Waiting for reviewNamesCandidate #50050 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

ireneusIrenaeus

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Puritas changed it: 692 times in 213 works
Consistency: 99.4% (692 of 696)
Reach if approved: ~731 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: No opinion (map not loaded)
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 696 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (692 changes in 213 works, 99.4% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 692)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
… they thought not the ſame concerning Eaſter, which his church thought. For which cauſe IreneusIrenaeus biſhop of Lyons, did ſharpely reprooue that pope: as Euſebius doth witnes in his …
With rule
… they thought not the ſame concerning Eaſter, which his church thought. For which cauſe IreneusIrenaeus biſhop of Lyons, did ſharpely reprooue that pope: as Euſebius doth witnes in his …
François Hotman · The Brutish Thunderbolt · p. 227 · Open in the reader
Printed
… ſecond perſecution after Nero, the fourteenth yeere of his reigne. And with him agreeth IreneusIrenaeus a moſt ancient Writer, ſaying, Iohn wrote the Reuelation almoſt in our time towards …
With rule
… ſecond perſecution after Nero, the fourteenth yeere of his reigne. And with him agreeth IreneusIrenaeus a moſt ancient Writer, ſaying, Iohn wrote the Reuelation almoſt in our time towards …
John Mayer · Exposition on the Catholic Epistles · p. 245 · Open in the reader
Printed
… in regard of space of time, as also in respect of diversity of meats. IreneusIrenaeus in his epistle to Victor …ed by Eusebius saith, Some have thought that they …
With rule
… in regard of space of time, as also in respect of diversity of meats. IreneusIrenaeus in his epistle to Victor …ed by Eusebius saith, Some have thought that they …
William Perkins · Conscience · p. 51 · Open in the reader
Printed
… this rashnesse of Victor was somewhat abated by the graue and prudent counsell of IreneusIrenaeus, B. of Lyons, who admonished Victor, that there was no lesse discrepance of customes …
With rule
… this rashnesse of Victor was somewhat abated by the graue and prudent counsell of IreneusIrenaeus, B. of Lyons, who admonished Victor, that there was no lesse discrepance of customes …
Patrick Simson · The History of the Church Since the Days of Christ · p. 267 · Open in the reader
Printed
… For the father annointeth with the holie Ghoſt, but by the Lorde: ſo that IreneusIrenaeus ſaid pretilie, that by the name of annointing was compriſed and vnderſtood the three …
With rule
… For the father annointeth with the holie Ghoſt, but by the Lorde: ſo that IreneusIrenaeus ſaid pretilie, that by the name of annointing was compriſed and vnderſtood the three …
Zacharias Ursinus · The Sum of Christian Religion 2 · p. 439 · Open in the reader
Printed
… you rehearſe many, and ſtill the vnderſong is, theſe are ours: Teleſphorus (ſay you) IreneusIrenaeus, Victor, Polycarp, Cornelius, Cyprian, Sixtus, Laurentius, are ours. But I affirme that all theſe …
With rule
… you rehearſe many, and ſtill the vnderſong is, theſe are ours: Teleſphorus (ſay you) IreneusIrenaeus, Victor, Polycarp, Cornelius, Cyprian, Sixtus, Laurentius, are ours. But I affirme that all theſe …
William Whitaker · Answer to Campian the Jesuit · p. 301 · Open in the reader
Printed
… wee must runne and runne only to the Scriptures. Non enim per alium (saieth IreneusIrenaeus) dispositionem salutis n… strae cognovimus quam per eos, per quos Evangelium pervenit ad n …
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… wee must runne and runne only to the Scriptures. Non enim per alium (saieth IreneusIrenaeus) dispositionem salutis n… strae cognovimus quam per eos, per quos Evangelium pervenit ad n …
Patrick Forbes · Defense of the Lawful Calling of Ministers of Reformed Churches · p. 39 · Open in the reader
Printed
… purely spirituall, because they consist of two parts; one earthly, and another heavenly, as IreneusIrenaeus saith of the Eucharist. And so the Sacraments not being things purely spirituall, shall …
With rule
… purely spirituall, because they consist of two parts; one earthly, and another heavenly, as IreneusIrenaeus saith of the Eucharist. And so the Sacraments not being things purely spirituall, shall …
George Gillespie · Dispute Against the English-Popish Ceremonies · p. 126 · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (4)

3 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary A19670

Printed
IReneusIrenaeus teacheth what ſacrifice God delighteth in. 7.
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IReneusIrenaeus teacheth what ſacrifice God delighteth in. 7.
Robert Crowley · The Subtle Sophistry of Watsons Sermons before Queen Mary · Open in the reader

The Novelty of Popery Opposed to the Antiquity of True Christianity A36878

Printed
IReneusIrenaeus, Book 1. chap. 24. ſpeaks thus of the Gnoſticks, They have ſome painted Images, and ſome …
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IReneusIrenaeus, Book 1. chap. 24. ſpeaks thus of the Gnoſticks, They have ſome painted Images, and ſome …
Peter du Moulin Jr · The Novelty of Popery Opposed to the Antiquity of True Christianity · p. 39 · Open in the reader

The Lively Oracles Given to Us A75017

Printed
4. IRENEUSIRENAEUS in the ſecond Book, 47. c. tells us, that the Scriptures are perfect, as dictated …
With rule
4. IRENEUSIRENAEUS in the ſecond Book, 47. c. tells us, that the Scriptures are perfect, as dictated …
Richard Allestree · The Lively Oracles Given to Us · p. 166 · Open in the reader