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The Christological Controversies from Ephesus (431) to Chalcedon (451): Essential Readings

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Availability:In StockContributor:Donald Fairbairn, Johannes ZachhuberSeries:Patristic EssentialsTheme:Religious Orientation/ChristianPublish date:8/9/2026Pages:310
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Fontes PressISBN-13:9781967940899ISBN-10:1967940894UPC:9781967940899Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christianity, Christian TheologyBook Topic:History, ChristologySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.418Product ID:SC0H07DW2J

The fifth-century church was consumed by controversy over the person of Christ, culminating in the Councils of Ephesus (431) and Chalcedon (451). Many Christians know the major figures involved-Cyril of Alexandria, Nestorius, and Leo the Great-and many recognize the Chalcedonian Definition as a landmark statement of Christian orthodoxy. Yet behind these famous names and documents stood a far broader conversation: countless letters, sermons, theological treatises, debates, and council exchanges through which the church struggled to articulate faithfully the mystery of Jesus Christ.

This volume introduces students, pastors, and interested readers to that wider theological world. Alongside translations of the most influential texts, it presents selections from lesser-known documents that illuminate how Christians across the church understood the person of Christ during one of the most decisive periods in Christian history.

Taken together, these sources reveal that beneath the intense controversies of the era there may have existed a deeper and more substantial unity in the church's confession of Christ than is often assumed.

Languages:EnglishPublisher:Fontes PressISBN-13:9781967940899ISBN-10:1967940894UPC:9781967940899Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christianity, Christian TheologyBook Topic:History, ChristologySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.65 inchesWeight:0.418Product ID:SC0H07DW2J
Fairbairn, Donald: - Donald Fairbairn is the Robert E. Cooley Distinguished Professor of Early Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He holds degrees from Princeton University (A.B.), Denver Seminary (M.Div.), and the University of Cambridge (Ph.D.). His books include Grace and Christology in the Early Church (OUP, 2023); Fulgentius of Ruspe and the Scythian Monks: Correspondence on Christology and Grace (Catholic University of America Press, 2013); and Christology and the Logic of Grace in Fifth-Century Gaul (OUP, 2025).Zachhuber, Johannes: - Johannes Zachhuber is Professor of Historical and Systematic Theology at the University of Oxford. He holds a DPhil from Oxford and a Dr. theol. habil. from Humboldt University, Berlin. Among his publications are Human Nature in Gregory of Nyssa: Philosophical Background and Theological Significance (Brill, 2000); Theology as Science in Nineteenth-Century Germany: From F. C. Baur to Ernst Troeltsch (OUP, 2013); The Rise of Christian Theology and the End of Ancient Metaphysics (OUP, 2020); and Time and Soul: From Aristotle to Saint Augustine (De Gruyter, 2022).
Publisher: Fontes Press

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Donald Fairbairn, Johannes Zachhuber

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