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Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement

Author : John Behr
Publisher : Oxford Early Christian Studies
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0198270003

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Asceticism and Anthropology in Irenaeus and Clement examines the ways in which Irenaeus and Clement understood what it means to be human. By exploring these writings from within their own theological perspectives, John Behr also offers a theological critique of the prevailing approach to the asceticism of Late Antiquity. Writing before monasticism became the dominant paradigm of Christian asceticism, Irenaeus and Clement afford fascinating glimpses of alternative approaches. For Irenaeus, asceticism is the expression of man living the life of God in all dimensions of the body, that which is most characteristically human and in the image of God. Human existence as a physical being includes sexuality as a permanent part of the framework within which males and females grow towards God. In contrast, Clement depicts asceticism as man's attempt at a godlike life to protect the rational element, that which is distinctively human and in the image of God, from any possible disturbance and threat, or from the vulnerability of dependency, especially of a physical or sexual nature. Here human sexuality is strictly limited by the finality of procreation and abandoned in the resurrection. By paying careful attention to these two writers, Behr offers challenging material for the continuing task of understanding ourselves as human beings.

Deification and the Rule of Faith

Author : Daniel E. Wilson, Ph.D.
Publisher : WestBow Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781490887180

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Deification and the Rule of Faith by Daniel E. Wilson, Ph.D. Pdf

Evangelicals are often surprised or maybe even shocked whenever they encounter the early Church Fathers’ description of salvation in terms of deification, divinization, or apotheosis. It was Athanasius, the black dwarf, the champion of Nicene orthodoxy, who coined the phrase in his On the Incarnation, “God became man that man might become god.” Hundreds of years before Athanasius, Irenaeus, disciple of Polycarp, disciple of the Apostle John, wrote of Christ’s salvific provision for humanity using similar deification type concepts. Why did these Church Fathers use such seemingly foreign biblical concepts? Could it be that influential theologian, Adolf Harnack, is right and these church Fathers’ implementation of deification reveal that the gospel changed from what Jesus originally intended after being exposed to Hellenistic culture? Not at all, at least, that is what this work argues. It does so, first, by comparing an overall understanding of deification in both Athanasius’ and Irenaeus’ respective writings. This section encompasses the first three chapters, which exhibit how the Fathers’ use of deification is immersed in their respective descriptions of salvation history, the Trinity, and Christology. Further, this work assesses Harnack’s proposal by comparing the Fathers’ respective descriptions of deification with that of many Greek and Roman philosophers. Finally, this work seeks to propose that both Irenaeus and Athanasius contextualize the gospel by comparing the Father’s respective descriptions of deification with their respective understandings of scriptural authority and the rule of faith.

Irenaeus and Paul

Author : Todd D. Still,David E. Wilhite
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02-20
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567693303

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Irenaeus and Paul by Todd D. Still,David E. Wilhite Pdf

Building on the work of Tertullian and Paul and The Apostolic Fathers and Paul, this volume continues a series of specially commissioned studies by leading voices in New Testament/early Christianity and patristics studies to consider how Paul was read, interpreted and received by the early Church Fathers. In this volume the use of Paul's writings is examined within the writings of Irenaeus of Lyon. Issues of influence, reception, theology and history are examined to show how Paul's work influenced the developing theology of the early Church. The literary style of Paul's output is also examined. The contributors to the volume represent leading lights in the study of Irenaeus, as well as respected names from the field of New Testament studies.

Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman World

Author : Richard Damian Finn
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2009-07-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521862813

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Pagan asceticism: cultic and contemplative purity -- Asceticism in Hellenistic and Rabbinic Judaism -- Christian asceticism before Origen -- Origen and his ascetic legacy -- Cavemen, cenobites, and clerics.

The Eschatological Economy

Author : Douglas H. Knight
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532691003

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Irenaeus of Lyons

Author : John Behr
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191667817

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Irenaeus of Lyons by John Behr Pdf

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'.

Alexandrian Legacy

Author : Mario Baghos,Doru Costache,Philip Kariatlis
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015-09-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781443881227

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Alexandrian Legacy by Mario Baghos,Doru Costache,Philip Kariatlis Pdf

This volume brings together contributions exploring a range of aspects of the Alexandrian patristic tradition from the second half of the second century to the first half of the fifth century, a tradition whose complex and significant legacy is at times misunderstood and, in some quarters, wholly neglected. With contributions by both Australian and international scholars, the fourteen chapters here highlight that, behind the complexity of this tradition, one finds a vibrant Christian spirit – granted, one that has successfully put on the flesh of Hellenistic culture – and a consistent striving towards the reformation and transformation of the human being according to the gospel. Furthermore, this volume contributes a nuanced voice to the scholarly choir which already hums a new song about Christian Alexandria and its representatives. Indeed, these contributions are interdisciplinary in approach, combining methods pertaining to the fields of historiography, theology and philosophy, pastoral care, hermeneutics, hagiography, and spirituality. By way of this complex approach, this book brings together areas which currently evolve in separate scholarly universes, which is wholly befitting to the complexities entailed by the ever-challenging Alexandrian legacy.

