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A history of Christian doctrine
Published in Unknown Binding by Charles Scribner (1877)
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A monumental work of doctrinal history
Helpful Votes: 14 out of 14 total.
Review Date: 2003-08-25
Review Date: 2003-08-25
A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages
Published in Hardcover by Presidio Pr (1991-07)
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One of the best sources of how war was fought in the Middle Ages
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Review Date: 2007-04-28
Review Date: 2007-04-28
I read this book for a graduate course in medieval history.
Charles Oman's great book "A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages" is a great comprehensive work for warfare of the period. It is especially useful for battle descriptions of English wars against the Scottish, and for the Hundred Years War. Oman writes that the lesson of the Battle of Falkirk in 1298, was clear for any competent military commander to follow; cavalry alone could not defeat the Scottish squares, but archers supported by cavalry could easily break them. These tactics would be successfully repeated by Edward III against the Scots at Hallidon Hill in 1333, and Neville's Cross in 1346, not to mention in his invasion of France
Edward I's most important contribution to advancing the war fighting capability of Britain was in the battlefield tactics that he employed. It cannot be stressed enough that his use of mixed cavalry and archery was a monumental leap in battlefield tactics, as well as the precursor in making the longbow a force multiplier during the Hundred Years' War. The military record of Edward II, who reigned from 1307-1327, was abysmal. Charles Oman spoke on behalf of all historians who wrote about Edward II's lack of military prowess, and was justifiably unflattering in his critique of Edward II's military acumen. Most of what Edward I won on the battlefields in Scotland, Edward II ineptly lost.
Edward III's strategic and tactical abilities were on full display during the Hundred Years' War. One of the most important tactical innovations that Edward III instituted to increase the fighting capability of the English army before the start of the Hundred Years' War was the introduction of mounted archers to its ranks. Oman took notice of the importance of Edward III's tactical innovation. Mounted archers rode ponies for quick transport to the battlefield, and then they would dismount to shoot their longbows in battle. Undoubtedly, Edward III learned from the previous one hundred years of his predecessors' fighting the Scottish, that too many times the Scots outmaneuvered the English; thus, they escaped from having to fight a battle advantageous to the English. Edward III was going to do all he could to make sure that this did not happen to his army. Oman's research shows muster records from 1334 listing mounted archers for the first time as part of Edward III's expedition into Scotland. This was Edward III's second largest campaign against an enemy during his reign. The expedition served as an excellent opportunity for Edward III and his army to prove their new tactics, which they would put to good use a dozen years later in France.
Recommended reading for those interested in medieval history, and military history.
Charles Oman's great book "A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages" is a great comprehensive work for warfare of the period. It is especially useful for battle descriptions of English wars against the Scottish, and for the Hundred Years War. Oman writes that the lesson of the Battle of Falkirk in 1298, was clear for any competent military commander to follow; cavalry alone could not defeat the Scottish squares, but archers supported by cavalry could easily break them. These tactics would be successfully repeated by Edward III against the Scots at Hallidon Hill in 1333, and Neville's Cross in 1346, not to mention in his invasion of France
Edward I's most important contribution to advancing the war fighting capability of Britain was in the battlefield tactics that he employed. It cannot be stressed enough that his use of mixed cavalry and archery was a monumental leap in battlefield tactics, as well as the precursor in making the longbow a force multiplier during the Hundred Years' War. The military record of Edward II, who reigned from 1307-1327, was abysmal. Charles Oman spoke on behalf of all historians who wrote about Edward II's lack of military prowess, and was justifiably unflattering in his critique of Edward II's military acumen. Most of what Edward I won on the battlefields in Scotland, Edward II ineptly lost.
Edward III's strategic and tactical abilities were on full display during the Hundred Years' War. One of the most important tactical innovations that Edward III instituted to increase the fighting capability of the English army before the start of the Hundred Years' War was the introduction of mounted archers to its ranks. Oman took notice of the importance of Edward III's tactical innovation. Mounted archers rode ponies for quick transport to the battlefield, and then they would dismount to shoot their longbows in battle. Undoubtedly, Edward III learned from the previous one hundred years of his predecessors' fighting the Scottish, that too many times the Scots outmaneuvered the English; thus, they escaped from having to fight a battle advantageous to the English. Edward III was going to do all he could to make sure that this did not happen to his army. Oman's research shows muster records from 1334 listing mounted archers for the first time as part of Edward III's expedition into Scotland. This was Edward III's second largest campaign against an enemy during his reign. The expedition served as an excellent opportunity for Edward III and his army to prove their new tactics, which they would put to good use a dozen years later in France.
