\nAnd all of Irenaeus\u2019s life gave witness to the teaching of the apostles. The man was steeped in Scripture, steeped in liturgy, in love with the Church and all of its glorious structures of authority. In Irenaeus\u2019s voluminous writings we find it all: the Mass, the papacy, the office of bishop, the real presence of Jesus in the Eucharist, the condemnation of heresy. One of my favorite lines from his work is this, quoted in the Catechism of the Catholic Church: \u201cOur way of thinking is attuned to the Eucharist, and the Eucharist in turn confirms our way of thinking.\u201d This is the most primitive form of the axiom that later Fathers would state as \u201cLex orandi, lex credendi.\u201d The law of prayer is the law of belief. The liturgy is the place where living tradition truly lives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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