Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses, Complete)
- Sprache:
- Englisch
- Status:
- Vollständiges Werk
- Autorschaft:
- Vom Autor verfasst
- Zustand des Textes:
- Sauberer Text
- Umfang:
- ~290.000 Wörter · 1.373 Passagen
Dieses Werk zitieren
- APAIrenäus von Lyon. (n.d.). Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses, Complete). SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/de/works/irenaeus/against-heresies-adversus-haereses-complete
- MLAIrenäus von Lyon. "Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses, Complete)." SigPhi, https://sigphiai.com/de/works/irenaeus/against-heresies-adversus-haereses-complete.
- ChicagoIrenäus von Lyon. Against Heresies (Adversus Haereses, Complete). SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/de/works/irenaeus/against-heresies-adversus-haereses-complete.
Wovon es handelt
Die fünf Bücher des Irenäus gegen die Gnostiker: zuerst eine ausführliche Darstellung ihrer Lehren, dann deren Widerlegung, eine nach der anderen.
Kontext und Geschichte
Um 180 verfasst. Das griechische Original ist fast ganz verloren, das Werk überlebt vor allem in einer frühen lateinischen Übersetzung. Und hier liegt seine Unersetzlichkeit: Bis 1945 war dies die Hauptquelle für alles, was man von der Gnosis wusste, da die gnostischen Texte nicht erhalten waren. In jenem Jahr kamen die Codices von Nag Hammadi ans Licht, und der Vergleich wurde möglich: Irenäus referiert recht getreu — doch spricht immer noch ein Gegner, und daran sollte man auf jeder Seite denken.
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Chapter 1 Absurd ideas of the disciples of Valentinus as to the origin, name, order, and conjugal productions of their fancied aeons, with the passages of Scripture which they adapt to their opinions. Chapter 2 The Propator was known to Monogenes alone. Ambition, disturbance, and danger into which Sophia fell; her shapeless offspring: she is restored by Horos. The production of Christ and of the Holy Spirit, in order to the completion of the aeons. Manner of the production of Jesus. Chapter 3 Texts of Holy Scripture used by these heretics to support their opinions Chapter 4 Account given by the heretics of the formation of Achamoth; origin of the visible world from her disturbances Chapter 5 Formation of the Demiurge; description of him. He is the creator of everything outside of the Pleroma Chapter 6 The threefold kind of man feigned by these heretics: good works needless for them, though necessary to others: their abandoned morals Chapter 7 The mother Achamoth, when all her seed are perfected, shall pass into the Pleroma, accompanied by those men who are spiritual; the Demiurge, with animal men, shall pass into the intermediate habitation; but all material men shall go into corruption, their blasphemous opinions against the true Incarnation of Christ by the Virgin Mary. Their views as to the prophecies. Stupid ignorance of the Demiurge Chapter 8 How the Valentinians pervert the Scriptures to support their own pious opinions Chapter 9 Refutation of the impious interpretations of these heretics Chapter 10 Unity of the faith of the Church throughout the whole world Chapter 11 The opinions of Valentinus, with those of his disciples and others Chapter 12 The doctrines of the followers of Ptolemy and Colorbasus Chapter 13 The deceitful arts and nefarious practices of Marcus Chapter 14 The various hypotheses of Marcus and others.…