Irenaeus - Wikipedia
During the persecution of Christians by Marcus Aurelius, the Roman emperor from 161 to 180, Irenaeus was a priest of the Church of Lyon.
Saint Irenaeus | Biography, Works, Apologist, Theology ...
2024年11月8日 · St. Irenaeus (born c. 120/140, Asia Minor—died c. 200/203, probably Lyon; Western feast day June 28; Eastern feast day August 23) was the bishop of Lugdunum (Lyon), an Apologist, a doctor of the church, and a leading Christian theologian of the 2nd century.
Who was Saint Irenaeus of Lyons? | GotQuestions.org
2024年11月1日 · Irenaeus (AD 130–202) was the bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul (modern Lyons, France), a stalwart opponent of heresy, and an influential witness concerning the development of the biblical canon. Little is known about the life of Irenaeus.
Irenaeus of Lyons - Early Christian Writings
Information on Irenaeus of Lyons. Irenaeus of Lyons wrote his Against Heresies c. 175-185 CE. His work is invaluable to modern scholarship in the attempt to recover the content of Gnostic teachings in the second century. Irenaeus also provides the first explicit witness to a …
St. Irenaeus - Saints & Angels - Catholic Online
In the year 177, Irenaeus was sent to Rome. This mission explains how it was that he was not called upon to share in the martyrdom of St Pothinus during the terrible persecution in Lyons. When he returned to Lyons it was to occupy the vacant bishopric.
St. Irenaeus of Lyon: the legacy of the early Church father ...
2024年6月28日 · “St. Irenaeus of Lyon, who came from the East, exercised his episcopal ministry in the West: He was a spiritual and theological bridge between Eastern and Western Christians,” Pope Francis wrote...
Irenaeus, Saint | Catholic Answers Encyclopedia
During the persecution of Marcus Aurelius, Irenaeus was a priest of the Church of Lyons. The clergy of that city, many of whom were suffering imprisonment for the Faith, sent him (177 or 178) to Rome with a letter to Pope Eleutherius concerning Montanism, and on that occasion bore emphatic testimony to his merits.
Irenaeus - New World Encyclopedia
Irenaeus (Greek: Εἰρηναῖος), (c. 120- c. 200) was a notable early Christian apologist and bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, which is now Lyon, France. His writings were formative in the development of early Christian theology, and he is recognized as a saint by both the Eastern Orthodox Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
Irenaeus of Lyons - OrthodoxWiki
2012年10月22日 · Irenaeus is remembered as the second bishop of Lyons, although there is no clear evidence that he ever officially assumed the episcopal duties. The first bishop, Pothinus, was martyred around 177 during persecutions under Marcus Aurelius, when Irenaeus was …
St Irenaeus of Lyons – St Irenaeus Orthodox Theologisch Instituut
St Irenaeus of Lyons is the first great theologian of the undivided Church by virtue of the scope and depths of his theological vision and giving expression in the West to the theological tradition he had learned in the East.