1. Accounts of Doctrinal Development

2. Approaches to the Development of Christian Doctrine and Practice Emphasis on no or little change. Focus on continuity between past and present. Focus on discontinuity.

3. Approaches that Emphasize Continuity The organic or vitalist account. The Hegelian scheme. The Newmanian account.

4. Approaches that Emphasize Discontinuity Problem areas: – Faith & culture – Scripture & tradition – Politics – Ethics – Church organization

5. Hellenization Process of corruption and distortion of the Gospel by Greek philosophy Adolf von Harnack (1851-1930)

6. Gavrilyuk’s philosophy meter Philosophy rejected JohnPaul Clement Anselm Aquinas Origen Justin Philosophy ‘Baptized’ Tatian Tertullian Luther Kierkegaard