"But we do now receive a certain portion……" — Irenaeus of Lyons
"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 receive and bear God"
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Irenaeus of Lyons
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30 Quotes by Irenaeus of Lyons
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For I have shown from the Scriptures, that no one of the sons of Adam is as to everything, and…
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Prior to Valentinus, those who follow Valentinus had no existence. Nor did those from Marcion exist before Marcion. Nor, in…
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Others of them employ outward marks ... They style themselves Gnostics. They also possess images, some of them painted and…
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He who retains unchangeable in his heart the rule of the truth which he received by means of baptism will…
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And when we come to refute them, we shall show in its fitting place that this class of men [i.e.,…
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[Peter] testified to [the Jews in Acts 2] that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, the Judge of the…
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[Naaman] dipped himself," it says, "seven times in Jordan." It was not for nothing that Naaman of old, when suffering…
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He [Jesus] came to save all through himself; all, I say, who through him are reborn in God: infants, and…
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It is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since…
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He [Jesus] fought and conquered. On the one hand, he was man who struggled for his fathers and through his…
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The glory of God is a human being fully alive; and to be alive consists in beholding God.
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The business of the Christian is nothing else but to be ever preparing for death.
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