Irenaeus of Lyons

Abstract

Eric Osborn's book presents a major study of Irenaeus (125–200), bishop of Lyons, who attacked Gnostic theosophy with positive ideas as well as negative critiques. Irenaeus's combination of argument and imagery, logic and aesthetic, was directed to the bible. Dominated 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 freshness 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 millennia of European culture been so creative? Irenaeus points to Greek ways of thinking and the Christian Bible. Irenaeus's thought is complex, yet rewarding to the critical reader, and this full study of it will be of interest to theologians, historians of ideas, classicists, scientists and students.

Participation in the Divine Logos According to Irenaeus’ Adversus haereses

“…He is also the Lord of all that is created and at the same time, the "Onlybegotten of the Father" (Unigenitus Patris), the foretold Christ and the "Incarnate Word of God" (Verbum Dei incarnatum). 12 The divine Logos attracts all beings to himself and presents himself to the people as the Head of the Church (caput Ecclesiae). 13 Thanks to the Logos, the entire human race, scattered into different languages and nations, can be united again (in semetipso recapitulatus est).…”

Vasopressin and its analogues for the treatment of refractory hypotension in neonates

“…Evidence is insufficient not only regarding the use of fluid boluses in the treatment of neonatal hypotension, but also with the type of fluid used (colloid or crystalloid) (Osborn 2004). Dopamine increases mean blood pressure better than fluid boluses (Osborn 2001) or dobutamine (Subhedar 2003), but does not decrease mortality or adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes. The efficacy of epinephrine (Paradisis 2004) and corticosteroids (Subhedar 2007) to treat neonatal hypotension with or without inotropic agents, in improving the outcomes of mortality or adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes is yet to be proven.…”

Performing space

“…Works such as Partial Space attempt a transition from the notion of the art-object to process, distributing a finite condition to a set of possibilities. Ed Osborn's Last Call (1995) translates the visitor's movements into oscillations that are in turn transmitted to metal wires stretched across the installation space (Osborn 2001). These resonances are then amplified and heard from a loudspeaker placed at the opposite wall of the space.…”