Our Godly Sexual Beings

Author : Donna Mack with Kristi Miller
Publisher : Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
Page : 247 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2023-09-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9798885407663

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Our Godly Sexual Beings by Donna Mack with Kristi Miller Pdf

Our Godly Sexual Beings explores scripture and other ancient texts to unveil one of humanity's great mysteries--God's purpose for designing our Godly sexual beings. After thirty years of committed research and study, Donna Mack perceived an essential missing link from the age-old battle of God vs. Satan. While other books have attempted to discuss human sexuality, none have done so with as many biblical and scholarly-backed references as Our Godly Sexual Beings. One fascinating revelation in scripture is just how sacred human sexuality exists for God. The Bible sings with this truth, and Donna dives into this mystery to reveal the greatest love story ever told! With the help of over 1,300 references, Donna uncovers God's design for sex and Satan's influence that morphed this gift into a lie of lust. This book is full of many revelations and truths that will allow the reader to experience freedom from sexual sin, shame, and bondage.

Sin in Origen’s Commentary on Romans

Author : Stephen Bagby
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781978701090

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Sin in Origen’s Commentary on Romans by Stephen Bagby Pdf

Sin in Origen’s Commentary on Romans examines Origen as a critical third century voice seeking to articulate a cogent doctrine of sin, and presents his magisterial Commentary on Romans as a unique window to understanding his mature thought on the subject. It argues that Origen’s teaching on original and volitional sin demonstrates continuity with and divergence from the prevailing theological tradition. It offers a substantial, revisionist account of the thought of one of the most important thinkers in early Christianity and takes up important anthropological and soteriological questions in Origen, as presented in a key, but often neglected text, in Origen’s corpus of biblical commentary.

Re-envisioning Christian Humanism

Author : Jens Zimmermann
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198778783

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Re-envisioning Christian Humanism by Jens Zimmermann Pdf

An edited volume aiming to recover a Christian humanist ethos. It provides a historical overview and individual examples of past Christian humanisms.

On Liturgical Asceticism

Author : David W. Fagerberg
Publisher : CUA Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-04
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780813221175

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On Liturgical Asceticism by David W. Fagerberg Pdf

Drawing on the Eastern Orthodox tradition of asceticism and integrating it with recent Western thought on liturgy, David W. Fagerberg examines the interaction between the two and presents a powerful argument that asceticism is necessary for understanding liturgy as the foundation of theology

Eusebius and Empire

Author : James Corke-Webster
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108474078

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Eusebius and Empire by James Corke-Webster Pdf

Presents a radical new reading of how Christian history was rewritten in the fourth century to suit its circumstances under Rome.

Resurrection as Salvation

Author : Thomas D. McGlothlin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2018-08-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781108426565

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Resurrection as Salvation by Thomas D. McGlothlin Pdf

This book shows how Paul's tight link between resurrection and salvation both raised problems for and profoundly shaped Early Christian theology.

Clement of Alexandria

Author : Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567418128

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Clement of Alexandria by Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski Pdf

This book examines Clement's project which brings together ethical, intellectual and spiritual development of a Christian while highlighting the need of search for integrity in the life of faith and reason. Approaches to Clement have traditionally either assessed the philosophical context of his thought or studied the adaptation of Greek legacy into a new Christian context as underpinning Clement's work. In this new study Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski challenges and develops these approaches providing new and refreshing insights into Clement's understanding of Christian perfection.

Specters of Paul

Author : Benjamin H. Dunning
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780812204353

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Specters of Paul by Benjamin H. Dunning Pdf

The first Christians operated with a hierarchical model of sexual difference common to the ancient Mediterranean, with women considered to be lesser versions of men. Yet sexual difference was not completely stable as a conceptual category across the spectrum of formative Christian thinking. Rather, early Christians found ways to exercise theological creativity and to think differently from one another as they probed the enigma of sexually differentiated bodies. In Specters of Paul, Benjamin H. Dunning explores this variety in second- and third-century Christian thought with particular attention to the ways the legacy of the apostle Paul fueled, shaped, and also constrained approaches to the issue. Paul articulates his vision of what it means to be human primarily by situating human beings between two poles: creation (Adam) and resurrection (Christ). But within this framework, where does one place the figure of Eve—and the difference that her female body represents? Dunning demonstrates that this dilemma impacted a range of Christian thinkers in the centuries immediately following the apostle, including Clement of Alexandria, Irenaeus of Lyons, Tertullian of Carthage, and authors from the Nag Hammadi corpus. While each of these thinkers attempts to give the difference of the feminine a coherent place within a Pauline typological framework, Dunning shows that they all fail to deliver fully on the coherence that they promise. Instead, sexual difference haunts the Pauline discourse of identity and sameness as the difference that can be neither fully assimilated nor fully ejected—a conclusion with important implications not only for early Christian history but also for feminist and queer philosophy and theology.