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| + | Irenaeus ([[130]] - [[202]] AD) was an important early Christian who wrote against [[Gnosticism]]. He was originally from Asia Minor and later became Bishop of Lyon (South Gaul). | ||
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| + | He was a strong opponent of Gnosticism, writing | ||
| + | * Refutation and Overthrow of the Knowledge Falsely So-Called (Other names: "Against Heresies" and "Five Books Against Heresies") | ||
| + | * Demonstration of Apostolic Faith | ||
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| + | Traditionally, he is believed to have died a martyr's death. | ||
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| + | ==Quotes== | ||
| + | ''Irenaeus Against Heresies,'' book 2: ch 34: para 1. Page 411 in ANF1, that is, [https://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01 Roberts A, Donaldson J and Coxe AC (1885) ''Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol 1'', at Christian Classics Ethereal Library.] [Re: Resurrection, not reincarnation, transmigration of souls or metempsychosis. C 185 AD.] | ||
| + | : The Lord has taught with very great fulness, that souls not only continue to exist, not by passing from body to body, but that they preserve the same form [in their separate state] as the body had to which they were adapted, and that they remember the deeds which they did in this state of existence, and from which they have now ceased, - in that narrative which is recorded respecting the rich man and that Lazarus who found repose in the bosom of Abraham [Luke 16:19ff]. | ||
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Irenaeus (130 - 202 AD) was an important early Christian who wrote against Gnosticism. He was originally from Asia Minor and later became Bishop of Lyon (South Gaul).
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He was a strong opponent of Gnosticism, writing
- Refutation and Overthrow of the Knowledge Falsely So-Called (Other names: "Against Heresies" and "Five Books Against Heresies")
- Demonstration of Apostolic Faith
Traditionally, he is believed to have died a martyr's death.
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Quotes
Irenaeus Against Heresies, book 2: ch 34: para 1. Page 411 in ANF1, that is, Roberts A, Donaldson J and Coxe AC (1885) Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol 1, at Christian Classics Ethereal Library. [Re: Resurrection, not reincarnation, transmigration of souls or metempsychosis. C 185 AD.]
- The Lord has taught with very great fulness, that souls not only continue to exist, not by passing from body to body, but that they preserve the same form [in their separate state] as the body had to which they were adapted, and that they remember the deeds which they did in this state of existence, and from which they have now ceased, - in that narrative which is recorded respecting the rich man and that Lazarus who found repose in the bosom of Abraham [Luke 16:19ff].
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