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Article: History of Theology, vol. 1, The Patristic Period.
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- Theological Studies
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- June 1, 1998
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HISTORY OR THEOLOGY 1: THE PATRISTIC PERIOD. Edited by Angelo Di Berardino and Basil Studer. Translated from the Italian by Matthew J. O'Connell. Collegeville: Liturgical, 1996. Pp. xxi + 632. $99.95
This initial volume in a three-part project deals with the first seven centuries of Christian theological practice. The foreword, written by Luciano Pacomio for the Italian publisher, clearly limits the objectives of the project: it is not a history of dogma or doctrine, nor a history of the thought or method of individual theologians, nor a history of the Church. Instead, "the authors have focused on the conditions, incentives, and agents of theological work, their ...