{"attribution":"Irenaeus of Lyons; The Writings of Irenaeus, Volume II, Ante-Nicene Christian Library IX; translated by Alexander Roberts and W. H. Rambaut; T. & T. Clark, Edinburgh, 1869. Existing transcription supplied by Wikisource contributors.","author":"Irenaeus of Lyons","date_end":188,"date_evidence_url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ante-Nicene_Christian_Library/Introductory_Notice_to_Iren%C3%A6us","date_label":"c. 182–188 AD (historical editorial dating)","date_start":182,"edition_permalink":"https://en.wikisource.org/w/index.php?title=Ante-Nicene_Christian_Library/Against_Heresies_(Iren%C3%A6us)/Book_5&oldid=13533734","edition_year":1869,"id":"irenaeus-ah5-ancl1869-reviewed-24","license":"Public domain historical English translation; Wikisource transcription","license_url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Wikisource:Reusing_Wikisource_content","provenance_note":"Physical title transcribed MDCCCLXIX (1869). The volume credits Roberts and W. H. Rambaut jointly; no paragraph-level translator allocation is asserted. Provider biographies identify Alexander Roberts (1826–1901) and William Hautenville Rambaut (1822–1893). Provider edition and translator pages declare public-domain status; its reuse policy states that public-domain transcription creates no new copyright. This is a separately acquired ANCL edition, not CCEL permission. Scan index: Ante-Nicene Christian Library Vol 9.djvu, source pages 76–179. Transcription is not fully proofread; original spelling, transcription defects and ancient textual variants are retained without silent correction. Source-note reference errors, which may be printing or transcription defects, are documented and canonical links follow quoted words. The original Greek is largely lost; this edition also depends on the ancient Latin version. Some passages expressly report teaching of presbyters or elders; they remain within Irenaeus's work and are not newly attributed to an individual. No generated translation or commentary; no independent worldwide-law guarantee.","references":[{"book":"1CO","chapter":15,"kind":"exposition","verse":48},{"book":"1CO","chapter":15,"kind":"exposition","verse":49},{"book":"1CO","chapter":15,"kind":"exposition","verse":50},{"book":"ROM","chapter":6,"kind":"citation","verse":4}],"section":"Book V, Chapter 9, section 3","source_url":"https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ante-Nicene_Christian_Library/Against_Heresies_(Iren%C3%A6us)/Book_5","text_changes":"Whitespace normalized; source pagination and footnote reference markers removed. English wording unchanged.","translator":"Alexander Roberts and W. H. Rambaut (credited jointly on the volume title)","verification":{"method":"inspected source paragraph and verse context; SHA-256 locked","paragraph_indices":[24],"raw_source":"raw/fathers/irenaeus-against-heresies-book5-ancl1869.html","reference_basis":"1CO 15:48-48 (exposition): The author quotes the earthly clause and defines the earthly as fashioned flesh, opposing it to heavenly Spirit; the definitions are the actual exposition. 1CO 15:49-49 (exposition): The text asks what earthly/heavenly mean, then interprets bearing the image in terms of flesh lacking the Spirit versus Spirit-directed conduct. Source and ASV/WEBSTER use future we shall bear; WEB/DRA use an exhortative let us bear. Preserve the historical reading and do not replace it with WEB wording. 1CO 15:50-50 (exposition): The final explanation expressly interprets exclusion from the kingdom as flesh without the Spirit, retaining the bodily substance rather than rejecting it. ROM 6:4-4 (citation): This distinctive phrase is present in the author prose and in Romans6:4. Here it illustrates the Spirit-led contrast; the paragraph does not separately interpret Romans6:4 baptismal burial/resurrection argument.","reviewed_on":"2026-10-10","source_sha256":"e1a9088145cfef289c81562b04dc8be4133db207ebb84dcaca9c06cb8e737d80","text_sha256":"c02deca0e9594ff13c8dd61c7e82e802d3b00dff0bf3874cc3031f5cd211abe1"},"verified":true,"work":"Against Heresies","work_id":"irenaeus-against-heresies-book5"}