Chapter XIX.—Praise of the martyr Polycarp. Irenaeus' interpretation of Paul's discussion of Christ as the New Adam is significant because it helped develop the recapitulation theory of atonement. Chapter XXX.—Although certain as to the number of the name of Antichrist, yet we should come to no rash conclusions as to the name itself, because this number is capable of being fitted to many names. Chapter XXVI.—The treasure hid in the Scriptures is Christ; the true exposition of the Scriptures is to be found in the Church alone. He avers that the millennial kingdom and the resurrection are actualities, not allegories, the first resurrection introducing this promised kingdom in which the risen saints are described as ruling over the renewed earth during the millennium, between the two resurrections. Chapter V.—Expressions of respect for Ignatius. Chapter XXXIV.—Place of Christ’s birth foretold. Chapter CXXXVIII.—Noah is a figure of Christ, who has regenerated us by water, and faith, and wood: [i.e., the Cross.]. Chapter II.—Do not save me from martyrdom. Chapter XXXIX.—There is no reason for self-conceit. We must think soberly with regard to the mysteries of the faith. Epistle to Polycarp: Shorter and Longer Versions. Chapter XXX.—Absurdity of their styling themselves spiritual, while the Demiurge is declared to be animal. Chapter XXVIII.—God sees all things: therefore let us avoid transgression. Chapter XV.—Polycarp is not injured by the fire. He proves that Christ was first humble, then shall be glorious. Chapter XXIII.—The woman who suffered from an issue of blood was no type of the suffering Æon. Chapter LV.—Trypho asks that Christ be proved God, but without metaphor. Chapter CXV.—Prediction about the Christians in Zechariah. Chapter XI.—The law abrogated; the New Testament promised and given by God. Chapter X.—Exhortation to the practice of virtue. To argue against the Gnostics on this point, Irenaeus uses Colossians Col. 2:13–4 in showing that the debt which came by a tree has been paid for us in another tree. Chapter VI.—We should acknowledge one only God. According to Irenaeus, those who deny Adam's salvation are “shutting themselves out from life for ever” and the first one who did so was Tatian. Chapter XIII.—How the Word has been in all men. Samuel Irenæus Prime Born4 November 1812 Ballston, New York Died18 July 1885 Manchester, Vermont Parent Nathaniel Scudder Prime Julia Ann Jermain Relatives William Cowper Prime Benjamin Prime Chapter CXVI.—It is shown how this prophecy suits the Christians. Chapter IV.—Ignatius writes to the churches. Chapter XIII.—Concerning the transmission of epistles. Irenaeus first brings up the theme of victory over sin and evil that is afforded by Jesus's death. Chapter VIII.—Christians confess their faith in God. Chapter CXXVI.—The various names of Christ according to both natures. Chapter XIX.—Circumcision unknown before Abraham. Chapter LXIII.—How God appeared to Moses. Chapter XXIII.—Be humble, and believe that Christ will come again. Chapter LXXVIII.—He proves that this prophecy harmonizes with Christ alone, from what is afterwards written. Irenaeus' presentation of Christ as the New Adam is based on Paul's Christ-Adam parallel in Romans 5:12–21. Chapter LVIII.—Blessings sought for all that call upon God. Chapter XIX.—Jesus Christ was not a mere man, begotten from Joseph in the ordinary course of nature, but was very God, begotten of the Father most high, and very man, born of the Virgin. Chapter I.—The apostles did not commence to preach the Gospel, or to place anything on record until they were endowed with the gifts and power of the Holy Spirit. Chapter XXXIV.—Whence men attributed to God human form. Valentinian Gnosticism was one of the major forms of Gnosticism that Irenaeus opposed. . Irenaeus develops this idea based on Rom. [citation needed], Irenaeus cited the New Testament approximately 1,000 times. Spirituals, on the other hand—those who obtain this great gift—are the only class that will eventually attain salvation. [40] Thus Irenaeus provides the earliest witness to the assertion of the four canonical Gospels, possibly in reaction to Marcion's edited version of the Gospel of Luke, which Marcion asserted was the one and only true gospel. Chapter XVI.—Since our bodies return to the earth, it follows that they have their substance from it; also, by the advent of the Word, the image of God in us appeared in a clearer light. Munster i. W. 1919. pp. Chapter III.—A refutation of the heretics, from the fact that, in the various Churches, a perpetual succession of bishops was kept up. Irenaeus concluded with the destruction of all kingdoms at the Second Advent, when Christ, the prophesied "stone," cut out of the mountain without hands, smote the image after Rome's division.