Author:Irenaeus

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Irenaeus
(130–202)

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(Greek: Εἰρηναῖος) bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul; his writings were formative in the early development of Christian theology, and he is recognized as a saint by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Catholic Church; both consider him a Father of the Church; early Christian apologist

Works

Against Heresies (Adversus haereses), also called "On the Detection and Overthrow of the So-Called Gnosis"
- Book I
- Book II
- Book III
- Book IV
- Book V
Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus
Irenæus on the Rule of Faith from Tracts for the Times, 1834

Works about Irenaeus

Introductory Note to Irenaeus Against Heresies by Author:Arthur Cleveland Coxe, from Ante-Nicene Fathers
"Irenaeus, bp. of Lyons," in Dictionary of Christian Biography and Literature to the End of the Sixth Century, (ed.) by Henry Wace and William C. Piercy, London: John Murray (1911)
"St. Irenaeus," in Catholic Encyclopedia, (ed.) by Charles G. Herbermann and others, New York: The Encyclopaedia Press (1913)

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