Gnosticism is a term that's etymologically ... in creation and belief in redemption was viewed by theologians such as Irenaeus as to be a fundamental mistake which departed radically from the ...

Irenaeus’ soteriology was not simply a metaphysical theory ... 1993), 7-38 at 25 (emphasis mine). King, Karen L. What Is Gnosticism? Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003 Thomassen, Einar. ...

Which are the right ones? Which are the best ones?" And Irenaeus, the leader of a church in France in about the year 170, declared that "The heretics boast that they have many more gospels than ...

Returning to Gaul, Irenaeus succeeded the martyr Saint Pothinus ... almost all of which were directed against Gnosticism, the heresy then spreading in Gaul and elsewhere. In 190 or 191 he ...

For a time, much of what we knew about the gnostic writings came through early Christian leaders such as Irenaeus of Lyons, ...