Teaching the Faith in Early Christianity
Divine and Human Agency
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4064496 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Gemeinhardt (0000-0003-3879-0397, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen Göttingen Germany, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 129-164 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-25 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Vigiliae Christianae (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0042-6032 • E-ISSN: 1570-0720 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15700720-12341432 |
| OpenAlex | W3015046133 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The present paper investigates the relationship between divine and human agency in teaching the Christian faith. While Christian education actually was conveyed by human beings (apostles, teachers, catechists, bishops), many authors claimed that the one and only teacher of Christianity is Jesus Christ, referring to Matt 23:8-9. By examining texts from the 2nd to the 5th century, different configurations of divine and human teaching are identified and discussed. The paper thereby highlights a crucial tension in Early and Late Antique Christianity relating to the possibilities and limitations of communicating the faith
Agency (philosophy) · Antique · Apostles · Archaeology · Bishops · Christianity · Early Christianity · Epistemology · Faith · Political science · Theology · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Philosophy · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.25 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |