WEDNESDAY OF THE TWELFTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME (Year I)
ST IRENAEUS Bp, M (Memorial) Red He was the bishop of Lyons and a disciple of St Polycarp of Smyrna. Born in c. 130 at Asia Minor. He worked and wrote against Gnosticism. Gnosticism taught that salvation is achieved through special knowledge and that the material world is evil. If matter is evil, it therefore … [Read more…]