The second-century bishop and theologian Irenaeus, who was an important link between the late second-century Christians and the apostles because he had been taught by Polycarp, one of John’s disciples, emphasized the Christian consensus in his five books Against Heresies. In the first book the bishop of Lyons writes about the unifying tradition of Christian belief handed down by the apostles and includes in it the one faith (belief) in salvation through Christ Jesus, the Son of God, who became incarnate “for our salvation.” He specifically mentions the major events of Jesus’ life, death
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