History of Dogma, vol. 2

by Adolf von Harnack

Publisher:

Roberts Brothers

, 1897

Overview

The 358 pages contained in this volume are brimming with studies of the growth, change, and evolution of the early Church’s doctrine. History of Dogma, vol. 2 begins with the second century and Gnosticism, the book outlines different veins of thought that arose, ending with Origen, an Egyptian theologian and biblical scholar who lived from 185–254 AD. Adolph Harnack’s observations on Christianity as it relates to early philosophy and science are included.

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Key Features

• Contains extensive historical background on the Church
• Exhibits the development which led to the ecclesiastical dogmas
• Provides a history of Christian theological ideas in their relation to the philosophy of the early 1900s

Contents

• Historical Survey
• The Setting up of the Apostolic Standards for Ecclesiastical Christianity. The Catholic Church
• Continuation—The Old Christianity and the New Church
• Ecclesiastical Christianity and Philosophy
• The Beginnings of an Ecclesiastico-theological interpretation and Revision of the Rule of Faith in Opposition to Gnosticism, on the Basis of the New Testament and the Christian Philosophy of the Apologists; Melito, Tertullian, Hippolytus, Novatian
• The Transformation of the Ecclesiastical Tradition into a Philosophy of Religion, or the Origin of the Scientific Theology and Dogmatic of the Church

Top Highlights

“the rule of faith as a rule for the faith,⁴ as the law given to faith,¹ also as a ‘regula doctrinæ’ or ‘doctrina regulæ’” (Pages 29–30)

“The problem arose and pressed for an answer: What should be the basis of Christian union” (Page 23)

“What was needed was an apostolic creed definitely interpreted” (Page 26)

Product Details

• Title: History of Dogma, vol. 2
• Author: Adolph von Harnack
• Translator: Neil Buchanan
• Edition: Third
• Publisher: Williams and Norgate
• Publication Date: 1908
• Pages: 358

About Adolf von Harnack

Adolf von Harnack (May 7, 1851–June 10, 1930), was a German theologian and prominent church historian. He produced many religious publications from 1873–1912. Harnack traced the influence of Hellenistic philosophy on early Christian writing and called on Christians to question the authenticity of doctrines that arose in the early Christian church.