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Author / Creator:	Osborn, Eric Francis.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 307 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Irenaeus, -- Saint, Bishop of Lyon. Irenaeus, -- Saint, Bishop of Lyon. Christian saints -- France -- Lyon -- Biography. Christian saints. France -- Lyon. Electronic books. Biographies.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11119123

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ISBN:	0511018231 9780511018237 9780511487798 0511487797 9780511047374 0511047371 0511154615 9780511154614 0521800064 9780521800068
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-289) and indexes. Print version record.
Summary:	"Eric Osborn's book presents a major study of Irenaeus (125-200), bishop of Lyons, who attacked Gnostic theosophy with positive ideas as well as negative critiques. Irenaeus' combination of argument and imagery, logic and aesthetic, was directed to a new document, the Christian bible. Dominated by a Socratic love of truth and a classical love of beauty, he was a founder of western humanism. Erasmus, who edited the first printed edition of Irenaeus, praised him for his freshness and vigour. He is today valued for his splendid aphorisms, his optimism, love of the created world, evolutionary view of history, theology of beauty and humour."--Jacket.
Other form:	Print version: Osborn, Eric Francis. Irenaeus of Lyons. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 0521800064

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