Irenaeus, Against Heresies

Early Christian Writers, Responses to the Problem of Evil & the Problem of Pain, Writings on Evil by Doctors of the Church

A central purpose of Against Heresies was to refute the heretical teachings of Gnosticism, which flourished during the early church period. Because many Gnostics held that spiritual knowledge was to be arrived at through interior means, and because many also claimed to have access to ‘secret knowledge’ about the nature of the universe, Gnostic beliefs […]

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