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Sanctified Vision: An Introduction to Early Christian Interpretation of the Bible is unavailable, but you can change that!

In Sanctified Vision John J. O'Keefe and R. R. Reno explain the structure and logic of the early Church fathers' interpretations of the Bible. These interpretations are considered foundational to the development of Christianity as a religion and offer insight into how the early church fathers thought about Christian doctrine and practice. By analyzing selected portions of patristic exegesis, the...

Thus, Irenaeus explains Ignatius’ enigmatic claim that Jesus Christ is the sacred text. As Irenaeus observes, to presume that Jesus Christ is the Son of God allows the reader of scripture to affirm a God “who does not use violent means to obtain what he desires; so that neither should justice be infringed upon, nor the ancient handiwork of God go to destruction.”[19] Such a hypothesis allows us to read the text as teaching an economy that is well sequenced rather than disordered. To shift from our
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