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72. St. Irenaeus of Lyons: Against the Heresies Books 4 and 5

Irenaeus of Lyons

Early Church
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Chapters 88
  1. Contents ≈ 9 min
  2. Abbreviations ≈ 4 min
  3. Introduction ≈ 24 min
  4. Preface ≈ 6 min
  5. Chapter 1. Proof That Our Lord Knew Only One God and Father ≈ 3 min
  6. Chapter 2. What Is Meant By: “I Praise You, Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth”? ≈ 10 min
  7. Chapter 3. The True God Cannot Change or Cease. ≈ 3 min
  8. Chapter 4 The Destruction of Jerusalem, Ordered byGod, Did Not Diminish Him. ≈ 6 min
  9. Chapter 5. The Law and the Prophets Proclaimed Only One God; Him, Too, Christ Acknowledged as His Father. ≈ 8 min
  10. Chapter 6. What Is the Meaning of “No One Knows the Father Except the Son,” and on What Occasions Did the Son Reveal the ≈ 12 min
  11. Chapter 7. How Abraham Was Taught by the Word ≈ 6 min
  12. Chapter 8. How Christ Fulfilled the Promise God Made to Abraham ≈ 8 min
  13. Chapter 9. Both Covenants Have Only One Author and One Purpose. ≈ 10 min
  14. Chapter 10. The Same God Inspired the Old and the New Testaments. The Old Foretold the Son’s Comingand His Passion. ≈ 5 min
  15. Chapter 11. In the Old Testament There Was Development in Revelation through the Word. ≈ 8 min
  16. Chapter 12. The Agreement of the Laws in the Old and the New Covenants Proves the Identity of God in Both. ≈ 10 min
  17. Chapter 13. Christ Removed the Bondage of the Old Law, without Abrogating Its Natural Precepts, to Free Men for Serving ≈ 10 min
  18. Chapter 14. God, Who Has No Need of Man, Graciously Bestows His Favors on Him. ≈ 8 min
  19. Chapter 15. The Purpose of the Natural and of the Mosaic Laws ≈ 7 min
  20. Chapter 16. Justification Was Never Effected by Circumcision. Christ Did Not Abrogate the Decalogue. ≈ 10 min
  21. Chapter 17. God Did Not Ordain the Levitical Ministry for His Own Benefit. ≈ 15 min
  22. Chapter 18. Only the Pure Sacrifice of the Church Pleases God. ≈ 13 min
  23. Chapter 19. Earthly Things Are Types of Heavenly, But the Heavenly Are Not Types of the Earthly, MuchLess Is God the Typ ≈ 6 min
  24. Chapter 20. God Formed the World through His Wordand Spirit. To Us in This World He Is Invisible, but Not Unknown. ≈ 33 min
  25. Chapter 21. The Patriarchs, Especially Abraham, Prefigured Our Faith by Their Words and Actions. ≈ 7 min
  26. Chapter 22. Christ Is the Savior of All. ≈ 4 min
  27. Chapter 23. The Prophets Made the Work of the Apostles Lighter. ≈ 6 min
  28. Chapter 24. Catechizing the Gentiles Was Harder than Catechizing the Jews. ≈ 4 min
  29. Chapter 25. Both Covenants, Which Were Prefigured by Abraham and Tamar, Have One and the Same God. ≈ 5 min
  30. Chapter 26. Christ Is the Treasure Hidden in the Scriptures. The Church Is the Interpreter of the Scriptures. ≈ 10 min
  31. Chapter 27. Every Sin Will Be Punished According to the Degree of Guilt. ≈ 17 min
  32. Chapter 28. Men Who Look Only to Christ’s Mercy and Forget about His Justice Are Foolish. ≈ 8 min
  33. Chapter 29. God Is Not the Author of Sin. ≈ 4 min
  34. Chapter 30. God Did Not Direct the Jews to Despoil the Egyptians. ≈ 11 min
  35. Chapter 31. One Should Not Condemn as Crimes What Scripture Did Not Condemn. ≈ 6 min
  36. Chapter 32. One God Was the Author of Both Covenants. ≈ 4 min
  37. Chapter 33. The True Disciple of the Apostles ≈ 29 min
  38. Chapter 34. Against the Marcionites: The Prophets Speak of the One Christ. ≈ 10 min
  39. Chapter 35. The Confusion of the Heretics as to Which God Inspired the Prophets ≈ 10 min
  40. Chapter 36. The Patriarchs and the Prophets and Christ Are from One and the Same God the Father. ≈ 28 min
  41. Chapter 37. Because of Free Will, Men Are Not by Nature Good or Bad. ≈ 15 min
  42. Chapter 38. Why Man Was Not Made Perfect from the Beginning ≈ 9 min
  43. Chapter 39. Man Is Endowed with Free Will to Observe God’s Commandments and Prepare for His Own Reward. ≈ 9 min
