St. Irenaeus of Lyons
St. Irenaeus of Lyons (130-202 AD) was Bishop of Lyons and an early Church Father. A student of St. Polycarp, he provided a link to the apostolic age.
His work 'Against Heresies' is a detailed refutation of Gnosticism and a systematic presentation of Christian theology.
The glory of God is man fully alive.
Error, indeed, is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should at once be detected.
He who was the Son of God became the Son of man, that man might become the son of God.
Prayer of St. Irenaeus
It is not thou that shapest God it is God that shapest thee. If thou art the work of God await the hand of the artist who does all things in due season. Offer Him thy heart, soft and tractable, and keep the form in which the artist has fashioned thee. Let thy clay be moist, lest thou grow hard and lose the imprint of his fingers.
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