Almighty God, who didst uphold thy servant Irenaeus with strength to maintain the truth against every blast of vain doctrine: Keep us, we beseech thee, steadfast in thy true religion, that in constancy and peace we may walk in the way that leadeth to eternal life; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
St. Irenaeus, Martyr (202)
Disciple of St. Polycarp, he succeeded St. Pothinus in the See of Lyons. He was the first to write a reasoned summary of our faith. His treatise: "False doctrine unmasked and refuted" called "Against heresies" gave the death blow to the gnostic heresy. pic.twitter.com/4imi4f8rKP
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