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"A work of masterly brevity... which generations of students will enjoy and benefit from." Henry Chadwick, Theology"
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A new edition of this well respected work. "Doctrine and Practice in the Early Church" is clearly written and carefully organized with cross-references throughout to its two companion volumes, "A New Eusebius and Creeds", "Councils and Controversies" (revised editions SPCK 1987 and 1989). It is well established as the standard introduction to the subject for student and general reader alike. The second edition makes the text easier to understand in the light of widespread use; it provides a fuller and updated bibliography; it brings thinking up to date on a number of topics including house churches, Athanasius, Gnostics, Hippolytus, Constantine, the Creed of Constantinople and the Monophysites.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book along with Creed, Councils and Controversies to complement Henry Chadwick's Vol 1 of Penguin History of the Church. The combination of these three books has given me a great grounding in early Church history. Doctrine and Practice in the Early Church selects from a broad range of sources from across all the doctrinal divides that appeared before Nicaea. From each theologian it then takes the few exerpts which best summarise their viewpoint - clearly a nightmarish editorial task! Very helpfully, the exerpts are in broadly chronological order (although within a broadly chronological structure sources are also grouped by theme).
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3 Nov 2003
Format:Paperback
While I agree that the feat of compressing early Christian history into just under 300 pages is laudable, this book suffers from spelling mistakes (including one on the first page "ofen" for "often"), random changes of tense, awkward sentence structure, and outrageously biased opinions such as calling Tertullian a "bigot" without good cause (see page 69). Admittedly, many of these faults are the editor's, but they all contribute to a sense that the book was assembled hastily and carelessly. Hall's book hangs together much more comprehensively if the reader pretends he or she is at a live lecture, since Hall's prose style lends itself more to an oral presentation than to a written work. All in all, if you are a stickler for grammar and punctuation, choose Chadwick's "The Early Church" ...lots of good information without the aggravation.
Very well written book
14 Sep 2009
Format:Paperback
This book is an excellent overview of the doctrines and history of the early church, placed nicely into the context of the Roman Empire.
7 of 12 people found the following review helpful
"A Precise Handbook to Early Church Doctrine and History"
19 April 2001
Format:Paperback
With skillful precision, Stuart G. Hall compressed nearly five hundred years of Church history and doctrine into a small but definitive volume that's very readable and thorough. The up-to-date scholarship sheds new light upon several questions that have gathered dust over the years. From Nero's onslaught of the primative Church, to Leo's "Tome" and subsequent edicts of Chalcedon, Hall's consistency and brilliance stabilizes the vicissitudes of the churches struggle to rise to the summit of Orthodoxy. Through the Theological dissent and schismatic atmosphere of the "Arian Contreversy", to the new era of Monastism and settled popular piety, I found Hall's representation to far surpass others in getting down to the nitty-gritty of Church Doctrine and History. Hall's characterization manifests a picturesque quality of each individual that impacted the Early Church. From Tertullian, Irenaeus, Clement, and Ignatius, to Augustine, Jerome and the Cappadocian Brothers, I found once again precision and composure that's unparrelled when compared with other works. So for the scholar and novice alike, I highly recommend this work.
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