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From the opening: Book II
Expansion and Remodelling of Dogma into a Doctrine of Sin, Grace, and Means of Grace on the basis of the Church.
Page CHAPTER I.--Historical Situation 3-13 Augustine the standard authority till the period of the Reformation 3 Augustine and Western Christianity 3 Augustine as Reformer of Christian Piety 4 Augustine as teacher of the Church 4 Augustine and Dogma 5 Dogma in the Middle Ages 6 The German and Roman Peoples and Dogma 6 Method of Mediæval History of Dogma 9 Division into Periods 12
CHAPTER II.--Western Christianity and Western Theologians before Augustine 14-60 Tertullian as Founder of Western Christianity 14
Elements of Tertullian's Christianity as elements of Western Christianity as a whole 14 Law (lex) 15 Juristic element 16 Syllogistic and Dialectical 17 Psychological 21 Biblical and Practical 22 Eschatology and Morality 23 Cyprian's importance 24 The Roman Church 25
Revolution under Constantine: Origen's theology and Monachism are imported into the West 27 Græcised Western Theology and the Old Latin type enter into Augustine 29
The importance to Augustine of the Greek scholars Ambrose (p. 29) and Victorinus Rhetor 33 The influence upon him of genuine Latins 37 Of Cyprian 38 The Donatist Controversy 38 Optatus 42 Ambrose as Latin 48 Results of Pre-Augustinian development 53 Doctrine of the Symbol 53 Death of Christ 54 Soteriology 55 The Church 59 Rome and Heathenism 59
CHAPTER III.--Historical Position of Augustine as Reformer of Christian Piety 61-94 General Characteristics 61 Augustine's new Christian self-criticism 66 Pre-Augustinian and Augustinian Piety 67 Sin and Grace the decisive factors in Augustine 69 The changed tone of Piety 72 Criticism of this Piety 75 Four elements constituting the Catholic stamp of Piety 77 a Authority of Church for Faith 78 b God and Means of Grace 83 g Faith, Forgiveness of Sins, and Merit 87 d Pessimistic view of Present State 91 Concluding remarks 93
CHAPTER IV.--Historical Position of Augustine as Teacher of the Church 95-240 The new Dogmatic Scheme 95 The connection with the Symbol 95 Discord between Symbol and Holy Scripture 98 Discord between Scripture and the principle of Salvation 99 Discord between Religion and Philosophy 100 Discord between Doctrine of Grace and Ecclesiasticism 101 Contradictions within these series of conceptions 101 Impossibility of an Augustinian system 102 Universal influence of…
Contents (23 sections)
- Opening
- Title page
- Dr. Adolph Harnack
- Preface to First and Second Editions
- Preface to Third Edition
- Book II
- Development of Ecclesiastical Dogma
- Chapter II
- Chapter II (continued)
- Chapter III
- Chapter III (continued)
- Chapter IV
- Chapter IV (continued)
- Chapter IV (continued)
- Chapter IV (continued)
- Chapter IV (continued)
- Chapter IV (continued)
- Chapter IV (continued)
- Chapter V
- Chapter V (continued)
- Chapter VI
- Chapter VI (continued)
- Chapter VI (continued)
How to cite it
- Chicago
- Adolf von Harnack. Harnack: History of Dogma, Vol. 5. Translated by Neil Buchanan and others. CCEL, translation 1894–1899. https://www.ccel.org/ccel/harnack/dogma5
- MLA
- Adolf von Harnack. Harnack: History of Dogma, Vol. 5. Translated by Neil Buchanan and others, CCEL, translation 1894–1899. https://www.ccel.org/ccel/harnack/dogma5
- APA
- Adolf von Harnack (translation 1894–1899). Harnack: History of Dogma, Vol. 5 (Neil Buchanan and others, Trans.). CCEL. https://www.ccel.org/ccel/harnack/dogma5
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