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This quotation of St Irenaeus of Lyons helped to bring me into the Catholic Church:<\/span><\/div>\n
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Therefore we will refute those who hold unauthorized assemblies\u2013either because of false self importance, or pride, or blindness and perversity\u2013by pointing to the tradition of the greatest and oldest church, a church known to all men, which was founded and established at Rome by the most renouwned Apostles Peter and Paul. this tradition the church has from the Apostles, and this faith has been proclaimed to all men, and has come down to our own day through the succession of bishops. for thsi church has a position of leadership and authority; and therefore every church, that is, the faithful everywhere, must needs agree with the church at Rome; for in her the apostolic tradition has ever been preserved byu the faithful from all parts of the world.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
Therefore we will refute those who hold unauthorized assemblies\u2013either because of false self importance, or pride, or blindness and perversity\u2013by pointing to the tradition of the greatest and oldest church, a church known to all men, which was founded and established at Rome by the most renouwned Apostles Peter and Paul. this tradition the church has from the Apostles, and this faith has been proclaimed to all men, and has come down to our own day through the succession of bishops. for thsi church has a position of leadership and authority; and therefore every church, that is, the faithful everywhere, must needs agree with the church at Rome; for in her the apostolic tradition has ever been preserved byu the faithful from all parts of the world.<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n
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I think it\u2019s a beautiful detail in this great passage that Ireaeus actually seems to quote St Paul\u2019s epistle to the Romans. In Romans 1:8 St Paul praises the Romans because their faith is \u2018known all over the world\u2019 and Irenaeus says that the faith of the Roman church is \u2018known to all men.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
I think it\u2019s a beautiful detail in this great passage that Ireaeus actually seems to quote St Paul\u2019s epistle to the Romans. In Romans 1:8 St Paul praises the Romans because their faith is \u2018known all over the world\u2019 and Irenaeus says that the faith of the Roman church is \u2018known to all men.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
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It\u2019s also a fine thing to celebrate St Irenaeus the day before we commemorate SS Peter and Paul. 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It\u2019s also a fine thing to celebrate St Irenaeus the day before we commemorate SS Peter and Paul. How beautiful to say Mass with the Roman Canon on these days with the resounding prayer to God for all those who teach the Catholic Faith, \u201cthat comes to us from the Apostles.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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