Journal article
Two aspects of early Christian faith
- Abstract:
- ‘Faith’ is one of Christianity’s most significant, distinctive and complex concepts and practices, but Christian understandings of faith in the patristic period have received surprisingly little attention. This article explores two aspects of what Augustine terms fides qua, ‘the faith by which believers believe’. From the early second century, belief in the truth of doctrine becomes increasingly significant to Christians; by the fourth, affirming that certain doctrines are true has become central to becoming Christian and to remaining within the Church. During the same period, we find a steady growth in poetic and imagistic descriptions of interior faith. This article explores how and why these developments occurred, arguing that they are mutually implicated and that this period sees the beginning of their long co-existence.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1017/stc.2021.2
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- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Journal:
- Studies in Church History More from this journal
- Volume:
- 57
- Pages:
- 6 - 31
- Publication date:
- 2021-05-21
- Acceptance date:
- 2020-11-08
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2059-0644
- ISSN:
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0424-2084
- Language:
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English
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- Pubs id:
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1160116
- Local pid:
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pubs:1160116
- Deposit date:
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2021-02-05
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- Copyright holder:
- Morgan.
- Copyright date:
- 2021
- Rights statement:
- © The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Ecclesiastical History Society
- Notes:
- This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available from Cambridge University Press at: https://doi.org/10.1017/stc.2021.2
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