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Contents.

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The Ophites the Progenitors of Subsequent Heresies.

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Simon Magus.

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Story of Apsethus the Libyan.

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Simon's Forced Interpretation of Scripture; Plagiarizes from Heraclitus and Aristotle; Simon's System of Sensible and Intelligible Existences.

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Simon Appeals to Scripture in Support of His System.

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Simon's System Expounded in the Work, Great Announcement; Follows Empedocles.

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Simon's System of a Threefold Emanation by Pairs.

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Further Progression of This Threefold Emanation; Co-Existence with the Double Triad of a Seventh Existence.

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Simon's Interpretation of the Mosaic Hexaëmeron; His Allegorical Representation of Paradise.

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Simon's Explanation of the First Two Books of Moses.

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Simon's Explanation of the Three Last Books of the Pentateuch.

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Fire a Primal Principle, According to Simon.

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His Doctrine of Emanation Further Expanded.

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Simon Interprets His System by the Mythological Representation of Helen of Troy; Gives an Account of Himself in Connection with the Trojan Heroine; Immorality of His Followers; Simon's View of Christ; The Simonists' Apology for Their Vice.

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Simon's Disciples Adopt the Mysteries; Simon Meets St. Peter at Rome; Account of Simon's Closing Years.

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Heresy of Valentinus; Derived from Plato and Pythagoras.

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Origin of the Greek Philosophy.

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Pythagoras' System of Numbers.

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Pythagoras' Duality of Substances; His “Categories.”

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Pythagoras' Cosmogony; Similar to that of Empedocles.

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Other Opinions of Pythagoras.

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The “Sayings” Of Pythagoras.

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Pythagoras' Astronomic System.

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Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from the Platonic and Pythagoric Philosophy; The Valentinian Theory of Emanation by Duads.

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The Tenet of the Duad Made the Foundation of Valentinus' System of the Emanation of Æons.

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Valentinus' Explanation of the Existence of Christ and the Spirit.

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Valentinus' Explanation of the Existence of Jesus; Power of Jesus Over Humanity.

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The Valentinian Origin of the Creation.

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The Other Valentinian Emanations in Conformity with the Pythagorean System of Numbers.

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Valentinus' Explanation of the Birth of Jesus; Twofold Doctrine on the Nature of Jesus' Body; Opinion of the Italians, that Is, Heracleon and Ptolemæus; Opinion of the Orientals, that Is, Axionicus and Bardesanes.

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Further Doctrines of Valentinus Respecting the Æons; Reasons for the Incarnation.

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Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from Plato.

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Secundus' System of Æons; Epiphanes; Ptolemæus.

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System of Marcus; A Mere Impostor; His Wicked Devices Upon the Eucharistic Cup.

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Further Acts of Jugglery on the Part of Marcus.

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The Heretical Practices of the Marcites in Regard of Baptism.

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Marcus' System Explained by Irenæus; Marcus' Vision; The Vision of Valentinus Revealing to Him His System.

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Marcus' System of Letters.

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The Quaternion Exhibits “Truth.”

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The Name of Christ Jesus.

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Marcus' Mystic Interpretation of the Alphabet.

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His System Applied to Explain Our Lord's Life and Death.

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Letters, Symbols of the Heavens.

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Respecting the Generation of the Twenty-Four Letters.

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Why Jesus is Called Alpha.

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Marcus' Account of the Birth and Life of Our Lord.

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The System of Marcus Shown to Be that of Pythagoras, by Quotations from the Writings of Marcus' Followers.

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Their Cosmogony Framed According to These Mystic Doctrines of Letters.

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The Work of the Demiurge Perishable.

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Marcus and Colarbasus Refuted by Irenæus.

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