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Irenaeus, Refutation Of All Heresies, 3.4.2


nanTo which course many nations of those barbarians who believe in Christ do assent, having salvation written in their hearts by the Spirit, without paper or ink, and, carefully preserving the ancient tradition, believing in one God, the Creator of heaven and earth, and all things therein, by means of Christ Jesus, the Son of God; who, because of His surpassing love towards His creation, condescended to be born of the virgin, He Himself uniting man through Himself to God, and having suffered under Pontius Pilate, and rising again, and having been received up in splendour, shall come in glory, the Saviour of those who are saved, and the Judge of those who are judged, and sending into eternal fire those who transform the truth, and despise His Father and His advent. Those who, in the absence of written documents, have believed this faith, are barbarians, so far as regards our language; but as regards doctrine, manner, and tenor of life, they are, because of faith, very wise indeed; and they do please God, ordering their conversation in all righteousness, chastity, and wisdom. If any one were to preach to these men the inventions of the heretics, speaking to them in their own language, they would at once stop their ears, and flee as far off as possible, not enduring even to listen to the blasphemous address. Thus, by means of that ancient tradition of the apostles, they do not suffer their mind to conceive anything of the [doctrines suggested by the] portentous language of these teachers, among whom neither Church nor doctrine has ever been established.


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1. Hebrew Bible, Deuteronomy, 14.8 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

14.8. וְאֶת־הַחֲזִיר כִּי־מַפְרִיס פַּרְסָה הוּא וְלֹא גֵרָה טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶם מִבְּשָׂרָם לֹא תֹאכֵלוּ וּבְנִבְלָתָם לֹא תִגָּעוּ׃ 14.8. and the swine, because he parteth the hoof but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you; of their flesh ye shall not eat, and their carcasses ye shall not touch."
2. Hebrew Bible, Leviticus, 11.7 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)

11.7. וְאֶת־הַחֲזִיר כִּי־מַפְרִיס פַּרְסָה הוּא וְשֹׁסַע שֶׁסַע פַּרְסָה וְהוּא גֵּרָה לֹא־יִגָּר טָמֵא הוּא לָכֶם׃ 11.7. And the swine, because he parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, but cheweth not the cud, he is unclean unto you."
3. Ignatius, To The Philadelphians, 3.2, 5.2, 8.1, 9.1 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

3.2. For as many as are of God and of Jesus Christ, they are with the bishop; and as many as shall repent and enter into the unity of the Church, these also shall be of God, that they may be living after Jesus Christ. 5.2. Yea, and we love the prophets also, because they too pointed to the Gospel in their preaching and set their hope on Him and awaited Him; in whom also having faith they were saved in the unity of Jesus Christ, being worthy of all love and admiration as holy men, approved of Jesus Christ and numbered together in the Gospel of our common hope. 8.1. I therefore did my own part, as a man composed unto union. But where there is division and anger, there God abideth not. Now the Lord forgiveth all men when they repent, if repenting they return to the unity of God and to the council of the bishop. I have faith in the grace of Jesus Christ, who shall strike off every fetter from you; 9.1. The priests likewise were good, but better is the High-priest to whom is committed the holy of holies; for to Him alone are committed the hidden things of God; He Himself being the door of the Father, through which Abraham and Isaac and Jacob enter in, and the Prophets and the Apostles and the whole Church; all these things combine in the unity of God.
4. Ignatius, To The Ephesians, None (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

14.1. None of these things is hidden from you, if ye be perfect in your faith and love toward Jesus Christ, for these are the beginning and end of life -- faith is the beginning and love is the end -- and the two being found in unity are God, while all things else follow in their train unto true nobility.
5. Ignatius, To The Philadelphians, 3.2, 5.2, 8.1, 9.1 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

