Includes bibliographical references and index.

What is classical Christian doctrine? -- Christian scripture: the source of classical Christian doctrine -- "The Lord our God is one": the Jewish God and the Christian faith -- "And the word was God": the Christian faith and the Greek philosophers -- "He who has seen me has seen the Father": the monarchian approach to God -- "Today I have begotten you": Origen and the eternal generation of the Son -- "One God the Father" and "one Lord Jesus Christ": Arius and the Council of Nicaea -- Truly God and truly man: defining the nature of Jesus -- "And in the Holy Spirit": the struggle to understand the Spirit -- God the Father: "maker of heaven and earth" -- Binding the strong man: the redemptive work of Christ -- "I will build my church": defining the church -- "The washing of regeneration": "one baptism for the forgiveness of sins" -- The Christian eschatological hope: the resurrection of the dead -- "And they came to life and reigned with Christ a thousand years": the millennium.