Book 1. The preparation. pt. 1. Hellenic analogs. Literature -- The mysteries -- Hermetism -- The philosophy of the classical era -- The philosophy of the Hellenistic era -- pt. 2. Biblical and Judaic particulars. The Old Testament -- Extra-canonical Jewish literature -- The New Testament -- Book 2. The doctrine of the Greek fathers. pt. 1. The period of formation. Early sketches : the apostolic fathers ; Heretical gnosis ; The apologists -- Initial developments : The Christian tradition: Saint Irenaeus ; Christian gnosis: Clement of Alexandria ; Christian gnosis: Origen --Attempts at synthesis : Saint Hippolytus ; Saint Methodius of Olympus -- pt. 2. The period of Apogee. The great doctrinal syntheses : Saint Athanasius -- The great doctrinal syntheses : Saint Gregory -- Occasional attestations : the school of Alexandria: Saint Basil ; Saint Gregory of Nazianzus ; Didymus the Blind -- Occasional attestations : the school of Antioch: Saint John Chrysostom ; Theodore of Mopsuestia ; Theodoret of Cyrrus --pt. 3. The period of consolidation. The theology of divinization : Saint Cyril of Alexandria -- The mysticism of divinization : Pseudo-Dionysius ; Saint Maximus the Confessor ; The conclusion of Greek patristics : Saint John of Damascus.