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IRENAEUS OF LYONS
Eric Osborn
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
IRENAEUS OF LYONS
Eric Osborn’s book presents a major study of Irenaeus
(
–),
bishop of Lyons, who attacked Gnostic theoso-
phy 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. Domi-
nated 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 fresh-
ness 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. Why have two mil-
lennia of European culture been so creative? Irenaeus points
to the sources: Greek ways of thinking and the Christian
bible. Irenaeus’ thought is complex, yet infinitely rewarding
to the critical reader, and this full study of it will be of interest
to theologians, historians of ideas, classicists, scientists and
students.
E R I C O S B O R N
is Honorary Professor at the Department of
History, La Trobe University and Professorial Fellow at the
Department of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology,
University of Melbourne. His books (some of which have been
translated into French and German) include
The beginning
of Christian philosophy
(Cambridge,
 
),
The emergence of
Christian theology
(Cambridge,
 )
and
Tertullian, first the-
ologian of the West
(Cambridge,
 ).
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IRENAEUS OF LYONS
ERIC OSBORN
Honorary Professor, La Trobe University, Melbourne
and
Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne
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© Eric Osborn 2001
This edition © Eric Osborn 2003
First published in printed format 2001
A catalogue record for the original printed book is available
from the British Library and from the Library of Congress
Original ISBN 0 521 80006 4 hardback
ISBN 0 511 01823 1 virtual (netLibrary Edition)

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