Recommended reading for those interested in medieval history, and military history.
A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages: 1278-1485 (History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages)
Published in Hardcover by Greenhill Books (1991-07)
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One of the best sources of how war was fought in the Middle Ages
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Review Date: 2007-04-28
Review Date: 2007-04-28
I read this book for a graduate course in medieval history.
Charles Oman's great book "A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages" is a great comprehensive work for warfare of the period. It is especially useful for battle descriptions of English wars against the Scottish, and for the Hundred Years War. Oman writes that the lesson of the Battle of Falkirk in 1298, was clear for any competent military commander to follow; cavalry alone could not defeat the Scottish squares, but archers supported by cavalry could easily break them. These tactics would be successfully repeated by Edward III against the Scots at Hallidon Hill in 1333, and Neville's Cross in 1346, not to mention in his invasion of France
Edward I's most important contribution to advancing the war fighting capability of Britain was in the battlefield tactics that he employed. It cannot be stressed enough that his use of mixed cavalry and archery was a monumental leap in battlefield tactics, as well as the precursor in making the longbow a force multiplier during the Hundred Years' War. The military record of Edward II, who reigned from 1307-1327, was abysmal. Charles Oman spoke on behalf of all historians who wrote about Edward II's lack of military prowess, and was justifiably unflattering in his critique of Edward II's military acumen. Most of what Edward I won on the battlefields in Scotland, Edward II ineptly lost.
Edward III's strategic and tactical abilities were on full display during the Hundred Years' War. One of the most important tactical innovations that Edward III instituted to increase the fighting capability of the English army before the start of the Hundred Years' War was the introduction of mounted archers to its ranks. Oman took notice of the importance of Edward III's tactical innovation. Mounted archers rode ponies for quick transport to the battlefield, and then they would dismount to shoot their longbows in battle. Undoubtedly, Edward III learned from the previous one hundred years of his predecessors' fighting the Scottish, that too many times the Scots outmaneuvered the English; thus, they escaped from having to fight a battle advantageous to the English. Edward III was going to do all he could to make sure that this did not happen to his army. Oman's research shows muster records from 1334 listing mounted archers for the first time as part of Edward III's expedition into Scotland. This was Edward III's second largest campaign against an enemy during his reign. The expedition served as an excellent opportunity for Edward III and his army to prove their new tactics, which they would put to good use a dozen years later in France.
Recommended reading for those interested in medieval history, and military history.
Charles Oman's great book "A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages" is a great comprehensive work for warfare of the period. It is especially useful for battle descriptions of English wars against the Scottish, and for the Hundred Years War. Oman writes that the lesson of the Battle of Falkirk in 1298, was clear for any competent military commander to follow; cavalry alone could not defeat the Scottish squares, but archers supported by cavalry could easily break them. These tactics would be successfully repeated by Edward III against the Scots at Hallidon Hill in 1333, and Neville's Cross in 1346, not to mention in his invasion of France
Edward I's most important contribution to advancing the war fighting capability of Britain was in the battlefield tactics that he employed. It cannot be stressed enough that his use of mixed cavalry and archery was a monumental leap in battlefield tactics, as well as the precursor in making the longbow a force multiplier during the Hundred Years' War. The military record of Edward II, who reigned from 1307-1327, was abysmal. Charles Oman spoke on behalf of all historians who wrote about Edward II's lack of military prowess, and was justifiably unflattering in his critique of Edward II's military acumen. Most of what Edward I won on the battlefields in Scotland, Edward II ineptly lost.
Edward III's strategic and tactical abilities were on full display during the Hundred Years' War. One of the most important tactical innovations that Edward III instituted to increase the fighting capability of the English army before the start of the Hundred Years' War was the introduction of mounted archers to its ranks. Oman took notice of the importance of Edward III's tactical innovation. Mounted archers rode ponies for quick transport to the battlefield, and then they would dismount to shoot their longbows in battle. Undoubtedly, Edward III learned from the previous one hundred years of his predecessors' fighting the Scottish, that too many times the Scots outmaneuvered the English; thus, they escaped from having to fight a battle advantageous to the English. Edward III was going to do all he could to make sure that this did not happen to his army. Oman's research shows muster records from 1334 listing mounted archers for the first time as part of Edward III's expedition into Scotland. This was Edward III's second largest campaign against an enemy during his reign. The expedition served as an excellent opportunity for Edward III and his army to prove their new tactics, which they would put to good use a dozen years later in France.
