Irenaeus of Lyons and the Theology of the Holy Spirit

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Irenaeus of Lyons and the Theology of the Holy Spirit

Author	: Anthony Briggman
File Size	: 45,9 Mb
Publisher	: Oxford University Press
Language	: English
Release Date	: 12 January 2012
ISBN	: 9780199641536
Pages	: 264 pages

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Irenaeus of Lyons and the Theology of the Holy Spirit by Anthony Briggman Book PDF Summary

A close study of aspects of Irenaeus' pneumatology that demonstrates how Irenaeus combined Second Temple Jewish traditions of the spirit with New Testament theology to produce the most complex Jewish-Christian pneumatology of the early church.

Irenaeus of Lyons and the Theology of the Holy Spirit by Anthony Briggman

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Irenaeus of Lyons and the Theology of the Holy Spirit by Anthony Briggman

Irenaeus' theology of the Holy Spirit is often highly regarded amongst theologians today, but that regard is not universal, nor has an adequate volume of literature supported it. This study provides a detailed examination of certain principal, often distinctive, aspects of Irenaeus' pneumatology. In contrast to those who have suggested

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God and Christ in Irenaeus by Anthony Briggman

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This book provides a full, contextual study of St Irenaeus of Lyons, the first great theologian of the Christian tradition. John Behr sets Irenaeus both within his own context of the second century, a fundamental period for the formation of Christian identity, elaborating the distinction between orthodoxy and heresy and

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