Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325. Volume 5: The Writings of Iren (Volume 1) (edit title/settings)

Shelfari edited the first sentence of Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers down to A.D. 325. Volume 5: The Writings of Iren (Volume 1) Friday, July 17, 2009.

• 1. INASMUCH as certain men have set the truth aside, and bring in lying words and vain genealogies, which, as the apostle says, "minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith," and by means of their craftily-constructed plausibilities draw away the minds of the inexperienced and take them captive, <I have felt constrained, my dear friend, to compose the following treatise in order to expose and counteract their machinations.>