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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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  • One of the grossest images may be found in Irenaeus,
  • Pagels's quotation of Irenaeus is tagged by an endnote reference which, on page 162, reads Ibid.
  • It's interesting, I think, that Irenaeus is as much attacking the Gnostics as preaching to the heathens.
  • 'Irenaeus's theology is undermined more than most others by the suggestion of a non-historical Adam' (Darwin Creation and the Fall p. 141).
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