St. Irenaeus, Regula Fidei, and the Ecclesiological Context of Interpretation
Abstract
In the dispute with the Gnostics in the second half of the 2nd century, referring to the biblical texts was, in and of itself, not sufficient anymore for the articulation of the authentic doctrine of the Church, because both sides in the debate, i.e., the theologians of the Church as well as the Gnostics, often referred to the identical written material. For this reason, that is, having in mind the emergence of the arbitrary gnostic interpretations of biblical texts, St Irenaeus of Lyons considered it necessary to set the problem in a broader hermeneutical perspective, i.e., in the context of the reality he called regula fidei (κανὼν τῆς πίστεως or rule of faith).
Keywords:
biblical texts / doctrine of the Church / GnosticsSource:
Philotheos, 2013, 13, 134-140Publisher:
- Универзитет у Београду - Православни богословски факултет, Београд
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Православни богословски факултет / Faculty of Orthodox TheologyTY - JOUR AU - Jovanović, Zdravko PY - 2013 UR - https://rpbf.bfspc.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/111 AB - In the dispute with the Gnostics in the second half of the 2nd century, referring to the biblical texts was, in and of itself, not sufficient anymore for the articulation of the authentic doctrine of the Church, because both sides in the debate, i.e., the theologians of the Church as well as the Gnostics, often referred to the identical written material. For this reason, that is, having in mind the emergence of the arbitrary gnostic interpretations of biblical texts, St Irenaeus of Lyons considered it necessary to set the problem in a broader hermeneutical perspective, i.e., in the context of the reality he called regula fidei (κανὼν τῆς πίστεως or rule of faith). PB - Универзитет у Београду - Православни богословски факултет, Београд T2 - Philotheos T1 - St. Irenaeus, Regula Fidei, and the Ecclesiological Context of Interpretation EP - 140 EP - regula fidei SP - 134 VL - 13 DO - 10.5840/philotheos20131313 UR - conv_5094 ER -
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Jovanović, Z.. (2013). St. Irenaeus, Regula Fidei, and the Ecclesiological Context of Interpretation. in Philotheos Универзитет у Београду - Православни богословски факултет, Београд., 13, 134-140. https://doi.org/10.5840/philotheos20131313 conv_5094
Jovanović Z. St. Irenaeus, Regula Fidei, and the Ecclesiological Context of Interpretation. in Philotheos. 2013;13:134-140. doi:10.5840/philotheos20131313 conv_5094 .
Jovanović, Zdravko, "St. Irenaeus, Regula Fidei, and the Ecclesiological Context of Interpretation" in Philotheos, 13 (2013):134-140, https://doi.org/10.5840/philotheos20131313 ., conv_5094 .