  44. Chapter 40. The One and Same God Rewards and Punishes. ≈ 5 min
  45. Chapter 41. Unbelieving and Disobedient People Are the Devil’s Angels and Sons. ≈ 9 min
  46. Preface ≈ 3 min
  47. Chapter 1. Christ Is Truly Our Savior. ≈ 8 min
  48. Chapter 2. On Becoming Man Christ Came in the Flesh That Belonged to Him. He Gave Man Salvation through Redemption and t ≈ 7 min
  49. Chapter 3. God’s Power Will Shine Forth in the Resurrection of Our Dust to Glory. ≈ 8 min
  50. Chapter 4. There Is No Other God Besides the Creator Who Also Gives Salvation. ≈ 3 min
  51. Chapter 5. The Old Testament Offers Clear Examples That God Can Raise Up Our Bodies to Eternal Life. ≈ 5 min
  52. Chapter 6. God Will Glorify the Entire Man, Because the Word Assumed Our Entire Nature. ≈ 7 min
  53. Chapter 7. Since Christ Rose in a Body Like Ours, We Too Shall Rise in Our Bodies. ≈ 5 min
  54. Chapter 8. The Gifts of the Holy Spirit Make Us Spiritual and Prepare Us for Imperishability. ≈ 7 min
  55. Chapter 9. “Flesh and Blood Cannot Inherit the Kingdom of God” (1 Cor 15:50). ≈ 9 min
  56. Chapter 10. The Wild and the Domestic Olive Tree ≈ 6 min
  57. Chapter 11. Carnal and Spiritual People ≈ 5 min
  58. Chapter 12. On Giving Life to the Flesh Again ≈ 11 min
  59. Chapter 13. The Dead Whom Christ Raised Demonstrate the Possibility of the Resurrection. ≈ 12 min
  60. Chapter 14. If Flesh Were Not Capable of Salvation, the Word Would Never Have Assumed It. ≈ 8 min
  61. Chapter 15. Proofs from Isaiah and Ezekiel for the Resurrection ≈ 11 min
  62. Chapter 16. The Word Incarnate Is the Pattern for the First Man. ≈ 4 min
  63. Chapter 17. By Forgiving Sins Committed against God, Christ Proved Himself to Be God’s Son. ≈ 8 min
  64. Chapter 18. Through His Own Power, Namely, through His Son and Spirit, God Created All Things. ≈ 8 min
  65. Chapter 19. Eve’s Disobedience Is Remedied by Mary’s Obedience. ≈ 4 min
  66. Chapter 20. Only the Shepherds to Whom the Apostles Committed the Church Have the True Doctrine. ≈ 5 min
  67. Chapter 21. Christ Is the Head of All Things: It Was Fitting That He Should Assume Human Nature and Be Tempted by Satan, ≈ 11 min
  68. Chapter 22. The Law Reveals the True Lord and God.The Gospel, Too, Manifests Him. ≈ 6 min
  69. Chapter 23. The Devil Is a Liar. God Is the Truth. ≈ 6 min
  70. Chapter 24. The Devil Is a Perpetual Liar; He Apostatized from God. ≈ 7 min
  71. Chapter 25. Paul and Daniel Describe the Fraud, the Pride, the Tyrannical Kingdom of the Antichrist. ≈ 11 min
  72. Chapter 26. John and Daniel Predicted the Fall of the Roman Empire. ≈ 8 min
  73. Chapter 27. In the Future Judgment by Christ, Some People Will Be Separated from God, Others Will Be United with Him. ≈ 6 min
  74. Chapter 28. Separation of the Good and the Evil; the Rebellion of the Antichrist at the End of the World ≈ 8 min
  75. Chapter 29. All Things Are for the Just, but All Evil Is Summed Up in the Antichrist. ≈ 4 min
  76. Chapter 30. The Antichrist’s Number Is Certain, Though Its Meaning Is Uncertain. ≈ 10 min
  77. Chapter 31. The Imperishability of the Body Is Confirmed by Christ. There Will Be an Intermediate Kingdom. ≈ 5 min
  78. Chapter 32. The Saints Will Be Rewarded in the Very Bodies in Which They Suffered. All Creation Is Awaiting This, Which ≈ 6 min
  79. Chapter 33. The Promises to the Patriarchs Will Be Fulfilled in the New Earth. ≈ 11 min
  80. Chapter 34. The Millennium Is Proved from the Prophets and the Parables. ≈ 10 min
  81. Chapter 35. The Testimonies Are Not to Be Understood Spiritually of the Heavenly Blessings, but of the Kingdom of the Mi ≈ 11 min
  82. Chapter 36. The Earth Will Be the Dwelling of the Righteous. . ≈ 8 min
  83. Notes ≈ 152 min
  84. 11. Phil 2:8. ≈ 133 min
  85. 2. Luke 7:12. ≈ 108 min
  86. Bibliography ≈ 15 min
  87. Scripture Index ≈ 32 min
  88. Subject Index ≈ 10 min
AuthorIrenaeus of Lyons
LanguageEnglish
EraEarly Church
CategoriesEarly Church
Length88 chapters · ≈ 19 h 26 min read
FormatsWeb Book · EPUB

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