SOURCE: An introduction to St. Irenaeus: Proof of the Apostolic Teaching, translated by Joseph P. Smith, The Newman Press, 1952, pp. 3–44.
In the essay below, Smith examines the history, form, style, and structure of Irenaeus's Proof of the Apostolic Preaching. Smith states that Irenaeus's motivation for writing the treatise was to prove that what the apostles preached was true, and that his intention was not to provide an exposition on apostolic preaching.
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