3.2. For as many as are of God and of Jesus Christ, they are with the bishop; and as many as shall repent and enter into the unity of the Church, these also shall be of God, that they may be living after Jesus Christ. 5.2. Yea, and we love the prophets also, because they too pointed to the Gospel in their preaching and set their hope on Him and awaited Him; in whom also having faith they were saved in the unity of Jesus Christ, being worthy of all love and admiration as holy men, approved of Jesus Christ and numbered together in the Gospel of our common hope. 8.1. I therefore did my own part, as a man composed unto union. But where there is division and anger, there God abideth not. Now the Lord forgiveth all men when they repent, if repenting they return to the unity of God and to the council of the bishop. I have faith in the grace of Jesus Christ, who shall strike off every fetter from you; 9.1. The priests likewise were good, but better is the High-priest to whom is committed the holy of holies; for to Him alone are committed the hidden things of God; He Himself being the door of the Father, through which Abraham and Isaac and Jacob enter in, and the Prophets and the Apostles and the whole Church; all these things combine in the unity of God.
6. Ignatius, To The Trallians, 7.1 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

7.1. Be ye therefore on your guard against such men. And this will surely be, if ye be not puffed up and if ye be inseparable from [God] Jesus Christ and from the bishop and from the ordices of the Apostles.
7. New Testament, 1 Corinthians, 12.12 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

12.12. For as the body is one, and has many members, and all themembers of the body, being many, are one body; so also is Christ.
8. New Testament, 1 Timothy, 6.20 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

6.20. Timothy, guard that which is committed to you, turning away from the empty chatter and oppositions of the knowledge which is falsely so called;
9. New Testament, 2 John, 12 (1st cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

10. New Testament, 2 Corinthians, 2.17, 3.3, 4.5 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

11. New Testament, Apocalypse, 20.5 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

20.5. The rest of the dead didn't live until the thousand years were finished. This is the first resurrection.
12. New Testament, Romans, 9.28, 13.10 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

9.28. For He will finish the work and cut it short in righteousness, Because the LORD will make a short work upon the earth. 13.10. Love doesn't harm a neighbor. Love therefore is the fulfillment of the law.
13. New Testament, John, 14.2, 14.9 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

14.2. In my Father's house are many mansions. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. 14.9. Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, 'Show us the Father?'
14. New Testament, Luke, 10.16 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

10.16. Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me. Whoever rejects me rejects him who sent me.
15. New Testament, Mark, 1.24 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

1.24. saying, "Ha! What do we have to do with you, Jesus, you Nazarene? Have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are: the Holy One of God!
16. New Testament, Matthew, 6.7, 6.27, 7.5, 13.25, 13.38, 15.13, 25.41 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

6.7. In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the Gentiles do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking. 6.27. Which of you, by being anxious, can add one cubit to the measure of his life? 7.5. You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your brother's eye. 13.25. but while people slept, his enemy came and sowed darnel also among the wheat, and went away. 13.38. the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the darnel are the sons of the evil one. 15.13. But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted. 25.41. Then he will say also to those on the left hand, 'Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;
17. Irenaeus, Refutation of All Heresies, None (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

18. Justin, First Apology, 7.3, 26.1-26.6 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

19. Justin, Dialogue With Trypho, 4.1-4.3 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

20. Tatian, Oration To The Greeks, 15.1 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

21. Tertullian, Against Marcion, 1.14.5 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

22. Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History, 5.4, 5.20.2, 5.20.4-5.20.8, 5.24.16, 6.20.3 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

