I-Sant'Ireneo, iNgcwele yosuku lwe-28 kaJuni

(c. 130 - c. 202)

Imbali yeSant'Ireneo
Icawe inethamsanqa lokuba uIrenaeus wayebandakanyekile kwiingxoxo zakhe ezininzi kwinkulungwane yesibini. Wayengumfundi oqeqeshwe kakuhle ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo, enomonde omkhulu kuphando, ekhusela kakhulu imfundiso yobupostile, kodwa eqhutywa ngakumbi ngumnqweno wokoyisa iintshaba zakhe kunokuba ubonakalise ukuba ziphosakele.

Njengobhishophu waseLyons, wayenomdla kakhulu kwi-Gnostics, eyathatha igama labo kwigama lesiGrike elithetha "ulwazi". Ngokubanga ukufikelela kulwazi olufihlakeleyo olwanikelwa nguYesu kubafundi abambalwa, imfundiso yabo yatsala yaza yadida amaKristu amaninzi. Emva kokuba ewafundisise kakuhle amahlelo obuGnostiki kunye "nemfihlelo" yawo, uIrenaeus wabonisa ukuba ziziphi izigqibo ezisengqiqweni abaziziswa yimigaqo yabo. Oku kuthelekiswa nemfundiso yabapostile kunye nombhalo weSibhalo esingcwele, zisinika, kwiincwadi ezintlanu, inkqubo yobufundisi ebaluleke kakhulu kumaxesha amva. Ngapha koko, umsebenzi wakhe, owawusetyenziswa ngokubanzi nokuguqulelwa kwisiLatin nakwisiArmenian, ngokuthe ngcembe wayiphelisa impembelelo yamaGnostiki.

Iimeko kunye neenkcukacha zokusweleka kwakhe, ezifana nezo zokuzalwa kwakhe kunye nobuntwana bakhe eAsia Minor, azicacanga.

Ukucingisisa
Ukuxhalabela ngokunzulu nangokunyaniseka abanye kuya kusikhumbuza ukuba ukufunyanwa kwenyaniso akufuneki kube luloyiso kwabanye kwaye koyiswe kwabanye. Ngaphandle kokuba wonke umntu unokufaka ibango lokuthatha inxaxheba kolo loyiso, inyaniso ngokwayo iya kuqhubeka nokulahlwa kwabo baphulukene nayo, kuba iya kuthathwa njengengalinganiyo kwidyokhwe yokoyisa. Ke ngoko, imbambano, impikiswano nokunye okunjalo kunokuzisa kukhangelo oluhlangeneyo lokukhangela inyaniso kaThixo nokuba ingalungiswa njani na.