This Teaching Materials is offered in the quality of primary textbooks for the study of the controversy that took place in the Church since the beginning of the II century to VII century inclusive. It consists of two parts: the first gives the general content of the course above-named period; the second part provides a more detailed description of the first part of the first section of the course, which covers the initial stage of the controversy in the Pre-Nicene period. The presentation of each topic provides three sections necessary for its study: a description of the main episodes of the controversy and the reaction of the Church to it, literature on the topic and questions for self-training.