The Christology of Ignatius of Antioch (Studies in Early Christology)
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Overview
The letters of Ignatius of Antioch portray Jesus in terms that are both remarkably exalted and shockingly vulnerable. Jesus is identified as God and is the sole physician and teacher who truly reveals the Father. At the same time, Jesus was born of Mary, suffered, and died. Ignatius asserts both claims about Jesus with minimal attempts to reconcile how they can simultaneously be embodied in one person. This book explores the ways in which Ignatius outlines his understanding of Jesus and the effects that these views were to have on both his immediate audience as well as some of his later readers. Ignatius utilizes stories throughout his letters, describes Jesus with designations that are at once traditional and reinvigorated with fresh meaning, and employs a dizzying array of metaphors to depict how Jesus acts. In turn, Ignatius and his audience are to respond in ways befitting their status in Christ because Jesus forms a lens through which to look at the world anew. Such a dynamic Christology was not to cease development in the second century but continued to inspire readers in creative ways through late antiquity and beyond.
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- Explores the ways in which Ignatius outlines his understanding of Jesus.
- Studies the effects that these views were to have on his immediate audience and some of his later readers.
- Describes Jesus with designations that are at once traditional and reinvigorated with fresh meaning.
- Preface
- List of Abbreviations
- 1. Who Was Ignatius?
- 2. Stories about Jesus
- 3. Exalted Prose and Story Fragments
- 4. Designations for Jesus
- 5. Images for Jesus
- 6. Christ, the Community, and Outsiders
- 7. The Reception of Christology in the Ignatian Corpus
- Bibliography
- Author Index
- Ancient Document Index
In this incisive and groundbreaking book, Jonathon Lookadoo probes the center of the theology of Ignatius—his understanding of Christ. In a sequence of tightly interlocking chapters, the christological perspectives of that towering figure, Ignatius of Antioch, are brought into sharper focus, and the theological relevance of those ideas is elucidated for modern readers. This is a brilliant treatment of the subject that will be consulted widely over the coming decades.
—Paul Foster, professor of New Testament and early Christianity, University of Edinburgh
Jonathon Lookadoo is a leading Ignatian scholar as evidenced by his many publications. The fruits of his labors are on full display in this book via his intimacy with the entire Ignatian corpus as well as his expert handling of the voluminous secondary scholarship devoted to Ignatius of Antioch. Furthermore, Lookadoo takes readers by the hand and leads us on an enthralling adventure that nearly exhausts the depths of Ignatius’s portrayal of Jesus the Christ.
—Paul R. Gilliam III, author of Ignatius of Antioch and the Arian Controversy
Formative Christology is a field of study which has expanded and altered greatly in the past decades, as we have learnt to recognize a greater subtlety and nuance in the approaches of many second-century authors than had previously been identified. In this light a guide to Ignatian Christology was overdue; Jonathon Lookadoo, who has already proved himself a reliable guide to Ignatius and his correspondence, fills this gap with a treatment from which all, from undergraduates meeting Ignatius for the first time through to the most advanced Ignatian scholars, may profit and learn.
—Alistair C. Stewart, senior lecturer in biblical studies, Codrington College
- Title: The Christology of Ignatius of Antioch (Studies in Early Christology)
- Author: Jonathon Lookadoo
- Series: Studies in Early Christology
- Publisher: Cascade Books
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2024
- Pages: 248
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Reader Edition
- Subjects: Ignatius, Saint, Bishop of Antioch, approximately 110; Jesus Christ › History of doctrines--Early church, approximately 30–600; Theology › History--Early church, ca. 30–600; Church history › Primitive and early church, ca 30–600
- ISBNs: 9781666770704, 9781666770681, 166677068X, 9781666770698, 1666770698, 1666770701
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666770704
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-12-04T18:30:46Z