St. Irenaeus June 28 "The Glory of God is the human person fully alive

Irenaeus

Bishop

Irenaeus, also referred to as Saint Irenaeus, was Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, then a part of the Roman Empire. He was an early Church Father and apologist, and his writings were formative in the early development of Christian theology.Wikipedia

Born: 130 AD, Smyrna, Turkey

Died: 202 AD, Lugdunum

“The glory of God is the human person fully alive.”
― Irenaeus of Lyons

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“Error, indeed is never set forth in its naked deformity, lest, being thus exposed, it should at once be detected. But it is craftily decked out in an attractive dress, so as, by its outward form, to make it appear to the inexperienced more true than truth itself.”
― Irenaeus of Lyons

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“Error never shows itself in its naked reality, in order not to be discovered. On the contrary, it dresses elegantly, so that the unwary may be led to believe that it is more truthful than truth itself.”
― Irenaeus of Lyons