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Portrait of Irenaeus

Medieval · c. 130–202

Who did Irenaeus influence?

Students and legacy

Bishop who answered Gnostic dualism with one creation and one recapitulating Christ.

Irenaeus influenced Tertullian. That is 1 line of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.

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Who was Irenaeus?

Irenaeus came from Smyrna, where he heard Polycarp preach, and became bishop of Lugdunum, now Lyon. Around 180 he wrote Against Heresies to refute the Gnostics, especially Valentinus.

Against their claims to secret knowledge he set three pillars of orthodoxy: Scripture, the tradition handed down from the apostles and the teaching of their successors. He is the earliest surviving witness to treat all four of the now-canonical gospels as essential. In 2022 Pope Francis named him a Doctor of the Church.

Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.

Who did Irenaeus influence?

1 thinker on this map draws directly on Irenaeus.

Two steps away from Irenaeus

The second generation

Contemporaries of Irenaeus

Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Irenaeus, with no direct line between them.

Irenaeus by the numbers

Direct influences
0
Direct followers
1
Thinkers upstream
0
Thinkers downstream
149
Wikipedia languages
64 — #28 of 58 among medieval philosophers
Card rarity
Epic

Schools and lineages

Questions about Irenaeus

Who influenced Irenaeus?
No earlier thinker on this map is recorded as a direct influence on Irenaeus.
Who did Irenaeus influence?
Tertullian.
When did Irenaeus live?
c. 130–202. The map files Irenaeus under the medieval period.
How rare is the Irenaeus card?
Wikipedia carries an article on Irenaeus in 64 languages, which makes it an Epic card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.

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