The History of Christian Theology

Lecture 11: The Doctrine of the Incarnation

“The De¿ nition of Chalcedon” in Leith, Creeds of the Churches, 34–36; also

in Schaff, The Creeds of Christendom, vol. 2, 62–65.

“The Second and Third Councils of Constantinople” in Leith, Creeds of the

Churches, 45–53.

Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines, chaps. 11 and 12.

McGuckin, Saint Cyril of Alexandria and the Christological Controversy.

Pelikan, The Christian Tradition, vol. 1, chap. 5.

1. Does the orthodox doctrine of the Incarnation appear to you as a faithful
   development of the early Christian view of Jesus?


2. Is it clear what orthodox Christian doctrine means when it af¿ rms that
   God died on a cross?

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