This collection presents four volumes written by renowned Catholic scholars on different aspects of Christology. Discover how early Christian hymns influenced Christological doctrines. Examine Christology’s Trinitarian nature and how the Eastern and Western Christian traditions view it. Follow the resurrection narratives in the four Gospels and gain an appreciation for Jesus’ place in history. The Paulist Press Christology Collection brings cutting-edge scholarship, ecumenical perspective, and critical thinking to bear on this resonant topic.

From the first days of the church, Christians confessed their faith in Jesus Christ in both theological discussion and in popular hymns of devotion. After the major church councils from Nicaea to Chalcedon brought clarification and definition to Christological doctrines, the hymns began to express clearly this belief in Jesus as truly God and truly human. Were the new Christological doctrines deductively developed and imposed by the councils? Or did they arise from the beginning out of the fait...