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A 4 pages essay that summarizes and reflects on chapter 9 of Justo Gonzalez's The Story of Christianity, Volume 1: The Early Church to the Dawn of the Reformation, No additional sources cited.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Gonzalez, The Early Church, Chapter 9
Research Compiled By - February, 2012 properly! Gonzalez begins this chapter by
explaining that the writings of the apologists were all in response to specific topics, such as issues dealing with persecution; however, the writing of the church teachers of the second
century, which is the focus of this chapter, was in response to Marcionism and Gnosticism.i Irenaeus of Lyons Gonzalez begins with Irenaeuss biography, indicating that he was born around 130
A.D., was a disciple of Polycarp, and elected bishop of the city of Lyons.ii Gonzalez stresses that Irenaeus was primarily a pastor. Therefore his writing is focused primarily on educating
his congregation and this makes his writing particularly instructive to contemporary readers and historians because it provides an excellent guide to understanding the precepts and theology of the second century.iii
Gonzalez lists his surviving works and indicates their main purpose, which was for instruction and also to refute heresy. Gonzalez then gives an overview of the basic principles that defined
Irenaeuss theology, which the reader can assume is indicative of second century theology in general. As such, this indicates that the principal tenets of Christianity were firmly accepted and also
that Irenaeus had a "grand vision of history" that saw "divine purposes" unfolding through Gods word.iv Clement of Alexandria Clements biography is quite differ4ent from that of Irenaeus,
as he is believed to have been born in Athens to pagan parents.v There appears to be little known about his conversion but it is known that he undertook extensive
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