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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823214803321

Autore

Papandrea James L. <1963->

Titolo

The earliest Christologies : five images of Christ in the postapostolic age / / James L. Papandrea

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Downers Grove, Illinois : , : IVP Academic, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8308-9972-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (138 p.)

Disciplina

232.09/015

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Images of Christ in the postapostolic age -- Christ as angel: angel adoptionism -- Christ as prophet: spirit adoptionism -- Christ as phantom: docetism and docetic gnosticism -- Christ as cosmic mind: hybrid gnosticism -- Christ as word: logos Christology -- What, then, is orthodoxy?

Sommario/riassunto

In this clear and concise introduction to second-century christologies, James Papandrea sets out five of the principal images of Christ that dominated the postapostolic age. Between varieties of adoptionism and brands of Gnosticism, Papandrea helps us see how Logos Christology was forged as the beginning of the church's orthodox confession.