Irenaeus of Lyons / Robert M. Grant.
During the second century the Christian world was shaken by the Gnostics. Irenaeus came from Asia Minor via Rome to become bishop of Lyons, clarify Christian doctrines and fight the Gnostics with a major, five-volume work. He was a living part of his contemporary culture and his approach filled earl...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1997.
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| Series: | Early church fathers.
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Table of Contents:
- The life of Irenaeus
- Gnostic origins
- Against the Valentinians
- Christian books and traditions
- Greek education against gnosticism
- Rhetoric in theology
- [Text of] Translation against heresies : on the detection and refutation of the knowledge falsely so called : Books I-V.