CHAPTER I: Himself

original, which treats of the Divinity of Christ. The remaining third volume of the German Edition will occupy three volumes in the English Translation, making seven volumes in all.

A. B. BRUCE.
CONTENTS.
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Himself 1-107 (1) From the Beginning of the Controversy to the Council of Nice 2-59 Lucian and the Lucianists 3 Account and explanation of Lucian's doctrine 4

Arius and the outbreak of the Arian Controversy, the parties, the first
developments up to the Nicene Council
7
The Formulæ to which Arius took exception 12
The Doctrine of Arius 14
The Doctrine of Bishop Alexander 21
The Doctrine of Athanasius 26
Estimate of the two opposing Christologies 38
The Council of Nice, the parties 50
The Nicene Creed 53
The Homousios and the influence of Hosius 56
Apparent result 59
(2) To the Death of Constantius 59-80
The situation after the Nicene Council 59
The policy of Constantine 60
Constantine's sons: Constantius 62
The predominance of the Eusebians 64
Marcellus of Ancyra 65
The Councils of Antioch 67
The Council of Sardica 68
The Formula of Antioch 69
Councils at Milan, Photinus of Sirmium 70
Constantius sole ruler; Councils at Sirmium, Arles, Milan 72
The strict Arians, the Homoiousians and the Homoeans 74

The imperial policy of union at Sirmium, Rimini, Seleucia, Nice and Constantinople; victory of the Homuoean Confession 77 (3) To the Councils of Constantinople 381, 383 80-107 The agreement between the Homoiousians and Homousians 81 The Synod of Alexandria and the concession of the orthodox 83

The new orthodoxy in the East; the Cappadocians and their scientific
doctrine of the Trinity
84
The split at Antioch 89

Valens; the domination of the Arians in the East; the Homoiousians go over to orthodoxy; alliance with the West 90 Damasus; tension between the old and the new orthodoxy 92 Gratian and Theodosius 93 Theodosius takes his stand on the new orthodoxy 94

Council and Creed of Constantinople in the year 381, triumph of the new orthodoxy in consequence of politics and science 94 Serious tension with the West 101 Adjustment of differences in 382; service rendered by Ambrose l01, 103 End of Arianism; Council of 383 104 APPENDIX.--The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit and of the Trinity 108-137 I.

The wholly indefinite condition of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit in the first centuries; Irenæus, Tertullian, Origen; development of the doctrine in accordance with the analogy of the doctrine of the Logos 109 Arians and Athanasius 112 Macedonians (Pneumatomachians) and Athanasius 114

The doctrine of the Cappadocians; consubstantiality of the Spirit; uncertainties 115 The Westerns 117 Condemnation of the Macedonians in 381 118 II. The doctrine of the Trinity held by Apollinaris and the Cappadocians 119 Comparison with Tertullian's doctrine of the Trinity 121 Aristotelian and Subordinationist element in the doctrine of the Trinity 124 Tritheists, Johannes Damascenus 125 Doctrine of the Procession of the Holy Spirit in the East and West 126 Photius maintains the old doctrine of the Trinity 127 Philosophy and Trinitarian dogma 128 The Western doctrine of the Trinity; Augustine 129 The filioque and the Athanasian Creed 133 The three so-called Ecumenical Creeds 135

Concluding remarks on the form in which the doctrine of the Trinity
came to be accepted
137