Church and Gnosis: A Study of Christian Thought and Speculation in the Second Century: The Morse Lectures for 1931

by Francis Crawford Burkitt

Book Overview

Francis Crawford Burkitt (1864-1935) was a prominent theologian and biblical scholar. Originally published in 1932, this book contains the substance of five lectures delivered by Burkitt during October 1931 at Union Theological Seminary, New York, as the Morse Lectures for that year. Various aspects of the relationship between Church doctrine and Gnostic thought are discussed, providing a highly informative analysis of a complicated topic. Rigorous...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107631386
• ISBN13: 9781107631380
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.0" x 8.0"