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Irenaeus, St
(
c.
140–
c.
200).
Church
father
. He heard
Polycarp
as a boy, so is generally supposed to have come from Asia Minor. He studied at Rome, then became presbyter and later (
c.
178) bishop of Lyons. The tradition that he was a martyr is late and unreliable. The most important work of Irenaeus is his
Detection and Overthrow of the Falsely Named ‘Knowledge
’ (usually known as
Against
Heresies
). This is a detailed attack on
gnosticism
, especially the system of
Valentinus
. With him is associated the notion of ‘recapitulation’: based on Romans 13. 9 and Ephesians 1. 10, the idea in Irenaeus is that Christ is the consummation and completion of God's purpose and design, summoning up all that God intended in creation and dealing in his own person with the defects which had entered in.
c.
140–
c.
200).
Church
father
. He heard
Polycarp
as a boy, so is generally supposed to have come from Asia Minor. He studied at Rome, then became presbyter and later (
c.
178) bishop of Lyons. The tradition that he was a martyr is late and unreliable. The most important work of Irenaeus is his
Detection and Overthrow of the Falsely Named ‘Knowledge
’ (usually known as
Against
Heresies
). This is a detailed attack on
gnosticism
, especially the system of
Valentinus
. With him is associated the notion of ‘recapitulation’: based on Romans 13. 9 and Ephesians 1. 10, the idea in Irenaeus is that Christ is the consummation and completion of God's purpose and design, summoning up all that God intended in creation and dealing in his own person with the defects which had entered in.
Irving(ites)
(Christian movement)
:
(Christian movement)
:
Iry
n
(Korean Buddhist scholar-monk)
:
n(Korean Buddhist scholar-monk)
:
N‘
s
(Islamic name)
:
s(Islamic name):
see JESUS.
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