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The Biblical Theology of Saint Irenaeus

Author : John Lawson
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1597525804
Total Pages : 324 pages
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Download or read book The Biblical Theology of Saint Irenaeus written by John Lawson and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2006-02-21 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is the history of the early Church the story of a movement away from the religion of the New Testament into Hellenic speculation, institutionalism, and bare moralism? Many present issues are affected by the judgment made upon this matter, which the author seeks to illuminate in his Cambridge Dissertation. There is in St. Irenaeus a doctrine of Creation and Revelation by ÒThe Two Hands of God, and likewise ÒRecapitulation, and exposition of the Saving Work of Christ. The claim is here advanced that of these doctrines the former is an expression of the Hebraic conception of the Living God, who is transcendent yet immediately active in Creation and Revelation. The latter is thoroughly Pauline, and is a statement of the ÒClassic theology of the Atonement. Together with his necessary emphasis upon the Church and Episcopate, Irenaeus has preserved the Gospel of real redemption by personal faith in Christ.

The Biblical Theology of Saint Irenaeus

Author : John Lawson
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Total Pages : 332 pages
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Download or read book The Biblical Theology of Saint Irenaeus written by John Lawson and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Irenaeus of Lyons and the Theology of the Holy Spirit

Author : Anthony Briggman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199641536
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Author : John Lawson
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Total Pages : 307 pages
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Download or read book The Biblical Theology of Saint Irenaeus, by John Lawson,... written by John Lawson and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

St. Irenaeus of Lyons Against the Heresies

Author : Saint Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon.)
Publisher : The Newman Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809104543
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book St. Irenaeus of Lyons Against the Heresies written by Saint Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon.) and published by The Newman Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work, which establishes Irenaeus as the most important of the theologians of the second century, is a detailed and effective refutation of Gnosticism, and a major source of information on the various Gnostic sects and doctrines. This volume contains Book One. +

Grounded in Heaven

Author : Michael Allen
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467451266
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book Grounded in Heaven written by Michael Allen and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-02 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eschatology and ethics are joined at the hip, says Michael Allen, and both need theocentric reorientation. In Grounded in Heaven Allen retrieves the traditional concept of the beatific vision and seeks to bring Christ back into the heart of our theology and our lives on earth. Responding to the earthly-mindedness of much recent theology, Allen places his focus on God and the heavenly future while also appreciating ways in which the Reformed tradition provides a unique angle on broadly catholic concerns. Reaching back to classical ethics as well as its reformation by Calvin and other Reformed theologians, Grounded in Heaven offers a distinctly Protestant account of the ascetical calling to be heavenly-minded and to deny one’s self.

Irenaeus of Lyons

Author : John Behr
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019921462X
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book Irenaeus of Lyons written by John Behr and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-07-25 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full, contextual study of Irenaeus of Lyons, the first great theologian of the Christian tradition. John Behr sets Irenaeus both within his own context of the second century and our own contemporary context.

Irenaeus of Lyons

Author : John Behr
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191667811
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (916 download)

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Download or read book Irenaeus of Lyons written by John Behr and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-07-26 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a full, contextual study of St Irenaeus of Lyons, the first great theologian of the Christian tradition. John Behr sets Irenaeus both within his own context of the second century, a fundamental period for the formation of Christian identity, elaborating the distinction between orthodoxy and heresy and expounding a comprehensive theological vision, and also within our own contemporary context, in which these issues are very much alive again. Against the commonly-held position that 'orthodoxy' was established by excluding others, the 'heretics', Behr argues that it was the self-chosen separation of the heretics that provided the occasion for those who remained together to clarify the lineaments of their faith in a church that was catholic by virtue of embracing different voices in a symphony of many voices and whose chief architect was Irenaeus, who, as befits his name, urged peace and toleration. The first chapter explores Irenaeus' background in Asia Minor, as a disciple of Polycarp of Smyrna, his activity in Gaul, and his involvement with the Christian communities in Rome. The theological and institutional significance of his interventions is made clear by tracing the coalescence of the initially fractionated communities in Rome into a united body over the first two centuries. The second chapter provides a full examination of Irenaeus' surviving writings, concentrating especially on the literary and rhetorical structure of his five books Against the Heresies, his 'refutation and overthrowal' of his opponents in the first two books, and his establishing a framework for articulating orthodoxy. The final chapter explores the theological vision of Irenaeus itself, on its own terms rather than the categories of later dogmatic theology, grounded in an apostolic reading of Scripture and presenting a vibrant and vigorous account of the diachronic and synchronic economy or plan of God, seen through the work of Christ which reveals how the Hands of God have been at work from the beginning, fashioning the creature, made from mud and animated with a breath of life, into his own image and likeness, vivified by the Holy Spirit, to become a 'living human being, the glory of God'.

