Irenaeus Essays

PLOT STRUCTURE Oranges are not the Only Fruit is a story of Jeanette, a young female preacher, who was exorcised by her mother and other members of the Pentecostal Church congregation when they found out that she fell in love with another woman. For them, ‘These children of God have fallen under Satan’s spell” (p.104) for they have given in to their “undermined passion” (check if the term is correct then insert page) The novel is divided into eight sections, with the titles of the first eight books

Irenaeus simply wants to address the false teachings of the Gnostics by expounding upon the truths and mysteries of God. He wants to show the arguments of the Gnostics to be absurd and how far from the truth those teachings are. He does this by restating the tradition of the church and how this tradition was established. He then moves on to presenting an argument for apostolic succession. Irenaeus demonstrates how the tradition and the truth have been safeguarded by this successful chain of events

The possibility of maintaining religious faith in the face of suffering is dependent on the individual, as people act and react to suffering differently. Two approaches that explain suffering and how people may react to suffering are the Irenaeus theodicy, which is a theist point of view and Protest Atheism, which is a non-theist point of view. If one was to take on a theist approach (such as Irenaeus’s) to suffering, then they believe in one God as the creator and ruler of the universe, without

2nd Century Through Modernity Irenaeus was a wise church father that many might say saved the Orthodox Church from heresies, Gnosticism being one. He played a crucial role in the upbringing of Christian theology—being instrumental in taming Gnosticism within the church, and being one of the first Christian thinkers to work out, as stated by Roger Olson, “theories of original sin and redemption.” Both Christians and Gnostics fought for their points of faith. The major difference, as stated above

as found in Irenaeus from Lyon's On the Apostolic Preaching. As we shall see in detail it is Irenaeus view that the incarnation of the Son and belief in Jesus as God Saviour implicates necessarily a Trinitarian understanding of God. Accordingly, Irenaeus supports the Trinitarian teaching as a way to explain and support a Christian understanding of God’s economy – that is, as climaxing with the life of Jesus. The choice of this particular author is far from being casual. As Irenaeus is one of the

Devils? While there have always been differing opinions on the validity of religious views and ideals, there was a particular vehemence held by Irenaeus towards any sect he viewed as heretical. Within his work, entitled Against Heresies, Irenaeus details Gnosticism’s origins and why they should be considered a particularly heinous heretical cult. Irenaeus claims that Simon Magnus, also called Simon the Samaritan, is the father of Gnosticism and all heretics. Magnus’s teaching involved a prostitute

During those days while staying on Esquiline Hill, Irenaeus and I had spent our time browsing libraries and bookstores in search of religious documents. We collected sacks full of scrolls with all manner of titles, from various sects. But we couldn’t know what a book was about until we later had time to read it. There were the Adoptionists – who believed that Jesus was a mere man who was adopted by Yahweh as his son. The Chilianists believed that at the Second Coming, Christ will rule over the earth

Discuss whether the existence of evil disproves the existence of God A major argument used by atheists against the existence of God is the existence of evil in the world. In philosophy evil is viewed in two different ways: moral evil, which is a result of human action, and natural evil, which caused by a fault in the natural world; the consequence of both types of evil is suffering. Due to this God’s presence is questioned by many non believers, because an omnibenevolent God wouldn’t allow suffering

This is consequently defined as the existence of at least one deiry. Within theism religions, Gods are considered omnipotent; all powerful, omnibenevolent; all righteous, and omniscient; all knowing. Christian theodicies, such as Irenaeus and Hick’s theodicy, aim to justify the assumptions about the nature of God in a world filled with evil and suffering. The word theodicy stems from the Greek word ‘theos’ and ‘dike,’ which translates to God righteous meaning the ‘justice of God’

lives and action reflect God as their loving response to him. 2.4.3 Gunton's Doctrine of Creation The following section expounds Gunton’s doctrine of creation in light of his theological framework. The doctrine of creation is one area of his theology that demonstrates the application of his Trinitarian theology. According to him, humans learn the nature of God, the notion of being persons, the world, and ethics from their understanding of the ontology of Trinitarian God in relation as distinct persons

