Searched in the sources read for this figure and not found. A limit of the reading rather than a claim about the figure — a source not yet read could settle it.
THE POSITION
Not located in the chapters read — Against Heresies III, IV.37–38 and V, with the Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching. Irenaeus's frame is recapitulation: Christ retracing Adam's course point by point, obedient where Adam disobeyed. Within that frame the basis on which God chooses the saved is not a question he stops to answer.
WHAT OTHERS HOLD HERE
Unconditional — grounded in God's free choiceAQUINAS · AUGUSTINE · VODDIE BAUCHAM · CALVIN · JONATHAN EDWARDS · TIM KELLER · SECOND LONDON BAPTIST CONFESSION · LUTHER · JOHN MACARTHUR · GAVIN ORTLUND · JOHN OWEN · JUSTIN PETERS · JOHN PIPER · JOHN DUNS SCOTUS · R.C. SPROUL · CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON · WESTMINSTER CONFESSION · GEORGE WHITEFIELD · ZWINGLI
Conditional — grounded in foreseen faithJACOBUS ARMINIUS · CHRYSOSTOM · CHARLES GRANDISON FINNEY · PHILIP MELANCHTHON · WESLEY
Affirmed, held alongside real human responsibility, treated as non-dividingBILLY GRAHAM · JOSH HOWERTON
Bishop of Lyons, author of Against Heresies. Argued against Gnosticism from the apostolic rule of faith, and framed salvation as Christ recapitulating human life.
"Irenaeus of Lyons on Election & predestination", Examined Doctrine, July 2026 edition, https://examineddoctrine.com/position/irenaeus/election (archived at https://examineddoctrine.com/editions/2026-07/position/irenaeus/election).