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Title: The First Seven Ecumenical Councils: Their History and Theology (325-787 : Their History and Theology) by Leo Donald Davis ISBN: 0-8146-5616-1 Publisher: Liturgical Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1990 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Decent book, but keep a balanced view of the author.
Comment: This book is a summary and overview of the Councils and the climate in which took place. If you are looking for extreme detail, this may or may not be what you are looking for. But when read along with the Early Church Fathers volume on the Councils (Series 2 Vol 14) at the Christian Classics Ethereal Library, it serves the reader well.
Mr Davis writes well and does his homework, but when you read, you must keep in mind that he is a Roman Catholic and puts in plugs here and there for the Pope, as if that is what made the council Ecumenical. Even the title reflects this (as if there were an 8th ecumenical council).
After reading the chapter on the 7th Ecumenical council, I was almost convinced that it was not even Ecumenical, on account of his exerpt on the Franks "not being included". But even as an Eastern Orthodox, you can read this and get a lot out of it, as for Councils'theology and politics.
Rating: 4
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Rating: 5
Summary: A Matter-of-fact look at the early Church.
Comment: In this valuable book Leo Donald Davis, a Roman Catholic priest takes an objective look at the history of the Church and the theological story of the council meetings during the first seven ecumenical councils. Each chapter of the book is dedicated to one council; the circumstances that led to the council, the convening of the council, the actual deliberations and the aftermath of the council. The seven ecumenical council dealt with are the councils of Nicea I, Constantinople I, Ephesus, Chalcedon, Constantinople II, Constantinople III and Nicea II.
The life of the Church during these councils was very much intertwined with secular history. Secular politics and theological controversieis were often intermingled. The eccelsiastical rivalries were sometimes much worse than the political ones. The author deals with history in an objective manner and is preoccupied with showing the gruesome facts without taking any sides. The faithful people need to note that the Holy Spirit worked through all these persons and situations.
It is a delightful book. After having read this, our outlook on the Church and her doctrines will no more be the same.
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Title: Early Christian Doctrines by John Norman Davidson Kelly ISBN: 006064334X Publisher: HarperSanFrancisco Pub. Date: 01 March, 1978 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Emergence of the Catholic Tradition (The Christian Tradition : a History of the Development of Doctrine, Vol 1) by Jaroslav Jan Pelikan ISBN: 0226653714 Publisher: University of Chicago Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 1975 List Price(USD): $14.31 |
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Title: A History of Christian Thought: From the Beginnings to the Council of Chalcedon (History of Christian Thought) by Justo L. Gonzalez ISBN: 0687171822 Publisher: Abingdon Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1987 List Price(USD): $29.00 |
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Title: Credo: Historical and Theological Guide to Creeds and Confessions of Faith in the Christian Tradition by Jaroslav Pelikan ISBN: 0300093888 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $45.00 |
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Title: The Early Church (Penguin History of the Church, 1) by Henry Chadwick ISBN: 0140231994 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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