History of Dogma- Volume 2

by Adolf von Harnack

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Genres: History

368 pages, Paperback

First published January 11, 2008

About the author

Carl Gustav Adolf von Harnack (7 May 1851 – 10 June 1930) was a German Lutheran theologian and prominent church historian. He produced many religious publications from 1873 to 1912 (in which he is sometimes credited as Adolf Harnack).

Harnack traced the influence of Hellenistic philosophy on early Christian writing and called on Christians to question the authenticity of doctrines that arose in the early Christian church. He rejected the historicity of the Gospel of John in favor of the Synoptic Gospels, criticized the Apostles' Creed, and promoted the Social Gospel.

Reviews

[Liam Nolan]

I found his analysis of the relationship between the solidification of the church and the rise of Montanism of particular interest. He also gives a clear presentation of Clement's theology and how Origen builds upon him. I laughed on the bus and how savagely he dunks on Tertullian.

Also, shout out to Goodreads for tagging the translator of this book, Neil Buchanan, as the same Neil Buchanan of 'Art Attack' fame. I thought about searching up the dates of each Neil to see if this was even possible, but why shatter such a fun possibility?