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Against Heresies Table of Contents Catalogue of Titles Logos Virtual Library Catalogue: Saint Irenæus (120-202) Against Heresies. Translated by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson. Table of Contents. Book I. Preface. Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11:
The classic source for ancient controversies regarding groups conventionally classified as gnostic is Adversus haereses (Latin: “Against Heresies”), a five-volume work written in Greek about 180 ce by the Christian bishop Irenaeus of Lyon. Originally titled “Exposure and Refutation of Knowledge Falsely So-Called,”….
This particular volume contains works by St. Clement, Mathetes, St. Polycarp, St. Ignatius, Barnabas, St. Papias, St. Justin Martyr, and St. Irenaeus. These writings were heavily influential on the early Church, and for good reason, as they are inspirational and encouraging. These volumes also come with many useful notes, providing the reader ...
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".
Chapter 3 A refutation of the heretics, from the fact that, in the various churches, a perpetual succession of bishops was kept up Chapter 4 The truth is to be found nowhere else but in the Catholic Church, the sole depository of apostolic doctrine. Heresies are of recent formation, and cannot trace their origin up to the apostles.
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. It is sometimes confused with: Panarion (medicine-chest), also a work in opposition to heresies, written in the 4th century by Epiphanius of Salamis.
Against Heresies. The complete text of Against the Heresies, with fragments of other writings. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons wrote around 180 to uphold against Gnosticism the Christian rule of faith that he had received. To vindicate the Incarnation of God in human flesh, Irenaeus described and attacked their principal doctrine, the evil origin of ...
