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Cover: 9781725265356 | The Second-Century Apologists | Alvyn Pettersen | Taschenbuch | 2020
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The Second-Century Apologists
Taschenbuch von Alvyn Pettersen
Sprache: Englisch

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""They bring three charges against us: atheism, Thyestean banquets, and Oedipean unions."" So a late second-century Christian Apologist wrote with reference to his critics. Against these and other charges the Apologists rallied. Not so, they maintained. It was not the Christians but their critics who were the atheists and the Christians were the true theists. They were atheists only insofar as they denied the fabricated gods of the cults and the immoral deities of theaters. That, they explained, was why Christians absented themselves, whatever the cost, from the imperial cult, theaters, and amphitheaters. They were not cannibals, as Thyestes was when he ate the flesh of his children. To suggest otherwise was to misunderstand Christians consuming Christ's flesh and blood at the Eucharist. Nor were they imitators of Oedipus, who entered into sexual relations with Jocasta, his Queen and, though he knew it not, also his mother. Christians did exchange the kiss of peace. They did love one another. They were not, however, incestuous. Any promiscuous love on their part extended only to a very practical love of every needy soul.
This book explores these arguments, especially noting the Apologists' commitment to God's oneness, to Christians not worshipping anything made, and to humans properly caring for fellow creatures.
""They bring three charges against us: atheism, Thyestean banquets, and Oedipean unions."" So a late second-century Christian Apologist wrote with reference to his critics. Against these and other charges the Apologists rallied. Not so, they maintained. It was not the Christians but their critics who were the atheists and the Christians were the true theists. They were atheists only insofar as they denied the fabricated gods of the cults and the immoral deities of theaters. That, they explained, was why Christians absented themselves, whatever the cost, from the imperial cult, theaters, and amphitheaters. They were not cannibals, as Thyestes was when he ate the flesh of his children. To suggest otherwise was to misunderstand Christians consuming Christ's flesh and blood at the Eucharist. Nor were they imitators of Oedipus, who entered into sexual relations with Jocasta, his Queen and, though he knew it not, also his mother. Christians did exchange the kiss of peace. They did love one another. They were not, however, incestuous. Any promiscuous love on their part extended only to a very practical love of every needy soul.
This book explores these arguments, especially noting the Apologists' commitment to God's oneness, to Christians not worshipping anything made, and to humans properly caring for fellow creatures.
Über den Autor
Alvyn Pettersen is Canon Theologian Emeritus of Worcester Cathedral, UK. He has written widely in the field of patristics, being the author of Athanasius and the Human Body (1990) and the volume on Athanasius (1995) in the series, Outstanding Christian Thinkers.
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Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Religion: Christentum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 200
Reihe: Cascade Companions
ISBN-13: 9781725265356
ISBN-10: 1725265354
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Pettersen, Alvyn
Hersteller: Cascade Books
Cascade Companions
Maße: 203 x 127 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Alvyn Pettersen
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.08.2020
Gewicht: 0,221 kg
preigu-id: 118963933
Über den Autor
Alvyn Pettersen is Canon Theologian Emeritus of Worcester Cathedral, UK. He has written widely in the field of patristics, being the author of Athanasius and the Human Body (1990) and the volume on Athanasius (1995) in the series, Outstanding Christian Thinkers.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Religion & Theologie
Religion: Christentum
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 200
Reihe: Cascade Companions
ISBN-13: 9781725265356
ISBN-10: 1725265354
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Pettersen, Alvyn
Hersteller: Cascade Books
Cascade Companions
Maße: 203 x 127 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Alvyn Pettersen
Erscheinungsdatum: 31.08.2020
Gewicht: 0,221 kg
preigu-id: 118963933
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