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Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus
Irenaeus of Lyons · early-church-fathers
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“The axe unto the root,” he says, urging us to the knowledge of the truth, and purifying us by means of fear, as well as preparing [us] to bring forth fruit in due season.
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