Nosticism is the most enduring heresy in the history of the Church.

We fight it in almost every generation.

It's a very, very stubborn heresy.

Irenaeus fought this heroic Gettysburg-like battle against it in the second century,

and his book remains a sort of monument of how to deal with this problem.

Welcome back to the Word on Fire Show.

I'm Brandon Vat, the senior publishing director.

Pope Francis has just announced he's planning to declare a new doctor of the Church,

his name is Saint Irenaeus, who was he, what was key ideas, why does he still matter?

That's what we're going to be discussing today with Bishop Robert Barron, Bishop. Good to see you.

Hey Brandon, always a joy to see you. How are your kids doing there in Florida?

We're doing well. I can't remember if I told you recently, but we got a new cow.

That's our newest animal here at Groeshire, little homestay.

We've got goats, pigs, chickens, bees, and now a cow.

So I feel like we finally landed as farmers.

Yeah, well, maybe your kids will all grow up to be farmers.

That would be delightful. Listen at Word on Fire, yet another episode means yet another new book.

In this case, three new books.

We just released in our last new episode.

There are new editions of books that you've published in the past over the years.

I want to show them on camera because they're so gorgeous.

This one is titled The Strangest Way.

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