Who
Bishop of Lyons, disciple of Polycarp, who had known the apostle John. His Against Heresies is the first great synthesis of Christian teaching, and his Eve–Mary parallel ("the knot of Eve's disobedience was loosed by the obedience of Mary") is the root of the New Eve tradition.
Lineage
In the succession →See of Lyons, c. 178–202.
- Taught by
- Polycarpc. 69–155
Irenaeus, Against Heresies III.3.4; Letter to Florinus (Eusebius, Church History V.20)
- Disciples
- Hippolytus of Romec. 170–235
Photius, Bibliotheca 121 (Hippolytus a disciple of Irenaeus) (tradition)
Contents
In Jewish Roots of Mary
Who
Bishop of Lyons and disciple of Polycarp, who had known the apostle John. His summary of the apostolic faith is one of the earliest Christian writings after the New Testament, and his Eve–Mary parallel became the foundation of the New Eve tradition.
Quoted works
- Against Heresies 3.22.4 — 'The knot of Eve's disobedience was loosed by the obedience of Mary. For what the virgin Eve had bound fast through unbelief, this did the virgin Mary set free through faith' (p 36)
- Proof of the Apostolic Preaching 54 — Isaiah 66:7 read as the Virgin's painless birth of Christ (pp 131–132)
Quoted in
Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus · Book I · Book II · Book III · Book IV · …