23. But Terebinthus, his disciple in this
wicked error, inherited his money and books and heresy This statement
agrees with the reading of the Vatican ms. of
the Acta Archelai, “omnibus quæcunque ejus
fuerunt congregratis.”, and came to Palestine, and becoming known
and condemned in Judæa In the Acta there
is no mention of Palestine, but only that he “set out for
Babylonia, a province which is now held by the Persians.” he resolved to pass
into Persia: but lest he should be recognised there also by his
name he changed it and called himself Buddas Clem. Alex.
(Strom. i. 15): “Some also of the Indians obey the
precepts of Boutta, and honour him as a god for his extraordinary
sanctity.”. However, he found adversaries there
also in the priests of Mithras Cf. Acta
Arch. cap. lii.: “A certain Parcus, however, a
prophet, and Labdacus, son of Mithras, charged him with
falsehood.” On the name Parcus and Labdacus, see Dict.
Chr. Biogr., “Barcabbas,” and on the Magian worship of
the Sun-god Mithras, see Rawlinson (Herodot. Vol. I. p.
426).: and being
confuted in the discussion of many arguments and controversies, and at
last hard pressed, he took refuge with a certain widow. Then
having gone up on the housetop, and summoned the dæmons of the
air, whom the Manichees to this day invoke over their abominable
ceremony of the fig See below, §
33., he was smitten of
God, and cast down from the housetop, and expired: and so the
second beast was cut off.