A detailed reassessment of the sources for the life and thought of Saint Patrick, offering insights on questions of dating, on the authenticity of the works assigned to him, and on his origins and ministry.

Saint Patrick: His Origins and Career

Biographies & Memoirs

Hanson, R. P. C.

Historical

Oxford University Press

The Attractiveness of God: Essays in Christian Doctrine

Religion & Spirituality

S.P.C.K.

This book has been prompted by the dishonesty of much contemporary treatment of the Bible. It is not a 'debunking' of the Bible, but an attempt to show what qualities and what preliminary assumptions are needed for the Bible to be genuinely understood and interpreted. Honest scholarship and honest interpretations must acknowledge that a revolution has taken place in the understanding of the Bible during the last two hundred years and that to try to deny or play down or disguise the results of this revolution is to be faithful neither to God nor to ourselves. With that conviction, and with their customary panache, the authors then go on to look at the facts about the Bible; the New Testament interpretation of scripture; the interpretation of the Bible in the early church; historical criticism; fundamentalism; and prophecy. 'They analyse the books of the Bible, examine the canon and the Bible as norm and as the church's book, consider the role of faith and conclude with a chapter 'In Praise of the Bible'. Here, in the last book together, the Professors Hanson are indeed on top of their form.

The Bible without Illusions

Hanson, A. T.

Christian Books & Bibles

Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd

First published in 1988, "The Search for the Christian Doctrine of God" is still considered by many scholars to be the finest work on the Arian Controversy. Examining scholarly works on the Controversy and many original texts, Professor Hanson, provides a clear understanding of how the traditional and historic doctrine of God as the Holy Trinity reached its most mature and enduring form. The author is not primarily concerned to defend the orthodox position itself, but rather to discover and examine the formation of that orthodoxy. The history of the events - the Councils, the interventions of the Emperor, the rivalries of sees, the behaviour of bishops, the varying fortunes of the different schools of thought and their leaders - is interwoven with the progression of thought and doctrine during the sixty years of the Controversy. Professor Hanson sees the problem of the reconciliation of two concepts which were both part of the very fabric of Christianity - monotheism and the worship of Jesus Christ as divine.

Search for the Christian Doctrine of God: The Arian Controversy, 318-381

UNKNO

In this classic work in patristic studies, R. P. C. Hanson elucidates the views of the third-century theologian Origen on the nature and interpretaion of Scripture. The introduction by a leading Origen scholar sets Hanson's work in its context and explores its significance to Origen scholarship.

Allegory and Event: A Study of the Sources and Significance of Origen's Interpretation of Scripture

History

World

Westminster/John Knox Press

The attractiveness of God;: Essays in Christian doctrine

John Knox Press

The continuity of Christian doctrine: The Walter and Mary Tuohy lectures, John Carroll University

Seabury Press

Acts

Originally published in 1954, this book presents a detailed study regarding the early Christian theologian Origen, focusing mainly on his doctrine of tradition and its relationship with his interpretation of the Bible. The text was written by Richard Patrick Crosland Hanson (1916-88), a notable Anglican bishop, theologian and historian of antiquities. A bibliography is included and detailed notes are incorporated throughout. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in theology, biblical studies and the works of Origen.

Origen's Doctrine of Tradition

Cambridge University Press

An examination of Origen's interpretation of the Bible cannot be properly undertaken until his attitude to tradition, in its broadest sense, has been fully explored. This study may therefore be considered as a necessary preliminary to a full study of Origen's attitude to the Bible. from the Preface

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