Doctrine and Practice

Early Christian Doctrine – Leighton Pullan

Today’s free book is a brief overview of Christian doctrine in the Early Church, part of the Oxford Church Text Books.

My thanks to Book Aid for making a copy of this public domain title available for digitisation.

Leighton Pullan [1865-1940], Early Christian Doctrine. Oxford Church Text Books. London: Rivingtons, 1899. Hbk. pp.124. [Click here to visit the download page for this book]

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  1. Christian Doctrine in its simplest form
  2. The Theology of St. Paul and St. John
  3. Christian Doctrine from A.D. 90 to A.D. 180
  4. The Apologists—Montanism-Irenaeus and Tertullian
  5. Early Alexandrine Theology—Controversy with Monarchians
  6. Doctrine of the Sacraments before A.D. 325
  7. Arianism and the Divine Nature of Christ
  8. The Union of the Divine and the Human Natures in Christ
  9. St Augustine and the Athanasian Creed
  • Chronological Table
  • Index

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