Christ in Christian Tradition: From the Apostolic Age to Chalcedon

Christ in Christian Tradition offers a presentation of faith in Jesus Christ as it developed from the birth of Christianity to the Council of Chalcedon in 451. Grillmeier traces the development of Christology, exploring in detail the first theological interpretations of the person of Christ. From the very beginning of Christianity, an intellectual struggle set in over the person of Christ that is to be counted among the most profound of all human controversies. It is essential to understand this struggle if we are to understand how Christianity and mankind appropriated the mysterium Christi. And it is vital to explore the history of ancient Christology in order to fully understand our own perception of Christ.

In this revised edition of his classic book, Grillmeier provides a comprehensive and vital account of the development of Christology in the early history of Christianity. He gives a new account of the theological development between Origen and the Council of Nicaea (325) and provides an extended account of the christology of Marcellus of Ancyra. Grillmeier also explores, among other things, the history of the Logos-sarx christology, Didymus of Alexandria, Origenism and the christological development between Ephesus and Chalcedon.

This definitive and monumental work offers students and scholars a authoitative account of early Christology.