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Irenaeus of Lyons

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Author: Eric Osborn, La Trobe University, Victoria

Date Published: July 2005
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521675727

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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 a new document, the Christian bible. Dominated by a Socratic love of truth and a classical love of beauty, he was a founder of Western humanism. Irenaeus is renowned for his aphorisms, optimism, love of the created world, evolutionary view of history, and theology of beauty and humor.
- Irenaeus undertook the first great synthesis of Christian thought
- This study explicates his work and makes new claims for its relevance
- Osborn finds in Irenaeus new sources for the creativity of two millennia of European culture
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"An intensively argued study of Irenaeus...It will prove rewarding to any student concerned with questions about how and why Christian theology arose." The Journal of Religion, Robert M. Grant
"Osborn brings to his treatment of this seminal figure [Irenaeus] the depth of his knowledge acquired through many years studying the second century, to produce a thoughtful, comprehensive study that has much to offer both students of early Christianity and contemporary Christians...This volume is sure to become a standard work on Irenaeus. It is clearly and engagingly presented, comprehensive and insightful, the kind of work which can only be written after many years of serious study of the field." St. Vladimir's Theological Quarterly
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- Date Published: July 2005
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521675727
- length: 328 pages
- dimensions: 217 x 140 x 21 mm
- weight: 0.424kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Irenaeus: argument and imagery
Part I. Divine Intellect:
2. One God: intellect and love
Part II. Economy:
3. One creator: ut sapiens architectus et maximus rex
4. Economy: God as architect of our time
Part III. Recapitulation:
5. Recapitulation: correction and perfection
6. Recapitulation: inauguration and consummation
Part IV. Participation:
7. Logic and the rule of truth: participation in truth
8. Scripture as mind and will of God: participation in truth
9. Aesthetics: participation in beauty
10. Human growth from creation to resurrection: participation in life
11. Goodness and truth: ethics of participation
Part V. Conclusion:
12. The glory of God and Man.
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Eric Osborn, La Trobe University, Victoria
Eric Osborn is Honorary Professor at the Department of History, La Trobe University and Professorial Fellow at the Department of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology, University of Melbourne. His books include Beginning Christian Philosophy (Cambridge, 1981), The Emergence of Christian Theology (Cambridge, 1993), and Tertullian, First Theologian of the West (Cambridge, 1997).