We have learned from none others the plan of our salvation, than from those through whom the Gospel has come down to us, which they did at one time proclaim in public, and, at a later period, by the will… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share Image
Others of them employ outward marks ... They style themselves Gnostics. They also possess images, some of them painted and others formed from different… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share
As long as any one has the means of doing good to his neighbours, and does not do so, he shall be reckoned a… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share
[Peter] testified to [the Jews in Acts 2] that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the Judge of the living and dead, into… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share
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… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share
[Naaman] dipped himself," it says, "seven times in Jordan." It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share
But following the only true and stedfast Teacher, the Word of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, who did, through His transcendent love, become what… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share
A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject; knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share
Since it is impossible, without God, to come to knowledge of God, he teaches men through his Word to know God. — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share
He [Jesus] fought and conquered. On the one hand, he was man who struggled for his fathers and through his obedience cancelled their disobedience.… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share
It is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share
Suppose there arise a dispute relative to some important question among us, should we not have recourse to the most ancient Churches with which… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share
Error never shows itself in its naked reality, in order not to be discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the unwary… — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share
He who was the Son of God became the Son of man, that man ... might become the son of God. — Irenaeus of Lyons Copy Share
