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St. Irenaeus, undisputedly the most important theologian of the second century, laid a firmer foundation for all future Christian thinkers. Both in his work, Against the Heresies and in this present study, Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching, St. Irenaeus explains that there is but one God, made known to the human race by his one Son, Jesus Christ, through the one Holy Spirit; and this one...

of heaven, uniting man to God, while the others lead down to death, separating man from God.4 Thus it is necessary for you and for all who are concerned about their salvation to make [your] way by faith, without deviation, surely and resolutely,5 lest, in slacking, you remain in gross desires, or, erring, wander far from the right [path]. [2] And since man is a living being composed of a soul and a body,6 it is fitting that this [ie. following the right path] should happen in each case; and because
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