Irenaeus on the Christian faith
Subtitle: a condensation of Against heresies
By: James R. Payton Jr
Contributors: Payton, James R., 1947-
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Eugene, Or
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781608996247
Subjects: Apologetics; Gnosticism; Doctrinal Theology; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Against heresies
Work titles: Adversus haereses
Notes: Most of the material dealing with Gnosticism has been cut out, keeping only those passages that make sense of what Irenaeus teaches, and virtually all material dealing with the Christian faith has been retained. cf. Pref.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 195) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Bk. 1. Exposing heresy: the views of the Gnostics; title: Bk. 2. Exposing heresy: disunity among the Gnostics; title: Bk. 3. The Christian faith, as drawn from the Apostles' teachings; title: Bk. 4. The Christian faith, as drawn from the words spoken by Christ; title: Bk. 5. The Christian faith, as drawn from further teaching of Christ and the Apostles