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 | | For it seems expedient that we, making an onslaught upon the opinion which constitutes the prime source of (contemporaneous) evils, should prove what are the originating principles(4) of this (opinion), in order that its offshoots, becoming a matter of general notoriety, may be made the object of universal scorn. |
 | | At that time, Zephyrinus imagines that he administers the affairs of the Church(7)--an uninformed and shamefully corrupt man. And he, being persuaded by proffered gain, was accustomed to connive at those who were present for the purpose of becoming disciples of Cleomenes. |
 | | But (Zephyrinus) himself, being in process of time enticed away, hurried headlong(8) into the same opinions; and he had Callistus as his adviser, and a fellow-champion of these wicked tenets.(8) But the life of this (Callistus), and the heresy invented by him, I shall after a little explain. |
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