of Nyssa on Human Longing for God

Augustine on the Divine Election

Augustine on the Nature of Predestination

Augustine on Human Freedom

Augustine on Irresistible Grace and Perseverance

Pelagius on Human Responsibility

Pelagius on Human Freedom

Pelagius's Rejection of Original Sin

The Council of Carthage on Grace

The synod of Arles on Pelagianism

The Second Council of Orange on Grace and Freedom

John Scotus Eriugena on the Nature of Paradise

Hildegard of Bingen on the Creation of Man and Woman

Alan of Lille on Penitence as a Cause of Grace

Francis of Assisi on the Creation

Thomas Aquinas on the Nature of Grace

Mechthild of Magdeburg on Humanity's Longing for God

John Duns Scotus on the Immaculate Conception of Mary

Gregory of Rimini on Predestination

Gabriel Biel on Merit and Justification

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola on Human Nature

Martin Luther's Discovery of the "Righteousness of God"

Martin Luther on Justifying Faith

Martin Luther on Sin and Grace

Philip Melanchthon on Justification by Faith

John Calvin on Predestination

John Calvin on Faith and the Promises of God

John Calvin on the Concept of Justification

The Council of Trent on Justification

Theodore Beza on the Causes of Presdestination

John Donne on the Bondage of the Human Will

James Ussher on the Grounds of Assurance

The Westminster Confession of Faith on Predestination

Anne Bradstreet on Flesh and Spirit

Nikolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf on Saving Faith

Freirdrich Christoph Oetinger on Conversion

Jonathan Edwards on Original Sin

John Wesley on Justification

Richard Watson on Regeneration and Sanctification

Emil Brunner on the Image of God

Karl Barth on Election in Christ

Emil Brunner on Barth's Doctrine of Election

Reinfold Niebuhr on Original Sin

The Second Vatican Council on Human Nature

Daphne Hampson on Feminist Approaches to Sin

Mary Hayter on Human Sexuality and the Image of God

Irenaeus on the Function of the Church

Origen on the Church and Salvation

Cyprian of Carthage on the Unity of the Church

Cyril of Jerusalem on the Catholocity of the Church

Petillian of Cirta on the Purity of Ministers

Augustine on the Mixed Nature of the Church

Leo the Great on Minitry within the Church

Innocent III on the Church and State

Thomas Aquinas on the Catholicity of the Church

Boniface VIII on Papal Primacy: Unam Sanctam

Jan Hus on the Church

Martin Luther on the Marks of the Church

Martin Luther on Priests and Laity

Philip Melanchton on the Nature of Catholicity

Sebastian Franck on the True Church

The Fisr Helvetic Confession on the Nature of the Church

John Calvin on the Marks of the Church

John Owen on the Nature of a Gospel Church

F. D. E. Schleiermacher on the Church as a Fellowship of Believers

The First Vatican Council on Papal Primacy in the Church

Henry Barclay Swete on the Apostolicity of the Church

The Barmen Confession on the Identity of the Church

Yves Congar on the Heirarchy of the Church

The Second Vatican Council on the Nature of the Church

John D. Zizioulas on Local and Universal Churches

Leonardo Boff on the Nature of Local Churches

Avery Dulles on the Meanings of "Catholicity"

Stanley Hauerwas on the Importance of the Church

Clement of Alexandria on Faith as Feeding on Christ

Clement of Alexandria on the Results of Baptism

Cyprian of Cathage on Heretical Baptism

Cyril of Jerusalem on the Meaning of Baptism

Cyril of Jerusalem on the Body and Blood of Christ

Hilary of Poitiers on the Effects of Baptism

Augustine on Donatist Approaches to the Sacraments

Augustine on the "Right to Baptize"

John of Damascus on the Holy Spirit and Eucharist

Paschasius Radbertus on the Real Presence

Ratanmus of Corbie on the Real Presence

Candidus of Fulda on "This is My Body"

Lunfranc of Bec on the Mystery of the Sacrament

Hugh of St Victor on the Definition of a Sacrament

Peter Lombard on the Definition of a Sacrament

Thomas Aquinas on Transubstantiation

Martin Luther on the Number of Sacraments

Martin Luther on the Doctrine of Transubstantiation

Martin Luther on the Bread and Wine as a Testament

Martin Luther on Baptism

Philip Melanchthon on Sacramental Signs

Kornelius Hendriks Hoen on "This is My Body"

Huldrych Zwingli on "This is My Body"

Huldrych Zwingli on the Nature of Sacraments

The First Helvetic Confession on the Efficacy of the Sacraments

John Calvin on the Nature of Sacraments

Martin Bucer on the Sacraments

The Council of Trent on Transubstantiation

Theodore Beza on Sacramental Signs

John Wesley on the Eucharist and Salvation

The Second Vatican Council on the Eucharist

Edwards Schillebeeckx on Understanding the Real Presence

The World Council of Churches on Baptism

Alexander Schmemann on the Eucharist

John Paul II on the Eucharist as a Sign of Hope

Justin Matyr on Christianity before Christ

Ludwig Feuerbach on the Origens of Religion

Karl Marx on Feuebach's Views on Religion

Karl Barth on Christianity and Religion

C. S. Lewis on the Myth in Christianity and Other Faiths

Karl Rahner on Christianity and the Non-Christian Religions

The Second Vatican Council on Non-Christian Religions

Clark Pinnock on Pluralist and Christology

John Hick on Complementary Pluralism

C. S. song on the Cross and the Lotus

John B. Cobb Jr. on Religious Pluralism

Lesslie Newbigin on the Gospel in a Pluralist Culture

Irenaeus on the Final Restoration of Creation

Theophilus of Antioch on Conditional Immortality

Tertullian on Hell and Heaven

Tertullian on the Millennium

Origen on the Resurrection Body

Methodius of Olympus on the Resurrection

Cyril Of Jerusalem on Prayers for the Dead

Gregory of Nyssa on the Resurrection Body

John Chrysostom on Prayers for the Dead

Augustine on the Christian Hope

Gregory the Great on Purgatory

Peter Lombard on the Appearance of Humanity in Heaven

Benedict XII on Seeing God in Heaven Catherine of Genoa on Purgatory

John Donne on the Resurrection

Jeremy Taylor on Death and Heaven

Jonathan Edwards on the Reality of Hell

John Wesley on Universal Restoration

Rudolf Bultmann on the Existential Interpretation of Eschatology

Helmut Thielicke on Etnics and Eschatology

Richard Bauckham on Jurgen Moltmann's Eschatology

Hans Urs von Balthasar on Hell

Gabriel Fackre on the Last Things

Philip E. Hughes on Everlasting Death

Kathryn Tanner on Eternal Life

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