The Four Living Creatures before Irenaeus

Irenaeus’s interpretation of Revelation’s four living creatures links them most prominently with the four canonical gospels. While his is the earliest extant, several variations of this exegesis occur in antiquity. Their relationship is here ascertained through a detailed examination of both the evo...

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Main Author: Stevens, Luke J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters 2022
In: Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
Year: 2022, Volume: 98, Issue: 4, Pages: 553-587
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Irenaeus, Lugdunensis 140-202, Adversus haereses / Bible. Ezechiel 1 / Bible. Ezechiel 10 / Bible. Offenbarung des Johannes 4 / Animals / Church fathers
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HC New Testament
KAB Church history 30-500; early Christianity
NBH Angelology; demonology
NCG Environmental ethics; Creation ethics
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