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St. Irenaeus of Lyons: Against the Heresies, Book 2 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Against the Heresies establishes Irenaeus as the most important theologian of the second century. Volume 2 is a detailed and effective refutation of the Gnostic heretics the Valentinians and the Marcionites.

belongs to others and is outside of himself. Now, if they say that it was outside of himself, then all the incongruities mentioned will be against them, and the First God will be enclosed by what2 is outside of him, and in whom he will necessarily have his end. If, on the contrary, it was in his own realm, then it will be very foolish to say that the world was made in his own realm apart from his counsel, by the Angels and those who are under his power or by someone else; as if either he would not
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