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Against the Valentinians

Tertullian

Chapter 38

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Author: Tertullian

Chapter XXXVIII.—Diversity in the Opinions of Secundus, as Compared with the General Doctrine of Valentinus.

Secundus is a trifle more human, as he is briefer

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:

he

divides

the

Ogdoad

into

a

pair

of

Tetrads

,

a

right

hand

one

and

a

left

hand

one

,

one

light

and

the

other

darkness

.

Only

he

is

unwilling

to

derive

the

power

which

apostatized

and

fell

away

from

any

one

of

the

Æons

,

but

from

the

fruits

which

issued

from

their

substance

.

Notes

1
Achamoth.