On the Apostolic Preaching

Author : Saint Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon.)
Publisher : St Vladimir's Seminary Press
ISBN 13 : 9780881411744
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book On the Apostolic Preaching written by Saint Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon.) and published by St Vladimir's Seminary Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: St Irenaeus is the most important theologian of the second century, laying the foundation for all future Christian thinkers. Irenaeus tells us that he had known Polycarp, who had himself known the apostles and been appointed by them as the bishop of the church of Smyrna. This direct contact with the immediate successors of the apostles was of importance for Irenaeus in his later defense of Christian practice and teaching. In this work Against the Heresies, he was the first to utilize the full range of apostolic writings in his controversy with the Gnostics and others. Uniting, for the first time, the whole history of God's activity in one all-encompassing divine economy, Irenaeus demonstrates that there is but one God, who has made Himself known through His one Son, Jesus Christ, by the one Holy Spirit, to the one human race, bringing His creatures made from mud into the intimacy of communion with Himself.

Five Books of S. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons

Author : Saint Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
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Download or read book Five Books of S. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons written by Saint Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon.) and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Irenaeus of Lyons

Author : Eric Osborn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139430408
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Irenaeus of Lyons written by Eric Osborn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-10-04 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Osborn's book presents a major study of Irenaeus (125–200), bishop of Lyons, who attacked Gnostic theosophy with positive ideas as well as negative critiques. Irenaeus's combination of argument and imagery, logic and aesthetic, was directed to the bible. Dominated by a Socratic love of truth and a classical love of beauty, he was a founder of Western humanism. Erasmus, who edited the first printed edition of Irenaeus, praised him for his freshness and vigour. He is today valued for his splendid aphorisms, his optimism, love of the created world, evolutionary view of history, theology of beauty and humour. Why have two millennia of European culture been so creative? Irenaeus points to Greek ways of thinking and the Christian Bible. Irenaeus's thought is complex, yet rewarding to the critical reader, and this full study of it will be of interest to theologians, historians of ideas, classicists, scientists and students.

The Biblical Theology of St. Irenaeus

Author : John Lawson
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Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Biblical Theology of St. Irenaeus written by John Lawson and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Irenaeus of Lyons and the Theology of the Holy Spirit

Author : Anthony Briggman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191629677
Total Pages : 272 pages
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Download or read book Irenaeus of Lyons and the Theology of the Holy Spirit written by Anthony Briggman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-01-12 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irenaeus' theology of the Holy Spirit is often highly regarded amongst theologians today, but that regard is not universal, nor has an adequate volume of literature supported it. This study provides a detailed examination of certain principal, often distinctive, aspects of Irenaeus' pneumatology. In contrast to those who have suggested Irenaeus held a weak conception of the person and work of the Holy Spirit, Anthony Briggman demonstrates that Irenaeus combined Second Temple Jewish traditions of the spirit with New Testament theology to produce the most complex Jewish-Christian pneumatology of the early church. In so doing, Irenaeus moved beyond his contemporaries by being the first author, following the New Testament writings, to construct a theological account in which binitarian logic did not diminish either the identity or activity of the Holy Spirit. That is to say, he was the first to support his Trinitarian convictions by means of Trinitarian logic. Briggman advances the narrative that locates early Christian pneumatologies in the context of Jewish traditions regarding the spirit. In particular, he argues that the appropriation and repudiation of Second Temple Jewish forms of thought explain three moments in the development of Christian theology. First, the existence of a rudimentary pneumatology correlating to the earliest stage of Trinitarian theology in which a Trinitarian confession is accompanied by binitarian orientation/logic, such as in the thought of Justin Martyr. Second, the development of a sophisticated pneumatology correlating to a mature second century Trinitarian theology in which a Trinitarian confession is accompanied by Trinitarian logic. This second moment is visible in Irenaeus' thought, which eschewed Jewish traditions that often hindered theological accounts of his near contemporaries, such as Justin, while adopting and adapting Jewish traditions that enabled him to strengthen and clarify his own understanding of the Holy Spirit. Third, the return to a rudimentary account of the Spirit at the turn of the third century when theologians such as Tertullian, Origen, and Novatian repudiated Jewish traditions integral to Irenaeus' account of the Holy Spirit.

