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St. Irenaeus had heard St. Polycarp, who had heard the Apostle John. As bishop of Lyon he set out the secret teachings of the Gnostics and answered them from the Scriptures and the faith handed down in the churches.
Here you find Christ as the new Adam who sums up all things in Himself, the Theotokos as the new Eve, and the line the Church still quotes: the glory of God is a living man.
Contents
- 1Book I, chapters 1–630 min read
- 2Book I, chapters 7–1130 min read
- 3Book I, chapters 12–1635 min read
- 4Book I, chapters 17–2430 min read
- 5Book I, chapters 25–3135 min read
- 6Book I, chapter 325 min read
- 7Book II, chapters 1–730 min read
- 8Book II, chapters 8–1325 min read
- 9Book II, chapters 14–1730 min read
- 10Book II, chapters 18–2030 min read
- 11Book II, chapters 21–2530 min read
- 12Book II, chapters 26–3025 min read
- 13Book II, chapters 31–3430 min read
- 14Book II, chapters 35–3610 min read
- 15Book III, chapters 1–825 min read
- 16Book III, chapters 9–1235 min read
- 17Book III, chapter 1325 min read
- 18Book III, chapters 14–1730 min read
- 19Book III, chapters 18–2240 min read
- 20Book III, chapters 23–2625 min read
- 21Book IV, chapters 1–730 min read
- 22Book IV, chapters 8–1330 min read
- 23Book IV, chapters 14–1830 min read
- 24Book IV, chapters 19–2130 min read
- 25Book IV, chapters 22–2830 min read
- 26Book IV, chapters 29–3440 min read
- 27Book IV, chapters 35–3730 min read
- 28Book IV, chapters 38–4230 min read
- 29Book V, chapters 1–725 min read
- 30Book V, chapters 8–1325 min read
- 31Book V, chapters 14–1825 min read
- 32Book V, chapters 19–2530 min read
- 33Book V, chapters 26–3130 min read
- 34Book V, chapters 32–3730 min read
About this edition
From the Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 1 (1885), edited by Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson.
This translation is in the public domain. We took the text from the Christian Classics Ethereal Library and left out the editors’ footnotes.
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