Christological Development : Its Dynamics as Dialectics of Challenges and Responses: A Study With a Special Reference to Irenaeus Christological Development in Adversus Haereses / Kuriakose Mananthil.

includes index and biblioraphy

1.The concepts: Development and dialectics and their implications in the patristic period Development............3 Dialectics..............5 The patristic response............8 The fathers` response, a `christianization`.............14 2. Irenaeus development of christology as a response to the challenges The person and works..............22 Adversus haereses : Its motive............22 Irenaeus challenges ............23 Irenaeus response to the challenges..............30 The creation ...............365 Irenaeus theory of Evil ............36 Irenaeus theological Antrhopology .........36 Theology of the incarnation ...............42 3. Irenaeus mode of response, a model to respond to our present day challenges Our challenge........76 The need to reformulate the faith formulas in the changed context of the world ...........76 Some guidelines from irenaeus christological responses to pluralism to develop a christology in our context of pluralism ............78