Irenaeus on the Salvation of the Unevangelized

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ISBN: 9780810826823 | 0810826828
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 10/1/1993

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Since few studies of the theology of Irenaeus are...available in English, it will serve as a useful introduction to the subject. --THEOLOGICAL STUDIES

Editor's Foreword
Preface
List of Abbreviated Journal Titles
The Issue	p. 1
The Challenge of Religious Pluralism	p. 1
Irenaeus and Modern Responses to the Challenge of Religious Pluralism	p. 4
Karl Rahner and "Anonymous Christianity"	p. 11
The Scope and Procedure of This Study	p. 28
The Gnostic Heresy: Context of Irenaeus's Theology of Revelation and Salvation	p. 35
Irenaeus and the Gnostics	p. 35
The Quest for Knowledge of the Unknown Bythos	p. 47
Human Salvation and the Knowledge of God	p. 53
The Gospel of Truth	p. 57
The Gnostics and the Salvation of the Non-Christian	p. 61
The Missiological Context of Irenaeus's View of the Unevangelized	p. 64
The Significance of Irenaeus's Perspective on the Extent of Evangelization for His View of the Unevangelized	p. 64
The Geographical Extent of the Church at the End of the Second Century	p. 67
Early Christian Views of the State of Evangelization in the Second Century	p. 74
Irenaeus on the Extent of Evangelization	p. 77
Conclusion	p. 81
The Father: Incomprehensible, but Progressively Making Himself Known	p. 82
The Transcendent Father	p. 82
The Father's Life-Giving Self-Revelation	p. 86
Concluding Observations Concerning the Father and the Unevangelized	p. 123
The Son: Exclusive Revealer of the Father	p. 127
The Exclusiveness of the Son's Mediation of Revelation	p. 127
The Universal Revelation of the Father by the Word in Creation and Providence	p. 131
The Presence of the Word Prior to the Incarnation	p. 142
Revelation in the Incarnation	p. 149
Revelation in the Millennium and in Eternity	p. 165
Concluding Observations Concerning the Son and the Unevangelized	p. 170
The Spirit: Revealer of the Son	p. 174
The Spirit in Creation and Providence	p. 175
The Spirit and Old Testament Revelation	p. 177
The Spirit and the Son	p. 179
The Spirit and Scripture	p. 181
The Spirit in the Church and in the Believer	p. 182
Concluding Observations Concerning the Spirit and the Unevangelized	p. 185
The Church: Recipient, Preserver, and Proclaimer of Divine Revelation	p. 188
The Challenge of the Gnostic Claim to a "Living Voice"	p. 188
The Handing on of the Apostolic Faith to the Church	p. 190
The Church as the Way of Truth and of Life	p. 206
Concluding Observations on the Church and the Unevangelized	p. 210
The Human Response to Divine Revelation	p. 213
The Twofold Destiny of Humankind	p. 213
Faith: The Saving Response to Divine Revelation	p. 226
Concluding Observations	p. 244
Conclusion	p. 250
Summary of Irenaeus's Doctrine of Divine Revelation and the Salvation of the Unevangelized	p. 251
Irenaeus and "Anonymous Christianity"	p. 263
A Final Statement	p. 280
Bibliography	p. 283
Christianity and Non-Christians	p. 283
Irenaeus and the Gnostics	p. 292
The Missiological Context	p. 296
Irenaeus	p. 298
Index of References to Irenaeus's Works	p. 307
Index of Names and Subjects	p. 312
About the Author	p. 318
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Irenaeus on the Salvation of the Unevangelized

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