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This book focuses on Irenaeus as key to the early Christian appropriation of divine simplicity as a philosophical principle, since he is the first Christian source to explain his usage in relation to God. Beyond providing limits for what a simple God can and cannot mean, he also applies this principle to God's activity (i.e. creating), and to God's names and powers. There is a growing interest in the early Christian appropriation of divine simplicity: Simons' study is timely as the first book to focus exclusively on the earliest explanation and application.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Irenaeus' Mobility and Correspondence
2 Irenaeus' Usage of Sources
3 Structure
Part 1 Divine Simplicity in Haer. 2.13
1 Theological Claims in Book 2 of Against Heresies
1 Beyond "Purely Negative Polemic": Theological Claims in Books 1-2
2 The Rule of Truth (Haer. 1.10 and 1.22)
3 The One God Is Creator (Haer. 2.1-2)
4 God Is Simple (Haer. 2.12-13)
5 God Is Revealed in the Harmony of Scripture (Haer. 2.25-28)
6 Conclusion
2 Definition and Explanation of Divine Simplicity in Haer. 2.13
1 Haer. 2.13.3-4a: Irenaeus' Definition of Divine Simplicity
2 Haer. 2.13.4B-10: Parameters for Language about God
3 Conclusion
Part 2 Theological Implications of Divine Simplicity
3 Divine Will for Creation in the Containment Metaphor of Haer. 2.1-6
1 Spatial Meaning of "Containing, Not Contained"
2 Temporal Meaning of "Containing, Not Contained"
3 Cognitive Meaning of "Containing, Not Contained"
4 Providential Meaning of "Containing, Not Contained"
5 Conclusion
4 Divine Generation and a Simple God
1 Second-Century Descriptions of the Simple God and Divine Generation
2 Metaphors for Divine Generation in Irenaeus (Haer. 2.17.2)
3 Distinction in a Simple, Uniform, Equal, and Similar Generation
4 Conclusion
5 Divine Activity in the Hands of God Metaphor of Haer. 4.20
1 Scriptural Exegesis for the Hands of God Metaphor
2 Terminology of Divine Simplicity in the Activity of Father, Son, and Spirit
3 Two Potential Challenges to This Reading of Haer. 4.20
4 Conclusion
6 Divine Powers and Divine Titles
1 Powers, Names, and Titles of "One and the Same" God in Haer. 2.35.3-4
2 Mutually Entailing Powers of God in Creation
3 Mutually Entailing Titles and Names of God in Scripture
4 Conclusion
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index



