Week ? - Teacher notes

Theological Controversies and Development of the Ecumenical Orthodoxy

• General Observations. Doctrinal Importance of the Period. Influence of the Ancient Philosophy
• Sources of Theology. Scripture and Tradition
• The Arian Controversy down to the Council of Nicaea, 318-325
• The Council of Nicaea, 325
• The Arian and Semi-Arian Reaction, a.d. 325-361
• The Final Victory of Orthodoxy, and the Council of Constantinople, 381
• The Theological Principles involved: Import of the Controversy
• Arianism
• Semi-Arianism