THE HISTORY OF DOGMAS VOLUME I THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOGMAS DURING THE PATRISTIC AGE, 100--869 REV. BERNARD J. OTTEN, S. J. PROFESSOR OF DOGMATIC THEOLOGY AND THE HISTORY OF DOGMAS IN ST. LOUIS UNIVERSITY THIRD EDITION B. HERDER 17 SOUTH BROADWAY, ST. LOUIS, MO. AND 68 GREAT RUSSELL ST., LONDON, W. C. IMPRIMI POTEST Alexander J. Burrowes, S.J. Praep. Prov. Missour. Sti. Ludovici, die 6 Jan. 1917. NIHIL OBSTAT Sti. Ludovici, die 18 Maii, 1917. F. G. Holweck, Censor Librorum IMPRIMATUK Sti. Ludovici, die 18 Maii, 1917. Joannes J. Glennon, Archiepiscopus Sti. Ludovici Copyright, 1917 Joseph Gummersbach All rights reserved Printed in U. S. A. Wahu 9133 2 V, FOREWORD The purpose of the present book is indicated by its title -A Manual of the History of Dogmas. The work strives to present as briefly as the subject matter permits what is usually dwelt upon at length by the Professor of the History of Dogmas in his class-lectures. It is intended primarily for ecclesiastical students, who follow a course of lectures on this important subject; but it is expected to provide useful reading for those others also, and they surely are many, who are interested in the matter of Doctrinal Development. In the author's opinion the crying need there is of a compendious History of Dogmas amply justifies the book's publication. No Manual of this kind has as yet appeared in English. It is true, the first three volumes of Tixeront's excellent work in French have been issued in an English translation, but that work is too voluminous to serve as a handbook. Hence the need of a compendious History of Dogmas still remains, and to supply this need the author offers the present Manual. Feast of the Holy Name, 1917. |