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Irenaeus, Refutation Of All Heresies, 4.37.1


nanThis expression [of our Lord], "How often would I have gathered thy children together, and thou wouldest not," set forth the ancient law of human liberty, because God made man a free [agent] from the beginning, possessing his own power, even as he does his own soul, to obey the behests (ad utendum sententia) of God voluntarily, and not by compulsion of God. For there is no coercion with God, but a good will [towards us] is present with Him continually. And therefore does He give good counsel to all. And in man, as well as in angels, He has placed the power of choice (for angels are rational beings), so that those who had yielded obedience might justly possess what is good, given indeed by God, but preserved by themselves. On the other hand, they who have not obeyed shall, with justice, be not found in possession of the good, and shall receive condign punishment: for God did kindly bestow on them what was good; but they themselves did not diligently keep it, nor deem it something precious, but poured contempt upon His super- eminent goodness. Rejecting therefore the good, and as it were spuing it out, they shall all deservedly incur the just judgment of God, which also the Apostle Paul testifies in his Epistle to the Romans, where he says, "But dost thou despise the riches of His goodness, and patience, and long- suffering, being ignorant that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance? But according to thy hardness and impenitent heart, thou treasurest to thyself wrath against the day of wrath, and the revelation of the righteous judgment of God." "But glory and honour," he says, "to every one that doeth good." God therefore has given that which is good, as the apostle tells us in this Epistle, and they who work it shall receive glory and honour, because they have done that which is good when they had it in their power not to do it; but those who do it not shall receive the just judgment of God, because they did not work good when they had it in their power so to do.


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1. Plato, Republic, 10 (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

2. New Testament, 1 Thessalonians, 5.23 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

5.23. May the God of peace himself sanctify you completely. May your whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
3. New Testament, Ephesians, 1.10, 4.5-4.6 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

1.10. to an administration of the fullness of the times, to sum up all things in Christ, the things in the heavens, and the things on the earth, in him; 4.5. one Lord, one faith, one baptism 4.6. one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
4. New Testament, Romans, 3.30, 8.5, 8.11 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

3.30. since indeed there is one God who will justify the circumcised by faith, and the uncircumcised through faith. 8.5. For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit. 8.11. But if the Spirit of him who raised up Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised up Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
5. Clement of Alexandria, Miscellanies, 1.1, 5.14 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

6. Irenaeus, Refutation of All Heresies, 1.2.1, 1.15.1, 2.11.1, 2.13.10, 2.18.2, 2.26.1, 2.27.3, 2.33.4, 3.4.1, 3.10.2, 3.18.7, 3.19, 3.19.1, 3.20.2, 3.21, 3.21.2, 3.22.4, 3.23.5, 3.25.1, 4.2.7, 4.4.3, 4.5.4, 4.12.2, 4.13.2-4.13.3, 4.14.1, 4.15.2, 4.16.2, 4.16.4, 4.17.1, 4.18, 4.20.2, 4.22.1, 4.32.1, 4.33.8, 4.37.2-4.37.5, 4.37.7, 4.38.1, 4.38.3-4.38.4, 4.39.1-4.39.3, 4.40, 5.1.3, 5.2.3, 5.3.1-5.3.3, 5.6.1-5.6.2, 5.8.1-5.8.2, 5.9.2, 5.10.1, 5.11.1, 5.12.5, 5.13.3-5.13.4, 5.14.1, 5.16.2, 5.19.1, 5.21.1-5.21.3, 5.22.1, 5.29.1 (2nd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

4.18. Those born in Cancer are of the following description: size not large, hair like a dog, of a reddish color, small mouth, round head, pointed forehead, grey eyes, sufficiently beautiful, limbs somewhat varying. The same by nature are wicked, crafty, proficients in plans, insatiable, stingy, ungracious, illiberal, useless, forgetful; they neither restore what is another's, nor do they ask back what is their own; as regards friendship, useful. 4.40. And they exhibit a liver seemingly bearing an inscription in this manner. With the left hand he writes what he wishes, appending it to the question, and the letters are traced with gall juice and strong vinegar. Then taking up the liver, retaining it in the left hand, he makes some delay, and then it draws away the impression, and it is supposed to have, as it were, writing upon it.
7. Irenaeus, Demonstration of The Apostolic Teaching, 13-15, 12 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

8. Justin, First Apology, 44 (2nd cent. CE - 2nd cent. CE)

44. And the holy Spirit of prophecy taught us this, telling us by Moses that God spoke thus to the man first created: Behold, before your face are good and evil: choose the good. And again, by the other prophet Isaiah, that the following utterance was made as if from God the Father and Lord of all: Wash you, make you clean; put away evils from your souls; learn to do well; judge the orphan, and plead for the widow: and come and let us reason together, says the Lord: And if your sins be as scarlet, I will make them white as wool; and if they be red like as crimson, I will make them white as snow. And if you be willing and obey Me, you shall eat the good of the land; but if you do not obey Me, the sword shall devour you: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it. Isaiah 1:16, etc. And that expression, The sword shall devour you, does not mean that the disobedient shall be slain by the sword, but the sword of God is fire, of which they who choose to do wickedly become the fuel. Wherefore He says, The sword shall devour you: for the mouth of the Lord has spoken it. And if He had spoken concerning a sword that cuts and at once dispatches, He would not have said, shall devour. And so, too, Plato, when he says, The blame is his who chooses, and God is blameless, took this from the prophet Moses and uttered it. For Moses is more ancient than all the Greek writers. And whatever both philosophers and poets have said concerning the immortality of the soul, or punishments after death, or contemplation of things heavenly, or doctrines of the like kind, they have received such suggestions from the prophets as have enabled them to understand and interpret these things. And hence there seem to be seeds of truth among all men; but they are charged with not accurately understanding [the truth] when they assert contradictories. So that what we say about future events being foretold, we do not say it as if they came about by a fatal necessity; but God foreknowing all that shall be done by all men, and it being His decree that the future actions of men shall all be recompensed according to their several value, He foretells by the Spirit of prophecy that He will bestow meet rewards according to the merit of the actions done, always urging the human race to effort and recollection, showing that He cares and provides for men. But by the agency of the devils death has been decreed against those who read the books of Hystaspes, or of the Sibyl, or of the prophets, that through fear they may prevent men who read them from receiving the knowledge of the good, and may retain them in slavery to themselves; which, however, they could not always effect. For not only do we fearlessly read them, but, as you see, bring them for your inspection, knowing that their contents will be pleasing to all. And if we persuade even a few, our gain will be very great; for, as good husbandmen, we shall receive the reward from the Master.


