Book excerpt: "The Sacred Writings Of ..." provides you with the essential works among the Early Christian writings. The volumes cover the beginning of Christianity until before the promulgation of the Nicene Creed at the First Council of Nicaea. Every single volume is accurately annotated, including * an extensive biography of the author and his life This volume contains the most known writings of Irenaeus, "On the Detection and Overthrow of the So-Called Gnosis", today also called "On the Detection and Overthrow of Knowledge Falsely So Called", commonly called "Against Heresies", as well as fragments from other works.