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irenaeus

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What does irenaeus mean?

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Ancient Greek.

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Who finds not that Irenaeus, Epiphanius, Jerome, and others discover more heresies than they well confute, and that oft for heresy which is the truer opinion?
John MiltonAreopagitica A Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing to the Parliament of EnglandProject Gutenberg ebook #608
And, indeed, Irenaeus was involved in the same fortune.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
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These methods, as applied to the Old Testament, had appeared at times in the New; in spite of the resistance of Tertullian and Irenaeus, they were transmitted to the Church; and in the works of the early fathers they bloomed forth luxuriantly.
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505