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God and Christ in Irenaeus

2018
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
Anthony Briggman
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Christ, Creation and the Cosmological Goal of Redemption: A Study of Pauline Creation Theology as Read by Irenaeus and Applied to Ecotheology by J. J. Johnson Leese (review)

Neotestamentica, 2023
In this study, based on a doctoral dissertation at the University of Durham in 2014, J. J. Johnson Leese examines Paul’s understanding of Jesus Christ’s relationship to creation in relation to Irenaeus of Lyon’s understanding of Paul and the theology of ...
C. Stenschke
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Divine Simplicity in the Theology of Irenaeus

, 2023
Scholars have examined early Christian appropriations of the philosophical language of divine simplicity, but there is no extended study focused specifically on Irenaeus, even though he provides the earliest extant Christian explanation of the concept ...
Jonatán Simons
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Irenaeus and the Status of the New Testament

Expository Times, 2022
Irenaeus is often discussed as a central figure is the debate concerning the emergence of the fourfold gospel collection, and the use of other writings that together would become known as the New Testament.
P. Foster
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Untying Knots: A New Interpretation of Irenaeus, Adversus haereses 3.22.4

Harvard Theological Review, 2021
Adversus haereses 3.22.4 is one of the key texts for Irenaeus’ views about the virgin Mary’s role in the “economy” of salvation. Among the many interpretative riddles of this passage, this paper discusses the function of the metaphor of the knots in ...
Christophe Guignard
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Text of 1 Peter in Polycarp and Irenaeus

Journal of Biblical Literature
:The second-century Polycarp is recognized as a witness to the text of 1 Peter, but his witness is not found in the Editio Critica Maior (ECM). Another second-century witness to the text of 1 Peter is Irenaeus, but only the witness of its Latin ...
Stephen C. Carlson
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Philosophical Epistemology in Irenaeus

Journal of Early Christian Studies
:Scholars have largely neglected Irenaeus’s philosophical psychology and related sub–fields, including his philosophical epistemology. This study argues that Irenaeus in fact implemented philosophical epistemology throughout his writings.
Grayden McCashen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Irenaeus and unity : About the Book “Irénée de Lyon, théologien de l’unité”

Vallástudományi Szemle
This article is an in-depth study of a recently published book on the notion of unity by the church father Irenaeus of Lyon. The 26 articles that make up the book are reviewed, in a manner that is more synthetic than analytical.
C. Pasquier
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Prolegomenon to Irenaeus’ Epistemology: The Source of Adversus haereses 2,13,2 and the Five Powers of the Mind Tradition

Journal of Ancient Christianity
In AH 2,13,2 Irenaeus describes the activity of the mind as unfolding in a five-stage process, with each stage having a distinct name: ennoia, enthymēsis, phronēsis, boulē, and dialogismos.
Grayden McCashen
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Irenaeus’ Theology in Second-Century Platonism and Christianity

Journal of Theological Studies
As scholars have come to appreciate Irenaeus’ use of philosophy, emphasis has fallen on his use of pre-Socratic traditions. This emphasis stands in stark contrast to the typical emphasis scholars place on Platonic themes in second-century Christian ...
Grayden McCashen
semanticscholar   +1 more source