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| Irenæus the bishop.
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Chapter XXXV.
Irenæus,2437
| 2437 Born between 140 and 145, died 202 or later. | a presbyter under Pothinus the
bishop who ruled the church of Lyons in Gaul, being sent to Rome as
legate by the martyrs of this place, on account of certain
ecclesiastical questions, presented to Bishop Eleutherius certain
letters under his own name which are worthy of honour. Afterwards when
Pothinus, nearly ninety years of age, received the crown of martyrdom
for Christ, he was put in his place. It is certain too that he was a
disciple of Polycarp, the priest and martyr, whom we mentioned above.
He wrote five books Against heresies and a short volume,
Against the nations and another On discipline, a letter
to Marcianus his brother On apostolical preaching, a book of
Various treatises; also to Blastus, On schism,2438
| 2438 schismH A 31 a e Val. Eusebius etc:
chrism A T 25 30. | to Florinus On monarchy or
That God is not the author of evil, also an excellent
Commentary on the Ogdoad2439
| 2439 Ogdoad“Octava” is
translation for “Ogdoad” used by Eusebius and explained to
refer to the Valentinian Ogdoads. (M’Giffert.) | at the
end of which indicating that he was near the apostolic period he wrote
“I adjure thee whosoever shall transcribe this book, by our Lord
Jesus Christ and by his glorious advent at which He shall judge the
quick and the dead, that you diligently compare, after you have
transcribed, and amend it according to the copy from which you have
transcribed it and also that you shall similarly transcribe this
adjuration as you find it in your pattern.” Other works of his
are in circulation to wit: to Victor the Roman bishop On the Paschal
controversy in which he warns him not lightly to break the unity of
the fraternity, if indeed Victor believed that the many bishops of Asia
and the East, who with the Jews celebrated the passover, on the
fourteenth day of the new moon, were to be condemned. But even those
who differed from them did not support Victor in his opinion. He
flourished chiefly in the reign of the Emperor Commodus, who succeeded
Marcus Antoninus Verus in power.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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