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→Early Christian Apologists: link to http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/theophilus.html
A.D. 175-185 [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/irenaeus.html Irenaeus of Lyons] —"It does not follow because men are endowed with greater and less degrees of intelligence, that they should therefore change the subject-matter [of the faith] itself, and should conceive of some other God besides Him who is the Framer, Maker, and Preserver of this universe, (as if He were not sufficient for them), or of another Christ, or another Only-begotten. But the fact referred to simply implies this, that one may [more accurately than another] bring out the meaning of those things which have been spoken in parables, and accommodate them to the general scheme of the faith; and explain [with special clearness] the operation and dispensation of God connected with human salvation..." —Against Heresies, Book I
A.D. 175-185 [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/irenaeus.html Irenaeus of Lyons] —"It does not follow because men are endowed with greater and less degrees of intelligence, that they should therefore change the subject-matter [of the faith] itself, and should conceive of some other God besides Him who is the Framer, Maker, and Preserver of this universe, (as if He were not sufficient for them), or of another Christ, or another Only-begotten. But the fact referred to simply implies this, that one may [more accurately than another] bring out the meaning of those things which have been spoken in parables, and accommodate them to the general scheme of the faith; and explain [with special clearness] the operation and dispensation of God connected with human salvation..." —Against Heresies, Book I
A.D. 180-185 [http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/theophilus.html Theophilus of Antioch, Theophilus to Autolycus, Book I, Book II, Book III] —"Most excellent is His wisdom. By His wisdom God founded the earth; and by knowledge He prepared the heavens; and by understanding were the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the clouds poured out their dews. If thou perceivest these things, O man, living chastely, and holily, and righteously, thou canst see God. But before all let faith and the fear of God have rule in thy heart, and then shalt thou understand these things." —Theophilus of Antioch to Autolycus, Book I
==[[Pope John Paul II]]==
==[[Pope John Paul II]]==