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"For too long certain scholars have been content to portray Irenaeus of Lyons as rather stupid, a well-meaning churchman but incompetent theologian. The Irenaeus that emerges from a careful reading of his polemical and constructive arguments, as this book demonstrates, is 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, this study shows that 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 detailed in these chapters, are pillars of his polemical argumentation and constructive theology. What emerges from these pages, then, is a fundamentally new understanding of
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- Author
- Anthony Briggman
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA - OSO
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780191834561
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Religion, Christian, History