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In this document, we will discuss the sub-Apostolic period there was a rise of contrary opinions against the orthodox Christian religious doctrine. Athanasius and Irenaeus were the main significant contributors who protected the continuity of redemption and creation. Both of them positioned Christ at the center of the belief and thought.

Sample Assignment On Theology

   

University of London

   

Theology (1031)

   Added on 2020-03-02

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Running head: THEOLOGYAtonement and incarnation in Athanasius and IrenaeusStudent NameUniversity nameAuthor Name
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THEOLOGYIn the sub-Apostolic period there was a rise of contrary opinions against the orthodoxChristian religious doctrine. Athanasius and Irenaeus were main significant contributors whoprotected the continuity of redemption and creation. Both of them positioned Christ at the centreof the belief and thought. Their commitment towards Christ let them concentrate on the Christ’screation and redemption. They believed Christ’s work to be the ultimate divine act in the divineworld. Therefore both of the theologians were Christ centric. To compare and contrast their view on atonement and incarnation, it will be easier if theircontemporary time of confusions is analyzed. The questions regarding Christ as divine god andhis centrality of redemption were questioned. Marcion or Arius created the most severe threatagainst the theology of Athanasius or Irenaeus (Wilhite, 2015). Valentines proposes that Christ isnothing but an emanation of fullness or ‘pleroma’ against the belief that the fullness resides inhim. Irenaeus fought against this Gnosticism and Athanasius fought mainly against the Arianism(Gavrilyuk, 2013).In the second century, Irenaeus (130 AD to 202 AD) was the main architect of the ‘fourgospel canon’ (Vainio, 2016). He realized that just banishing the heretical doctrines were notenough to protect the Christian movement. He analyzed and developed his own theologies ofrecapitulation in order to protect the orthodox Christian practice (Hollen, 2015). Though in 4th century Christianity established itself as a lawful religion but within thedoctrines there were many conflicts. To settle the conflicts and reestablish the unified orthodoxChristianity Athanasius’s (293 AD to 373 AD) contribution was significant (Husin & Awang,2015). He also fought against the heretical teachings through his entire life. He revered asignificant position in the history of church because of his defense of Christianity against the
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THEOLOGYpowerful heretical destructions. He fought against the challenges that the heretical practiceimposed upon the Christian belief of God’s existence. Irenaeus’ doctrine on atonement is developed on his beliefs on man’s from paradise andhis idea on redemption. He developed a parallel comparison between Christ and Adam whiledescribing his theory on redemption. He believed that the redemption is depended on two aspectsof human’s solidarity with Adam and with Christ. He described the atonement as the repairingthe huge corruption and sin that the human kind caused and this was the primary reason thatinfluenced Christ for the incarnation, life and death (McGrath, 2016). For Athanasius, Christ’s incarnation is related to his doctrine of atonement (Torrance,2016). The fall of Adam marked the destruction humanity. Humans’ involvement in exploitation,violence, murder, idolatry, depravity and oppression led to the destruction of humanity (Walsh,2014). The humans who are considered to be the bearers of the image of the God of Imago Deiare committing so much crime that results in Christ’s incarnation. He believed that onlyrepentance or forgiveness could not save the humankind from the fallen condition. There was anextreme need for human kind’s regeneration, which was only possible through Christ’sincarnation (Van Kuiken, 2017). The new birth was capable of regain the human kind’s faith ofthe Holy Spirit. Through the incarnation and covering of the atonement the humans who will turnto the God will be promised protection and purification from all the sins. In ‘De Incarnatione’, Athanasius merged recapitulation and satisfaction together. Hismethod was can be considered as the mix of Irenaeus and Anselm. Both of them explainedincarnation is the whole of Christ’s divine work. However Athanasius he did not followIrenaeus’ recapitulation in its entirety. Athanasius was more focused on Christ’s resurrection
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