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title: "1 God Known Quotes By Irenaeus of Lyons"
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> [No man can know God unless God has taught him; that is to say, that without God, God cannot be known.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/no-man-can-know-god-unless-god-has-taught-him-that-is-to-say-that/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

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## More by Irenaeus of Lyons

> [Others of them employ outward marks ... They style themselves Gnostics. They also possess images, some of them painted and others formed from different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/others-of-them-employ-outward-marks-they-style-themselves-gnostics/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

> [As long as any one has the means of doing good to his neighbours, and does not do so, he shall be reckoned a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/as-long-as-any-one-has-the-means-of-doing-good-to-his-neighbours-and/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

> [ \[Peter\] testified to \[the Jews in Acts 2\] that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the Judge of the living and dead, into… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/peter-testified-to-the-jews-in-acts-2-that-jesus-christ-was-the-son/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

> [ And when we come to refute them, we shall show in its fitting place that this class of men \[i.e., the gnostics\] has been… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/and-when-we-come-to-refute-them-we-shall-show-in-its-fitting-place/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

> [ \[Naaman\] dipped himself," it says, "seven times in Jordan." It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/naaman-dipped-himself-it-says-seven-times-in-jordan-it-was-not-for/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

> [But following the only true and stedfast Teacher, the Word of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, who did, through His transcendent love, become what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/but-following-the-only-true-and-stedfast-teacher-the-word-of-god-our/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

> [God became man, that we might be gods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/god-became-man-that-we-might-be-gods/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

> [A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject; knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/a-man-that-is-an-heretic-after-the-first-and-second-admonition-reject/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

> [The church has been planted as a paradise in this world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/the-church-has-been-planted-as-a-paradise-in-this-world/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

> [Since it is impossible, without God, to come to knowledge of God, he teaches men through his Word to know God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/since-it-is-impossible-without-god-to-come-to-knowledge-of-god-he/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

> [ He \[Jesus\] fought and conquered. On the one hand, he was man who struggled for his fathers and through his obedience cancelled their disobedience.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/he-jesus-fought-and-conquered-on-the-one-hand-he-was-man-who/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

> [It is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/it-is-not-necessary-to-seek-the-truth-among-others-which-it-is-easy/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

> [Suppose there arise a dispute relative to some important question among us, should we not have recourse to the most ancient Churches with which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/suppose-there-arise-a-dispute-relative-to-some-important-question/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

> [Error never shows itself in its naked reality, in order not to be discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the unwary…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/error-never-shows-itself-in-its-naked-reality-in-order-not-to-be/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

> [He who was the Son of God became the Son of man, that man ... might become the son of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/irenaeus-of-lyons/he-who-was-the-son-of-god-became-the-son-of-man-that-man-might-become/)

[Irenaeus of Lyons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/irenaeus-of-lyons/)

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