Comments on: Irenaeus: Still Caustic to the Modern Gnostic http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/06/28/irenaeus-still-caustic-to-the-modern-gnostic/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John Stroud http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/06/28/irenaeus-still-caustic-to-the-modern-gnostic/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 John Stroud Wed, 28 Jun 2006 21:56:32 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/06/28/irenaeus-still-caustic-to-the-modern-gnostic/#comment-1017 I have enjoyed learning about Irenaeus and the other Fathers in you book "The Fathers Of The Church". I am halfway done, and it's an easy read with lots of meat! It is amazing how much the Church has had to put up with through its 2000 year history. I have enjoyed learning about Irenaeus and the other Fathers in you book “The Fathers Of The Church”. I am halfway done, and it’s an easy read with lots of meat!
It is amazing how much the Church has had to put up with through its 2000 year history.

]]> By: Phil Snider http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/06/28/irenaeus-still-caustic-to-the-modern-gnostic/comment-page-1/#comment-1011 Phil Snider Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:42:29 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/06/28/irenaeus-still-caustic-to-the-modern-gnostic/#comment-1011 Hi Mike; I've always liked Irenaeus, even before I became Christian. I remember reading him for a paper I did in a Classical Studies course on the Gnostics and the canon. That is, I think, where I developed my distaste for Gnostics. Mind you, I've read a fair amount of Gnostics stuff over the years and keep a couple collections of them in my Heretics Corner of my bookshelf. You never know when it is useful to check a reference. With Da Vinci Code, having them around has come in really handy. In later years, I've re-read Irenaeus. I remember a few years back being blown away by his writing on the Incarnation which is a part of the Adversus Haereses which many people, nay-sayers and supporters, forget about. That alone makes it worth a re-read. Peace, Phil Hi Mike;

I’ve always liked Irenaeus, even before I became Christian. I remember reading him for a paper I did in a Classical Studies course on the Gnostics and the canon. That is, I think, where I developed my distaste for Gnostics. Mind you, I’ve read a fair amount of Gnostics stuff over the years and keep a couple collections of them in my Heretics Corner of my bookshelf. You never know when it is useful to check a reference. With Da Vinci Code, having them around has come in really handy.

In later years, I’ve re-read Irenaeus. I remember a few years back being blown away by his writing on the Incarnation which is a part of the Adversus Haereses which many people, nay-sayers and supporters, forget about. That alone makes it worth a re-read.

Peace,
Phil

]]> By: Mike Aquilina http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/06/28/irenaeus-still-caustic-to-the-modern-gnostic/comment-page-1/#comment-1010 Mike Aquilina Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:16:37 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/06/28/irenaeus-still-caustic-to-the-modern-gnostic/#comment-1010 You are right. Poor editing on my part. I'll correct the post, so there's no bad info about. Thanks, Patrik. You are right. Poor editing on my part. I’ll correct the post, so there’s no bad info about. Thanks, Patrik.

]]> By: Patrik http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/06/28/irenaeus-still-caustic-to-the-modern-gnostic/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 Patrik Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:51:46 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2006/06/28/irenaeus-still-caustic-to-the-modern-gnostic/#comment-1008 The <i>Proof of the Apostolic Teaching</i> has come down to us in Armenian, not Latin, translation. The Proof of the Apostolic Teaching has come down to us in Armenian, not Latin, translation.

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