Der Paradox Eine : : antignostischer Monarchianismus im zweiten Jahrhundert / / von Reinhard M. Hübner ; mit einem Beitrag von Markus Vinzent.

• Superior document: Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, v. 50
• Author: Hübner, Reinhard M.
• TeilnehmendeR: Vinzent, Markus.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 1999.
• Year of Publication: 1999
• Language: German
• Series: Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements 50.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 332 pages).
• Other title: Preliminary material /; Melito von Sardes und Noët von Smyrna /; Die antignostische Glaubensregel des Noët von Smyrna /; Der antivalentinianische Charakter der Theologie des Noët von Smyrna /; Die Ignatianen und Noët von Smyrna /; Eἰς θєòς ’Iησoṽς Xριστóς: Zum christlichen Gottesglauben im zweiten Jahrhundert - ein Versuch /; \'Ich bin kein körperloses Geistwesen\' /; Register /; BIBLIOGRAPHIE /; SUPPLEMENTS TO VIGILIAE CHRISTIANAE /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 317-332) and index.
• ISBN: 9004313168
• ISSN: 0920-623X
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: von Reinhard M. Hübner ; mit einem Beitrag von Markus Vinzent.

These essays propose a new dating of, and historical setting for the letters of \'Ignatius of Antioch\'. In so doing this volume forms an important contribution to the study of Monarchianism and early church history as well. An examination of the fragments of Noëtus of Smyrna, the founder of Monarchianism, leads to the discovery of the oldest Regula fidei , and of its origin as part of anti-gnostic polemics. On the ground of late second-century parallels, especially Melito and Irenaeus, this Regula can be dated between 160 and 180 CE. It is within this context that the so-called Letters of Ignatius fit seamlessly. As a result of these findings this volume argues for a significant revision of our understanding of early church history. Monarchianism (\'Sabellianism\', \'Patripassianism\'), later considered heretical, is shown to have been the almost universally accepted belief within the Church up to the period of the Roman bishops Zephyrinus and Callistus.