PG 7 · cols. 381–404

Chr. Guil. Fr. Walch, Commentatio de authentia librorum Irenaei adversus haereses

Christian Wilhelm Franz Walch (1726-1784), Lutheran church historian: the opening of his Commentatio defending the authenticity of Irenaeus's five books Against Heresies, in Latin (Migne, PG 7, columns 381-404), with its notes. The commentary continues in the next unit. The text was first read by Gemini (a machine reader), and the Reading Room checked a sample of its columns against the page.