5.20.2. At the close of the treatise we have found a most beautiful note which we are constrained to insert in this work. It runs as follows:I adjure you who may copy this book, by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by his glorious advent when he comes to judge the living and the dead, to compare what you shall write, and correct it carefully by this manuscript, and also to write this adjuration, and place it in the copy. 5.20.4. In the letter to Florinus, of which we have spoken, Irenaeus mentions again his intimacy with Polycarp, saying:These doctrines, O Florinus, to speak mildly, are not of sound judgment. These doctrines disagree with the Church, and drive into the greatest impiety those who accept them. These doctrines, not even the heretics outside of the Church, have ever dared to publish. These doctrines, the presbyters who were before us, and who were companions of the apostles, did not deliver to you. 5.20.5. For when I was a boy, I saw you in lower Asia with Polycarp, moving in splendor in the royal court, and endeavoring to gain his approbation. 5.20.6. I remember the events of that time more clearly than those of recent years. For what boys learn, growing with their mind, becomes joined with it; so that I am able to describe the very place in which the blessed Polycarp sat as he discoursed, and his goings out and his comings in, and the manner of his life, and his physical appearance, and his discourses to the people, and the accounts which he gave of his intercourse with John and with the others who had seen the Lord. And as he remembered their words, and what he heard from them concerning the Lord, and concerning his miracles and his teaching, having received them from eyewitnesses of the 'Word of life,' Polycarp related all things in harmony with the Scriptures. 5.20.7. These things being told me by the mercy of God, I listened to them attentively, noting them down, not on paper, but in my heart. And continually, through God's grace, I recall them faithfully. And I am able to bear witness before God that if that blessed and apostolic presbyter had heard any such thing, he would have cried out, and stopped his ears, and as was his custom, would have exclaimed, O good God, unto what times have you spared me that I should endure these things? And he would have fled from the place where, sitting or standing, he had heard such words. 5.20.8. And this can be shown plainly from the letters which he sent, either to the neighboring churches for their confirmation, or to some of the brethren, admonishing and exhorting them. Thus far Irenaeus. 5.24.16. And when the blessed Polycarp was at Rome in the time of Anicetus, and they disagreed a little about certain other things, they immediately made peace with one another, not caring to quarrel over this matter. For neither could Anicetus persuade Polycarp not to observe what he had always observed with John the disciple of our Lord, and the other apostles with whom he had associated; neither could Polycarp persuade Anicetus to observe it as he said that he ought to follow the customs of the presbyters that had preceded him. 6.20.3. There has reached us also a dialogue of Caius, a very learned man, which was held at Rome under Zephyrinus, with Proclus, who contended for the Phrygian heresy. In this he curbs the rashness and boldness of his opponents in setting forth new Scriptures. He mentions only thirteen epistles of the holy apostle, not counting that to the Hebrews with the others. And unto our day there are some among the Romans who do not consider this a work of the apostle.


