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- n. Greek theologian who was bishop of Lyons and an antiheretical writer; a saint and Doctor of the Church (circa 130-200)
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“St. Irenaeus (130-102) relates the case of certain women whom the Gnostic Marcus had led into sin.”
“Moreover, St. Irenaeus tells us: "Sanctam Hebdomadem VII stellas, quas dictunt planetas, esse volunt.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
“At the opposite extreme is the strange view held by the early Gnostic sect known as the Cainites described by St. Irenaeus (Adv. Haer.,”
“Massuet enriched his edition with valuable dissertations on the heresies inpugned by St. Irenaeus and on the life, writings, and teaching of the saint.”
“St. Justin's "Comendium against Marcion", quoted by St. Irenaeus (IV, vi,”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
“Half a century later St. Irenaeus supplements this method by an appeal to the tradition handed down in every Church by the succession of its bishops (Adv. Haer.,”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI
“Bishop of Hierapolis (close to Laodicea and Colossae in the valley of the Lycus in Phrygia) and Apostolic Father, called by St. Irenaeus "a hearer of John, and companion of Polycarp, a man of old time".”
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