- EAN13
- 9780889205741
- Éditeur
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Date de publication
- 2006
- Collection
- Studies in Christianity and Judaism
- Langue
- anglais
- Langue d'origine
- anglais
- Fiches UNIMARC
- S'identifier
A Study in Anti-Gnostic Polemics
Irenaeus, Hippolytus and Epiphanius
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Studies in Christianity and Judaism
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Gnostic beliefs presented themselves as a major challenge to Irenaeus of Lyons
(Against Heresies, ca. A.D. 180), Hippolytus of Rome (the presumed author of
the Elenchos Against All Heresies, post-A.D. 222), and Epiphanius of Salamis
(Panarion, A.D. 374-77). What was at stake for them were life-and-death
issues; the nature of Christianity and the question of truth. While recent
manuscript finds shed new light on gnostic thought, the writings of the
heresiologists are still indispensable—for knowledge of gnostic teaching but
also of "what certain influential authors in the emergence of catholic
Christianity considered ... the pivotal point on which Christianity would
stand or fall." The writings of these three heresiologists, observes Vallée,
offer "excellent illustrations of what heresiology was in three successive
centuries" and how it developed. Their influence on the style of Christian
polemics was decisive and lasting. Valllée analyzes the arguments of each of
the three heresiologists in order to discern the central concerns of each.
(Against Heresies, ca. A.D. 180), Hippolytus of Rome (the presumed author of
the Elenchos Against All Heresies, post-A.D. 222), and Epiphanius of Salamis
(Panarion, A.D. 374-77). What was at stake for them were life-and-death
issues; the nature of Christianity and the question of truth. While recent
manuscript finds shed new light on gnostic thought, the writings of the
heresiologists are still indispensable—for knowledge of gnostic teaching but
also of "what certain influential authors in the emergence of catholic
Christianity considered ... the pivotal point on which Christianity would
stand or fall." The writings of these three heresiologists, observes Vallée,
offer "excellent illustrations of what heresiology was in three successive
centuries" and how it developed. Their influence on the style of Christian
polemics was decisive and lasting. Valllée analyzes the arguments of each of
the three heresiologists in order to discern the central concerns of each.
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