doctrines, being called Simonians; and from them “knowledge, falsely so called,”291 received its beginning, as one may learn even from their own assertions. 5. The successor of this man was Menander, also a Samaritan by birth, and he, too, was a perfect adept in the practice of magic. He affirms that the primary Power continues un- known to all, but that he himself is the person who has been sent forth from the presence of the invisible beings as a saviour, for the deliverance of men. The world was made by angels, whom, like Simon, he maintains to have been produced by Ennœa. He gives, too, as he af- firms, by means of that magic which he teaches, knowledge to this effect, that one may overcome those very angels that made the world; for his disciples obtain the resurrection by being baptized into him, and can die no more, but remain in the possession of immortal youth. 291 1 Tim. vi. 20. 915 Chapter XXIII.—Doctrines and practices of Simon Magus and Menander.