Book contents
- Resetting the Origins of Christianity
- Resetting the Origins of Christianity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Beginnings
- 1 The Romans, Christ and Paul
- 2 ‘The Older, the Better’
- 3 The Apostolic and Prophetic Church according to Iulius Africanus, Origen and Tertullian
- 4 Scriptures and Tradition in Irenaeus and the Canonical New Testament
- 5 The Twelve Apostles
- 6 Traditions of Paul and the Ignatian Letters
- Outlook
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Scriptures and Tradition in Irenaeus and the Canonical New Testament
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 December 2022
Book contents
- Resetting the Origins of Christianity
- Resetting the Origins of Christianity
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Beginnings
- 1 The Romans, Christ and Paul
- 2 ‘The Older, the Better’
- 3 The Apostolic and Prophetic Church according to Iulius Africanus, Origen and Tertullian
- 4 Scriptures and Tradition in Irenaeus and the Canonical New Testament
- 5 The Twelve Apostles
- 6 Traditions of Paul and the Ignatian Letters
- Outlook
- Appendix
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Irenaeus as the mastermind of the canonicl collection, later known as the New Testament, creates the foundation for the later picture of a chronological development from Jesus and his disciples through the first bishops and the institutionalization of the Church. However, he himself hardly relates to these writings as historical evidence, but rather engages in an anti-heretical use of some of them to endorse church orthodoxy. It is this apostolic foundation that provides the rule of truth against which he sees the heretics struggeling, driven by evil forces in an apocalyptic scenario.
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- Resetting the Origins of ChristianityA New Theory of Sources and Beginnings, pp. 154 - 191Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023