History of Dogma - Volume IV by Adolf Harnack About History of Dogma - Volume IV by Adolf Harnack Title: History of Dogma - Volume IV URL: http://www.ccel.org/ccel/harnack/dogma4.html Author(s): Harnack, Adolf (1851-1930) Publisher: Grand Rapids, MI: Christian Classics Ethereal Library Date Created: 2005-02-20 General Comments: (tr. Neil Buchanan) CCEL Subjects: All; History; Theology LC Call no: BT21.H33 V.4 LC Subjects: Doctrinal theology Doctrine and dogma History of Dogma - Volume IV Adolf Harnack Table of Contents About This Book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. ii Title Page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 1 Volume IV.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2 Prefatory Material. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2 Second Part - Continued.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 16 First Book - Continued. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 16 Chapter I. The Doctrine of the Homousia of the Son of God with God Himself.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 16 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 16 1. From the Beginning of the Controversy to the Council of Nicæa. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 17 2. To the Death of Constantius.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 51 3. To the Councils of Constantinope 381. 383.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 63 Appendix.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 79 Chapter II. The Doctrine of the Perfect Likeness of the Nature of the Incarnate Son of God with that of Humanity.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 97 Chapter III. The Doctrine of the Personal Union of the Divine and the Human Natures in the Incarnate Son of God.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 112 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 112 1. The Nestorian Controversy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 113 2. The Eutychian Controversy.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 128 3. The Monophysite Controversies and the Fifth Council.. . . . . . . p. 149 4. The Monergist and Monothelite Controversies. The Sixth Council and Johannes Damascenus.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 164 Chapter IV. The Mysteries and Kindred Subjects.. . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 173 Chapter V. Appendix.—Sketch of the History of the Genesis of the Orthodox System.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 210 Indexes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 224 Index of Scripture References. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 224 Greek Words and Phrases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 225 Latin Words and Phrases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 256 French Words and Phrases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 264 Index of Pages of the Print Edition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 265 iii History of Dogma - Volume IV Adolf Harnack iv History of Dogma - Volume IV Adolf Harnack iiiviii HISTORY OF DOGMA BY DR. ADOLPH HARNACK ORDINARY PROF. OF CHURCH HISTORY IN THE UNIVERSITY, AND FELLOW OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, BERLIN TRANSLATED FROM THE THIRD GERMAN EDITION BY NEIL BUCHANAN VOLUME IV and VOLUME V Published in the United Kingdom by Constable and Company Limited, 10 Orange Street, iv London W. C. 2. This new Dover edition, first published in 1961, is an unabridged republication of the English translation of the third German edition that appeared circa 1900. This Dover edition is an unaltered re-publication except that minor typographical errors in Volume VII have been corrected. The original English edition appeared as seven separate volumes, whereas this Dover edition is published complete in four separate volumes. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 61-4455 Manufactured in the United States of America Dover Publications, Inc. 180 Varick Street New York 14, N.Y. History of Dogma - Volume IV Adolf Harnack vi HISTORY OF DOGMA BY DR. ADOLPH HARNACK Volume IV EDITORIAL NOTE. vviiiii THE volume now issued finishes Volume II. of the original, of which a portion appears in Volume III. of the English Translation. The first chapter of this volume corresponds to Chapter VII. of Volume II. of the 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. ixx Page CHAPTER I.—THE DOCTRINE OF THE HOMOUSIA OF THE SON 1-107 OF GOD WITH GOD HIMSELF   (1) F r o m t h e 2-59 Beginning of the Controversy to the Council of Nice Lucian and the 3 Lucianists Account and 4 explanation of Lucian’s doctrine Arius and the 7 outbreak of the Arian Controversy, the parties, the first developments 2 History of Dogma - Volume IV Adolf Harnack up to the N i c e n e Council The Formulæ to 12 which Arius took exception The Doctrine of 14 Arius The Doctrine of 21 Bishop Alexander The Doctrine of 26 Athanasius Estimate of the two 38 o p p o s i n g Christologies The Council of 50 Nice, the parties The Nicene Creed 53 The Homousios 56 and the influence of Hosius Apparent result 59   (2) To the Death of 59-80 Constantius The situation after 59 the Nicene Council The policy of 60 Constantine Constantine’s sons: 62 Constantius The predominance 64 of the Eusebians Marcellus of 65 Ancyra The Councils of 67 Antioch The Council of 68 Sardica 3 History of Dogma - Volume IV Adolf Harnack The Formula of 69 Antioch Councils at Milan, 70 Photinus of Sirmium Constantius sole 72 ruler; Councils at Sirmium, Arles, Milan The strict Arians, 74 the Homoiousians and the Homœans The imperial 77 policy of union at Sirmium, R i m i n i , Seleucia, Nice and Constantinople; victory of the Homuœan Confession   (3) To the Councils of 80-107 Constantinople 381, 383 The agreement 81 between the Homoiousians and Homousians The Synod of 83 Alexandria and the x concession of the orthodox The new orthodoxy 84 in the East; t h e Cappadocians and their scientific 4 History of Dogma - Volume IV Adolf Harnack doctrine of the Trinity The split at 89 Antioch Valens; the 90 domination of the Arians in the East; the Homoiousians go over to orthodoxy; alliance with the West Damasus; tension 92 between the old and the new orthodoxy Gratian and 93 Theodosius Theodosius takes 94 his stand on the new orthodoxy Council and Creed 94 o f Constantinople in the year 381, triumph of the new orthodoxy in consequence of politics and science Serious tension 101 with the West Adjustment of l01, 103 differences in 382; service rendered by Ambrose End of Arianism; 104 Council of 383 5 History of Dogma - Volume IV Adolf Harnack APPENDIX.—THE DOCTRINE OF THE HOLY SPIRIT AND OF THE 108-137 TRINITY   I. The wholly 109 indefinite condition of the doctrine of the Holy Spirit in the f i r s t centuries; I r e n æ u s , Tertullian, O r i g e n ; development o f t h e doctrine in accordance with the analogy of the doctrine of the Logos Arians and 112 Athanasius Macedonians 114 (Pneumatomachians) and Athanasius The doctrine of the 115 Cappadocians; consubstantiality of the Spirit; uncertainties The Westerns 117 Condemnation of 118 the Macedonians in 381   II. The doctrine of the 119 Trinity held by Apollinaris and the Cappadocians Comparison with 121 T e r t u l l i a n ’ s 6