Recommended reading for those interested in medieval history, and military history.
A history of the art of war,: The middle ages from the fourth to the fourteenth century,
Published in Unknown Binding by Methuen (1898)
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One of the best sources of how war was fought in the Middle Ages
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Review Date: 2007-04-28
Review Date: 2007-04-28
I read this book for a graduate course in medieval history.
Charles Oman's great book "A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages" is a great comprehensive work for warfare of the period. It is especially useful for battle descriptions of English wars against the Scottish, and for the Hundred Years War. Oman writes that the lesson of the Battle of Falkirk in 1298, was clear for any competent military commander to follow; cavalry alone could not defeat the Scottish squares, but archers supported by cavalry could easily break them. These tactics would be successfully repeated by Edward III against the Scots at Hallidon Hill in 1333, and Neville's Cross in 1346, not to mention in his invasion of France
Edward I's most important contribution to advancing the war fighting capability of Britain was in the battlefield tactics that he employed. It cannot be stressed enough that his use of mixed cavalry and archery was a monumental leap in battlefield tactics, as well as the precursor in making the longbow a force multiplier during the Hundred Years' War. The military record of Edward II, who reigned from 1307-1327, was abysmal. Charles Oman spoke on behalf of all historians who wrote about Edward II's lack of military prowess, and was justifiably unflattering in his critique of Edward II's military acumen. Most of what Edward I won on the battlefields in Scotland, Edward II ineptly lost.
Edward III's strategic and tactical abilities were on full display during the Hundred Years' War. One of the most important tactical innovations that Edward III instituted to increase the fighting capability of the English army before the start of the Hundred Years' War was the introduction of mounted archers to its ranks. Oman took notice of the importance of Edward III's tactical innovation. Mounted archers rode ponies for quick transport to the battlefield, and then they would dismount to shoot their longbows in battle. Undoubtedly, Edward III learned from the previous one hundred years of his predecessors' fighting the Scottish, that too many times the Scots outmaneuvered the English; thus, they escaped from having to fight a battle advantageous to the English. Edward III was going to do all he could to make sure that this did not happen to his army. Oman's research shows muster records from 1334 listing mounted archers for the first time as part of Edward III's expedition into Scotland. This was Edward III's second largest campaign against an enemy during his reign. The expedition served as an excellent opportunity for Edward III and his army to prove their new tactics, which they would put to good use a dozen years later in France.
Recommended reading for those interested in medieval history, and military history.
Charles Oman's great book "A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages" is a great comprehensive work for warfare of the period. It is especially useful for battle descriptions of English wars against the Scottish, and for the Hundred Years War. Oman writes that the lesson of the Battle of Falkirk in 1298, was clear for any competent military commander to follow; cavalry alone could not defeat the Scottish squares, but archers supported by cavalry could easily break them. These tactics would be successfully repeated by Edward III against the Scots at Hallidon Hill in 1333, and Neville's Cross in 1346, not to mention in his invasion of France
Edward I's most important contribution to advancing the war fighting capability of Britain was in the battlefield tactics that he employed. It cannot be stressed enough that his use of mixed cavalry and archery was a monumental leap in battlefield tactics, as well as the precursor in making the longbow a force multiplier during the Hundred Years' War. The military record of Edward II, who reigned from 1307-1327, was abysmal. Charles Oman spoke on behalf of all historians who wrote about Edward II's lack of military prowess, and was justifiably unflattering in his critique of Edward II's military acumen. Most of what Edward I won on the battlefields in Scotland, Edward II ineptly lost.
Edward III's strategic and tactical abilities were on full display during the Hundred Years' War. One of the most important tactical innovations that Edward III instituted to increase the fighting capability of the English army before the start of the Hundred Years' War was the introduction of mounted archers to its ranks. Oman took notice of the importance of Edward III's tactical innovation. Mounted archers rode ponies for quick transport to the battlefield, and then they would dismount to shoot their longbows in battle. Undoubtedly, Edward III learned from the previous one hundred years of his predecessors' fighting the Scottish, that too many times the Scots outmaneuvered the English; thus, they escaped from having to fight a battle advantageous to the English. Edward III was going to do all he could to make sure that this did not happen to his army. Oman's research shows muster records from 1334 listing mounted archers for the first time as part of Edward III's expedition into Scotland. This was Edward III's second largest campaign against an enemy during his reign. The expedition served as an excellent opportunity for Edward III and his army to prove their new tactics, which they would put to good use a dozen years later in France.
