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- Eirēnaîos; c. 130 – c. 202 AD) was a Greek bishop noted for his role in guiding and expanding Christian communities in the southern regions of present-day France and, more widely, for the development of Christian theology by combating heterodox or Gnostic interpretations of Scripture as heresy and defining proto-orthodoxy.
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Sep 5, 2024 · St. Irenaeus (born c. 120/140, Asia Minor—died c. 200/203, probably Lyon; Western feast day June 28; Eastern feast day August 23) was the bishop of Lugdunum (Lyon), an Apologist, a doctor of the church, and a leading Christian theologian of the 2nd century.
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Pope Francis declared Irenaeus the 37th Doctor of the Church on 21 January 2022. [12] The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates Irenaeus, the feast being also on 23 August. Irenaeus is honored in the Church of England and in the Episcopal Church on 28 June. [13] [14]
4 days ago · Last week, Pope Francis made it official: Over 1800 years after his death, St. Irenaeus of Lyon is now a Doctor of the Church. With Irenaeus’ inclusion, the Catholic Church has now officially designated 37 Doctors of the Church.
Apr 13, 2024 · On Jan. 21, 2022, Pope Francis issued a decree declaring St. Irenaeus as a Doctor of the Church, having accepted a related proposal of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints. He is the first Doctor of the Church believed to have been a martyr, and, having died around 202, he holds the distinction of being the most ancient of the 37 Doctors ...
Jan 20, 2022 · St. Irenaeus is the second doctor of the church named by Pope Francis after St. Gregory of Narek, who was given the designation in 2015. He brings the total number of doctors of the church to...
Jun 28, 2024 · Irenaeus was born in Asia, most probably in the city of Smyrna, in the first part of the 3rd century; in 177, he went to the Roman region of Gaul in Western Europe. As a young man he was a disciple St Polycarp, who had learned the Gospel from St John the Apostle.
Irenaeus, according to the Pope, understood that it was necessary to stop at the "why" and apply it to the History of Salvation (ibid.). For Catholic theologians, it is not a question of building monuments of speculative thought, of constructing an inviolable metaphysics.
