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László Vanyó: The Patristic interpretation of 'Redemptio'

tolic Letters Christ is already “Kyrios", "Theos". The Christian tradition puts the whole redeemer work of the Saviour into this soteriologicai titlel. The Teacher "satisfied" the believers "with the provision of Christ, and paying attention to his words... and kept his sufferings before your eyes".10 11 Clemens arrange in parallel the provision (ephodion), the teaching (hoi logoi), and the sufferings (ta pathemata). All these are equally important. He characterizes the doctrine of Christ with Prov 7,8: “You were adorned by your virtuoul and honourable citizenship and did ali things in the fear of God" . The commandments and ordianances of the Lord were “written on the tables of your heart.,r[1 The doctrine consists not to present views and opinions but these are "prostagmata", "dikaiomata" who makes true he man. The "didaskalos" figure is not a simple remembrance for the activity of the earthly Christ, but is means the Christ of the praeexistence who through the Holy Spirit taught by the prophets in the OT.12 God made us holy and brought us to honour through Khristos-didaskalos.13

As he is the "one healer", in the same way "theres is the one teacher who ,spoke and it come to pass', and what he has done even in silence is worthy of the Father"14 That is: Khristos-didaskalos is identical with the divine creating Word, because Ignatius refers to the Ps 33,9 and 148,5.

The Khristos-didaskalos is identical with the Logos-didaskalos, who is the Son of God who taught under Pontius Pilate by Justin.15 His formulation is the reminiscence of the creed's formula: "passus sub Pontio Pilato". The single Teacher, of the Cristians is Christ, while the heretics have many teachers.16 This thesis on the singular Teacher is almost "regula fidei".17

10 1 Clem 2,1 Transi. K.Lake

11 1 Clem 2,8

12 1 Clem 22,1

13 1 Clem 59,3

14 Ignatius, Eph 15,1

15 Dial 108,2; 1 Ap 59,1; 46,1

16 "...solum autem verum et firmum magistrum sequentes, Verbum Dei, Jesum Christum, Dominum nostrum: qui propter immensam suam dilectionem factus est quod sumus, uti nos perficeret esse quod et ipse" AH V, Praef. Harvey 11,314

17 L"Solus vere magister Dominus noster; et bonus vere Filius Dei; et patiens, Verbum Dei Patris filius hominis factus" AH III, 18,6 Harvey 11,100

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