Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus

Saint Irenaeus of Lyons · c. 180 AD

Ante-Nicene Fathers (Roberts–Donaldson), Roberts, Donaldson, and Coxe (eds.), Ante-Nicene Fathers, Buffalo: Christian Literature Publishing, 1885–1887; digitized by CCEL.

Disciple of St Polycarp of Smyrna (himself a disciple of St John the Theologian); bishop of Lugdunum (Lyons) in Gaul; the foundational ante-Nicene theologian and the great refuter of Gnostic heresy. His Against Heresies in five books is the cornerstone of pre-Nicene doctrine on the unity of God, the recapitulation of all things in Christ, and the rule of faith handed down by apostolic succession.

Contents

1. I.
2. II.
3. III.
4. IV.
5. V.
6. VI.
7. VII.
8. VIII.
9. IX.
10. X.
11. XI.
12. XII.
13. XIII.
14. XIV.
15. XV.
16. XVI.
17. XVII.
18. XVIII.
19. XIX.
20. XX.
21. XXI.
22. XXII.
23. XXIII.
24. XXIV.
25. XXV.
26. XXVI.
27. XXVII.
28. XXVIII.
29. XXIX.
30. XXX.
31. XXXI.
32. XXXII.
33. XXXIII.
34. XXXIV.
35. XXXV.
36. XXXVI.
37. XXXVII.
38. XXXVIII.
39. XXXIX.
40. XL.
41. XLI.
42. XLII.
43. XLIII.
44. XLIV.
45. XLV.
46. XLVI.
47. XLVII.
48. XLVIII.
49. XLIX.
50. L.
51. LI.
52. LII.
53. LIII.
54. LIV.
55. LV.