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Being made human: the significance of creation for Irenaeus' doctrine of participation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2005

Julie Canlis
Julie Canlis
Affiliation:
Department of Divinity, St Mary's College, University of St Andrews, South Street, St Andrews, Fife KY16 9JU, [email protected]
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Abstract

This article examines the strong Creator–creature divide that Irenaeus held against gnostic monism as an essential building block for his doctrine of participation in God. By deepening the distinction between God and humanity, Irenaeus could then relate the two non-competitively, even allowing the creature ‘promotion into God’. By building participation into his definition of what it means to be creaturely, Irenaeus develops a dynamic anthropology of growth and grace in which the creature participates in Christ to fulfil its true humanity.

Type
Research Article
Information
Scottish Journal of Theology , Volume 58 , Issue 4 , November 2005 , pp. 434 - 454
Copyright
Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 2005

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