SAINT IRENAEUS OF LYON’S DOCTRINE OF ‘RECAPITULATION’

 

How do you know how your own mind works? The best way to know your own mind is to know how God knows you.

But, how can you know that? And, once you’ve discovered that higher knowledge, how do you know whether it is true or not?

This is not a matter of religion; this is a matter of epistemological investigation into the difference between the theology of God and the theology of man; that is to say, the theology of Promethean Christians.

Although this process of investigation into the divinity of man is no longer advocated by Christian Churches, it was nevertheless a common practice at the time of the Apostles and was extensively developed by Saint Irenaeus of Lyon in his doctrine of “recapitulation.

SAINT IRENAEUS OF LYON’S DOCTRINE OF ‘RECAPITULATION’

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