Why Read St. Irenaeus?
St. Irenaeus' war on heresy inspired this popular Marian devotion
St. Irenaeus of Lyon, a prominent theologian and bishop of the early Christian church, remains a significant figure in the history of ...
St. Ireneus, Bishop and Martyr - Catholic Harbor of Faith and Morals
Irenaeus was also a profound theologian. He has been called the father of the Catholic theology and the golden link binding the spirit of the Gospel to the ...
St. Irenaeus, the Beatific Vision, and the Instrumentalization of ...
Irenaeus consistently resisted the anti-body emphasis that emerged in later Christian theology ... Reading Wright and Middleton, Allen suggests, ...
Memorial of St. Irenaeus, Bishop, Martyr, and Doctor of the Church
St. Irenaeus of Lyons wrote extensively. You can read some of his writings at Catholic Culture's Church Fathers' Library and Early Christian ...
Irenaeus and the Pastoral Epistles Reconsidered - Clemson OPEN
Potter, “St Irenaeus and 'Recapitulation,'” Dominican Studies 4 (1951): 192 ... By recognizing this, we learn to read Irenaeus' book. 92) Genette ...
A Witness to Oral Tradition in the Early Church: St. Irenaeus
St. Irenaeus, a bishop from the second century who had a close association with the apostles, writes explicitly about the need to rely on ...
St. Irenaeus - Defender of the Faith | Soul Scroll - Leaflet Missal
June 28 is the feast of St. Irenaeus. Irenaeus is known as one of the greatest apologists and teachers in the history of the Catholic Church ...
Irenaeus - The Liturgy Archive
READING 2 Tim 2:22b-26. Beloved: Pursue righteousness, faith, love, and ... From the treatise Against Heresies by Saint Irenaeus, bishop (Lib. 4, 20, 5 ...
One of the questions that arose in Cyprus was the place the Cross holds in the theology of St Irenaeus ... Have you read Leo Davis' “The First ...
Was Irenaeus wrong? - Restless Pilgrim
Also , the writings of Iranaeus or any “Church Father” is not “Word of God”. I don't know why the Roman Catholic Church treats these writings as ...
The Glory of God - Dominicana Journal
Because of that, its meaning was not immediately apparent to me. After some reflection, I believed St. Irenaeus was emphasizing the power of a ...
Five Books of St. Irenaeus against Heresies | Logos Bible Software
Open a window onto the Gnostic controversy facing the church in the second century with one of the only surviving sources on the subject.
St. Irenaeus of Lyon: Who was he, and why should we care?
Irenaeus spent a number of years combating Gnostic errors before Bishop Polycarp sent him to aid St. Pothinus, bishop of Lyon in Gaul, where the ...
St. Irenaeus of Lyons—our newest, and oldest, doctor of the Church
St. Irenaeus of Lyons—our newest, and oldest, doctor of the Church ... On Jan. 21, Pope Francis did something that no other pope had ever done: He ...
The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive - Did St Irenaeus Really Say This?
God receives external glory when humans are truly alive, presumably alive in God. However, I recently read this article by Father Patrick Henry Reardon (an ...
St Irenaeus Blog 2 On Heresies
In his preface St Irenaeus warns us the error of heresy often “is attractively decked out in an attractive dress, so it appears to the ...
Defender of Truth: Meet Irenaeus | Core Christianity
What was Irenaeus to do in the face of such strong and influential opponents to the apostolic faith? He decided to write a five-part series of ...
Man and the Incarnation: A Study in the Biblical Theology of Irenaeus
Wingren claims that "in a theologian like Irenaeus there are parts of the Biblical message which are interpreted in greater clarity and power than in any ...
Irenaeus was born in the 2nd century A.D. During a time when others converted as adults, Irenaeus was raised as a Christian.
Bloody Martyrdoms in Lyons - Feast Day of St. Irenaeus
You can read the full story in Eusebius' History of the Church. We are grateful to Eusebius for preserving this story of Christian martyrdom and heroism. Here ...