I-Saint Irenaeus, uSanta wosuku ngoJuni 28

(c.130 - c.202)

Indaba yeSant'Ireneo
ISonto inenhlanhla yokuthi u-Irenaeus wabandakanyeka ezingxabanweni zakhe eziningi ngekhulu lesibili. Wayengumfundi, ngokungangabazeki efundiswe kahle, ebekezela kakhulu ekuphenyeni, evikela kakhulu imfundiso yobuphostoli, kodwa eqhutshwa isifiso esinamandla sokunqoba abaphikisi bakhe kunokuba abonise ukuthi ababoni.

Njengombhishobhi waseLyon, wayewathanda kakhulu amaGnostics, athatha igama lawo egameni lesiGreki elisho "ulwazi". Ngokuthi bafinyelele olwazini oluyimfihlo olwedluliselwa nguJesu kubafundi abambalwa, ukufundisa kwabo kwaheha futhi kwadida amaKhristu amaningi. Ngemuva kokutadisha ngokuphelele amahlelo ahlukahlukene amaGnostic kanye "nemfihlo" yabo, u-Irenaeus wakhombisa ukuthi yiziphi iziphetho ezinengqondo izimiso zabo ezilethe. Lokhu kokugcina kuqhathaniswa nemfundiso yabaphostoli nombhalo weSibhalo Esingcwele, kusinika, ezincwadini ezinhlanu, uhlelo lwemfundiso yenkolo olubaluleke kakhulu ezikhathini ezizayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umsebenzi wakhe, osetshenziswa kabanzi futhi uhunyushelwa olimini lwesiLatini nolwase-Armenia, kancane kancane waliqeda ithonya lamaGnostics.

Izimo nemininingwane yokufa kwakhe, njengaleyo yokuzalwa kwakhe nobuntwana bakhe e-Asia Minor, azicaci.

Ukuzindla
Ukukhathalela ngokujulile abanye ngobuqotho kuzosikhumbuza ukuthi ukutholakala kweqiniso akumele kube ukunqoba kwabanye nokunqotshwa kwabanye. Ngaphandle kokuthi wonke umuntu afune ukubamba iqhaza kulokhu kunqoba, iqiniso ngokwalo lizoqhubeka nokwaliwa yilabo abalahlekile, ngoba lizobhekwa njengelingahlukani nejoka lokwehlulwa. Futhi-ke, ukuxabana, impikiswano nokunye okunjalo kungavikela usesho oluhlangene lweqiniso leqiniso lokuthi uNkulunkulu angalisebenzela kanjani kangcono.