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Irenaeus’s knowledge of the Gospel of Judas: Real or false? An analysis of the evidence in context
This study discusses Irenaeus of Lyon’s testimony of the famous Gospel of Judas, offering both a historical and, in particular, linguistic analysis and retranslation of Against Heresies 1.31.1.
Johannes van Oort
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God as Male–Female: Priscillian, Prophecy, and the Witness of Irenaeus and Marius Victorinus
This paper examines a comment by Priscillian (d. c. 385) in his Liber apologeticus that certain people erroneously applied to God the unusual Latin neologism, masculofemina.
Constant J. Mews
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The Story of Human, from Authority to Salvation
The discussion of the human authority and his abuse of the authority are one of the main teachings of Testamaents and so Christian thinker. Of these, Irenaeus and Tertullian –of first church fathers-both regard the human authority as a necessity in the ...
Neda Khoshaghani, Dr Amirabass Alizamani
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Predicting voluntary contributions by “revealed‐preference Nash‐equilibrium”
Abstract One‐shot public‐good situations are prominent in the public debate, and a prime example for behavior diverging from the standard Nash‐equilibrium. Could a Nash‐equilibrium predict one‐shot public‐good behavior in principle? A “revealed‐preference Nash‐equilibrium” (rpne) out‐of‐sample predicts behavior, outperforming other social‐preference ...
Irenaeus Wolff
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Saint Irenaeus, Origen, and Saint Gregory of Nyssa: Continuity in Approach to Apokatastasis [PDF]
The article covers the concept of universal salvation (apokatastasis) in the works of St Irenaeus of Lyons, Origen, and St Gregory of Nyssa. The attempt is made to systematize both similarities and differences in their approaches.
Olga Bulgakova
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On Wisdom Christology and the Wise Use of Scripture
Abstract Following the grammar of 2 Timothy 3:15–17, this article reflects on the relation between the Christological salvation unto which Scripture ‘makes us wise’ and the corresponding use of Scripture as one among many ‘good works’. Dogmatically restated, it seeks to indicate Scripture's wise use by attending to the Christological Wisdom to which ...
Kyle McCracken
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Abstract There have been plenty of interpretations regarding the meaning and function of sacrifice within the discipline of anthropology. Going beyond sacrifice as a ritual and exploring a wide range of its manifestations and functions as contemporary cultural practices, discourses, and underlying logics, we reveal its role in the social organization ...
Angelina Kussy, Dolors Comas‐d'Argemir
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The Foreign God and the Sudden Christ: Theology and Christology in Marcion's Gospel Redaction
This article seeks to establish the extent to which Marcion's Christology influenced the formation of his gospel canon, the Euaggelion. Marcion's Christology, as seen in statements preserved in Irenaeus, Tertullian and Epiphanius, has features that can ...
Peter Head
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Moral Dilemmas and Christian Ethics
ABSTRACT We take moral dilemmas to be situations where no fully “moral” resolution is possible. Even an action that is, on the whole, justified may involve an injustice against someone affected. Some philosophers and theologians rule out such dilemmas on the basis of logical incoherence, or incompatibility with the nature of a good and all‐powerful God.
Kate Jackson‐Meyer, Lisa Sowle Cahill
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Although Peter seems to echo the opinion commonly held when he says that Jesus „went about doing good” (Act 10, 38), Jesus was accused of „casting out demons by Beelzebub, the ruler of the demons” (Mt 12, 24).
Agnieszka Bastit-Kalinowska
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