Recommended reading for those interested in medieval history, and military history.
A History of the Early Church to A.D. 500 (University Paperbacks)
Published in Paperback by Routledge Kegan & Paul (1976-02)
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This is a book to treasure
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2001-01-12
Review Date: 2001-01-12
It is said that church history is the laboratory of doctrine; well this account of the first 500 years of the life of the church really proves this to be true. Wand manages to condense 500 years into an instructional yet highly educational read. Both scholar and young Christian will find this book a worthwhile addition to their collection. But be warned though its not for the faint hearted, he does not always paint a rosy picture of the 1st 500 years but shows it for what it is, a struggle for the truth to be preserved!
How I Get Through Life: A Wise and Witty Guide
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A Worthwhile Read!!
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Review Date: 2005-12-05
Review Date: 2005-12-05
This is an extremely fun and interesting book! I could barely put it down it was so fun! I suppose while it helps to be a fan of Mr. Grodin, this is still a book I'd recommend to anyone. Not only does it contain some really funny parts, but he does have some good insights on life (hence the title).
If you want to have an enjoyable read, read this book!
If you want to have an enjoyable read, read this book!
How to Catch More Trout
Published in Paperback by Beaver Pond Publishing (2001-05-01)
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Good practical book with lots of tips, but repetitive.
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Review Date: 2001-11-01
Review Date: 2001-11-01
Charlie Meck, the king of PA fly fishers, does it again. Most practical book for better fly fishing yet. Very informative and helpful, but at times repetitive. Overall - must read for trout fishers.
Howe & Hummel,: Their true and scandalous history;
Published in Unknown Binding by Charles Evans Hughes Press (1979)
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Very enjoyable tale of shady lawyers in NY's Gilded Age
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Review Date: 2005-10-04
Review Date: 2005-10-04
This is a multi-part New Yorker magazine article in book form. But it dates from the Ross rather than Shawn era, which means the prose is snappy rather than ponderous, and the tone amused rather than pontifical. It's by no means a scholarly work, but significant research must have gone into it.
Howe and Hummel were highly successful storefront lawyers of the 1880-1905 era, specializing in the outrageously bogus defense of the plainly guilty (Howe) and entertainment law (Hummel), with a lucrative sideline in blackmail (Hummel). In short, they were modern lawyers working in the gaslight era. Today one part of their business would be advertised with billboards, a second other part would have its office in Beverly Hills, and the third would specialize in class actions, and there would be no visible connection between them. It's perversely charming, and in a way enlightening, to see how they managed to integrate what seem at first glance to be quite disparate practices.
The book is a collection of anecdotes of their practice, arranged in roughly chronological order so as to provide a kind of sketchy biography of each of the principals. It can be read in two or three sittings, as if in two or three consecutive issues of the magazine.
Howe and Hummel were highly successful storefront lawyers of the 1880-1905 era, specializing in the outrageously bogus defense of the plainly guilty (Howe) and entertainment law (Hummel), with a lucrative sideline in blackmail (Hummel). In short, they were modern lawyers working in the gaslight era. Today one part of their business would be advertised with billboards, a second other part would have its office in Beverly Hills, and the third would specialize in class actions, and there would be no visible connection between them. It's perversely charming, and in a way enlightening, to see how they managed to integrate what seem at first glance to be quite disparate practices.
The book is a collection of anecdotes of their practice, arranged in roughly chronological order so as to provide a kind of sketchy biography of each of the principals. It can be read in two or three sittings, as if in two or three consecutive issues of the magazine.
The Hoydens and Mr. Dickens: The Strange Affair of the Feminist Phantom
Published in Hardcover by St Martins Pr (1997-02)
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Palmer "captures" Victorian England much the way Dickens did
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Review Date: 1998-01-18
Review Date: 1998-01-18
Palmer's third book in this "series" continues to capture Victorian England; he is able to evoke the landscape and atmosphere of the time, of
the place, and of the characters. Most don't.
Aside from Anne Perry and Michael Crichton's
"Great Train Robbery," I have not read such
convincing Victoriana and the accompanying
hypocrisy. Palmer is able to sustain the reader's
interest throughout, particularly with his use of
other "real" characters such as Florence Nightingale. He is able to make Dickens
quite the human character!
