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Heresies are of recent formation, and cannot trace their origin up to the apostles. Chapter 5 Christ and his apostles, without any fraud, deception, or hypocrisy, preached that one God, the Father, was the Founder of all things.
Jul 25, 2014 · New Advent. Language. English. This is the complete Adversus haereses ( Against Heresies ) Perhaps the most popular work by Saint Irenaeus. It is the name of a two-volume work against Gnosticism (and other Christian heresies), written about AD 180 by the Church Father Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon in Gaul (now France).
Irenaeus' primary goal in writing Against Heresies was to attack cults that fell away from orthodox Christianity, mainly the Gnostics and Marcionites. [10] [11] [12] In particular, he sought to disprove what he saw as incorrect interpretations of scripture on the part of Gnostics such as Valentinus. [13] .
Irenaeus of Lyons wrote his Against Heresies c. 175-185 CE. His work is invaluable to modern scholarship in the attempt to recover the content of Gnostic teachings in the second century. Irenaeus also provides the first explicit witness to a four-fold gospel canon.
Against Heresies by Irenaeus translated Philip Schaff This text was designed to accompany Roman Roads Media's 4-year video course Old Western Culture: A Christian Approach to the Great Books. For more information visit: www.romanroadsmedia.com. Other video courses by Roman Roads Media include: Grammar of Poetry featuring Matt Whitling
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Saint Irenaeus Against Heresies Complete - Internet Archive
Nov 11, 2023 · Against Heresies is a book by Irenaeus, bishop of Lugdunum (modern Lyon, France), cataloguing and critiquing a range of Christian groups that he deemed heretical. Its full Greek title is "On the Detection and Overthrow of the So-Called Gnosis".
