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Theodotus

Section 8

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Author: Theodotus

VIII. “The water above the heaven.” Since baptism

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is

performed

by

water

and

the

Spirit

as

a

protection

against

the

twofold

fire

,

—

that

which

lays

hold

of

what

is

visible

,

and

that

which

lays

hold

of

what

is

invisible

;

and

of

necessity

,

there

being

an

immaterial

element

of

water

and

a

material

,

is

it

a

protection

against

the

twofold

fire

.

And

the

earthly

water

cleanses

the

body

;

but

the

heavenly

water

,

by

reason

of

its

being

immaterial

and

invisible

,

is

an

emblem

of

the

Holy

Spirit

,

who

is

the

purifier

of

what

is

invisible

,

as

the

water

of

the

Spirit

,

as

the

other

of

the

body

.

Notes

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διπλόης—substantive.