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An intimidating and powerful piece of scholarship. As I near the end of this work, I'm impressed, persuaded, and paradigmatically shifted by this masterful treatise. Within these pages rests a masterful explanation of patristic thought, doctrinal development, and a tracing of the historical progression of Christianity. Also contains a fair and pointed critique of sola scriptura on theological and historical grounds.

Onto Middle Ages A.D. 800-1200. Crucial time period . . . totally neglected this time period and the incredible theological development of the Church liturgically and in the "sacra doctrina". It was a good idea to accompany this with Harold Berhman's Law and Revolution, where I can see how canon law developments liturgically and in "sacra doctrina" impact legal developments. Wonderful.

Insanely difficult haha.

This is a very difficult read thus far, requires minimal proficiency with Greek and Latin. The latter is something I do not have an accept being unable to understand some of these footnotes. This volume traces the development of doctrines (hence the title) throughout the ENTIRETY of Christian history. Very academic - I definitely needed prerequisite knowledge before picking this up . . . and even then its difficult.