Bringing a longue durée perspective to the issue, this book traces different theories of doctrinal development from antiquity to the present day.

This guide will familiarize readers with the primary and secondary resources available for the study of patristic and medieval doctrines of Atonement. The book

..".what Rausch offers his readers is hope for the future of the Catholic Church."

The problem of change has assumed great prominence in much of the current ferment in theology, and many of the issues in question can best be interpreted as rel