History of Dogma - Volume IV

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by  Adolf Harnack

History of Dogma - Volume IV
by
Adolf Harnack
About History of Dogma - Volume IV by Adolf Harnack
Title: History of Dogma - Volume IV
URL: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/harnack/dogma4.html
Author(s): Harnack, Adolf (1851-1930)
Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library
Date Created: 2005-02-20
General Comments: (tr. Neil Buchanan)
CCEL Subjects: All; History; Theology
LC Call no: BT21.H33 V.4
LC Subjects: Doctrinal theology
Doctrine and dogma
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Table of Contents
About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. ii
Title Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1
Volume IV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2
Prefatory Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2
Second Part - Continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 16
First Book - Continued. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 16
Chapter I. The Doctrine of the Homousia of the Son of God with God
Himself.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 16
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 16
1. From the Beginning of the Controversy to the Council of
Nicæa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 17
2. To the Death of Constantius.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 51
3. To the Councils of Constantinope 381. 383.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 63
Appendix.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 79
Chapter II. The Doctrine of the Perfect Likeness of the Nature of the
Incarnate Son of God with that of Humanity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 97
Chapter III. The Doctrine of the Personal Union of the Divine and the
Human Natures in the Incarnate Son of God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 112
Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 112
1. The Nestorian Controversy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 113
2. The Eutychian Controversy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 128
3. The Monophysite Controversies and the Fifth Council.. . . . . . . p. 149
4. The Monergist and Monothelite Controversies. The Sixth Council
and Johannes Damascenus.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 164
Chapter IV. The Mysteries and Kindred Subjects.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 173
Chapter V. Appendix.—Sketch of the History of the Genesis of the
Orthodox System.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 210
Indexes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 224
Index of Scripture References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 224
Greek Words and Phrases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 225
Latin Words and Phrases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 256
French Words and Phrases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 264
Index of Pages of the Print Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 265
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iiiviii HISTORY OF DOGMA
BY
DR. ADOLPH HARNACK
ORDINARY PROF. OF CHURCH HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY, AND FELLOW OF THE ROYAL
ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, BERLIN
TRANSLATED FROM THE THIRD GERMAN
EDITION
BY
NEIL BUCHANAN
VOLUME IV
and
VOLUME V
Published in the United Kingdom by Constable and Company Limited, 10 Orange Street,
iv London W. C. 2.
This new Dover edition, first published in 1961, is an unabridged republication of the English
translation of the third German edition that appeared circa 1900. This Dover edition is an unaltered
re-publication except that minor typographical errors in Volume VII have been corrected.
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BY
DR. ADOLPH HARNACK
Volume IV
EDITORIAL NOTE.
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THE volume now issued finishes Volume II. of the original, of which a portion appears in Volume
III. of the English Translation. The first chapter of this volume corresponds to Chapter VII. of
Volume II. of the original, which treats of the Divinity of Christ. The remaining third volume of
the German Edition will occupy three volumes in the English Translation, making seven volumes
in all.
A. B. BRUCE.
CONTENTS.
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Page
CHAPTER I.—THE DOCTRINE OF THE HOMOUSIA OF THE SON 1-107
OF GOD WITH GOD HIMSELF
  (1) F r o m t h e 2-59
Beginning of the
Controversy to the
Council of Nice
Lucian and the 3
Lucianists
Account and 4
explanation of
Lucian’s doctrine
Arius and the 7
outbreak of
the Arian
Controversy,
the parties,
the first
developments
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up to the
N i c e n e
Council
The Formulæ to 12
which Arius took
exception
The Doctrine of 14
Arius
The Doctrine of 21
Bishop Alexander
The Doctrine of 26
Athanasius
Estimate of the two 38
o p p o s i n g
Christologies
The Council of 50
Nice, the parties
The Nicene Creed 53
The Homousios 56
and the influence
of Hosius
Apparent result 59
  (2) To the Death of 59-80
Constantius
The situation after 59
the Nicene Council
The policy of 60
Constantine
Constantine’s sons: 62
Constantius
The predominance 64
of the Eusebians
Marcellus of 65
Ancyra
The Councils of 67
Antioch
The Council of 68
Sardica
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The Formula of 69
Antioch
Councils at Milan, 70
Photinus of
Sirmium
Constantius sole 72
ruler; Councils at
Sirmium, Arles,
Milan
The strict Arians, 74
the Homoiousians
and the Homœans
The imperial 77
policy of
union at
Sirmium,
R i m i n i ,
Seleucia,
Nice and
Constantinople;
victory of the
Homuœan
Confession
  (3) To the Councils of 80-107
Constantinople
381, 383
The agreement 81
between the
Homoiousians and
Homousians
The Synod of 83
Alexandria and the
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concession of the
orthodox
The new orthodoxy 84
in the East;
t h e
Cappadocians
and their
scientific
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doctrine of
the Trinity
The split at 89
Antioch
Valens; the 90
domination of
the Arians in
the East; the
Homoiousians
go over to
orthodoxy;
alliance with
the West
Damasus; tension 92
between the old
and the new
orthodoxy
Gratian and 93
Theodosius
Theodosius takes 94
his stand on the
new orthodoxy
Council and Creed 94
o f
Constantinople
in the year
381, triumph
of the new
orthodoxy in
consequence
of politics and
science
Serious tension 101
with the West
Adjustment of l01, 103
differences in 382;
service rendered by
Ambrose
End of Arianism; 104
Council of 383
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APPENDIX.—THE DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND OF THE 108-137
TRINITY
  I. The wholly 109
indefinite
condition of
the doctrine
of the Holy
Spirit in the
f i r s t
centuries;
I r e n æ u s ,
Tertullian,
O r i g e n ;
development
o f t h e
doctrine in
accordance
with the
analogy of the
doctrine of
the Logos
Arians and 112
Athanasius
Macedonians 114
(Pneumatomachians)
and Athanasius
The doctrine of the 115
Cappadocians;
consubstantiality
of the Spirit;
uncertainties
The Westerns 117
Condemnation of 118
the Macedonians in
381
  II. The doctrine of the 119
Trinity held by
Apollinaris and the
Cappadocians
Comparison with 121
T e r t u l l i a n ’ s
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