Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. In relation to the outside world he proved himself a worthy bishop of the Church. He intervened as peace - maker in the Paschal Controversy, and wrote a dignified letter of protest to Victor, Bishop of Rome, who was acting in a high-handed manner with the Quartodecimans. The principle he laid down, that differences in such details confirm our concord in the faith, was quoted with approbation by the late Bishop Wordsworth (ministry of Grace, p. Irenaeus was the author of several works. 'he wrote books on the Ogdoad, on the Monarchy of God, on Science,' and one to prove the Apostolic Preaching, which has been recently found in an Armenian translation. There are many fragments of his works; some of these, the Pfaff fragments, are a cause celebra.

In relation to the outside world he proved himself a worthy bishop of the Church. He intervened as peace — maker in the Paschal Controversy, and wrote a dignified letter of protest to Victor, Bishop of Rome, who was acting in a high-handed manner with the Quartodecimans. The principle he laid down, that differences in such details confirm our concord in the faith, was quoted with approbation by the late Bishop Wordsworth (ministry of Grace, p. Irenaeus was the author of several works. 'he wrote books on the Ogdoad, on the Monarchy of God, on Science,' and one to prove the Apostolic Preaching, which has been recently found in an Armenian translation. There are many fragments of his works; some of these, the Pfaff fragments, are a cause célébra.