Download or read book The Writings of Irenæus written by Saint Irenæus and published by Aeterna Press. This book was released on with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE work of Irenæus Against Heresies is one of the most precious remains of early Christian antiquity. It is devoted, on the one hand, to an account and refutation of those multiform Gnostic heresies which prevailed in the latter half of the second century; and, on the other hand, to an exposition and defence of the Catholic faith. Aeterna Press