The Apostolic Fathers

Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenæus

by Irenaeus
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Fragment 30

“The axe unto the root,” he says, urging us to the knowledge of the truth, and purifying us by means of fear, as well as preparing [us] to bring forth fruit in due season.