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72. St. Irenaeus of Lyons: Against the Heresies Books 4 and 5
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72. St. Irenaeus of Lyons: Against the Heresies Books 4 and 5 — Irenaeus of Lyons.
Author: Irenaeus of Lyons
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1Contents
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min2Abbreviations
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min3Introduction
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 24 min4Preface
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min5Chapter 1. Proof That Our Lord Knew Only One God and Father
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min6Chapter 2. What Is Meant By: “I Praise You, Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth”?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min7Chapter 3. The True God Cannot Change or Cease.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min8Chapter 4 The Destruction of Jerusalem, Ordered byGod, Did Not Diminish Him.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min9Chapter 5. The Law and the Prophets Proclaimed Only One God; Him, Too, Christ Acknowledged as His Father.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min10Chapter 6. What Is the Meaning of “No One Knows the Father Except the Son,” and on What Occasions Did the Son Reveal the
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min11Chapter 7. How Abraham Was Taught by the Word
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min12Chapter 8. How Christ Fulfilled the Promise God Made to Abraham
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min13Chapter 9. Both Covenants Have Only One Author and One Purpose.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min14Chapter 10. The Same God Inspired the Old and the New Testaments. The Old Foretold the Son’s Comingand His Passion.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min15Chapter 11. In the Old Testament There Was Development in Revelation through the Word.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min16Chapter 12. The Agreement of the Laws in the Old and the New Covenants Proves the Identity of God in Both.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min17Chapter 13. Christ Removed the Bondage of the Old Law, without Abrogating Its Natural Precepts, to Free Men for Serving
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min18Chapter 14. God, Who Has No Need of Man, Graciously Bestows His Favors on Him.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min19Chapter 15. The Purpose of the Natural and of the Mosaic Laws
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min20Chapter 16. Justification Was Never Effected by Circumcision. Christ Did Not Abrogate the Decalogue.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min21Chapter 17. God Did Not Ordain the Levitical Ministry for His Own Benefit.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min22Chapter 18. Only the Pure Sacrifice of the Church Pleases God.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 13 min23Chapter 19. Earthly Things Are Types of Heavenly, But the Heavenly Are Not Types of the Earthly, MuchLess Is God the Typ
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min24Chapter 20. God Formed the World through His Wordand Spirit. To Us in This World He Is Invisible, but Not Unknown.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 33 min25Chapter 21. The Patriarchs, Especially Abraham, Prefigured Our Faith by Their Words and Actions.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min26Chapter 22. Christ Is the Savior of All.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min27Chapter 23. The Prophets Made the Work of the Apostles Lighter.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min28Chapter 24. Catechizing the Gentiles Was Harder than Catechizing the Jews.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min29Chapter 25. Both Covenants, Which Were Prefigured by Abraham and Tamar, Have One and the Same God.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min30Chapter 26. Christ Is the Treasure Hidden in the Scriptures. The Church Is the Interpreter of the Scriptures.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min31Chapter 27. Every Sin Will Be Punished According to the Degree of Guilt.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 17 min32Chapter 28. Men Who Look Only to Christ’s Mercy and Forget about His Justice Are Foolish.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min33Chapter 29. God Is Not the Author of Sin.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min34Chapter 30. God Did Not Direct the Jews to Despoil the Egyptians.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min35Chapter 31. One Should Not Condemn as Crimes What Scripture Did Not Condemn.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min36Chapter 32. One God Was the Author of Both Covenants.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min37Chapter 33. The True Disciple of the Apostles
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 29 min38Chapter 34. Against the Marcionites: The Prophets Speak of the One Christ.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min39Chapter 35. The Confusion of the Heretics as to Which God Inspired the Prophets
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min40Chapter 36. The Patriarchs and the Prophets and Christ Are from One and the Same God the Father.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 28 min41Chapter 37. Because of Free Will, Men Are Not by Nature Good or Bad.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min42Chapter 38. Why Man Was Not Made Perfect from the Beginning
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min43Chapter 39. Man Is Endowed with Free Will to Observe God’s Commandments and Prepare for His Own Reward.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min44Chapter 40. The One and Same God Rewards and Punishes.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min45Chapter 41. Unbelieving and Disobedient People Are the Devil’s Angels and Sons.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min46Preface
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min47Chapter 1. Christ Is Truly Our Savior.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min48Chapter 2. On Becoming Man Christ Came in the Flesh That Belonged to Him. He Gave Man Salvation through Redemption and t
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min49Chapter 3. God’s Power Will Shine Forth in the Resurrection of Our Dust to Glory.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min50Chapter 4. There Is No Other God Besides the Creator Who Also Gives Salvation.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min51Chapter 5. The Old Testament Offers Clear Examples That God Can Raise Up Our Bodies to Eternal Life.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min52Chapter 6. God Will Glorify the Entire Man, Because the Word Assumed Our Entire Nature.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min53Chapter 7. Since Christ Rose in a Body Like Ours, We Too Shall Rise in Our Bodies.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min54Chapter 8. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit Make Us Spiritual and Prepare Us for Imperishability.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min55Chapter 9. “Flesh and Blood Cannot Inherit the Kingdom of God” (1 Cor 15:50).