The Image of the City (and Other Essays)
Published in Paperback by Apocryphile Press (2007-03-01)
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This Also is Thou
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Review Date: 2007-04-30
Review Date: 2007-04-30
Eerdmans, Regent, and now Apocryphile Press have taken up the mantle of bringing Charles Williams into print, and I number myself among the small but avid coterie of grateful readers. Should Williams be remembered for something, it would be his novels. But his essays, although virtually unknown, are a close second. This paperback reprints an Oxford hardback from 1958 which for some reason has become nearly impossible to find. The inner note says it's not for sale in the UK, so the Oxford or some other version may still exist there. For Inklings fans elsewhere, however, this republication is a cause for rejoicing.
I originally met Charles Williams through some writings of Dorothy L. Sayers, but through this book (in the original Oxford edition), I met St.s Augustine and Athanasius, Lady Julian of Norwich, Gerard Manley Hopkins and D.H. Lawrence, all through Williams' eyes. He is like a lively host at a cocktail party who is the only thing everyone has in common, and runs around making introductions. Lady Julian and Lawrence, incidentally, are in the same piece, at the same party, as it were, "Sensuality and Substance", in which Williams as host is at his best. But that could also be said for "Blake and Wordsworth", "The Jews", and "Rejoice in the Lamb," to name a few personal favorites.
If that were not enough, included in the 270 pages is a sixty page introduction by poet Anne Ridler, who compiled the Oxford edition. She also compiled a 1961 Oxford paperback called Charles Williams: Selected Writings, which includes about ten of the same essays along with Williams' play, "Seed of Adam", and a number of selections from Williams' two cycles of Arthurian poetry, Taliessin Through Logres, and The Region of the Summer Stars. Regent has recently reprinted the Collected Plays, and one hopes someone will soon bring back the Arthurian cycles, last published in the out of print Eerdmans combined edtion.
The contents of Image of the City (and Other Essays) are as follows:
INTRODUCTION
I. LITERARY SUBJECTS
Victorian Narrative Verse
Lord Macaulay
Landor
The New Milton
John Milton
Two Brief Essays on Shakespearian Topics
Alexander Pope
Rejoice in the Lamb
Gerard Hopkins
Sound and Variations
Religious Drama
Blake and Wordsworth
II. THE INCARNATION
Sensuality and Substance
Natural Goodness
The Index of the Body
St. John
Augustine and Athanasius
III. THE CITY
The Image of the City in English Verse
The Redeemed City
Anthropotokos
The Free Act
Church and State
Antichrist and the City's Laws
The Liturgy
Vergil
A Dialogue on Hierarchy
IV. PARDON AND JUSTICE
The Cross
The doctrine of Largesse
John Calvin
The Image of Man
V. EXCHANGE AND THE AFFIRMATIVE WAY
The Way of Exchange
The Way of Affirmation
One Way of Love
The Jews
The Society of Jesus
The Parable of the Wedding Garment
VI. ON THE ARTHURIAN MYTH
Introductory Note
Notes on the Arthurian Myth
The Making of Taliessin
The Chances of Myth
Malory and the Grail Legend
COLLECTS COMPOSED FOR A MARRIAGE
A BIBLIOGRAPHY
I originally met Charles Williams through some writings of Dorothy L. Sayers, but through this book (in the original Oxford edition), I met St.s Augustine and Athanasius, Lady Julian of Norwich, Gerard Manley Hopkins and D.H. Lawrence, all through Williams' eyes. He is like a lively host at a cocktail party who is the only thing everyone has in common, and runs around making introductions. Lady Julian and Lawrence, incidentally, are in the same piece, at the same party, as it were, "Sensuality and Substance", in which Williams as host is at his best. But that could also be said for "Blake and Wordsworth", "The Jews", and "Rejoice in the Lamb," to name a few personal favorites.
If that were not enough, included in the 270 pages is a sixty page introduction by poet Anne Ridler, who compiled the Oxford edition. She also compiled a 1961 Oxford paperback called Charles Williams: Selected Writings, which includes about ten of the same essays along with Williams' play, "Seed of Adam", and a number of selections from Williams' two cycles of Arthurian poetry, Taliessin Through Logres, and The Region of the Summer Stars. Regent has recently reprinted the Collected Plays, and one hopes someone will soon bring back the Arthurian cycles, last published in the out of print Eerdmans combined edtion.
