Irenaeus on the salvation of the unevangelized /
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| Author / Creator: | Tiessen, Terrance L., 1944- |
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| Imprint: | Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1993. |
| Description: | xii, 318 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | ATLA monograph series no. 31 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/1464649 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. The Issue. A. The Challenge of Religious Pluralism. B. Irenaeus and Modern Responses to the Challenge of Religious Pluralism. C. Karl Rahner and "Anonymous Christianity" D. The Scope and Procedure of This Study
- 2. The Gnostic Heresy: Context of Irenaeus's Theology of Revelation and Salvation. A. Irenaeus and the Gnostics. B. The Quest for Knowledge of the Unknown Bythos. C. Human Salvation and the Knowledge of God. D. The Gospel of Truth. E. The Gnostics and the Salvation of the Non-Christian
- 3. The Missiological Context of Irenaeus's View of the Unevangelized. A. The Significance of Irenaeus's Perspective on the Extent of Evangelization for His View of the Unevangelized. B. The Geographical Extent of the Church at the End of the Second Century. C. Early Christian Views of the State of Evangelization in the Second Century. D. Irenaeus on the Extent of Evangelization. E. Conclusion
- 4. The Father: Incomprehensible, but Progressively Making Himself Known. A. The Transcendent Father. B. The Father's Life-Giving Self-Revelation. C. Concluding Observations Concerning the Father and the Unevangelized
- 5. The Son: Exclusive Revealer of the Father. A. The Exclusiveness of the Son's Mediation of Revelation. B. The Universal Revelation of the Father by the Word in Creation and Providence. C. The Presence of the Word Prior to the Incarnation. D. Revelation in the Incarnation. E. Revelation in the Millennium and in Eternity. F. Concluding Observations Concerning the Son and the Unevangelized
- 6. The Spirit: Revealer of the Son. A. The Spirit in Creation and Providence. B. The Spirit and Old Testament Revelation. C. The Spirit and the Son. D. The Spirit and Scripture. E. The Spirit in the Church and in the Believer. F. Concluding Observations Concerning the Spirit and the Unevangelized
- 7. The Church: Recipient, Preserver, and Proclaimer of Divine Revelation. A. The Challenge of the Gnostic Claim to a "Living Voice" B. The Handing on of the Apostolic Faith to the Church. C. The Church as the Way of Truth and of Life. D. Concluding Observations on the Church and the Unevangelized
- 8. The Human Response to Divine Revelation. A. The Twofold Destiny of Humankind. B. Faith: The Saving Response to Divine Revelation. C. Concluding Observations. 9. Conclusion. A. Summary of Irenaeus's Doctrine of Divine Revelation and the Salvation of the Unevangelized. B. Irenaeus and "Anonymous Christianity" C. A Final Statement. A. Christianity and Non-Christians. B. Irenaeus and the Gnostics. C. The Missiological Context. D. Irenaeus.