Eschatology—In the First Period (11): The Resurrection

Irenaeus, too, wrote on the subject of the resurrection. Polycarp had sent Pothinus into Celtic Gaul at an early date as its evangelist. Pothinus was joined there by Irenaeus as a presbyter, having been his fellow-pupil under Polycarp. When Pothinus had closed his life by a martyr's death, Irenaeus naturally became his successor. The work of Irenaeus Against Heresies is one of the most precious remains of early Christian antiquity. Irenaeus, too, wrote on the subject of the resurrection....