ValiantforTruth
Puritan Board Freshman
In a few months I will be co-teaching a one quarter adult SS class that's basically "Twelve Theologians Every Christian Should Know". There are two out of my six I am less familiar with and would appreciate any reading suggestions that any of you have:
Cyril of Alexandria (I have read McGuckin on the Nestorian controversy)
Is there a more general overview of his life/thought/writings/significance?
Is there a good one volume history of the seven ecumenical councils era?
Thomas Aquinas
As a philosophy major I have read Thomas extracts many times, but how do I approach a 50 minute SS class to laymen who are not experts in Aristotle? For our people, I think the most important thing will be his influence both within and outside of the Roman Church.
Any good, fair one-volume works (preferably from Protestant or Reformed perspective) that treat the contemporary significance and influence of his theology? Maybe the one-volume Summa?
Cyril of Alexandria (I have read McGuckin on the Nestorian controversy)
Is there a more general overview of his life/thought/writings/significance?
Is there a good one volume history of the seven ecumenical councils era?
Thomas Aquinas
As a philosophy major I have read Thomas extracts many times, but how do I approach a 50 minute SS class to laymen who are not experts in Aristotle? For our people, I think the most important thing will be his influence both within and outside of the Roman Church.
Any good, fair one-volume works (preferably from Protestant or Reformed perspective) that treat the contemporary significance and influence of his theology? Maybe the one-volume Summa?