The contents of Image of the City (and Other Essays) are as follows:
INTRODUCTION
I. LITERARY SUBJECTS
Victorian Narrative Verse
Lord Macaulay
Landor
The New Milton
John Milton
Two Brief Essays on Shakespearian Topics
Alexander Pope
Rejoice in the Lamb
Gerard Hopkins
Sound and Variations
Religious Drama
Blake and Wordsworth
II. THE INCARNATION
Sensuality and Substance
Natural Goodness
The Index of the Body
St. John
Augustine and Athanasius
III. THE CITY
The Image of the City in English Verse
The Redeemed City
Anthropotokos
The Free Act
Church and State
Antichrist and the City's Laws
The Liturgy
Vergil
A Dialogue on Hierarchy
IV. PARDON AND JUSTICE
The Cross
The doctrine of Largesse
John Calvin
The Image of Man
V. EXCHANGE AND THE AFFIRMATIVE WAY
The Way of Exchange
The Way of Affirmation
One Way of Love
The Jews
The Society of Jesus
The Parable of the Wedding Garment
VI. ON THE ARTHURIAN MYTH
Introductory Note
Notes on the Arthurian Myth
The Making of Taliessin
The Chances of Myth
Malory and the Grail Legend
COLLECTS COMPOSED FOR A MARRIAGE
A BIBLIOGRAPHY
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The first volume is divided into several sections. The first is the influence of philosophical systems on Christian doctrine. This examination includes the effect of the teachings of individuals such as Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero as well as the teachings of particular schools and movements like the Mystics, Scholastics, and Reformers.
The second section is the history of apologies. This is the history of the Christian reply to objections raised by skeptics throughout the ages. The Christian church first faced attacks from Judaism and paganism in the form of Ebionites, Gnostics and Pagans. It had to deal with the problems of the relationship between faith and science and examination of Biblical and ecclesiastical miracles. Apologetics is always an interesting area to deal with as we examine the various objections to the Gospel raised by different groups in different periods of time. The text includes the apologetics of individuals like Anselm, Aquinas, Bernard, Hume, and Kant as well as movements like deism and rationalism.
The third section is the history of theology and Christology. This is the one that I found to be the most interesting. First he covers the arguments for the evidence of the existence of God and examines the thoughts of people like Tertullian, and Anselm. Of course any section on the existence of God would not be complete without an examination of the ontological argument, which he covers well.
One of the most divisive problems of the early church was the concept of the Trinity and Christology. How do you resolve the idea of a God who is God the Father, God the Son, and the Holy Spirit while still believing in only one God? How do you resolve Christ's relationship with God? Was he fully human? Was he fully divine? Was he two persons in one body or one person that had divine and human natures? As the church wrestled with this many different ideas arose and gained converts. Mr. Shedd does an excellent job of examining these different schools of thought and how they differed from mainstream thought. Although such issues were predominantly put to rest with the Council of Nicene, they still affect the church today.
The first section in the second volume is the history of anthropology. The first part of this section discusses theories on the origin of the soul. This was a great concern for early Christians and still evokes some debate today. Were all souls pre-existing and placed into human bodies? Are souls created out of nothing when a new person is born? Are the soul and body both propagated (tranducianism)? The section continues into the doctrinal history of sin, free will, whether infants that die do so in a sinful state, and regeneration. Even today the debate continues over whether newborn children inherit evil or whether they inherit guilt.
The second section of this volume is the history of soteriology. How has the Christian doctrine of atonement developed into the way we believe today? Perhaps no other doctrine is more critical to the Christian than that of vicarious substitution, or the substitution of Christ's sacrifice on the cross for our sins. What is the role, if any, of penance?
The third section is the history of eschatology. One of the hottest topics seems to always be studying the end times according to the Bible. William Shedd covers all the most common concerns from Millenarianism, to the Second Advent, to resurrection, Purgatory, and the final state of Christians and non-Christians after the resurrection.
The fourth and final section is the history of symbols. This section includes an examination of the various creeds and other statements of faith through Christian history. Included are the following creeds and confessions as well as many others: The Apostles' Creed, Athanasian Creed, Lutheran Confessions, Reformed Confessions, Papal Confessions, Confessions of the Greek Church, Arminian Confessions, and Socinian Confessions.
This two volume set is an excellent work for those who want to examine the history of Christian doctrine over the ages and is a highly recommended purchase for all serious students.