Irenaeus on the Christian Faith

Author : James R. Payton Jr.
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498270034
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)

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Download or read book Irenaeus on the Christian Faith written by James R. Payton Jr. and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-01-17 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Irenaeus of Lyons (c. 130-202) was the greatest theologian of the early post-apostolic church. In his writings we have access to the Christian teaching of a spiritual grandson of the apostle John, for Irenaeus' instructor in the faith was himself taught by the apostle. Irenaeus stresses the importance of apostolic teaching and faithfully handing on the apostolic tradition. His presentation of the Christian faith deserves careful attention, since he knew exactly what he was talking about. There is no better avenue to the apostolic tradition in the early church than his writings. Irenaeus' massive Against Heresies offers a winsome and compelling presentation of the Christian faith, but few have read this magnum opus since the first two of its five books focus on exposing and answering Gnostic heresies, and the only complete English version is difficult to read. This volume eliminates both these obstacles. James Payton has condensed Against Heresies by cutting out most of the interaction with the Gnostics, allowing Irenaeus' rich presentation on the Christian faith to shine through. Furthermore, the author has refurbished the English prose to make it accessible to contemporary readers. With this distillation readers now have access to Irenaeus' rich presentation of the Christian faith, saturated in a thorough knowledge of Scripture and steadfastly rooted in the apostolic tradition of the early church. Anyone who wants to know what the early Christian church had received and passed on from the apostles can do no better than to begin with this book.

The Third Book Of St. Irenaeus, Bishop Of Lyons, Against Heresies

Author : Saint Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon )
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781019467022
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book The Third Book Of St. Irenaeus, Bishop Of Lyons, Against Heresies written by Saint Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon ) and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A translation and analysis of the third book of St. Irenaeus' influential work 'Against Heresies'. This book offers a detailed critique of Gnostic teachings and provides insights into the early development of Christian theology. With an informative introduction and helpful notes, this volume is an essential resource for scholars and students of early Christian history and theology. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

The Scandal of the Incarnation

Author : Saint Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon.)
Publisher : Ignatius Press
ISBN 13 : 0898703158
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book The Scandal of the Incarnation written by Saint Irenaeus (Bishop of Lyon.) and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saint Irenaeus was the first great Christian theologian. Born in Asia Minor in about 130 A.D., he became Bishop of Lyons and died as a martyr early in the third century. His main work, Adversus Haereses (Against the Heresies), is as relevant today as it was eighteen hundred years ago. It is a critique of Gnosticism, the 'anti-body' heresy, which, far from dying out, continues to flourish as the main threat to the Christian faith in our own day. With serenity and good humor, Irenaeus unfolds the unity of God's purpose in creation and redemption, in Old and New Testaments. The flesh and blood which Gnosticism so despised has been assumed by God in the womb of the Virgin Mary, and glorified in the Resurrection and the Eucharist. In this book, quotations from Saint Irenaeus have been arranged thematically in order to show the unity of his Christian view of the world. The texts have been selected and are introduced by the late Hans Urs von Balthasar, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest Catholic theologians of this century. They are translated by John Saward. "Everything in Irenaeus is bathed in a warm and radiant joy, a wise and majestic gentleness. His words of struggle are hard as iron and crystal clear, ... so penetrating that they cannot fail to enlighten the unbiased observer." Hans Urs von Balthasar

God and Christ in Irenaeus

Author : Anthony Briggman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192511173
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book God and Christ in Irenaeus written by Anthony Briggman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-12-13 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For too long certain scholars have been content to portray Irenaeus of Lyons as a well-meaning churchman but incompetent theologian. By offering a careful reading of Irenaeus' polemical and constructive arguments, God and Christ in Irenaeus contradicts these claims by showing that he was highly educated, trained in the rhetorical arts, aware of general philosophical positions, and able to use both rhetorical and philosophical theories and methods in his argumentation. Moreover, the theological account laid down by his pen was original and sophisticated, supremely so for one of the second century. In contrast to readings that minimize the metaphysical dimension of Irenaeus' theology, Anthony Briggman establishes as pillars of Irenaeus' polemical argumentation and constructive theology his conception of the divine being as infinite and simple, the reciprocal immanence of the Word-Son and God the Father, divine generation, the union of the divine Word-Son and human nature in the person of Christ, and the revelatory activity of the infinite and incomprehensible Word-Son, amongst other features of his theology. Briggman offers a fundamentally new understanding of Irenaeus and his thought.