of the Christ, I cut off thy powers that they depart from thee." Then the
demons departed from him, and he fell, and was broken from the heel of
his foot, and he died. And many turned from him ; but others, who were
worthy of him, remained with him ; thus first his heresies were fixed.
But also by means of other false Apostles the Enemy wrought. They all
had one Law on the earth ; and they did not recite either the Torah or the
Prophets, and they blasphemed against the Father, God Almighty, nor did
they believe in the Resurrection ; but also in other things they taught and
excited with many opinions ; for many of them taught that no man should
take a wife, and said that when a man did not take a wife it was Holiness.
By means of holiness, and for its name, they praised the weak opinions ot
their heresies. Again, others of them taught that a man should not eat
flesh, and they said that it is not right for a man to eat anything that has f. 69 a
life in it. Others said that he must keep himself from swine, and that he
may eat the things that the law cleanses (S. + and circumcise as in the
Law). Others again taught otherwise, and made strifes, and troubled the
Church.