Through the Church Fathers: June 23

Today, Irenaeus goes straight for the heart of Gnostic confusion. He dismantles the claim that the world was formed either outside the fullness of God (the Pleroma) or by some lesser spiritual being like the Demiurge. He exposes how such teachings not only make the “true” God complicit in ignorance, error, and corruption—but ultimately enslave God to necessity and fate. If the Father permitted a flawed world unwillingly, then He is either too weak to stop it or too deceptive to admit it. Either way, He’s no longer God. Irenaeus insists instead that the true God created the world freely, wisely, and from the beginning with full intent and power.Explore the Project:Through the Church Fathers – https://www.throughthechurchfathers.comPatreon – https://www.patreon.com/cmichaelpatton Credo Courses – https://www.credocourses.com Credo Ministries – https://www.credoministries.org#Irenaeus #ChurchFathers #AgainstHeresies #Gnosticism #Creation #Providence #Theology