TY  - BOOK
AU  - Osborn,Eric Francis
TI  - Irenaeus of Lyons
SN  - 0521800064
AV  - BR1720.I7 O83 2001
U1  - ARCH YNDC 270.1 O81I B 21
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Cambridge, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Irenaeus,
KW  - Christian saints
KW  - France
KW  - Lyon
KW  - Biography
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-289) and indexes; 1. Ireneus: argument and imagery -- 2. One God: Intellect and love -- 3. One creator: ut sapiens architectus et maximus rex -- 4. Economy: God as architect of time -- 5. Recapitulation: correction and perfection -- 6. Recapitulation: inauguration and consummation -- 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 -- 12. The glory of God and man. -- Appendix Gnosticism -- Citations from Irenaeus
N2  - "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' 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. Erasmus, who edited the first printed edition of Irenaeus, praised him for his freshness and vigour. He is today valued for his splendid aphorisms, his optimism, love of the created world, evolutionary view of history, theology of beauty and humour."--Jacket
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