{"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-70","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":"LUK","chapter":4,"kind":"exposition","verse":6},{"book":"PRO","chapter":21,"kind":"citation","verse":1},{"book":"PRO","chapter":8,"kind":"citation","verse":15},{"book":"PRO","chapter":8,"kind":"citation","verse":16},{"book":"ROM","chapter":13,"kind":"exposition","verse":1},{"book":"ROM","chapter":13,"kind":"exposition","verse":4},{"book":"ROM","chapter":13,"kind":"exposition","verse":6},{"book":"MAT","chapter":17,"kind":"exposition","verse":27}],"section":"Book V, Chapter 24, Section 1","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":[70],"raw_source":"raw/fathers/irenaeus-against-heresies-book5-ancl1869.html","reference_basis":"LUK 4:6 (exposition): The quoted delivered-to-me/to-whomsoever-I-will boast matches Luke 4:6. Irenaeus expressly calls it a lie and argues that God, rather than the devil, appoints the kingdoms; Matthew 4:9 is not the wording actually cited. PRO 21:1 (citation): The king's heart in God's hand is actually quoted as proof for God controlling earthly rule. This is a supporting verse mention; no exposition of the watercourses metaphor is invented. PRO 8:15 (citation): The exact kings-reign/princes-administer-justice clause is quoted and expressly attributed to Solomon/the Word. It serves as supporting proof of divine rather than satanic political disposal; no unquoted wisdom detail is added. PRO 8:16 (citation): The following chiefs/princes/rulers-of-earth clause is also actually quoted and corresponds to verse 16, though the original note stops at 15. Its historical wording differs from the modern supplied translations and must be retained. ROM 13:1 (exposition): Paul's subjection/no-authority-except-God/ordained-by-God verse is actually quoted. Irenaeus explicitly interprets the higher powers as actual human authorities rather than angelic or invisible rulers. ROM 13:4 (exposition): The sword-not-in-vain/minister/avenger clause is actually quoted within that same explicit identification of Paul's authorities as human rulers. The source's interpretation is preserved, without inventing an exposition of unquoted parts of the verse. ROM 13:6 (exposition): The tribute/ministers-doing-service statement is quoted and is the paragraph's explicit textual reason for reading the powers as real human authorities rather than angels. It is repeated at the end as the rationale for tribute. MAT 17:27 (exposition): The Lord's directive to pay for Himself and Peter is explicitly recalled and applied as confirmation of paying tribute in the argument about God's ministers. The actual payment-for-me-and-you instruction is independently verified in WEB/ASV 17:27; no adjacent tax verses are added. The civil-authority application belongs to Irenaeus and is not represented as wording the Gospel itself says. {\"original_note_id\": \"cite_note-202\", \"printed_note\": \"Matt. iv. 9; Luke iv. 6.\", \"correction_kind\": \"nonmatching_parallel_locator_excluded\", \"excluded_for_this_actual_quote\": {\"book\": \"MAT\", \"chapter\": 4, \"verse\": 9}, \"retained_verified_locator\": {\"book\": \"LUK\", \"chapter\": 4, \"verse\": 6}, \"basis\": \"Delivered-to-me and giving-to-whomsoever-I-will are Luke 4:6's actual quoted claim. Matthew 4:9 is a related temptation but does not contain those words; no worship condition is quoted in this paragraph.\", \"original_note_preserved\": true} {\"original_note_id\": \"cite_note-204\", \"printed_note\": \"Prov. viii. 15.\", \"correction_kind\": \"incomplete_quoted_range\", \"retained_correct_locator\": {\"book\": \"PRO\", \"chapter\": 8, \"verse\": 15}, \"additional_actual_quoted_locator\": {\"book\": \"PRO\", \"chapter\": 8, \"verse\": 16}, \"basis\": \"The second sentence about chiefs/princes and rulers of the earth belongs to the following verse 16 in the supplied WEB, ASV and DRA. Keep both actual quoted verses; do not substitute 16 for 15.\", \"original_note_preserved\": true} {\"book\": \"MAT\", \"chapter\": 4, \"verse\": 9, \"status\": \"rejected_nonmatching_parallel_note_locator\", \"basis\": \"The printed note lists this related temptation, but its conditional 'I will give you all these if you fall down and worship' is absent. The paragraph's actual quote is the distinct Luke 4:6 claim that power was delivered to him and may be given to whom he wishes.\"} {\"book\": \"LUK\", \"chapter\": 4, \"verse\": 7, \"status\": \"deferred_not_admitted\", \"basis\": \"No conditional worship-before-me sentence occurs here. Do not extend the actual Luke 4:6 quotation into the adjacent verse.\"} {\"book\": \"ROM\", \"chapter\": 13, \"verse\": 2, \"status\": \"deferred_not_admitted\", \"basis\": \"No resisting-authority/receiving-judgment clause is cited or individually interpreted; a broad Romans 13:1–7 link would overstate the actual quoted verses.\"} {\"book\": \"ROM\", \"chapter\": 13, \"verse\": 3, \"status\": \"deferred_not_admitted\", \"basis\": \"The fear/good-conduct/ruler-praise clause is not cited. Human-government context does not admit every verse of the chapter.\"} {\"book\": \"ROM\", \"chapter\": 13, \"verse\": 5, \"status\": \"deferred_not_admitted\", \"basis\": \"No conscience/necessity-of-subjection sentence is quoted; do not include it by range.\"} {\"book\": \"ROM\", \"chapter\": 13, \"verse\": 7, \"status\": \"deferred_not_admitted\", \"basis\": \"The tax/custom/fear/honor list is not quoted; verse 6 is the actual tribute quotation.\"} {\"book\": \"MAT\", \"chapter\": 17, \"verse\": 24, \"status\": \"deferred_not_admitted\", \"basis\": \"The surrounding tax-collector scene is compatible background, but the author actually singles out the directive to pay for Himself and Peter in verse 27.\"} {\"book\": \"MAT\", \"chapter\": 17, \"verse\": 26, \"status\": \"deferred_not_admitted\", \"basis\": \"The source's modern locator is WEB/ASV 17:27. Supplied DRA's native 17:26 contains that payment text because its numbering differs; do not add WEB 17:26 as a second verse merely to harmonize editions.\"}","reviewed_on":"2026-10-10","source_sha256":"e1a9088145cfef289c81562b04dc8be4133db207ebb84dcaca9c06cb8e737d80","text_sha256":"b48c624aa7342c29e007469d30079f48808a18a67b302dce46dcc7843b00f57e"},"verified":true,"work":"Against Heresies","work_id":"irenaeus-against-heresies-book5"}