the glory of God is…

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The most oft-cited quote from Saint Irenaeus is from the fourth book of the Adversus Haereses and it runs as follows:

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“the glory of God is a human being fully alive.” – St. Irenaeus

An engraving of St Irenaeus, Bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul (now Lyons, France)
Bishop and Martyr
Born AD 130
Smyrna in Asia Minor (modern-day ?zmir, Turkey)
Died AD 202 (aged 72)
Lugdunum in Gaul (modern-day Lyons, France)

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