TY - BOOK ID - 64702922 TI - God and Christ in Irenaeus PY - 2019 SN - 9780198792567 0198792565 0191834564 0192511165 PB - Oxford, United Kingdom Oxford University Press DB - UniCat KW - God (Christianity) KW - 276 =71 KW - 27 "00/02" KW - God KW - 276 =71 Latijnse patrologie KW - 276 =71 Patrologie latine KW - Latijnse patrologie KW - Patrologie latine KW - 27 "00/02" Histoire de l'Eglise--?"00/02" KW - 27 "00/02" Kerkgeschiedenis--?"00/02" KW - Histoire de l'Eglise--?"00/02" KW - Kerkgeschiedenis--?"00/02" KW - History of doctrines KW - Irenaeus, KW - Jesus Christ KW - Christ KW - Cristo KW - Jezus Chrystus KW - Jesus Cristo KW - Jesus, KW - Jezus KW - Christ, Jesus KW - Yeh-su KW - Masīḥ KW - Khristos KW - Gesù KW - Christo KW - Yeshua KW - Chrystus KW - Gesú Cristo KW - Ježíš KW - Isa, KW - Nabi Isa KW - Isa Al-Masih KW - Al-Masih, Isa KW - Masih, Isa Al KW - -Jesus, KW - Jesucristo KW - Yesu KW - Yeh-su Chi-tu KW - Iēsous KW - Iēsous Christos KW - Iēsous, KW - Kʻristos KW - Hisus Kʻristos KW - Christos KW - Jesuo KW - Yeshuʻa ben Yosef KW - Yeshua ben Yoseph KW - Iisus KW - Iisus Khristos KW - Jeschua ben Joseph KW - Ieso Kriʻste KW - Yesus KW - Kristus KW - ישו KW - ישו הנוצרי KW - ישו הנצרי KW - ישוע KW - ישוע בן יוסף KW - المسيح KW - مسيح KW - يسوع المسيح KW - 耶稣 KW - 耶稣基督 KW - 예수그리스도 KW - Jíizis KW - Yéshoua KW - Iėsu̇s KW - Khrist Iėsu̇s KW - عيسىٰ KW - Irenaeus Lugdunensis KW - Irenaeus, Sanctus KW - Irenaeus KW - Criticism and interpretation. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:64702922 AB - For too long certain scholars have been content to portray Irenaeus of Lyons as a well-meaning churchman but incompetent theologian. By offering a careful reading of Irenaeus' polemical and constructive arguments, God and Christ in Irenaeus contradicts these claims by showing that he was highly educated, trained in the rhetorical arts, aware of general philosophical positions, and able to use both rhetorical and philosophical theories and methods in his argumentation. Moreover, the theological account laid down by his pen was original and sophisticated, supremely so for one of the second century.0In contrast to readings that minimize the metaphysical dimension of Irenaeus' theology, Anthony Briggman establishes as pillars of Irenaeus' polemical argumentation and constructive theology his conception of the divine being as infinite and simple, the reciprocal immanence of the Word-Son and God the Father, divine generation, the union of the divine Word-Son and human nature in the person of Christ, and the revelatory activity of the infinite and incomprehensible Word-Son, amongst other features of his theology. Briggman offers a fundamentally new understanding of Irenaeus and his thought. ER -