Alexandrian Christianity (Library of Christian Classics) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0664241530 ISBN 13: 9780664241537

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press, 1977

Synopsis

This volume in the Library of Christian Classics series offers fresh translations of selected works of Clement and Origen of Alexandria.

Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works--each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century--contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries.

About this title

About the Author:

Henry Chadwick was Regis Professor of Divinity at the University of Cambridge in England prior to his death in 2008. He is the author of many books, including Early Christian Thought and the Classical Tradition and Boethius: The Consolations of Music, Logic, Theology, and Philosophy. He was also General Editor of the Oxford History of the Christian Church.

J. E. L. Oulton is the author of Eusebius: Ecclesiastical History, Volumes I & II, and Holy Communion And Holy Spirit: A Study In Doctrinal Relationships.

About this edition

• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
• Publication date: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0664241530
• ISBN 13: 9780664241537
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 472
• Editor: Chadwick Henry, Oulton J. E. L.