Church Fatherc. 130–202

Irenaeus of Lyons

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.

What Pitre quotes

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)

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Cited by · 5

ArgumentMary as the New Eve — the founding text and its logic.
Against Heresies 3.22.4 (p 36)
ArgumentHow the New Eve typology grounds the Immaculate Conception.
Against Heresies 3.22.4 (p 36)
ArgumentSeven Fathers on the New Eve, with their words — and Newman
Against Heresies 3.22.4 (p 36)
ArgumentThe surprising claim about Mary's birth pangs at Bethlehem.
Proof of the Apostolic Preaching 54 (pp 131–132)
ArgumentPainless at Bethlehem, pains at the passion — Irenaeus, Gregory of Nyssa, John Damascene; Mater Dolorosa
Proof of the Apostolic Preaching 54 (pp 131–132)

Passages · 2

PassageIrenaeus — 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)
PassageIrenaeus — Proof of the Apostolic Preaching 54
Isaiah 66:7 read as the Virgin's painless birth of Christ (pp 131–132)

Verses discussed · 3

Referenced by · 4

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