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min56Chapter 10. The Wild and the Domestic Olive Tree
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min57Chapter 11. Carnal and Spiritual People
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min58Chapter 12. On Giving Life to the Flesh Again
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min59Chapter 13. The Dead Whom Christ Raised Demonstrate the Possibility of the Resurrection.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min60Chapter 14. If Flesh Were Not Capable of Salvation, the Word Would Never Have Assumed It.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min61Chapter 15. Proofs from Isaiah and Ezekiel for the Resurrection
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min62Chapter 16. The Word Incarnate Is the Pattern for the First Man.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min63Chapter 17. By Forgiving Sins Committed against God, Christ Proved Himself to Be God’s Son.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min64Chapter 18. Through His Own Power, Namely, through His Son and Spirit, God Created All Things.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min65Chapter 19. Eve’s Disobedience Is Remedied by Mary’s Obedience.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min66Chapter 20. Only the Shepherds to Whom the Apostles Committed the Church Have the True Doctrine.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min67Chapter 21. Christ Is the Head of All Things: It Was Fitting That He Should Assume Human Nature and Be Tempted by Satan,
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min68Chapter 22. The Law Reveals the True Lord and God.The Gospel, Too, Manifests Him.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min69Chapter 23. The Devil Is a Liar. God Is the Truth.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min70Chapter 24. The Devil Is a Perpetual Liar; He Apostatized from God.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min71Chapter 25. Paul and Daniel Describe the Fraud, the Pride, the Tyrannical Kingdom of the Antichrist.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min72Chapter 26. John and Daniel Predicted the Fall of the Roman Empire.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min73Chapter 27. In the Future Judgment by Christ, Some People Will Be Separated from God, Others Will Be United with Him.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min74Chapter 28. Separation of the Good and the Evil; the Rebellion of the Antichrist at the End of the World
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min75Chapter 29. All Things Are for the Just, but All Evil Is Summed Up in the Antichrist.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min76Chapter 30. The Antichrist’s Number Is Certain, Though Its Meaning Is Uncertain.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min77Chapter 31. The Imperishability of the Body Is Confirmed by Christ. There Will Be an Intermediate Kingdom.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min78Chapter 32. The Saints Will Be Rewarded in the Very Bodies in Which They Suffered. All Creation Is Awaiting This, Which
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min79Chapter 33. The Promises to the Patriarchs Will Be Fulfilled in the New Earth.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min80Chapter 34. The Millennium Is Proved from the Prophets and the Parables.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min81Chapter 35. The Testimonies Are Not to Be Understood Spiritually of the Heavenly Blessings, but of the Kingdom of the Mi
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min82Chapter 36. The Earth Will Be the Dwelling of the Righteous. .
