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Irenaeus

NOUN
  1. Greek theologian who was bishop of Lyons and an antiheretical writer; a saint and Doctor of the Church (circa 130-200)

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  • His fervor echoed the outrage of Bishop Irenaeus—a reminder that here, in the shadow of the stark Red Sea Mountains, the early Christian world is close at hand.
  • According to Irenaeus he claimed to have appeared in Samaria as the Father, in Judea as the Son, and among the heathen as the Holy Ghost, a manifestation of the Eternal.
  • Theology has sometimes forced a certain logic upon the thought of Irenaeus which plays it false.
  • Therefore, it is easy to understand that the Apostolic Churches could not be lost sight of in such controversies, and it may be of interest to point out the apologetic argument of Irenaeus and Tertullian, which is founded on the preservation of the Apostolic doctrine in the various Apostolic Churches. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize
  • The book of Enoch is quoted by Justin Martyr, Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria, &c. Bruce, the Abyssinian traveller, brought home three copies of it in Ethiopic, from Alexandria, of which Archbishop Lawrence, in 1821, gave an English translation. Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • Nevertheless he was not debarred from communion with the Roman Church, and St. Irenaeus, while condemning the Quartodeciman practice, nevertheless reproaches The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy
  • Evidence has already been adduced to shew that the senior presbyter of Smyrna continued to preside until the days of Irenaeus, and there is also documentary proof that meanwhile he possessed no autocratical authority. The Ancient Church Its History, Doctrine, Worship, and Constitution
  • The Gospel of Judas can be dated even more narrowly, since a version of it figures in the writing of Bishop Irenaeus of Lyons, who composed the first major surviving "heresiology," or account of heretical theologies and groups, around 180 CE. The Case for Judas, Continued
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