An Account of the Life and Writings of S. Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons and Martyr: Intended to Illustrate the Doctrine, Discipline, Practices, and History of the Church, and the Tenets and Practices of the Gnostic Heretics During the Second CenturyBeaven, James
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An Account of the Life and Writings of S. Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons and Martyr: Intended to Illustrate the Doctrine, Discipline, Practices, and History of the Church, and the Tenets and Practices of the Gnostic Heretics During the Second Century
Beaven, James
Gnosticism; Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop of Lyon; Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
33 Euseb. _Hist. Eccl._ V. i. 14.
34 Ibid. V. v. 3, supra.
35 By Quesnel (see Tillemont, tom. iii. just at the end of his account
of Irenæus); and by Massuet, _Dissert. Præv._ II. § 12.
36 See note 7, p. 8.
37 See note 4, p. 10.
38 V. xxiii. 2.
39 Bingham, IX. ii. 1.
40 Euseb. V. 22. Τῶν κατ᾽ Ἀλεξάνδρειαν παροικῶν.
41 Athanas. _Apol._ 2. p. 788. Paris, 1527.
42 Bingham, IX. ii. 6.
43 _Hist._ I. 27. Εἰσὶν ὑπὸ τὴν αὐτοῦ πόλιν ὡς παροικίαι.
44 _Dissert._ II. § 13‐16.
45 Ruinart. _Act. Mart._ p. 110. cited by Massuet, _Diss._ II. § 15.
46 So called to distinguish them from the inhabitants of Galatia.
Theodoret. Dial. i. p. 33. ed. Sirmond:—Εἰρηναῖος τῆς Πολυκάρπου
διδασκαλίας ἀπήλαυσεν· ἐγεγόνει δὲ φωστὴρ Γαλατῶν τῶν ἐσπερίων.
47 Id. _Hær. Fab._ p. 189. Τοὺς μέντοι τῶν παλαιῶν αἱρέσεων μύθους ἐκ
τῶν παλαιῶν τῆς ἐκκλησίας διδασκάλων συνέλεξα, Ἰουστίνου τοῦ
φιλοσόφου καὶ μάρτυρος, καὶ Εἰρηναίου τοῦ τὰ Κέλτικα καὶ
γεωργήσαντος καὶ φωτίσαντος ἔθνη.
48 Anonymus auctor _martyrii S. Ferreoli presbyteri, et Ferruccionis
diaconi, ac sociorum ejus_, apud Surium, tom. viii. ad diem 16.
Junii. Eodem tempore quo summus Sacerdos et Martyr Ecclesiæ
Lugdunensis, S. Irenæus Episcopus Christi, lumen æternum et splendor
justitiæ, publice suam prædicationem in Galliis dederat, et assidue
verbum Domini nostri Jesu Christi gentibus declarârat, Sanctum
Ferreolum Presbyterum, et Ferruccionem Diaconum ad Vesunsensem
civitatem vere ut fundamentum fortissimum ad fundandam supra petram
Christi Ecclesiam misit: et sicut angularis lapis sponsi cœlestis,
et ut margaritæ resplendentes fulgebant, per quos nomen æternum et
splendor gloriæ gentibus, quæ in tenebris jacebant, coruscaret; ut
eorum prædicatione ad Baptismatis gratiam convolarent in quibus erat
mira virtus Christi. In verbo enim et sapientia strenui, vultum
angelicum et Domini servitutibus aptum manifeste populis
demonstrabant. Augebatur Catholica fides, lætabantur de confuso et
victo diabolo quotidie Christiani; qui derelinquentes idola,
sequebantur Christi vestigia. Similiter Sanctus Irenæus Felicem
Presbyterum, Fortunatum, et Achilleum Diaconos, ex suo latere ante
gloriosum martyrium suum Valentiam dirigit in urbem: quibus
ingressis, talem Dominus athletis suis contulit gratiam, ut illa
Paganorum multitudo, quæ in tenebris jacebat, eos plenissimo affectu
diligeret.
49 _Hist. Eccl._ V. xx. 1.
50 Ibid. 15.
51 _Hær. Fab._ I. 23.
52 Tertull. _de Præscript._ 53.
53 _Epist._ 1.
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