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min83Notes
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 152 min8411. Phil 2:8.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 133 min852. Luke 7:12.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 108 min86Bibliography
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min87Scripture Index
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 32 min88Subject Index
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min2Abbreviations
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min3Introduction
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 24 min4Preface
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min5Chapter 1. Proof That Our Lord Knew Only One God and Father
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min6Chapter 2. What Is Meant By: “I Praise You, Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth”?
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min7Chapter 3. The True God Cannot Change or Cease.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min8Chapter 4 The Destruction of Jerusalem, Ordered byGod, Did Not Diminish Him.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min9Chapter 5. The Law and the Prophets Proclaimed Only One God; Him, Too, Christ Acknowledged as His Father.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min10Chapter 6. What Is the Meaning of “No One Knows the Father Except the Son,” and on What Occasions Did the Son Reveal the
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min11Chapter 7. How Abraham Was Taught by the Word
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min12Chapter 8. How Christ Fulfilled the Promise God Made to Abraham
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min13Chapter 9. Both Covenants Have Only One Author and One Purpose.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min14Chapter 10. The Same God Inspired the Old and the New Testaments. The Old Foretold the Son’s Comingand His Passion.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min15Chapter 11. In the Old Testament There Was Development in Revelation through the Word.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min16Chapter 12. The Agreement of the Laws in the Old and the New Covenants Proves the Identity of God in Both.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min17Chapter 13. Christ Removed the Bondage of the Old Law, without Abrogating Its Natural Precepts, to Free Men for Serving
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min18Chapter 14. God, Who Has No Need of Man, Graciously Bestows His Favors on Him.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min19Chapter 15. The Purpose of the Natural and of the Mosaic Laws
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min20Chapter 16. Justification Was Never Effected by Circumcision. Christ Did Not Abrogate the Decalogue.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min21Chapter 17. God Did Not Ordain the Levitical Ministry for His Own Benefit.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min22Chapter 18. Only the Pure Sacrifice of the Church Pleases God.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 13 min23Chapter 19. Earthly Things Are Types of Heavenly, But the Heavenly Are Not Types of the Earthly, MuchLess Is God the Typ
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min24Chapter 20. God Formed the World through His Wordand Spirit. To Us in This World He Is Invisible, but Not Unknown.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 33 min25Chapter 21. The Patriarchs, Especially Abraham, Prefigured Our Faith by Their Words and Actions.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min26Chapter 22. Christ Is the Savior of All.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min27Chapter 23. The Prophets Made the Work of the Apostles Lighter.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min28Chapter 24. Catechizing the Gentiles Was Harder than Catechizing the Jews.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min29Chapter 25. Both Covenants, Which Were Prefigured by Abraham and Tamar, Have One and the Same God.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min30Chapter 26. Christ Is the Treasure Hidden in the Scriptures. The Church Is the Interpreter of the Scriptures.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min31Chapter 27. Every Sin Will Be Punished According to the Degree of Guilt.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 17 min32Chapter 28. Men Who Look Only to Christ’s Mercy and Forget about His Justice Are Foolish.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min33Chapter 29. God Is Not the Author of Sin.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min34Chapter 30. God Did Not Direct the Jews to Despoil the Egyptians.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min35Chapter 31. One Should Not Condemn as Crimes What Scripture Did Not Condemn.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min36Chapter 32. One God Was the Author of Both Covenants.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min37Chapter 33. The True Disciple of the Apostles
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 29 min38Chapter 34. Against the Marcionites: The Prophets Speak of the One Christ.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min39Chapter 35. The Confusion of the Heretics as to Which God Inspired the Prophets
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min40Chapter 36. The Patriarchs and the Prophets and Christ Are from One and the Same God the Father.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 28 min41Chapter 37. Because of Free Will, Men Are Not by Nature Good or Bad.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min42Chapter 38. Why Man Was Not Made Perfect from the Beginning
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min43Chapter 39. Man Is Endowed with Free Will to Observe God’s Commandments and Prepare for His Own Reward.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min44Chapter 40. The One and Same God Rewards and Punishes.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min45Chapter 41. Unbelieving and Disobedient People Are the Devil’s Angels and Sons.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min46Preface
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min47Chapter 1. Christ Is Truly Our Savior.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min48Chapter 2. On Becoming Man Christ Came in the Flesh That Belonged to Him. He Gave Man Salvation through Redemption and t
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min49Chapter 3. God’s Power Will Shine Forth in the Resurrection of Our Dust to Glory.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min50Chapter 4. There Is No Other God Besides the Creator Who Also Gives Salvation.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 3 min51Chapter 5. The Old Testament Offers Clear Examples That God Can Raise Up Our Bodies to Eternal Life.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min52Chapter 6. God Will Glorify the Entire Man, Because the Word Assumed Our Entire Nature.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min53Chapter 7. Since Christ Rose in a Body Like Ours, We Too Shall Rise in Our Bodies.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min54Chapter 8. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit Make Us Spiritual and Prepare Us for Imperishability.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min55Chapter 9. “Flesh and Blood Cannot Inherit the Kingdom of God” (1 Cor 15:50).
