Canon and the Rule of Truth

Holy Scripture · 5 passages · 22 more on file · Broad agreement in this library · Against: Marcionism, Gnosticism

Apostolic deposit and rule of faith against private gospels.

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Irenaeus — Against Heresies I.10

Irenaeus · c. 130–c. 202 AD · Against Heresies

1. The Church, though dispersed throughout the whole world, even to the ends of the earth, has received from the apostles and their disciples this faith: She believes in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are in them;

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Irenaeus — Against Heresies III.11

Irenaeus · c. 130–c. 202 AD · Against Heresies

The disciple of the Lord therefore desiring to put an end to all such doctrines, and to establish the rule of truth in the Church, that there is one Almighty God, who made all things by His Word, both visible and invisible;

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Irenaeus — Against Heresies III.1

Irenaeus · c. 130–c. 202 AD · Against Heresies

We have learned from none others the plan of our salvation, than from those through whom the Gospel has come down to us, which they did at one time proclaim in public, and, at a later period, by the will of God, handed down to us in the Scriptures, to be the ground and pillar of our faith.

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Irenaeus — Against Heresies III.2

Irenaeus · c. 130–c. 202 AD · Against Heresies

When, however, they are confuted from the Scriptures, they turn round and accuse these same Scriptures, as if they were not correct, nor of authority, and assert that they are ambiguous, and that the truth cannot be extracted from them by those who are ignorant of tradition.

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Irenaeus — Against Heresies III.4

Irenaeus · c. 130–c. 202 AD · Against Heresies

Since therefore we have such proofs, it is not necessary to seek the truth among others which it is easy to obtain from the Church; since the apostles, like a rich man depositing his money in a bank, lodged in her hands most copiously all things pertaining to the truth: so that every man, whosoever will, can draw from…

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