Chapter XX.—Melchisedecians.
And others also make all their assertions similarly with those which have been already specified, introducing one only alteration, viz., in respect of regarding Melchisedec as a certain power. But they allege that Melchisedec himself is superior to all powers; and according to his image, they are desirous of maintaining that Christ likewise is generated.
[24] Ἕτεροι δὲ [καὶ] ἐξ αὐτῶν πάντα τοῖς προειρημένοις [Θεοδοτιανοῖς ὁμοίως] λέγουσι[ν], [ἐν] ἑν[ὶ δὲ] μόνῳ ἐνδιαλλάξαντες, ἐν τῷ τὸν Μελχισεδὲκ ὡς δύναμίν τινα ὑπειληφέναι, φάσκοντες αὐτὸν ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν δύναμιν ὑπάρχειν: οὗ κατ' εἰκόνα [δὲ] εἶναι τὸν Χριστὸν θέλουσιν.