rangeofcon te mpo ra ry G reek speculation . Itiseasytoforget how lo ngitw as beforetherew as an ylarge body ofo rth odoxChristiantheologicaldoctrine . Itisama tt erofsixorsevenrather th a n one o r tw ogener ­ ationsafterChrist 's dea th before we find , inC le mentofA le xandr ia and hispupilO rig e n , thefirstcomp re hens iv eattemptstoexplicatesystematically , in G reek philosophicalterms , theperfectionofG od, H is relationtothecreation , theun io nof body an dsoul in hum an b e in g s an d so o n ; and much ofwh at these tw o men ta ughtw as far fro mtheeventualor th odoxyoftheChu rc h . Indeed , thefirstcreed in te ndedprimarilytosettletheologicalissues , rather th andiffer ­ encesinethicalop in io norchurchritual , w as thatissued by theCounc il ofN ic aeaof 325 A .D . Aga in , itw as o n ly graduallythat th eChu rc hdef in edthecanonofHo ly Scripture . Foral th oughthegospelsw ere a lw ays , ofcourse , ta kenasrecordsofGod 's w o rd , theaccep ta nceof th e O ld Tes ta mentasadivinelyinspiredtextw as notcomp le te untilthe se condcentury . 143 W ith thecanondefined , itw as notdifficultforaChristiantoseethem ain pointsma rk in goffhis th e o lo g y fro mthatofthevariousG re ekphilosophicalschools . For 142 ChristianityE dw Y o rk , 1957 ), C ( f in Hathiarpstterpchu , The In11b . lished , flLuoenndcoeno18f8G8 ; rereekpIrdinetaesd , o n New 143Ibid . . 316 -1 9 .

DOI link for rangeofcon te mpo ra ry G reek speculation . Itiseasytoforget how lo ngitw as beforetherew as an ylarge body ofo rth odoxChristiantheologicaldoctrine . Itisama tt erofsixorsevenrather th a n one o r tw ogener ­ ationsafterChrist 's dea th before we find , inC le mentofA le xandr ia and hispupilO rig e n , thefirstcomp re hens iv eattemptstoexplicatesystematically , in G reek philosophicalterms , theperfectionofG od, H is relationtothecreation , theun io nof body an dsoul in hum an b e in g s an d so o n ; and much ofwh at these tw o men ta ughtw as far fro mtheeventualor th odoxyoftheChu rc h . Indeed , thefirstcreed in te ndedprimarilytosettletheologicalissues , rather th andiffer ­ encesinethicalop in io norchurchritual , w as thatissued by theCounc il ofN ic aeaof 325 A .D . Aga in , itw as o n ly graduallythat th eChu rc hdef in edthecanonofHo ly Scripture . Foral th oughthegospelsw ere a lw ays , ofcourse , ta kenasrecordsofGod 's w o rd , theaccep ta nceof th e O ld Tes ta mentasadivinelyinspiredtextw as notcomp le te untilthe se condcentury . 143 W ith thecanondefined , itw as notdifficultforaChristiantoseethem ain pointsma rk in goffhis th e o lo g y fro mthatofthevariousG re ekphilosophicalschools . For 142 ChristianityE dw Y o rk , 1957 ), C ( f in Hathiarpstterpchu , The In11b . lished , flLuoenndcoeno18f8G8 ; rereekpIrdinetaesd , o n New 143Ibid . . 316 -1 9 .

rangeofcon te mpo ra ry G reek speculation . Itiseasytoforget how lo ngitw as beforetherew as an ylarge body ofo rth odoxChristiantheologicaldoctrine . Itisama tt erofsixorsevenrather th a n one o r tw ogener ­ ationsafterChrist 's dea th before we find , inC le mentofA le xandr ia and hispupilO rig e n , thefirstcomp re hens iv eattemptstoexplicatesystematically , in G reek philosophicalterms , theperfectionofG od, H is relationtothecreation , theun io nof body an dsoul in hum an b e in g s an d so o n ; and much ofwh at these tw o men ta ughtw as far fro mtheeventualor th odoxyoftheChu rc h . Indeed , thefirstcreed in te ndedprimarilytosettletheologicalissues , rather th andiffer ­ encesinethicalop in io norchurchritual , w as thatissued by theCounc il ofN ic aeaof 325 A .D . Aga in , itw as o n ly graduallythat th eChu rc hdef in edthecanonofHo ly Scripture . Foral th oughthegospelsw ere a lw ays , ofcourse , ta kenasrecordsofGod 's w o rd , theaccep ta nceof th e O ld Tes ta mentasadivinelyinspiredtextw as notcomp le te untilthe se condcentury . 143 W ith thecanondefined , itw as notdifficultforaChristiantoseethem ain pointsma rk in goffhis th e o lo g y fro mthatofthevariousG re ekphilosophicalschools . For 142 ChristianityE dw Y o rk , 1957 ), C ( f in Hathiarpstterpchu , The In11b . lished , flLuoenndcoeno18f8G8 ; rereekpIrdinetaesd , o n New 143Ibid . . 316 -1 9 .