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
angels Iricinschi et al., Beyond the Gnostic Gospels: Studies Building on the Work of Elaine Pagels (2013) 128; Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 86
anicetus Lieu, Marcion and the Making of a Heretic: God and Scripture in the Second Century (2015) 34
antichrist, heresiological theme Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 123, 185, 186
apostles Iricinschi et al., Beyond the Gnostic Gospels: Studies Building on the Work of Elaine Pagels (2013) 131
augustine Iricinschi et al., Beyond the Gnostic Gospels: Studies Building on the Work of Elaine Pagels (2013) 128
authority (ἐξουσία) James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 264
baptism Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 146
blasphemy, heresy as Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 123, 124, 179, 185, 186
books, montanist Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 106
canon and criterion of truth Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 146
canon of scripture Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 106
charisma and truth Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 146
christian church, unity of the Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 187
christian union with christ Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 227
christology Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 113
easter Iricinschi et al., Beyond the Gnostic Gospels: Studies Building on the Work of Elaine Pagels (2013) 131
epiktetos Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 227
faith/the faith Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 106
fourfold gospel Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 127
glory Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 86
gnostic dualism Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 113
gnosticism, as deceptive Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 179, 181
gnosticism, as heretical or other Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 123, 124
gnosticism, as pagan Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 123, 124
gnosticism James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 264
gods and humans Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 227
heresy, alterity/otherness/exteriority of Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 124, 179, 181, 186
heresy, division/multiplicity of Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 185, 186
heresy, novelty of Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 185, 186
hermeneutic ordinary time James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 264
homonoia Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 227
homonymy, incorruptibility Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 86
humans united with god Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 227
ignatios of antioch Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 227
incarnation Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 113
irenaeus, heresiological innovations Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 179, 181, 182, 185, 186
irenaeus, on heresy and paganism Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 123, 124
irenaeus James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 264; Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 187, 227
jesus, incarnation of Iricinschi et al., Beyond the Gnostic Gospels: Studies Building on the Work of Elaine Pagels (2013) 128
jesus christ Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 109
judgment, eschatological Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 86
justin martyr Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 187, 227
language, of scripture James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 264
linguistic intuition, and hermeneutic crisis James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 264
mark the magician Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 123, 181
meaning James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 264
millennial kingdom Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 86
muratorian canon Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 106
myth, associated with heresy Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 123, 124, 179
new covenant Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 109
novelty (charge of ) Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 106
old testament, criticism of Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 179
orthodoxy, antiquity of Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 185, 186
orthodoxy, purity of Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 182
orthodoxy, unity of Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 185, 186
paganism, heresy assimilated to Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 123, 124, 181
participation Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 146
perfection Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 109
person of christ Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 113
philia, philoi Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 227
philosophy, assimilation of heresy to Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 124
philosophy James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 264
polykarpos of smyrna Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 187
positive relationship to christianity Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 124
preaching, rule of truth Iricinschi et al., Beyond the Gnostic Gospels: Studies Building on the Work of Elaine Pagels (2013) 128, 131
preaching Iricinschi et al., Beyond the Gnostic Gospels: Studies Building on the Work of Elaine Pagels (2013) 128
proclus (roman montanist) Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 106
punishment Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 86
quartodeciman controversy Iricinschi et al., Beyond the Gnostic Gospels: Studies Building on the Work of Elaine Pagels (2013) 131
recapitulation Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 109, 113, 127
resurrection, connection to morality Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 86
resurrection, extent of (generality) Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 86
resurrection, timing of Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 86
revelation' Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 106
rome Lieu, Marcion and the Making of a Heretic: God and Scripture in the Second Century (2015) 34
rome (roma) Tabbernee, Fake Prophecy and Polluted Sacraments: Ecclesiastical and Imperial Reactions to Montanism (2007) 106
rome marcion at Lieu, Marcion and the Making of a Heretic: God and Scripture in the Second Century (2015) 34
rule Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 146
rule of faith (regula fidei), and linguistic intuition James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 264
rule of truth Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 146
satan, and heresy Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 181, 186
scripture, as contested authority Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 179
scripture, as weapon/criterion against heresy Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 179
simon magus Iricinschi et al., Beyond the Gnostic Gospels: Studies Building on the Work of Elaine Pagels (2013) 131
simon of samaria Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 181, 185, 186
son of god Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 113
spirit Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 146
stoicism Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 146
succession, authentic succession Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 181, 182, 185, 186
succession, heretical succession Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 185, 186
sungeneia Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 227
tatianos (tatian) Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 227
teachers Lieu, Marcion and the Making of a Heretic: God and Scripture in the Second Century (2015) 34
theology James, Learning the Language of Scripture: Origen, Wisdom, and the Logic of Interpretation (2021) 264
tradition Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 146
truth Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 109, 127, 146
valentinians Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 179, 182; Iricinschi et al., Beyond the Gnostic Gospels: Studies Building on the Work of Elaine Pagels (2013) 128, 131; Stanton, Unity and Disunity in Greek and Christian Thought under the Roman Peace (2021) 187
valentinus Lieu, Marcion and the Making of a Heretic: God and Scripture in the Second Century (2015) 34
διδασκαλεῖον Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 182
ζηλοῦν Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 186
παραχαράσσειν Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 181, 182
πιθανολογία Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 123, 124
ἀλήθεια Boulluec, The Notion of Heresy in Greek Literature in the Second and Third Centuries (2022) 181, 182