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Irenaeus of Lyons (Paperback, New Ed)
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Irenaeus of Lyons (Paperback, New Ed)
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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's combination of argument
and imagery, logic and aesthetic, was directed to the 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. Why have two
millennia of European culture been so creative? Irenaeus points to
Greek ways of thinking and the Christian Bible. Irenaeus's thought
is complex, yet rewarding to the critical reader, and this full
study of it will be of interest to theologians, historians of
ideas, classicists, scientists and students.
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