We have learned from none others the plan of our salvation, than from those through whom the Gospel has come down to us, which they did at one time proclaim in public, and, at a later period, by the will of God, handed down to us in the Scriptures, to be the ground and pillar of our faith
Irenaeus of LyonsThrough a tree we were made debtors to God; so through a tree we have our debt canceled.
Irenaeus of LyonsFor where the church is, there is the Spirit of God, and where the Spirit of God, there is the church and all grace.
Irenaeus of Lyons