
Defining God
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- Intro
- Foreword
- Preface
- 1. Church and state at the beginning of the fourth century
- The empire at the beginning of the fourth century
- Diocletian
- The rise of Constantine
- The Church at the start of the fourth century
- The persecution of the Church
- Notes
- 2. Alexandria
- The Jewish community
- Greek thought in Alexandria
- Christianity in Alexandria
- Clement of Alexandria and Origen
- The Alexandrian Church in the late third century
- Notes
- 3. The origins of a controversy: Personalities and terms
- Arius: background and theology
- The key terms in the debate
- The lead-up to Nicaea
- Notes
- 4. Nicaea: An imperial call to order
- The course of the council and the Nicene Creed
- Other matters
- Notes
- 5. Athanasius and the reaction to Nicaea (325-37)
- Arius and the Eusebians
- Eustathius of Antioch and Marcellus of Ancyra
- Athanasius
- Notes
- 6. Laying theological foundations: De Incarnatione
- Contra gentes
- De Incarnatione
- Orationes contra Arianos
- Notes
- 7. Humans seeking the divine (337-57)
- Antioch
- The debacle of Serdica
- Attempts at rapprochement
- Notes
- 8. The teeth of the storm
- The catalyst of Sirmium (357)
- Athanasius, De Decretis and De Synodis
- The Neo-Arians
- Notes
- 9. Bishop, exile and ascetic
- Athanasius: The exile
- Athanasius: The ascetic
- Notes
- 10. The Cappadocian Fathers
- Basil of Caesarea
- Gregory of Nazianzus (c.330-90)
- Gregory of Nyssa (335-95)
- Notes
- 11. The Holy Spirit
- Basil of Caesarea
- Gregory of Nazianzus
- Gregory of Nyssa
- Notes
- 12. Athanasius and his legacy
- Athanasius: Contra Mundum (Against the World)
- Athanasius's legacy in the west
- The east
- The legacy of Athanasius in the Church
- Notes
- Chronological Table
- Dramatis Personae
- Glossary of Terms
- The Creeds
- The Nicene Creed, as adopted in 325
- The Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed of 381
- The Athanasian Creed
- Bibliography
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