Irenaeus on Creation

Steenberg, M. C.

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“…For Irenaeus, the eschaton is not simply a return to Eden, but a progression beyond it. 20 The beginning was a prolepsis of the end and the end will be a fulfillment of the beginning. Hence, God did not fashion a perfect creation, but rather a creation in via toward a telos.…”

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“…The service of creation to the human race is to advance both parties fully into their teloi at the fulfilment of the economy. 27 As Steenberg rightly notes, one cannot limit the economy of salvation to only human concerns. In fact, the importance of human beings is at least partly predicated on their role in leading the nonhuman creation into perfection.…”

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Evidencing the Eschaton: Progressive‐transformative Animal Welfare in the Church Fathers

McLaughlin¹

2010

Modern Theology

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The author aims to retrieve and creatively develop a strand of Christian thought, stretching from early Christian interpretations of biblical data through the hagiographies of the saints into modern Christian thought, which provides a foundation for concern over the welfare of nonhuman animals. To provide the framework for this strand, the author explores the theology of Irenaeus of Lyons and Ephrem the Syrian. First, he considers their positions regarding the place of nonhuman animals in protology and eschatology. Then, he notes their view that the created order is in via toward its eschatological consummation. With this framework in place, he turns to other voices in the Christian tradition, including the hagiographies of the saints, in order to further develop the framework. Ultimately, the author suggests that, within this particular strand of Christian thought, the further a human being progresses along the path of redemption, the more he or she ought to serve as a prolepsis of eschatological hope, which includes peaceful relationships between humans and animals.

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Section: The Present: Evidences Of the Eschaton In The Fathersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Ryan Patrick Mclaughlinmentioning

confidence: 99%