The Earliest Christologies : Five Images of Christ in the Postapostolic Age.

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Five Images of Christ in the Postapostolic Age -- The Aim and Scope of This Book -- The Dilemma -- Different Philosophical Assumptions -- The Five Views -- 2 Christ as Angel: Angel Adoptionism -- The Christology of Angel Adoptionism -- The Major Proponents and Their Primary Documents -- Summary and Implications -- 3 Christ as Prophet: Spirit Adoptionism -- The Christology of Spirit Adoptionism -- The Major Proponents and Their Primary Documents -- Summary and Implications -- 4 Christ as Phantom: Docetism and Docetic Gnosticism -- The Christology of Docetism and Docetic Gnosticism -- The Major Proponents and Their Primary Documents -- Summary and Implications -- 5 Christ as Cosmic Mind: Hybrid Gnosticism -- The Christology of Hybrid Gnosticism -- The Major Proponents and Their Primary Documents -- Summary and Implications -- 6 Christ as Word: Logos Christology -- The Core of Logos Christology -- The Major Proponents and Their Primary Documents -- Summary and Implications -- 7 What, Then, Is Orthodoxy? -- Why Did Logos Christology Win? -- Christology and Soteriology -- The Legacy of Adoptionism: Arianism -- The Legacy of Gnosticism: Modalism -- The Legacy of Logos Christology: The Communicatio Idiomatum -- Two Final Caveats: Modern Docetism and Modern Adoptionism -- Chart: Christology Continuum -- Notes -- Chapter 1: Five Images of Christ in the Postapostolic Age -- Chapter 2: Christ as Angel -- Chapter 3: Christ as Prophet -- Chapter 4: Christ as Phantom -- Chapter 5: Christ as Cosmic Mind -- Chapter 6: Christ as Word -- Chapter 7: What, Then, Is Orthodoxy? -- Subject Index -- Scripture Index -- Praise for The Earliest Christologies -- About the Author -- Other Books by James Papandrea -- More Titles from InterVarsity Press -- Copyright.

In this clear and concise introduction to second-century christologies, James Papandrea sets out five of the principal images of Christ that dominated the postapostolic age. Between varieties of adoptionism and brands of Gnosticism, Papandrea helps us see how Logos Christology was forged as the beginning of the church's orthodox confession.

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