Doctrinal Diversity: Varieties of Early Christianity: Recent Studies in Early Christianity

Everett Ferguson is Professor of Church History Emeritus at Abilene Christian University. A specialist in early Christian history, his work in this field includes the books Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, Studies in Early Christianity, and The Church of Christ: A Biblical Ecclesiology for Today

Series Introduction, Volume Introduction, Unity and Diversity in the Church of the Fourth Century, Augustine's Idea of God, Good for Nothing? Augustine on Creation, The Cross as Ransom, The Seed of Fire: Divine Suffering in the Christology of Cyril of Alexandria and Nestorius of Constantinople, Half a Century of Gnosisforschung - in Retrospect, Prolegomena to the Study of Ancient Gnosticism, Arius in Modern Research, Jerome's Polemic Against Priscillian in his Letter to Ctesiphon (133,4), Dilatory Donatists or Procrastinating Catholics: The Trial at the Conference of Carthage, The Atmosphere of Election: Augustinianism as Common Sense, Pelagianism and Augustine, Augustine and Pelagianism, The Transmission of Sin in the Seed: A Debate Between Augustine of Hippo and Julian of Eclanum, The Life of Aberdus: Its Significance for Early Syriac Christianity, Eusebius and Syriac Christianity, The Christology of the Church of the East in the Synods of the Fifth to Early Seventh Centuries: Preliminary Considerations and Materials, Images of Ephraem: The Syrian Holy Man and His Church, Asceticism in the Church of Syria: The Hermeneutics of Early Syrian Monasticism, Acknowledgments