Download or read book A History of Christian Thought: From the beginnings to the Council of Chalcedon written by Justo L. González and published by Abingdon Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 557 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A treatment of the evolution of Christian thought from the birth of Christ, to the Apostles, to the early church, to the great flowering of Christianity across the world. The first volume introduces the central figures and debates culminating in the Councils of Nicea and Chalcedon among which the theologies of the early church were hammered out.