LD01　Historical Development of Christology (in the first five centuries) (2 credits)

Lecturer: Savio HON

Description: 

1. Preliminary remarks: aim and method

2. The cultural background of the proclamation of faith

3. The christology of Antioch

4. The christology of Alexandria

5. Christological heresies and the sensus fidei in the early councils of the Church

6. The importance of the council of Chalcedon (451): point of arrival and point of departure

Reference:

1. GRILMEIER A., Christ in Christian Tradition. vol. 1: From the Apostolic Age to Chalcedon (451) (Atlanta: John Knox 1975).

2. MARGERIE B. de, “The Christian Trinity in History”, Studies in Historical Theology 1 (Massachusetts: St  Bede's, 1981).

3. YOUNG F.M., From Nicaea to Chalcedon (London: SCM,1983).

Note:

Not offered this year