Subjects of this text:

subject book bibliographic info
adam Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 61
adam and christ Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 235
adam and eve Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 101
adoption Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 237
ahbel-rappe, sara, akrasia, irenaeus on Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 85, 86
anthropology, of irenaeus Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 61
anthropology Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 235, 237
asceticism, irenaeus framework for Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 66
augustine Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 235
bible Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 191
christians, christianity Brouwer and Vimercati, Fate, Providence and Free Will: Philosophy and Religion in Dialogue in the Early Imperial Age (2020) 220, 221
clement of alexandria Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 235
commandments, divine Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 61
correction Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 101
death, function of Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 61
devil Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 244
education and pedagogy, paideia, irenaeus of lyons, ascetic training of Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 66
embodiment, irenaeus physics of Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 81
epistemology in late antique world, irenaeus and Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 81
ethics Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 235, 237, 244
eve and mary Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 101
evil Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 244
fall Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 61
flesh Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 101, 191, 237, 244
free choice/free will Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 56
free will and freedom Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 235
freedom, human Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 61
freedom Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 235, 237
gifts, from god Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 61
glory of god Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 244
glory of the father Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 196
gods, irenaeus on Brouwer and Vimercati, Fate, Providence and Free Will: Philosophy and Religion in Dialogue in the Early Imperial Age (2020) 220, 221
gods, tertullian on Brouwer and Vimercati, Fate, Providence and Free Will: Philosophy and Religion in Dialogue in the Early Imperial Age (2020) 221
good, irenaeus of lyons on choosing Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 81
grace Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 56
growth, in irenaeus' anthropology" Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 61
homonymy, immortality Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 61
image and likeness Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 196
immortality Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 101, 235
incarnation Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 101, 196, 237
irenaeus Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 56
irenaeus of lyon, on god Brouwer and Vimercati, Fate, Providence and Free Will: Philosophy and Religion in Dialogue in the Early Imperial Age (2020) 220, 221
irenaeus of lyon, on salvation (σωτηρία) Brouwer and Vimercati, Fate, Providence and Free Will: Philosophy and Religion in Dialogue in the Early Imperial Age (2020) 221
irenaeus of lyon Brouwer and Vimercati, Fate, Providence and Free Will: Philosophy and Religion in Dialogue in the Early Imperial Age (2020) 220, 221
irenaeus of lyons, akrasia, on Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 85, 86
irenaeus of lyons, ascetic framework developed by Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 66
irenaeus of lyons, epistemology of Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 81
irenaeus of lyons, good, on choosing Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 81
irenaeus of lyons, image and likeness of god, as goal of human existence Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 66
irenaeus of lyons, maturity, on Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 81, 86
irenaeus of lyons, ordering the self and Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 81
irenaeus of lyons, soul, composition of Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 81
irenaeus of lyons Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 66, 81, 85, 86
jesus christ Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 191
justification Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 101
justin martyr Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 237; Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 56
law Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 237
love Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 61
love and truth Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 237
martyrdom Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 244
martyrs Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 244
mary Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 101
new adam Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 101
obedience Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 235
ordering of knowledge, epistemology in late antique world, irenaeus on ordering of activity Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 86
ordering of knowledge, epistemology in late antique world, irenaeus on ordering the self Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 81
participation Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 191, 196, 235, 237, 244
paul and john Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 191
plato Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 56
polycarp Wilson, Augustine's Conversion from Traditional Free Choice to "Non-free Free Will": A Comprehensive Methodology (2018) 56
punishment' Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 61
recapitulation Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 101
redemption Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 101
rule of truth Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 191
saieg, paul Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 66
salvation Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 101
salvation (σωτηρία), irenaeus of lyon on Brouwer and Vimercati, Fate, Providence and Free Will: Philosophy and Religion in Dialogue in the Early Imperial Age (2020) 221
satan Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 244
second adam Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 101, 235
sin Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 101
slavery Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 235, 237
soul, irenaeus on composition of Ayres Champion and Crawford, The Intellectual World of Late Antique Christianity: Reshaping Classical Traditions (2023) 81
tertullian Brouwer and Vimercati, Fate, Providence and Free Will: Philosophy and Religion in Dialogue in the Early Imperial Age (2020) 221
theological aesthetic Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 196
trinity Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 191
truth Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 237
valentinians/valentinus Brouwer and Vimercati, Fate, Providence and Free Will: Philosophy and Religion in Dialogue in the Early Imperial Age (2020) 220
valentinians Osborne, Irenaeus of Lyons (2001) 235
wingren, g. Mcglothlin, Resurrection as Salvation: Development and Conflict in Pre-Nicene Paulinism (2018) 61