The Catholic Church teaches that the pastoral office, the office of shepherding the Church, that was held by the apostles, as a group or "college" with Saint Peter at their head, is now held by their successors, the bishops, with the bishop of Rome (the pope) at their head.[23] The Catholic Church teaches that Jesus personally appointed Peter as leader of the Church and in its dogmatic constitution Lumen gentium makes a clear distinction between apostles and bishops, presenting the latter as the

examples of times when Christ suffered. 4.2 Irenaeus on Gnosticism in Christology (Patristic) Irenaeus of Lyons dedicated pieces of his writing to defend Christian doctrine against heresies. In a particular piece written around the second half of the second century, he wrote about the impact of Gnosticism. Gnosticism was a heretical movement in the second century that stood behind the belief that the world was ruled and created by a lesser divinity. Irenaeus wrote about the teachings of the Gnostic

1. Explain the difference between the way Irenaeus and Tertullian approached the doctrine of the Trinity and the way the Cappadocians did so. (3pts) • The Irenaeus believed that the Holy Spirit was with God before the creation. He described the Holy Spirit (identification of wisdom) and the Son (word) as the two hands of God. He uses this metaphor to explain God’s work. They don’t perform the same work but their work completes each other. • Tertullian argued that the Son and Father are the

theodicy because it doesn’t rely on literature and the theodicy irenaeus presents is modern and fits with evolution (lewis, 1957). How the Augustinian theodicy provides proof from the bible and removes the blame for evil from god and blame humans. The Augustinian theodicy believes that god is just meaning that you’re punished for the things you do wrong and that for justice to be served evil must be in the world however the irenaeus theodicy says that god loves everyone and that means even if someone

various forms; some being through novels, and others through “literary critiques”, as a way to portray their perspective on the movement. Modern texts include: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, J.D Salinger’s The Catcher In The Rye, and S. Irenaeus’ The Critique of Modernism. Though all these authors took different approaches in portraying their views, they all managed to shares common themes; one prevalent theme being the rejection of the past. Modernism, as a literary movement, sparked

When attempting to determine the author of the Gospel of Mark, it is simple to take the name of the book and believe that John Mark was the writer. However, when reading the Gospel of Mark, no mention is made about who wrote the book; therefore, while the name of the book implies the author is Mark the reality is that the book’s writer is unknown (Wilcox, 2014). Consequently, the information contained within the book is inconsistent with a first-hand account of Jesus’ ministry and lacks the “chronological

The infamous death and resurrection of Jesus Christ caused an outbreak of believers spreading outwards from Judea. However, Christianity as we know it did not merely appear out of thin air. With the arrival and death of Jesus came diversity in opinions of who he was and what he meant to the word. Different world religions and sects each developed their own views on Jesus along with his immediate and soon to be Christian followers as an attempt to unearth the mystery of divine power in the world

In Christianity, God is the eternal being who created and preserves all things. Christians believe God to be both transcendent (wholly independent of, and removed from, the material universe) and immanent (involved in the world). with Irenaeus writing in the 2nd century: "His greatness lacks

§1. IN Hebrew and early Christian cosmogonies, the earth was conceived as a disk surrounded by, and resting upon, underlying waters of vast extent and depth, which were called tehom or the abyss. God had spread forth the earth above the waters at the beginning; He had founded it upon the seas and established it upon the floods. From these ‘waters under the earth’, all springs and rivers welled up. Fertilizing streams are called the blessings of the deep that couches beneath. Alternatively

Nestorianism, Macedonians, Dyophysite, Psilanthropism, Sabellianism, Adoptionism, Miaphysitism, Melchisedechianis, and Patripassianism. Gnosticism, heresy that has diverse beliefs about Jesus Christ. Comes from gnosis meaning “secret knowledge”. Irenaeus studied Gnostic writers from him we get most of the information known. Nag Hammadi was a town located in Upper Egypt near Chenoboskion, in this city it was found at the Nag Hammadi Library, in there were thirteen codices. Those thirteen codices were