Description: This book focuses on Irenaeus as key to the early Christian appropriation of divine simplicity as a philosophical principle, since he is the first Christian source to explain his usage in relation to God. Beyond providing limits for what a simple God can and cannot mean, he also applies this principle to God's activity (i.e. creating), and to God's names and powers. There is a growing interest in the early Christian appropriation of divine simplicity: Simons' study is timely as the first book to focus exclusively on the earliest explanation and application.
Brief description: Jonatan Simons, Ph.D. (2021), Australian Catholic University, is Assistant Professor of Theology at Fundación Universitaria Seminario Bíblico de Colombia. He has presented and published various papers in the field of Patristics, such as "God and eiusdem substantiae in Against Heresies 2.17-18" (Studia Patristica in 2021).