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Sep 14, 2008 · Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop of Lyon. Publication date 1907 Topics Heresies and heretics -- Early church, ca. 30-600, Gnosticism -- History, Gnosticisme -- Histoire ...
an Armenian translation discovered in 1907. This book was probably intended for the instruction of young candidates for Baptism. [Irenaeus] The era in which Irenaeus lived was a time of expansion and inner tensions in the church. In many cases Irenaeus acted as mediator between various contending factions.
1. We have learned from none others the plan of our salvation, than from those through whom the Gospel has come down to us, which they did at one time proclaim in public, and, at a later period, by the will of God, handed down to us in the Scriptures, to be the ground and pillar of our faith. For it is unlawful to assert that they preached ...
Irenaeus of Lyons (c130–202) was the greatest theologian of the early post-apostolic church. In his writings we have access to the Christian teaching of a spiri...
Irenaeus: Against Heresies. In Against Heresies (in Early Christian Fathers [ECF], pictured to the right) Irenaeus articulates multiple arguments against Gnostic teaching. First, Irenaeus responds to a Gnostic claim that the message preserved in the Gospels is flawed since it was preached before the Apostles came to perfect knowledge (ECF 370).
Jan 25, 2020 · Irenaeus is a powerful aide and inspiration to us when we attempt to recognize the Gnostic tendencies in the world today. Most especially, Irenaeus can be a primary teacher for us who wish to ...
Mar 28, 2012 · Irenaeus structured his work into five books, and it appears that he wrote them to someone under his tutelage. Book I contained Irenaeus's straight-forward retelling of the Gnostic heresies advanced by Marcion, Valentinus, Simon Magus and others. If it weren't for moments of cheek and wit, this inital section would be impossible to read.
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