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T&T Clark Handbook of Creeds and Councils

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T&T Clark Handbook of Creeds and Councils

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This comprehensive introduction to the 7 Ecumenical Councils highlights not only the doctrinal and historical aspects of the controversies that led to the creeds and councils, but the exegetical aspects as well. Additionally, it treats larger questions of the authority and use of creeds and councils as well as their contemporary relevance for the church.

This handbook discusses the council of Nicaea (325 AD), the first council of Constantinople (381 AD), the council of Ephesus (432 AD), the council of Chalcedon (451 AD), the second council of Constantinople (553 AD), the third council of Constantinople (680-681 AD), and the second council of Nicaea (787 AD). The concluding chapter provides summary reflections on creeds and councils as a whole from a number of different angles: the renewed relevance of creeds in a postliberal theological context, the relation between church and state today, the interaction with the exegesis and theology of the councils from a perspective of a contemporary exegete.

This is an indispensable reference for those who want to get a sense of the contours of Classic Christianity.

Table of Contents

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Introduction

Part I - The Council of Nicaea (325)

1. The Conciliar Acts – Richard Price (Heythrop College, University of London, UK)
2. The Council of Nicaea (325) in Context – Joel C. Elowsky (Concordia Seminary, USA)
3. The Nicene Creed: Who For Us Men and For Our Salvation – Joel C. Elowsky (Concordia Seminary, USA)
4. The Canons of Nicaea and Constantinople – Angelo Di Berardino (Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, Italy)

Part II - The First Council of Constantinople (381)

5. The Council of Constantinople (381) in Context – Carl L. Beckwith (Concordia Theological Seminary, USA)
6. Ousia, Hypostasis, and the Pneumatomachian Controversy: The Legacy of Origen (and the Cappadocians) – Ilaria Ramelli (Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas, Italy)
7. Contemporary Trinitarian Theology – Leopoldo A. Sánchez (Concordia Seminary, USA)

Part III - The Council of Ephesus (431)

8. The Council of Ephesus (431) in Context – Donald Fairbairn (Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, USA)
9. The Second Council of Ephesus (Latrocinium) in 449 – Mark Edwards (University of Oxford, UK)
10. Nestorius as 'Anti-Father' in the Sixteenth Century – Robert Kolb (Concordia Seminary, USA)

Part IV - The Council of Chalcedon (451)

11. The Council of Chalcedon (451) in Context – Christopher A. Beeley (Ware Episcopal Church, USA)
12. The Chalcedonian Definition – David R. Maxwell (Concordia Seminary, USA)
13. The Canons of the Council of Chalcedon – Carlo dell'Osso (Pontifical Institute of Christian Archaeology, Italy)

Part V - The Second Council of Constantinople (553)

14. The Second Council of Constantinople (553) in Context – David R. Maxwell (Concordia Seminary, USA)
15. Justinian: Councils and Empire – Bryan A. Stewart (McMurry University, USA)
16. The Suffering of God in Contemporary Theology: One of the Trinity Suffers in the Flesh – Thomas G. Weinandy, OFM, Cap. (University of Oxford, UK)

The Third Council of Constantinople (680/681)

17. The Third Council of Constantinople (680/681) in Context – Richard Price (Heythrop College, University of London, UK)
18. Constantinople III as a Seal of Neo-Chalcedonianism – Cyril Hovorun (Sankt Ignatios College, Sweden)
19. The Council in Trullo (Quinisext) – Angelo Di Berardino (Institutum Patristicum Augustinianum, Italy)

The Second Council of Nicaea (787)

20. The Second Council of Nicaea (787) in Context – Ken Parry (Macquarie University, Australia)
21. The Theology of Icons During the Controversy of the Eighth and Ninth Centuries – Sergey Trostyanskiy (City College of New York, USA)

Epilogue

22. The Person of Jesus: The Seven Ecumenical Councils and the New Testament – Paul R. Raabe (Concordia Seminary, USA)

Product details

Published 29 Apr 2027
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Pages 384
ISBN 9780567708557
Imprint T&T Clark
Dimensions 244 x 169 mm
Series T&T Clark Handbooks
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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