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Anna_Scott
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AbideWithMe,Hi Anna —
I’m sorry about going off topic. Those passages from Irenaeus were something I’ve wondered about for awhile, so I guess I could have kept wondering awhile longer rather than insert my question about them into this thread.
I did just today find some internet articles addressing Irenaeus’ apparent belief that Jesus died at between forty and fifty years old. From what I’ve read so far, it seems that some think Irenaeus’ motif of “recapitulation” led him to believe and write mistakenly that Jesus had to have experienced old age, but Irenaeus didn’t explicitly claim that the Apostles taught this.
I guess this is a subject for another thread. Probably someone here knows more about this topic.
I think this would make a very interesting thread; and it is off topic for this one. Let me know if you start the thread. There are CAF members who know the ECF’s very well.
Peace,
Anna