Abstract
Chapter 3 covers sub-apostolic and early Christian reflection on Christ as wisdom. In this period, wisdom discourse tended to focus initially on themes of guidance and instruction (paideia) while also beginning to open out increasingly onto themes of Trinitarian theology (God as wisdom; the Son and/or Holy Spirit as wisdom), Christology (Christ as wisdom—uncreated and/or created), and cosmology (the eternal foundation of the world in the Word and wisdom of God). Figures treated include Clement of Rome, Ignatius of Antioch, the Shepherd of Hermas, Justin Martyr, and Tertullian. Attention is also paid to lesser-known sources such as Silvanus, Sextus, and the pseudo-Clementines. The chapter concludes with St Irenaeus of Lyons who provides the most substantive treatment of wisdom in this early period.
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