All Irenaeus of Lyons Quotes
- For I have shown from the Scriptures, that no one of the sons of Adam is as to everything, and absolutely, called God, or named… Absolutely
- Prior to Valentinus, those who follow Valentinus had no existence. Nor did those from Marcion exist before Marcion. Nor, in short, did any of those… Any
- Others of them employ outward marks ... They style themselves Gnostics. They also possess images, some of them painted and others formed from different kinds… Along
- He who retains unchangeable in his heart the rule of the truth which he received by means of baptism will doubtless recognise the names, the… Acknowledge
- 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 instigated… All
- [Peter] testified to [the Jews in Acts 2] that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the Judge of the living and dead, into whom… Acts
- [Naaman] dipped himself," it says, "seven times in Jordan." It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering from leprosy, was purified upon… Babe
- He [Jesus] came to save all through himself; all, I say, who through him are reborn in God: infants, and children, and youths, and old… Age
- It is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a rich… All
- He [Jesus] fought and conquered. On the one hand, he was man who struggled for his fathers and through his obedience cancelled their disobedience. On… Abolishing
- The glory of God is a human being fully alive; and to be alive consists in beholding God. Alive
- The business of the Christian is nothing else but to be ever preparing for death. Business
- But we do now receive a certain portion of His Spirit, tending towards perfection, and preparing us for incorruption, being little by little accustomed to… Accustomed
- A man that is an heretic, after the first and second admonition, reject; knowing that he that is such is subverted, and sinneth, being condemned… Admonition
- For where the church is, there is the Spirit of God, and where the Spirit of God, there is the church and all grace. All
- He who was the Son of God became the Son of man, that man ... might become the son of God. Became
- The initial step for us all to come to knowledge of God is contemplation of nature. All
- Since it is impossible, without God, to come to knowledge of God, he teaches men through his Word to know God. God
- Through a tree we were made debtors to God; so through a tree we have our debt canceled. Canceled
- Jesus Christ, in His infinite love, has become what we are, in order that He may make us entirely what He is. Christ
- The church has been planted as a paradise in this world. Been
- But following the only true and stedfast Teacher, the Word of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, who did, through His transcendent love, become what we… Bring
- Because of his boundless love, Jesus became what we are that he might make us to be what he is. Became
- As long as any one has the means of doing good to his neighbours, and does not do so, he shall be reckoned a stranger… Any
- Suppose there arise a dispute relative to some important question among us, should we not have recourse to the most ancient Churches with which the… Among