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Clear searchIrenaeus of Lyons · Early Christian theology and polemic · c. 180–190
The surviving works and fragments of a second-century Christian writer, above all Against Heresies, defending the apostolic faith against Gnostic systems through sustained appeals to Scripture, creation, incarnation, resurrection, and the unity of God's purpose.
View recommendation →Hippolytus · Exposition, prophecy, and polemic · early third century
…of Daniel, the Antichrist, Christ's return, and the future kingdom. His Refutation of All Heresies also records and challenges many competing teachings. Together the writings offer a high view of Scripture, vigorous rebuttal, a clear premillennial witness, and repeated concern th…
View recommendation →Samuel G. Green · Historical survey · 1904
A comprehensive history from the apostolic age to the eve of the Reformation, covering the Church's expansion, persecution, doctrinal conflicts, councils, writers, divisions, monastic movements, missions, the papacy, the Crusades, and movements for reform.
View recommendation →Why the final seven is unfinished, future, and centred upon Israel and Jerusalem
…a three-and-a-half-year reign, a temple setting, and Christ's subsequent coming (Against Heresies, V.25 and V.30). In the early third century, Hippolytus explicitly called Daniel's remaining week "the last week" at the end of the world and correlated its two halves with Revelati…
Read article →What the historical evidence proves—and what it does not
…ainst Marcion, V.15 Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, 41-42 Irenaeus, Against Heresies, V.29 Victorinus of Pettau, Commentary on the Apocalypse The Shepherd of Hermas, Vision 4 Pseudo-Ephraem, On the Last Times, the Antichrist, and the End of the World Morgan Edwards,…
Read article →Why the Son assumed a complete human nature, not merely a body
…reated as a surviving statement from Cerinthus himself. See Hippolytus, Refutation of All Heresies, VII.22. Theodotus: Eusebius preserves an ancient report that Theodotus taught that Christ was a mere man; Hippolytus supplies the reported baptismal element. These reports help doc…
Read article →The crucifixion in history, Scripture and the Qur'an
…d in His place, while Jesus assumes Simon's appearance, stands nearby and laughs (Against Heresies 1.24.4). The Second Treatise of the Great Seth, preserved in the Nag Hammadi library and commonly dated to the late second or third century, also separates the heavenly Saviour from…
Read article →History, heresy, and the temptation of private Christianity
…”. Geoffrey S. Smith, Valentinian Christianity: Texts and Translations. Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book I. Tertullian, Against the Valentinians. The Gospel of Truth, The Tripartite Tractate, and the surviving fragments of Heracleon's commentary on John. Janet and Bernard Hamilto…
Read article →A history of interpretation, polemic, and forgotten tension
…25 Origen, Against Celsus, Book IV, chapter 22; and Book VI, chapter 80 Irenaeus, Against Heresies, Book V, chapter 35 John Chrysostom, Against the Jews, Homily I Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lecture XV Augustine, The City of God, Book XVIII, especially chapter 46; and Book X…
Read article →An unrequited love for the historic Church
…e I cannot enter without leaving my conscience outside. Primary Sources Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.10.1–3, “Unity of the Faith of the Church Throughout the Whole World.” Didache 16, “Watchfulness; the Coming of the Lord.” Justin Martyr, Dialogue with Trypho 80–81. Irenaeus, Aga…
Read article →Which Gospel does the Qur'an affirm?
…eans, chapters 1-3, on Christ's real suffering, death and resurrection. Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.26.2 and 3.15, on the Ebionites' use of Matthew and rejection of Paul. These hostile reports must be used critically rather than treated as surviving Ebionite testimony. Edmon L.…
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