{"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-50","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":"GEN","chapter":1,"kind":"exposition","verse":26},{"book":"GEN","chapter":1,"kind":"exposition","verse":27},{"book":"JHN","chapter":1,"kind":"exposition","verse":14}],"section":"Book V, Chapter 16, section 2","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":[50],"raw_source":"raw/fathers/irenaeus-against-heresies-book5-ancl1869.html","reference_basis":"GEN 1:26 (exposition): The source distinguishes image and likeness and explains the lost likeness being firmly restored through the visible Word. The paired image/likeness formulation specifically corresponds to Genesis 1:26. The verse is not formally quoted or footnoted here. The paired image/likeness terms and their separate explanation justify an unquoted exposition, not an exact quotation claim. GEN 1:27 (exposition): The author expressly discusses the statement that man was created in God's image, interpreting that image in relation to the previously invisible Word and its manifestation in the incarnation. Genesis 1:27's created-in-the-image statement is used specifically; the male/female clause is not interpreted. JHN 1:14 (exposition): The distinctive Word-becoming-flesh statement is immediately explained: becoming human displays the image and restores likeness. This is a specific application of the incarnation clause, beyond a generic mention that Christ was human. Unmarked biblical allusion, not an explicit claim that Irenaeus names John's verse here. No exposition of the rest of John 1:14 is inferred. {\"reference\": \"COL 1:15\", \"basis\": \"The invisible-Father/image language is a thematic parallel, but the actual paragraph explains humanity's creation in the image and the Word becoming flesh. It does not identify or separately explain Colossians 1:15.\", \"review_status\": \"context-only-no-additional-admission\", \"admission_recommendation\": \"do-not-admit-from-this-review\", \"public_import_allowed\": false} {\"reference\": \"JHN 1:18\", \"basis\": \"Visibility of the Word and invisibility of the Father do not alone establish a separate quotation or exposition of the no-one-has-seen-God verse.\", \"review_status\": \"context-only-no-additional-admission\", \"admission_recommendation\": \"do-not-admit-from-this-review\", \"public_import_allowed\": false}","reviewed_on":"2026-10-10","source_sha256":"e1a9088145cfef289c81562b04dc8be4133db207ebb84dcaca9c06cb8e737d80","text_sha256":"45e0ce40fa0c88d9ab2fdc8e3538f43e5bedfe2fd40ab095c65f25a07e512324"},"verified":true,"work":"Against Heresies","work_id":"irenaeus-against-heresies-book5"}