This work, which establishes Irenaeus as the most important of the theologians of the second century, is a detailed and effective refutation of Gnosticism, and a major source of information on the various Gnostic sects and doctrines. This volume contains Book One.
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Original Language: Latin, Greek
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Unger's Intricate Piece of Work,
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This review is from: 55. St. Irenaeus of Lyons: Against the Heresies Book 1(Ancient Christian Writers) (v. 1) (Hardcover)
With an excellent array of notes explaining his decisions in translating the thirty-one chapters of Book One of Irenaes's Against the Heresies, Unger has produced an admirable and accessible scholarly edition. Any translation is simultaneously an interpretation, and Unger has elucidated his choices in a minute and clear manner. Moreover, his introduction is quite helpful in setting the scene regarding Irenaeus's audience, style, and purpose.
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This Is Only the First Book,
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This review is from: 55. St. Irenaeus of Lyons: Against the Heresies Book 1(Ancient Christian Writers) (v. 1) (Hardcover)
St. Irenaeus wrote five volumes of Against the Heresies. This is only book one. If you're looking for anything in subsequent volumes (I was looking for material in book 3, for example), you won't get it in this volume. St. Ireneaus is cogent, clear, and brilliant, of course. Just be forewarned that this isn't the entire work.
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Yes it is Book One :-),
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This review is from: 55. St. Irenaeus of Lyons: Against the Heresies Book 1(Ancient Christian Writers) (v. 1) (Hardcover)
This is a nice translation of Book One, and you can get all 5 books in the ANF reprint by Eerdman's at www.christianbooks.com at 9USD including St Justin Martyr and the Apostolic Fathers.
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1. They claim that in the invisible and unnameable heights there is a certain perfect Aeon that was before all, the First-Being, whom they also call First-Beginning, First-Father, and Profundity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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1. They claim that in the invisible and unnameable heights there is a certain perfect Aeon that was before all, the First-Being, whom they also call First-Beginning, First-Father, and Profundity. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ensouled element, ensouled substance, symbolical number, virginal spirit, thirty aeons, adversus haereses, conjugal couple, thirty letters, conjugal union Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus, Son of God, Word of God, Son of Man, God of the Jews, Father of Truth New!
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- The Nag Hammadi Library by James M. Robinson in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Nag Hammadi Bibliography by D.M. Scholer in Back Matter
- New Testament Apocrypha, Vol. 1: Gospels and Related Writings Revised Edition by Wilhelm Schneemelcher in Back Matter
- The Alphabet: A Key to the History of Mankind by David Diringer in Back Matter
- Classical Dictionary (Wordsworth Collection) by William Smith in Back Matter
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