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Theodotus

Section 29

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Author: Theodotus

XXIX. For what is useful and necessary to salvation, such

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as

the

knowledge

of

the

Father

,

and

Son

,

and

Holy

Spirit

,

and

also

of

our

own

soul

,

are

wholly

requisite

;

and

it

is

at

once

beneficial

and

necessary

to

attain

to

the

scientific

account

of

them

.

And

to

those

who

have

assumed

the

lead

in

doing

good

,

much

experience

is

advantageous

;

so

that

none

of

the

things

which

appear

to

be

known

necessarily

and

eruditely

by

others

may

escape

their

notice

.

The

exposition

,

too

,

of

heterodox

teaching

affords

another

exercise

of

the

inquiring

soul

,

and

keeps

the

disciple

from

being

seduced

from

the

truth

,

by

his

having

already

had

practice

beforehand

in

sounding

all

round

on

warlike

instruments

of

music

.

Notes

53
[It is not to be doubted that much sound Alexandrian teaching is here mixed up with folly.]