Gratian the Theologian David Cottrell On a moonless September night

On a moonless September night in 1962

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Unlikely People is a tribute to the unique men and women that give up the shores and take to the seas

providing a rich depiction of Francke’s conversion-driven theology and how it shaped his views of the sacraments and the church

Gratian the Theologian David Cottrell On a moonless September nightGratian the Theologian shows how one of the best known canonists of the medieval period was also an accomplished theologian. Well into the twelfth century, compilations of Church law often dealt with theological issues. Gratian's Concordia discordantium canonum or Decretum, which was originally compiled around 1140, was no exception, and so Wei claims in this provocative book. The Decretum is the fundamental canon law work of the twelfth century,