A scientific and theological rationalization of history among the apostolic fathers: from the Holy Trinity to the human being

The theological interpretation of history occurred throughout history itself. Biblical historicism is gradually beginning to unfold in ecclesiastical thought, beginning with its first steps, being understood in the context of the current tasks of church life. In this process, the first and second centuries of the life of the Church have an important role: they form the primary experience of contact with the “new history” - the history of a new, Christian world and the history of “recent times” - the gradual maturing and unfolding of the perfection and completeness that Christ brought. Many key paradigms, questions, topics and images dedicated to the relationship of history and the Holy Trinity, history and Christ, history and the Church, history and man, which will later form the theology of history, are laid down by the apostolic fathers and apologists. Te present article is devoted to their systematic consideration. A following separate article, entitled “A Scientific and Teological Rationalization of History among the Apostolic Fathers: Development and Tradition”, will be devoted to the understanding by the saints of the first and second centuries of the Tradition of the Church in its relationship with the experience of the world, as well as the problems of the logic of history and the vision of the historical future