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Adversus Haereses. Adversus Haereses is the commonly used Latin title for a book by the Church Father Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyon in Gaul (now France). It is also often cited as Against Heresies or On the Detection and Overthrow of the So-Called Gnosis. It is a five-volume work against Gnosticism and other Christian heresies, written around 180 CE ...
Irenaeus: Against Heresies. From: Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. 1. Edited by Alexander Roberts. BOOK I. PREFACE. 1. INASMUCH (1) as certain men have set the truth aside, and bring in lying words and vain genealogies, which, as the apostle says, (2) "minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith," and by means of their craftily ...
3. The blessed apostles, then, having founded and built up the Church, committed into the hands of Linus the office of the episcopate. Of this Linus, Paul makes mention in the Epistles to Timothy. To him succeeded Anacletus; and after him, in the third place from the apostles, Clement was allotted the bishopric.
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. Mary Ann Donovan writes ( The Anchor Bible Dictionary, v. 3, p. 457):
Feb 5, 2022 · We first learn of Irenaeus in a letter he carried to Eleutherius, bishop of Rome, from the churches of Vienne and Lyons which were seeking a peaceful resolution to the Montanist controversy. 1 The letter introduced Irenaeus as an esteemed presbyter in their community. By the time Irenaeus returned from his embassy a severe persecution (ca. 177 ...
Jan 4, 2023 · Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. by Irenaeus, translated by Philip Schaff et al. Against Heresies: Book I. Against Heresies: Book II. →. Against Heresies: Book I. Preface. 1. Inasmuch [1] as certain men have set the truth aside, and bring in lying words and vain genealogies, which, as the apostle says, [2] “minister questions rather than godly ...
Nov 15, 2014 · Irenaeus was bishop of Lyon when he was martyred in 177 A.D. His writings are essential to understanding the development of Christianity as we know it. The second century was full of novel interpretations of the faith, and Irenaeus' defense remains cogent and clear to this day.
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