Irenaeus on the Christian faith : a condensation of Against heresies

Irenaeus on the Christian faith : a condensation of Against heresies

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Annotation With this distillation readers now have access to Irenaeus' rich presentation of the Christian faith, saturated in a thorough knowledge of Scripture and steadfastly rooted in the apostolic tradition of the early church. For anyone who wants to know what the early Christian church had...

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Main Author: Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop of Lyon
Other Authors: Payton, James R., 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Published: Cambridge, U.K. : James Clarke & Co., 2012.
Subjects:
Gnosticism > Early works to 1800.
Theology, Doctrinal > Early works to 1800.
Apologetics > Early works to 1800.
RELIGION > Christianity > Catechisms.
RELIGION > History.
Apologetics
Gnosticism
Theology, Doctrinal
Early works
Table of Contents:
  • Frontcover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Life of Irenaeus; Opposing Gnosticism; The General Gnostic Pattern; Gnostic Christianity; Irenaeus ' Presentation of Christianity; Unity and Coherence; One Lord, One Faith, One History; Recapitulation; Significance of Against Heresies; First in a Long Line; An Audacious but Unanswered Claim; Irenaeus and "Normative" Christianity; Structure of Against Heresies; Book 1; Book 2; Book 3; Book 4; Book 5; Bibliography; Back cover.