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.
Irenaeus lived two centuries before the catholic folly was born.
He was a true follower of the Way, not a catholic.
Eusebius was the first ‘catholic’ scholar.
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