Saint Irenaeus

And they make us think of another magnificent phrase of Saint Irenaeus: "where the Church is, there is the Spirit of God; where the Spirit of God is, there is the Church and all grace" Adv.

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Saint Irenaeus, the Greek Church Father (second century), referring to the persecuted Christian, ex plains the enduring rationale of the Millennium: “... in that Creation wherein they laboured, or were afflicted ... in that same it is meet for them to receive the fruits of Suffering: ... and in what creation they endured slavery, in the same they should reign”

MILLENARIANISM ERNEST TUVESON 1968

In the late second century, Saint Irenaeus, in a clas - sical attack on Gnosticism, stated the essence of the great division in Christianity:

Dictionary of the History of Ideas ERNEST TUVESON 1968

By way of illustration the words of Saint Irenaeus may here be cited:

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

Funk, I, 252 and by Saint Irenaeus of Lyon Ad Haer.

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