Irenaeus on the Trinity

✍ Scribed by Jackson Lashier

• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 267
• Series: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 127
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

In Irenaeus on the Trinity, Jackson Lashier provides a fresh reading of Irenaeus' understanding of God, in dialogue with his opponents and sources, which reveals a more developed Trinitarian theology than traditionally thought. Key Trinitarian themes that emerge are the Fatherhood of God, the mutual indwelling relations of Father, Son, and Spirit, and the cooperative divine work of all three in the economy. The study finds Irenaeus' thought to depart in these areas from standard second century trajectories--Apologists and Gnostics--moving Trinitarian theology in the direction of more developed Trinitarian thought of later centuries. This monograph offers not only a better understanding of Irenaeus' thought, but also a fuller picture of the development of Trinitarian thought in early Christianity.

✦ Table of Contents

Introduction

1. The Dissimilar Contexts of Irenaeus and the Apologists

2. God the Father

3. The Logos of God

4. The Sophia of God

5. God, Logos, Sophia

Conclusion

Bibliography

✦ Subjects

Church History Churches Leadership Theology Angelology Demonology Anthropology Apologetics Catholic Christology Creationism Ecclesiology Ecumenism Eschatology Ethics Fundamentalism Gnosticism Historical Liberation Mysticism Pneumatology Process Prophecy Protestant Salvation Theory Systematic Biblical Culture Christianity Religious World Religion Spirituality Agnosticism Atheism Buddhism Hinduism Islam Judaism Literature Fiction New Age Occult Paranormal Other Eastern Religions Sacred Texts Pract