"Error never shows itself in its naked reality,……" — 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 may be led to believe that it is more truthful than truth itself."
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Irenaeus of Lyons
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30 Quotes by Irenaeus of Lyons
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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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