For Us and for Our Salvation: The Doctrine of Christ in the Early Church by Stephen J. Nichols

Acknowledgments     11
Introduction: "Who Do People Say That I Am?": Christ's Crucial Question     13
In the Beginning Was the Word: Christ in the Early Centuries     17
In Their Own Words: Select Documents from the Early Centuries     35
The Triumph of Athanasius: The Battle for Christ at Nicea     55
In Their Own Words: Select Documents from the Fourth Century     75
The Wisdom of Leo the Great: The Battle for Christ at Chalcedon     99
In Their Own Words: Select Documents from the Fifth Century     119
Epilogue: Jesus: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow     143
Glossary     149
The Doctrine of Christ in Scripture     157
A Guide for Reading the Church Fathers     159
Notes     163