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Against Heresies

Also known as Adversus haereses, Refutation and Overthrow of Knowledge Falsely So Called

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  • published. 2th centurylow · Wikidata P577

Five books (c. 180) against Valentinians and others, a key witness to the four-gospel canon and apostolic succession.

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Against Heresies is a work of Christian theology written in Greek by Irenaeus, the bishop of Lugdunum . Due to its reference to Eleutherus as the current bishop of Rome, the work is usually dated c. 180. In it, Irenaeus identifies and describes several schools of Gnosticism, and other schools of Christian thought, whose beliefs he rejects as heresy. He contrasts them with orthodox Christianity.

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