« All God Quotes · Irenaeus of Lyons's Page
God Quotes by Irenaeus of Lyons
- 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…
- 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…
- [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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The glory of God is a human being fully alive; and to be alive consists in beholding God.
- 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…
- For where the church is, there is the Spirit of God, and where the Spirit of God, there is the church and all grace.
- He who was the Son of God became the Son of man, that man ... might become the son of God.
- The initial step for us all to come to knowledge of God is contemplation of nature.
- Since it is impossible, without God, to come to knowledge of God, he teaches men through his Word to know God.
- Through a tree we were made debtors to God; so through a tree we have our debt canceled.
- 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…
- When we stand in the light it is not we who illumine the light and cause it to shine but we are illuminated and made…
- The glory of God is the human person fully alive.
More God Quotes
- Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
- We have domesticated God's transcendence. We often learn about God at about the same time as we are learning about Santa Claus;… — Karen Armstrong
- Yes, all fundamentalists feel that in a secular society, God has been relegated to the margin, to the periphery and they are… — Karen Armstrong
- I was a lousy nun. I couldn't do it. I couldn't find God. It wasn't suitable for me. It is suitable for… — Karen Armstrong
- Whatever man uses without the fear of God, whatever he applies to the mere gratifying of his flesh, cannot fail to operate… — Johann Arndt
- If I were to say, 'God, why me?' about the bad things, then I should have said, 'God, why me?' about the… — Arthur Ashe
- To surrender to ignorance and call it God has always been premature, and it remains premature today. — Isaac Asimov
- If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men… — Francis of Assisi
- I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. — Francis of Assisi
- It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. — Francis of Assisi