1570 GREEK THEOLOGY in LATIN by IRENAEUS antique 16th CENTURY FOLIO VELLUM BOUND
Divi Iremaei, Graeci Scriptoris eruditissimi, Episcopi Lugdunensis, libri quinque Adevrsus portentosas haereses Valentini & aliorum, accuratius quam antehac emendati, additis Graecis quae reperiri potuerunt: opera & diligentia Nicolai Gallasii, S. Theologiae professoris: Una Cum Eiusdem Annotationibus Additus est ctiam index locupletisimus, Reliqua sequens pagina indicabit. Apud Ionnem le Preux, & Ioanne Paruum. M. D. LXX: 1570Full overlapping vellum binding, wornVery good condition, minor wear, some underlining in textFolio. Size 9 by 13"Text in Latin=====================Irenaeus (c.130 – c.202 AD) was a Greek bishop noted for his role in guiding and expanding Christian communities in the southern regions of present-day France and, more widely, for the development of Christian theology by combating heterodox or Gnostic interpretations of Scripture as heresy and defining proto-orthodoxy. Originating from Smyrna, he had seen and heard the preaching of Polycarp, who in turn w