CHAPTER II: System of Doctrine

Internal position of the Church at the beginning of the fourth Century 121

Relative unity of the Church as World-Church, apostolicity and secularisation 123 Asceticism culminating in monachism as bond of unity 127 State of Theology 131 Theology influenced by Origen departs from strict monotheism 135

Conservative Theology in the East 137

Critical state of the Logos doctrine, and the epochmaking importance of
Athanasius
138

The two lines in which Dogma developed historically after Nicene
Council
144
Periods of History of Dogma, chiefly in the East 148
First period up to A.D. 381 150
Second period up to A.D. 451 152
Third period up to A.D. 553 154
Fourth period up to A.D. 680 156
Last period and close of process of History of Dogma 157

System of Doctrine
163-190
§ 1.

Conception of Redemption as deification of humanity consequent upon
Incarnation of Deity
163

Reasons for delay, and for acceptance in imperfect form, of dogmatic formulas corresponding to conception of Redemption 167 § 2.

Moral and Rational element in System of Doctrine. Distinction between Dogmas and Dogmatic presuppositions or conceptions 172 Sketch of System of Doctrine and History of Dogma 177 Supplement 1. Criticism of principle of Greek System of doctrine 178 " 2. Faith in Incarnation of God, and Philosophy 179 " 3. Greek Piety corresponding to Dogma 179

" 4. Sources from which Greek Dogma is to be derived; Difficulty of selecting and using them; Untruthfulness and forgeries 181 " 5. Form to which expression of faith was subject 185

" 6. Details of Eschatology: agreement of Realism and Spiritualism; Obscuration of idea of Judgment 186