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’

ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ‘WORD MADE FLESH’

The idea of creativity is one of the oldest ideas in the world, but it is also one of the least understood because the popular view is that creativity comes easily by letting your sense perception loose and engaging your mind in some form of free association. Nothing is further from the truth.

Once you see how John the Apostle and Saint Irenaeus of Lyons demonstrate the full significance of the idea of the “Word made flesh,” you will discover that if you apply to your intellect the same beryl looking glass of Nicholas of Cusa as “Word made flesh,” it will glow as the light of the creative process of God’s Mind.

          However, I must warn you that I have no intention of approaching this difficult biblical text from the religious exegetical standpoint of faith; I intend to approach it from the vantage point of epistemology; that is, from the vantage point of how reason must seek to know the nature of that paradoxical statement as a matterofmind.

ON THE SUBJECT OF THE ‘WORD MADE FLESH’

FRA ANGELICO, JOAN OF ARC, AND SAINT IRENAEUS

There are moments in human history when faith coincides with the power of reason. Such moments may appear to be strange events because they reflect a great danger and a great hope for mankind at the same time.

These moments are so incredible that they appear to be like magical moments of divine intervention; and they are so unbelievable because they are moments when public opinion breaks down completely at the same time that most of mankind is forced to go through an unexpected axiomatic transformation. What is amazing, however, is that when such moments arrive, an angel is sent to announce the change and to orient mankind in its proper direction.

The irony of such moments is that they cannot be known in advance and be determined ahead of time, except if it is in accordance with what Leibniz had identified as the principle of preestablished harmony between reason and power. But even then, it is never predetermined as if its pathway were set in advance.

Such a moment took place over 500 years ago in Europe, and was the event which launched the French Renaissance. That extraordinary historical moment of coincidence between faith and reason was caused by the coming of Joan of Arc.        

FRA ANGELICO, JOAN OF ARC, AND SAINT IRENAEUS

ROBERT MUELLER IS AN AMORAL LEGAL ASSASSIN: HE WILL DO HIS JOB IF YOU LET HIM by Barbara Boyd

For the benefit of the average 1,500 people who read my reports every month and who are not members of the LaRouche Movement, per se, it is crucial to read this report by Barbara Boyd on the nasty role that former FBI director, Robert Mueller, played in the political assassination of Lyndon LaRouche and in the which-hunt that he is currently carrying out against President Donald Trump.

Click here to read the dossier!