The Trinity

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 2002 - Religion - 156 pages

The premier volume in an exciting new series of guides to the core beliefs of the Christian faith, The Trinity provides beginning theology readers with a basic knowledge of the doctrine of God's triune nature.

Concise, nontechnical, and up-to-date, the book offers a detailed historical and theological description of the doctrine of the Trinity, tracing its development from the first days of Christianity through the medieval and Reformation eras and into the modern age. Special attention is given to early church controversies and church fathers who helped carve out the doctrine of the triune God as well as to its twentieth-century renaissance. The second half of the book contains a detailed, annotated bibliography of all major books written about the Trinity.

 

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The Trinity Patristic Contributions
15
The Trinity Medieval Reformation and Modern Contributions
51
Bibliography of English Language Works on the Trinity
119

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Page 7 - All things have been handed over to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Page 7 - He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.

About the author (2002)

Roger E. Olson is professor emeritus of theology and ethics at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary. Among his many other books are The Story of Christian Theology: Twenty Centuries of Tradition and Reform and The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity and Diversity.

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