"An ideal historical theology, or even an introduction to it," says
Geoffrey Bromiley, "lies beyond the limits of human possibility."
And, indeed, he does not intend this volume to be an all-inclusive
theological study about everybody and everything. Rather, "this
work is composed for beginners, for inquirers, for those who know
nothing or very little of the history of theology, but who want to
know something, or something more." The approach here is
theological rather than strictly historical. Among the implications
of this approach are an acknowledgement that God has really spoken
to the church, a genuine and specific Christian commitment on the
part of the historical theologian, the belief that historical
theology is a discipline of the church, and the view that
historical theology serves the mission and ministry of the church.
Bromiley maintains that the student learns theology best by reading
the words and thoughts of theologians, not by reading their
biographies. Thus, in selecting those theologians included in this
volume, he has considered not only their representativeness in the
total flow of historical theology, but also the availability of
their work in English.Likewise, his bibliographies concentrate on
primary sources. "From Ignatius to Antioch to Thieliecke of
Hamburg, Bromiley has selected the dominant contributors to
Christian thought and evaluated their work. The selection is
discriminating; the summaries are thorough; the analyses are
perceptive. Nowhere else between two covers will we find a better
chart of continual struggle to express the apostolic faith in terms
credible to each generation. Pastors, laypersons, Bible teachers,
college students - all will profit from a trek through the nineteen
centuries of church theology with Geoffrey Bromiley as a guide. -
David Allan Hubbard Fuller Theological Seminary "A useful study
tool; it not only directs the reader to primary source materials
but also raises pointed questions along the way." - Carl F. H.
Henry Geoffrey W. Bromiley is professor emeritus of Church History
and Historical Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena,
California. He is best known as the translator of numerous
theological books, including the 9-volume Theological Dictionary of
the New Testament.
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