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Saint Irenaeus

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Noun1.Saint Irenaeus - Greek theologian who was bishop of Lyons and an antiheretical writer; a saint and Doctor of the Church (circa 130-200)
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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It may be then," observes Brague, "that Saint Irenaeus, from his polemics against Marcionism and his affirmation of the identity of the God of the Old Testament with that of the New, is not only one of the fathers of the Church, but also one of the fathers of Europe.
Saint Irenaeus of Lyon, in the second century, summed up the Christian faith with these simple and wonderful words: "The glory of God is a human being fully alive.
Saint Irenaeus, not exactly our most ravingly liberal theologian, said that the depositum fidei is something which is continually stirred by the Holy Spirit and so "as if in an excellent vessel, is constantly being renewed and causes the very vessel that contains it to be renewed.
 
 
 
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