"A Guide to the Teachings of the Early Church Fathers" by Robert R. Williams, published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.; Grand Rapids, Michigan; First Edition, stated First Printing, August 1960.

Hard boards, original publisher's black cloth with gilt lettering on spine, 5.3/4" x 8.3/4"; 224 pages, appears to be unread, discarded library book with a stamp on the front endpaper and one of the pages, very good condition.

In this book, Dr. Williams has given the preacher, teacher, and concerned layman a very readable, concise, and helpful guide to the teachings of the early Church leaders. He communicates the exciting quality of Christian theology as it came to expression in the thought and life of men to whom the Christian Church today is greatly in debt, and from whom, with humility, it can continue to learn and find inspirations.

The early Church Fathers were concerned, in the words of the Apostle Peter, to make a defense to anyone who called them to account for the hope that was in them. They were concerned, as the Church is today, to understand the faith for themselves and to explain it to those outside the Church. Their answers to the following problems are still relevant: the relationship of God to all the world, redemption, the Trinity, the person of Christ, the relationship between God's will and man's, and the problem of church and state.

Contents (chapters):

Early Facets of the Faith. The Faith and Its Defenders. The Faith and Fantasy. The Faith and Fact. The Faith and Fusion. The Faith and Fallacy. The Faith and Fellowship. The Faith and Freedom. The Faith and Fetters. The Faith and Formula. Bibliography. General Index.

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