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CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE
CHAPTER IX | ||
THE LOGOS DOCTRINE | ||
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The Doctrine fully expressed in outline in the prologue to the Gospel according to St. John, but not fully appreciated; different aspects and relations of the doctrine represented by different early Christian writers—these to be regarded as typical and complementary rather than as mutually exclusive | 119, 120 | |
The Epistles of Ignatius | 121 | |
ἀγένητος and ἀγέννητος | (note)122 | |
The Letter to Diognetus | 123 | |
Justin Martyr | 124-126 | |
The Human Soul in Christ. | (note)125 | |
Tatian | 126 | |
Theophilus | 127 | |
In all three the distinction recognized is cosmic rather than hypostatic | 128 | |
Athenagoras — his fuller recognition of the problem | 128, 129 | |
Irenaeus—important contributions to the doctrine | 129-132 | |
Clement of Alexandria | 133-136 | |
The Logos Doctrine superseded by the Doctrine of the Sonship | 136-137 | |
CHAPTER X | ||
TERTULLIAN'S DOCTRINE OF THE GODHEAD | ||
Tertullian's use of terms and analogies | 138 | |
Doctrine of the Sonship and the Trinity | 140-144 | |
The full Nicene and Chalcedonian doctrine | 144 | |
CHAPTER XI | ||
ORIGEN'S DOCTRINE OF THE GODHEAD | ||
The great importance and influence of Origen | 145 | |
The basis of his doctrine | 146 | |
The eternal generation of the Son | 147 | |
The Trinity | 148 | |
Apparently contradictory teaching | 148, 149 |