MYSTERY REVEALED

Ad Diognetum and Second Century Protreptic Works .......... 73
Ad Diognetum and the Protrepticus of Clement of Alexandria ........ 73
Ad Diognetum and Ad Autolycum of Theophilus of Antioch ....... 83
Summary 88
3. AD DIOGNETUM AS A RHETORICAL WORK .... 90
Introduction ................................................................................................................. 90
Ad Diognetum and Rhetorical Strategies ... 90
The Rhetorical System ........ 90
The Rhetorical Situation ......... 92
The Rhetorical Style ........ 94
The Rhetorical Structure ........ 96
Ad Diognetum and the Three Introductory Questions ...... 100
Summary ................................................................................................................... 102
4. AD DIOGNETUM AND THE REVELATIONAL PART ....... 103
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 103
Section I – 7.1-6: No Earthly Discovery or some Mortal Idea ...... 103
Logos in the Hearts of Men and in the Order of Creation ......... 104
Digression: Why is Jesus of Nazareth Absent from the Text? ........ 107
Section II – 7.7 – 7. 9: Steadfastness in Persecutions as a Proof of
God’s Presence ..... 109
Section III – 8.1-4: Not the Pretentious Thoughts of the Philosophers ....... 111
Section IV – 8.5 – 11: God’s Plan Revealed at the Right Time ...... 113
Revelational Terminology ....... 113
Revelational Climax ........ 116
The Mysterious Plan of God in Pauline Theology ....... 119
Communication to the Child ........ 122
Section V - 9.1-6: Redemption Accomplished through the Son ........ 123
Anthropological Qualifications ......... 123
“Realized Eschatology” ....... 124
Soteriological Climax ........ 126
Ad Diognetum and Early Christian Soteriology ........ 130
A Summary of Revelational Theology ........ 131
Revelational Theology – An Explicative Definition ........ 133
Summary ................................................................................................................... 134
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