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having been disheartened, to fix the thought upon the dregs of matter f. l. to be fixed, and to give birth to a son ... serpent-formed from her ... then boasting ... to say, I am God and Father, and above me there is no one. But that the mother, being displeased, cried out to him, Do not lie; for there is a Father of all above you, the first Man suppl. and Man the Son of Man ... And he says that having heard these words of the serpent the Father said, Come, let us make man in our image. 1.28.9 But others, whom they call Cainites, say that Cain was redeemed from the power from above, and Esau, and Korah, and the Sodomites, and all such persons, they acknowledge as their own kinsmen. And that these were hated by the creator, but suffered no harm; for Sophia snatched away from them that which she had in them. And they say that Judas the traitor, alone of all the apostles, possessed this knowledge, and for this reason accomplished the mystery of the betrayal. And they bring forward ..... 2.33.3 and all the elders bear witness, who in Asia had met with John the disciple of the Lord, that John had handed these things down. For he remained with them until the times of Trajan. 2.39.1 It is better and more profitable, to be unlearned and of little learning, and through love to be near to God, than, while seeming to be of much learning and experienced, to be found blasphemers against their own Lord. The sound mind, and safe, and pious, and a lover of truth, whatever God has given into the power of men, and has subjected to our knowledge, these things it will eagerly practice, and will advance in them, making learning easy for itself through daily exercise. And these are, those things that fall under our sight, and whatever is said openly and without ambiguity, word for word, in the divine scriptures. 2.41.3 If even in the case of created things some are reserved for God, and some have come to our knowledge, what is difficult, if also of the things sought in the scriptures, all the scriptures being spiritual, some we solve by the grace of God, and some will be reserved for God, and not only in the present age, but also in the one to come; so that God may always be teaching, and man may always be learning from God? 2.41.4 If then, in the way we have said, we commit some of the questions to God, we shall both preserve our faith, and shall remain without danger, and all scripture given to us by God will be found by us to be harmonious, and the parables will agree with the things plainly spoken, and the things plainly spoken will solve the parables, and through the polyphony of the expressions one harmonious melody will be perceived in us ..... 2.44.2 God is superior to nature, and with Him is the will, because He is good; and the ability, because He is powerful; and the accomplishment, because He is resourceful ... Not in saying, but in being, the superior ought to be shown f. l. is accustomed to be shown. And they are so far from raising the dead, as the Lord raised, and the apostles through prayer, and often in the brotherhood, on account of necessity, the whole church of the place having asked with much fasting and supplication, the spirit of the departed returned, and the man was granted to the prayers of the saints ..... 2.49.3 But if they will say that the Lord also performed such things in appearance only, referring them to the prophetic writings, from them we shall show, that all things were so foretold concerning him, and truly came to pass, and that he alone is the Son of God. Wherefore also in his name his true disciples, having received grace from him, perform them for the benefit of the rest of mankind, as each one has received the gift from him. For some certainly and truly cast out demons, so that often those very persons who have been cleansed from the evil spirits believe, and are in the church. And others have foreknowledge of future events, and visions, and prophetic sayings. Others heal the sick through the laying on of hands, and restore them to health. And already, as we said, even

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