Greek apologists of the second century

Apologetic literature emerges from minority groups seeking to come to terms with the larger cultures within which they live. Its authors are not entirely at home in either their own groups or the larger society, and therefore their position is one with which many Christians today can sympathize. Pro...

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Glavni autor: Grant, Robert M. 1917-2014 (-)
Vrsta građe: Knjiga
Jezik: eng
Impresum: Philadelphia : Westminster Press, c1988.
Izdanje: 1st ed
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Sadržaj:
  • The background of Christian apologetic
  • The beginnings of Christian apologetic
  • The reign of Trajan
  • The reign of Hadrian
  • Antoninus Pius and the Christians
  • Justin's conversion and works
  • Justin: church, Bible, and theology
  • Justin on moral questions
  • Marcus Aurelius and the Christians
  • Apollinaris of Hierapolis
  • Melito of Sardis
  • Athenagoras of Athens
  • The Gallican martyrs and Tatian
  • Tatian on the Bible and theology
  • Celsus against the Christians
  • Theophilus of Antioch
  • Theophilus and literature
  • Theophilus and the Bible
  • The theology of Theophilus
  • Early Alexandrian Christianity
  • Early use of the apologists
  • The apologists in the third century and after
  • The apologists in the Middle Ages and later.