Summary

Abstract: The author analyzes the text of Adversus Haereses V, 1-14, which forms a specific unit and presents its content grouped by topics marked with small caps, such as The Father's hands, The Spirit and the weakness of the flesh, etc. . He tries to make Irenaeus's text resonate, being as faithful as possible to it, even though he constantly repeats it, as Irenaeus repeats. In the economy, which extends from creation to final consummation, the Spirit is the salvation of the flesh, thanks to the incarnation of Christ. In anti-heretical polemic, it is the carnal, and not the flesh, who will not inherit the kingdom.
Keywords: Irenaeus, image and likeness, flesh and Spirit, incarnation, Trinitarian economy, resurrection.
Abstract: The author analyzes the text of Adversus Haereses V, 1-14, a particular unit, and presents its content grouping by capitalized topics, like the Hands of the Father, the Spirit and the weakness of the fl esh, etc. He attempts to resonate the text of Irenaeus, being as faithful as possible to him, but constantly repeating, as Irenaeus repeats. In the economy, extending from the creation to the final consummation, the Spirit is the salvation of the flesh through the incarnation of Christ. In antiheretical polemics, it is the men of fl esh, not the fl esh, who will not inherit the kingdom.
Keywords: Irenaeus, image and likeness, flesh and Spirit, incarnation, trinitarian economy, resurrection