The Christian Tradition: A History of the Development of Doctrine [5-Volume Set] by PELIKAN, JAROSLAV - 8211

University of Chicago Press, 1980-08-15. First Edition. paperback. Used: Good.

University of Chicago Press, 1985-12-15. paperback. Used: Good.

University Of Chicago Press, August 1980. Paper Back. Good. Extraordinarily learned yet quite readable, this magisterial five-volume set is really an authoritative encyclopedia of historical theology. There is nothing else like it in English. Every phase in the development of Christian doctrine, both East and West, is here deftly explored. Students of theology will return to this exposition of the history of Christian ideas again and again. Extensively documented by primary source texts. Volume 3, 333 pp. A solid copy, but every page in the text is marked up.

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Spine is intact and uncreased. Text contains some light highlighting. NOT ex-library.

University of Chicago Press, 8/15/1980 12:00:01 A. paperback. Acceptable. 0.9100 in x 9.0000 in x 5.7500 in. This is a used book. It may contain highlighting/underlining and/or the book may show heavier signs of wear . It may also be ex-library or without dustjacket.

University of Chicago Press, 1985 424 pp. Text is clean, tight and unmarked. Covers are bright and intact,lower front corner dog-earred.. Trade Paperback. Very Good.

University of Chicago Press, 1980. Book. Near Fine. Soft cover. Ink highlighting in text..

Paperback. Good.

Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, (2000). Octavo, softbound (slick white wrappers), xxvii, 333 pp. Light highlighting and notes to the first half; otherwise, a very attractive copy with Fine looking wrappers. From lower cover: In this volume Jaroslav Pelikan continues the splendid work he has done thus far in his projected five-volume history of the development of Christian doctrine, defined as “what the Church believes, teaches, and confesses on the the basis of the word of God.” The entire work will become an indispensable resource not only for the history of doctrine but also for its refomulation today. Copious documentation in the margins and careful indexing add to its immense usefulness. The books is base don a most meticulous examination of medieval authorities and the growth of medieval theology is essentially told in their own words. What is more important, however, than the astounding number of primary sources the author has consulted or his sovereign familiarity with… Read More