Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity (Christian Theology in Context)
Identifying Christianity (Christian Theology in Context)
John Behr
ISBN: | 9780199214631 |
Publisher: | OUP Oxford |
Published: | 1 January, 2015 |
Format: | Paperback |
Language: | English |
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Irenaeus of Lyons: Identifying Christianity (Christian Theology in Context)
Identifying Christianity (Christian Theology in Context)
John Behr
This book provides a full account of the most important theologians in the early history of Christianity: it is due to his work that one can speak of an Orthodox or Catholic Christianity, with Scripture that includes a New Testament, a rule of truth, apostolic tradition and succession. Against the usual modern assumption that 'orthodoxy' is a rhetorical construction, excluding the 'heretics' on the basis of patriarchal power and intolerance, this book argues thatthe 'heretics' were
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