Can the Tetramorph Be Reclaimed for Contemporary Theology? Can the notion of Christ’s quaternity, as it is expressed by Irenaeus and artistically represented in the Christ Tetramorph, be reclaimed for contemporary theological reflection on the nature of God’s saving work in the world? Despite Irenaeus’s emphasis on God’s work of redeeming humanity, he nevertheless intimated that the fourfold gospel corresponded to the fourfold character of the world. In our focus on personal salvation, we have
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