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What can today's evangelicals learn from the first fourteen centuries of church history?
In Ancient Landmarks, Leonardo De Chirico offers an engaging and accessible guide to the people, ideas and theological developments that have shaped Christianity from the second to the fourteenth century. Introducing readers to influential figures such as Augustine, Aquinas and the Cappadocian Fathers, he explores the debates that continue to shape the church today.
More than a historical survey, this book equips evangelicals to engage the early and medieval church with both appreciation and discernment. De Chirico argues that evangelical Christianity stands firmly within the historic Christian tradition while offering a thoughtful critique of later Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox developments.
Scholarly yet highly readable, Ancient Landmarks is an invaluable introduction to church history and historical theology for students, pastors and thoughtful Christians alike.
Introduction
1. The Patristic Landscape (2nd-3rd centuries)
2. The dynamics of church life
3. Tendencies in apologetics
4. The consolidation of theological thought
5. The Golden Age of Patristic thought (4th-5th centuries)
6. The theology of the Cappadocians
7. Athanasius, the Alexandrian pillar of the church
8. Augustine, the teacher of all the churches
9. Historical and theological trajectories (6th-11th centuries)
10. Medieval theological debates
11. Developments in Eastern theology
12. Leading Byzantine theologians
13. Missionary impulses and missiological trends
14. Institutional changes and religious developments (12th-15th centuries)
15. Theology in the 12th Century
16. Two Theological Giants: Aquinas and Bonaventure
17. Transitions toward the modern age
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Biblical and Ancient Sources