TY - BOOK AU - Irenaeus, AU - Payton,James R. TI - Irenaeus on the Christian faith: a condensation of Against heresies SN - 0227900170 AV - BR65.I63 A3313 2012eb U1 - 238.1 22 PY - 2012/// CY - Cambridge, U.K. PB - James Clarke & Co. KW - Gnosticism KW - Early works to 1800 KW - Theology, Doctrinal KW - Apologetics KW - RELIGION KW - Christianity KW - Catechisms KW - bisacsh KW - fast KW - RELIGION / History KW - Electronic books KW - Early works N1 - Frontcover; Title; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Life of Irenaeus; Opposing Gnosticism; The General Gnostic Pattern; Gnostic Christianity; Irenaeus ' Presentation of Christianity; Unity and Coherence; One Lord, One Faith, One History; Recapitulation; Significance of Against Heresies; First in a Long Line; An Audacious but Unanswered Claim; Irenaeus and "Normative" Christianity; Structure of Against Heresies; Book 1; Book 2; Book 3; Book 4; Book 5; Bibliography; Back cover N2 - Annotation With this distillation readers now have access to Irenaeus' rich presentation of the Christian faith, saturated in a thorough knowledge of Scripture and steadfastly rooted in the apostolic tradition of the early church. For anyone who wants to know what the early Christian church had received and passed on from the apostles UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=814386 ER -