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Quotation from Against Heresies by Irenaeus of Lyons

“For the glory of God is a living man; and the life of man consists in beholding God.”

Irenaeus of Lyons (spoken by Irenaeus)

Against Heresies, Book IV, Chapter XX: That one God formed all things in the world, by means of the Word and the Holy Spirit: and, trans. Alexander Roberts and W. H. Rambaut (1868–1869)

Book IV, chapter 20, on how God makes himself known through the Word.

Citation: "For the glory of God is a living man; and the life of man consists in beholding God." — Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies, Book IV, Chapter XX: That one God formed all things in the world, by means of the Word and the Holy Spirit: and, trans. Alexander Roberts and W. H. Rambaut (1868–1869). (id irenaeus-against-heresies-q2)

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