Doctrine and Practice

Sketches of Early Christian Doctrine

Today’s free book is a brief summary of Christian doctrine up to the Fourth Century AD. My thanks to Book Aid for making this public domain volumes 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 title]

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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