[editor-surveyor]

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>> “Men such as St Polykarp (direct disciple of St John), St Irenaeus,...” <<

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Irenaeus wrote a large volume, Against Heresies, declaring that the teaching had already been changed, or did you miss that little detail?

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[CynicalBear]

Claims "tutelage" of the church fathers but obviously doesn't follow what they say. See 169

[pgyanke]

Irenaeus wrote a large volume, Against Heresies, declaring that the teaching had already been changed, or did you miss that little detail?

Yes. He did. If you had read more than the tracts printed to turn him into the John Boehner of the Catholic Church, you would know that he didn't write against the Church as it stands. See post 182 for more context.