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Theodotus

Section 16

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Author: Theodotus

XVI. For as cures, and prophecies, and signs are

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performed

by

the

agency

of

men

,

God

working

in

them

,

so

also

is

Gnostic

teaching

.

For

God

shows

His

power

through

men

.

And

the

prophecy

rightly

says

,

“

I

will

send

to

them

a

man

who

will

save

them

.

”

Accordingly

He

sends

forth

at

one

time

prophets

,

at

another

apostles

,

to

be

saviours

of

men

.

Thus

God

does

good

by

the

agency

of

men

.

For

it

is

not

that

God

can

do

some

things

,

and

cannot

do

others

:

He

is

never

powerless

in

anything

.

No

more

are

some

things

done

with

,

and

some

things

against

His

will

;

and

some

things

by

Him

,

and

some

things

by

another

.

But

He

even

brought

us

into

being

by

means

of

men

,

and

trained

us

by

means

of

men

.

Notes

31
Isa. xix. 20.