55. St. Irenaeus of Lyons: Against the Heresies Book 1(Ancient Christian Writers)
from Newman Press
This work, which establishes Irenaeus as the most important of the theologians of the second century, is a detailed and effective refutation of Gnosticism, and a major source of information on the various Gnostic sects and doctrines.
On the Apostolic Preaching
by Saint, Bishop of Lyon Irenaeus
from St. Vladimir's Seminary Press
THE ANTE-NICENE FATHERS: The Writings of the Fathers Down to A.D. 325 Volume I - The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus
from Cosimo Classics
"One of the first great events in Christian history was the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, convened to organize Christian sects and beliefs into a unified doctrine. The great Christian clergymen who wrote before this famous event are referred to as the Ante-Nicenes and the Apostolic Fathers, and their writings are collected here in a ten-volume set. The Ante-Nicenes lived so close to the time of Christ that their interpretations of the New Testament are considered more authentic than modern voices. But they are also real and flawed men, who are more like their fellow Christians than they are like the Apostles, making their words echo in the ears of spiritual seekers. In Volume I of the 10-volume collected works of the Ante-Nicenes first published between 1885 and 1896, readers will find the writings of: Rome, the fourth pope, who was supposedly martyred by being tied to an anchor and tossed overboard n anonymous writer considered the first Christian apologist Christian bishop who was stabbed to death after he failed to burn at the stake student of John the Apostle, who was Bishop of Antioch before he was killed n anonymous writer given the name of Saint Barnabas hor of Interpretations of the Sayings of the Lord, a textbook on quotes from Jesus yr, a Christian apologist and accomplished philosopher, and isciple of Polycarp, apologist, and bishop of Lugdunum."
Irenaeus Against Heresies
by Irenaeus
from Kessinger Publishing
They further maintain that the passion which took place in the case of the twelfth AEon is pointed at by the apostasy of Judas, who was the twelfth apostle, and also by the fact that Christ suffered in the twelfth month. For their opinion is, that He continued to preach for one year only after His baptism. The same thing is also most clearly indicated by the case of the woman who suffered from an issue of blood.
Irenaeus Against Heresies
by Irenaeus
from Kessinger Publishing
These arguments may, in like manner, be adapted to meet the case of all those who, in any way, maintain that the world was formed either by angels or by any other one than the true God. For the charges which they bring against the Demiurge, and those things which were made material and temporal, will in truth fall back on the Father; if indeed the(7) very things which were formed in the bosom of the Pleroma began by and by in fact to be dissolved, in accordance with the permission and good-will of the Father.
Irenaeus Against Heresies
by Irenaeus
from Kessinger Publishing
3. And teaching this very thing, He said to the Jews: "Your father Abraham rejoiced that he should see my day; and he saw it, and was glad"(5) What is intended? "Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness."(6) In the first place, [he believed] that He was the maker of heaven and earth, the only God; and in the next place, that He would make his seed as the stars of heaven. This is what is meant by Paul, [when he says,] "as lights in the world."(7) Righteously, therefore, having left his earthly kindred, he followed the Word of God, walking as a pilgrim with the Word, that he might [afterwards] have his abode with the Word.
Irenaeus Against Heresies
by Irenaeus
from Kessinger Publishing
2. If, again, they refer to any cause on account of which their Father does not impart life to bodies, then that cause must necessarily appear superior to the Father, since it restrains Him from the exercise of His benevolence; and His benevolence will thus be proved weak, on account of that cause which they bring forward. Now every one must perceive that bodies are capable of receiving life. For they live to the extent that God pleases that they should live.
Irenaeus Against Heresies
by Irenaeus
from Kessinger Publishing
It follows then, as of course, that these men must either receive the rest of his narrative, or else reject these parts also. For no persons of common sense can permit them to receive some things recounted by Luke as being true, and to set others aside, as if he had not known the truth. And if indeed Marcion's followers reject these, they will then possess no Gospel; for, curtailing that according to Luke, as I have said already, they boast in having the Gospel [in what remains].
Fragments From The Lost Writings Of Irenaeus
by Irenaeus
from Kessinger Publishing
The(7) will and the energy of God is the effective and foreseeing cause of every time and place and age, and of every nature. The will is the reason ( logos ) of the intellectual soul, which [reason] is within us, inasmuch as it is the faculty belonging to it which is endowed with freedom of action. The will is the mind desiring [some object], and an appetite possessed of intelligence, yearning after that thing which is desired.
The Writings of Irenaeus: Ante Nicene Christian Library Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to AD 325 Part Five (Ante Nicene Christian Library ... the Writings of the Fathers Down to Ad 325)
from Kessinger Publishing, LLC
1868. Part Five of Twenty-four. The translations of the writings of the early Church writers from the time of Christ till the Council of Nicea in 325 into English, known as the Ante-Nicene Library. The writings of Irenaeus Volume I, translated by Reverend Alexander Roberts and Reverend W.H. Rambaut. Contents of Volume Five includes Books I-IV. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.
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