Creation in Early Christian Polemical Literature: Irenaeus against the Gnostics and Athanasius against the Arians
The doctrine of creation out of nothing was conceptually sharpened as the Church Fathers engaged the cosmological views of their opponents. This article discusses the emergence of this doctrine in the second century, focusing on the polemic of Irenaeus against the Gnostics. For Irenaeus, creatio ex...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2013
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Modern theology
Year: 2013, Volume: 29, Issue: 2, Pages: 22-32 |
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