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Books > Christianity > Christian theology
Arianism has been called the "archetypal Christian heresy" - a
denial of the divine status of Christ. In his examination, now
augmented by new material, Rowan Williams argues that Arius himself
was a dedicated theological conservative whose concern was to
defend the free and personal character of the Christian God. His
"heresy" grew out of the attempt to unite traditional biblical
language with radical philosophical ideas and techiniques, and was,
from the start, involved with issues of authority in the church.
Thus, the crisis of the early 4th century was not only about the
doctrine of God, but also about the relations between emperors,
bishops and ascetical "charismatic" teachers in the church's
decision-making. Williams raises the wider questions of how heresy
is defined and how certain kinds of traditionalism transform
themselves into heresy. With a fresh conclusion, in which the
author reflects on how his views have changed or remained the same,
and a new introduction, this book is suitable reading for students
of patristics, doctrine and church history.
The first of the chronological volumes in this acclaimed critical
edition of Bonhoeffer's work gathers his one hundred earliest
letters and journals from after the First World War through his
graduation from Berlin University. It also contains his early
theological writings up to his dissertation. These seventeen works
include, for example, works on the patristic period for Adolf von
Harnack, on Luther's moods for Karl Holl, on biblical
interpretation for Professor Reinhold Seeberg, as well as essays on
the church and eschatology, reason and revelation, Job, John, and
even joy. Rounding out this picture of Bonhoeffer's nascent
theology are his sermons from the period, along with his lectures
on homiletics, catechesis, and practical theology. In translation
for the first time, these writings show Bonhoeffer as pastor and
theologian alert to his times and developing the formative themes
of his religious worldview.
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