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. ... after our Lord rose from the dead, they were invested with power from on high when the Holy Spirit came down, ... Matthew ... Mark, the disciple and interpreter of Peter ... Luke also, the companion of Paul ... Afterwards, John, the disciple of the Lord, ... have all declared to us that there is one God, Creator of heaven and earth, announced by the law and the prophets; and one Christ the Son of God. If any one do not agree to these truths, he despises the companions of the Lord; nay more, he despises Christ Himself the Lord; yea, he despises the Father also, and stands self-condemned, ....
Irenaeus (Against Heresies)
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