A bishop of Lyons who had listened, as a boy, to Polycarp — who had listened to John. His five books Against Heresies are the fullest account we have of what the second-century church believed and of the teachers it argued with. Modern English.
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Contents
Against Heresies, Book IV
1The Maker Is the Father2The God of the Living3Known Only Through the Son4One Householder, Two Covenants5Christ the End of the Law6From Slaves to Friends7God Needs Nothing From Us8The Church’s Pure Offering9Seeing the Invisible God10The Sowers and the Reapers11The Treasure Hidden in the Scriptures12Written Down for Our Warning13The Spoils of Egypt14An Elder on Both Covenants15The Spiritual Man Judges All16He Brought Himself17The Vineyard and Its Tenants18The Ancient Law of Freedom19Milk Before Solid Food20Children by Birth and by Deed