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An account of the life and writings of S. Irenaeus,bishop of Lyons and martyr

intended to illustrate the doctrine, discipline, practices, and history of the church and the tenets and practices of the gnostic heretics during the second century

Also known as An account of the life and writings of S. Irenæus

by James Beaven & James. [from old catalog] Beaven

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  • 19th century
  • Languages: English, Ancient Greek, Latin
  • Content type: Primary source
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An account of the life and writings of S. Irenaeus, bishop of Lyons and martyr : intended to illustrate the doctrine, discipline, practices, and history of the church, and the tenets and practices of the Gnostic heretics during the second century. 1841

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Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity.

  • Gnosticism and esoteric Christianity

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Gnosticism”. Retained metadata contains “gnostic” in the subtitle, “gnostic” in the description, “Gnosticism” in the subject metadata, and 1 additional metadata match(es).

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    • “gnostic”· in subtitle
    • “gnostic”· in description
    • “Gnosticism”· in subject
    • “gnostic”· in edition subtitle

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intended to illustrate the doctrine, discipline, practices, and history of the church, and the tenets and practices of the Gnostic heretics during the second century

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1841-01-01T00:00:00ZLondon : Printed for the author & sold by J.G.F. & J Rivington; London, Printed for the author, & sold by J. G. F. & J. Rivington; Printed for the author, & sold by J. G. F. & J. RivingtonEnglish
  • 9780665390760
  • 0665390769
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intended to illustrate the doctrine, discipline, practices, and history of the church and the tenets and practices of the gnostic heretics during the second century

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1841Gilbert & Rivington; London : Gilbert & RivingtonEnglish, Ancient Greek—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Contributing institution: The Library of Congress
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Digitization sponsor: The Library of Congress
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  • Open Library reports 2 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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