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Epiphanius’ "Alogi" and the Johannine Controversy: A Reassessment of Early Ecclesial Opposition to the Johannine Corpus

By T. Scott Manor

Book information

Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Year
2016
ISBN
9004309381, 9789004309388
ISSN
0920-0623
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1282986 bytes)
Series
Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae 135
Pages
xii+254\267
Topic
Religion
Orientation
yes
Paginated
yes
Scanned
portrait
Time added
2016-06-28 08:48:05
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Description

In this work T. Scott Manor provides a new perspective on a common view, known as the Johannine Controversy, which maintains that the early church once tried to jettison the Gospel and Apocalypse of John as heretical forgeries. Primary evidence comes from Epiphanius of Salamis, who mentions a heretical group with such views, the "Alogi." This along with with other evidence from sources including Irenaeus, Hippolytus, Origen, Eusebius, Photius, Dionysius bar Salibi, Ebed-Jesu and others has led to the conclusion that a certain Gaius of Rome led the "Alogi" in this anti-Johannine campaign. By carefully examining Epiphanius account in relation to these other sources, Manor arrives at very different conclusions that question whether any such controversy ever existed at all."

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