St. Irenaeus, "Against All Heresies," c. 180 A.D. "In the four preceding books, my very dear friend, which I put forth to thee, all the heretics have been exposed, and their doctrines brought to ...

And Irenaeus, the leader of a church in France ... In an enormous book called "Against Heresies" in which he outlined all the difficulties, particularly, he said, many of these heretics decried ...

St. Irenaeus, "Against All Heresies," c. 180 A.D. "But since it would take too long to set out here the successions of all the churches, we shall turn to that great, ancient and universally known ...