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Christian History, Summer 1996
EARLY CHURCH
A Hammer Struck At Heresy
What exactly happened at the famous Council of Nicea, when the Roman emperor convened some 250 quarreling Christian bishops?
by Robert Payne
Also: The champion of orthodoxy on why the Word became flesh.
Fine-Tuning the Incarnation
A lot of mistakes were made before the church figured out how best to describe Jesus Christ.
by Bruce L. Shelley
Also: Key portions of the church's most important theological statement.
Sifting Through the Christ Controversies
A quick summary of the competing schools of thought.
The Editors
Finding the Truth
How the earliest church decided Marcion and the Gnostics, among others, were wrong.
by Justo González, Jr
Also: Why Bishops Should Be Trusted
Malcontents for Christ
The mixed motives and odd teachings of four notorious heretics.
by Stephen M. Miller
Also: Origen Model or Heretic?
Testing the Prophets
In the Montanist controversy, did the church reject heresy or the Holy Spirit?
by James D. Smith III
Risky Lifestyles
It wasn't just what Christians believed but also how they lived that concerned early church teachers.
by Robert A. Krupp
The Search for the Biblical Jesus
The hard, technical, theological work on Christ was essentially a 400-year Bible study.
A Christian History Interview with Thomas Oden
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