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Irenaeus

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Noun1.Irenaeus - Greek theologian who was bishop of Lyons and an antiheretical writer; a saint and Doctor of the Church (circa 130-200)
Saint Irenaeus, St. Irenaeus
Church of Rome, Roman Catholic Church, Roman Church, Western Church, Roman Catholic - the Christian Church based in the Vatican and presided over by a pope and an episcopal hierarchy


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thunders Irenaeus of Lyons, who goes on to echo the rebuke the Lord administers to Job.
Living the questions by Cross, Richard K. / Modern Age
The existence of a "Gospel of Judas" has long been known; indeed Irenaeus, when Bishop of Lyon, France denounced it as heretical in the year 180 AD.
The Gospel of Judas by Hunter, Ian / Catholic Insight
Thus, when Irenaeus wrote his Against Heresies in the second century, at a time when the Christian movement was still far too weak to suppress anything effectively, he was not just declining intellectual assimilation.
Judas & Jesus: what did the gnostics really believe? by Miles, Jack / Commonweal
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