A Scholastic Miscellany

By Eugene Rathbone Fairweather

Book Overview

This volume includes readable translations of a number of important texts that speak to both concrete and practical issues of church life as well as questions of its very nature and constitution. Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works--each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century--contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0664244181
• ISBN13: 9780664244187
• Release Date: January 1956
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Early Church Ecclesiology in a Nutshell

I was skeptical of this material when I first purchased it, figuring it was merely a selection of raw material taken from various church fathers. What I discovered was a focused and well-commented set of materials designed to provide the reader with a source-based picture into the development of early church ecclesiology. The author selects 4 Latin writers (Tertullian, Cyprian, Ambrose, and Jerome) and provides a brief biography of each. Then chooses a set of source materials that highlight their conception of church government. Prior to each material, the author thoroughly describes the historical occasion which precipitates the source document. In all, the reader is left with a good impression of the ecclesiology of each of these foundational theologians.