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 9 min56Chapter 10. The Wild and the Domestic Olive Tree
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min57Chapter 11. Carnal and Spiritual People
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min58Chapter 12. On Giving Life to the Flesh Again
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min59Chapter 13. The Dead Whom Christ Raised Demonstrate the Possibility of the Resurrection.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 12 min60Chapter 14. If Flesh Were Not Capable of Salvation, the Word Would Never Have Assumed It.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min61Chapter 15. Proofs from Isaiah and Ezekiel for the Resurrection
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min62Chapter 16. The Word Incarnate Is the Pattern for the First Man.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min63Chapter 17. By Forgiving Sins Committed against God, Christ Proved Himself to Be God’s Son.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min64Chapter 18. Through His Own Power, Namely, through His Son and Spirit, God Created All Things.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min65Chapter 19. Eve’s Disobedience Is Remedied by Mary’s Obedience.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min66Chapter 20. Only the Shepherds to Whom the Apostles Committed the Church Have the True Doctrine.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min67Chapter 21. Christ Is the Head of All Things: It Was Fitting That He Should Assume Human Nature and Be Tempted by Satan,
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min68Chapter 22. The Law Reveals the True Lord and God.The Gospel, Too, Manifests Him.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min69Chapter 23. The Devil Is a Liar. God Is the Truth.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min70Chapter 24. The Devil Is a Perpetual Liar; He Apostatized from God.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 7 min71Chapter 25. Paul and Daniel Describe the Fraud, the Pride, the Tyrannical Kingdom of the Antichrist.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min72Chapter 26. John and Daniel Predicted the Fall of the Roman Empire.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min73Chapter 27. In the Future Judgment by Christ, Some People Will Be Separated from God, Others Will Be United with Him.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min74Chapter 28. Separation of the Good and the Evil; the Rebellion of the Antichrist at the End of the World
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min75Chapter 29. All Things Are for the Just, but All Evil Is Summed Up in the Antichrist.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 4 min76Chapter 30. The Antichrist’s Number Is Certain, Though Its Meaning Is Uncertain.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min77Chapter 31. The Imperishability of the Body Is Confirmed by Christ. There Will Be an Intermediate Kingdom.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 5 min78Chapter 32. The Saints Will Be Rewarded in the Very Bodies in Which They Suffered. All Creation Is Awaiting This, Which
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 6 min79Chapter 33. The Promises to the Patriarchs Will Be Fulfilled in the New Earth.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min80Chapter 34. The Millennium Is Proved from the Prophets and the Parables.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min81Chapter 35. The Testimonies Are Not to Be Understood Spiritually of the Heavenly Blessings, but of the Kingdom of the Mi
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 11 min82Chapter 36. The Earth Will Be the Dwelling of the Righteous. .
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 8 min83Notes
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 152 min8411. Phil 2:8.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 133 min852. Luke 7:12.
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 108 min86Bibliography
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 15 min87Scripture Index
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 32 min88Subject Index
pp. 1–1 · ≈ 10 min
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