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- 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
2 - ‘The Older, the Better’
Eusebius of Caesarea and His Construction of Early Christian Beginnings
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 December 2022
- 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
As seen from the two previous chapters, Eusebius of Caesarea is the one author who had produced the master narrative of the beginnings of Christainity. In his 10 books of the history of the church, he chronologically developed a world history, in which Christianity is and always has been the ultimate goal of God’s creation. Already before time, God had conceived the Logos and through the Logos created this world which, despite the fall, was to come to its restauration and final perfection through the guidance of the Logos, his incarnation, presence on earth and him being alive in his community, called the Church, finally recognized by the first Christian Emperor Constantine.
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- Resetting the Origins of ChristianityA New Theory of Sources and Beginnings, pp. 54 - 117Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2023