I have learned that certain of the ministers of Satan have wished to disturb you, some of them asserting that Jesus was born [only 5] in appear- ance, was crucified in appearance, and died in appearance ; others that He is not the Son of the Creator, and others that He is Himself God over all.^ Others, again, hold that He is a mere man, and others that this flesh is not to rise again, so that our proper course is to live and partake of a life of pleasure, for that this is the chief good to beings who are in a little while to perish.