CONTENTS

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I. Christian Doctrine in its simplest form, . . . 1

II. The Theology of St. Paul and St. John, . . . 15

III. Christian Doctrine from A.D. 90 to A.D. 180, . . . 31

IV. The Apologists--Montanism--Irenaeus and Tertullian, . . . 48

V. Early Alexandrine Theology--Controversy with Monarchians, . . . 59

VI. Doctrine of the Sacraments before A.D. 325, . . . 72

VII. Arianism and the Divine Nature of Christ, . . . 87

VIII. The Union of the Divine and the Human Natures in Christ, . . . 99

IX. St. Augustine and the Athanasian Creed, . . . 113

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE, . . . 118

INDEX, . . . 120