The initial step for us all to come to knowledge of God is contemplation of nature. — Irenaeus of Lyons
The glory of God is a human being fully alive; and to be alive consists in beholding God. — Irenaeus of Lyons
The business of the Christian is nothing else but to be ever preparing for death. — Irenaeus of Lyons
He who was the Son of God became the Son of man, that man … might become the son of God. — Irenaeus of Lyons
Through a tree we were made debtors to God; so through a tree we have our debt canceled. — Irenaeus of Lyons
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