InthisvolumefromtheFathersoftheFaithseries,you’llbeintroducedtoSaintIrenaeusofLyons.Whowashe?Whatdidheteach?Whereandwhendidhelive?WhyisheanimportantfigureinthehistoryoftheChurch?Inthisaccessible,bite-sizedintroduction,renownedauthor,speaker,andtelevisionhostMikeAquilinagivesanoverviewofIrenaeus’slifeasasecond-centuryGreekandthehistoricalsurroundingsthataffectedhislifeandthought.AfriendofSaintPolycarpfromthesametowninAsiaMinor,IrenaeuswasborninaChristianfamilyandeventuallybecameabishop.HisfoundationalworksincludeAgainstHeresiesandTheDemonstrationoftheApostolicPreaching,andtheirrelevanceendurestoday.Morethan1,800yearsafterIreneaus’death,theU.S.bishopsvotedunanimouslyinagreementwithaFrenchinitiativethatIrenaeusbenamedadoctoroftheChurch,testamenttotheimportanceofhiswritingsandteachings.In2019,thebishops’approvalwasforwardedtotheVaticanforconsiderationbyPopeFrancis.AbouttheAuthorMikeAquilinaistheaward-winningauthorofmorethanfiftybooksonCatholichistory,doctrine,anddevotion.Hisworkshavebeentranslatedintomanylanguages.Hehashostedeleventelevisionseriesandseveraldocumentaryfilms.Heandhiswife,Terri,havebeenmarriedsince1985.Theirsixchildrenandgrowingnumberofgrandchildrenaremuchloved.
