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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      17 August 2009
      04 September 1975
      ISBN:
      9780511520273
      9780521099158
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511520273
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      Dimensions:
      (216 x 138 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.4kg, 280 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Ancient History, Classical Studies, Religion, Theology
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    The purpose of this book is to bring within a single volume a representative selection of extracts from the writings of the Early Christian fathers, covering the main areas of Christian thought. The extracts, for the most part newly translated by the editors, are arranged by topic under the following headings: God, Trinity, Christ, Holy Spirit, Sin and Grace, Tradition and Scripture, Church, Sacraments, Christian Living, Church and Society, and Final Goal. Care has been taken to reflect the full range of writing on these themes - exposition and commentary, homily, epistle and polemic - and the extracts are of sufficient length to show the distinctive flavour of each individual writer. Annotation has been kept to a minimum, but each main section has a short introduction which places the extracts in their particular context within the development of Christian thought.

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