Note 200 — Chapter VIII · POST-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: THE OPHITES

Τουτέστι, φησίν, οὐδεὶς τούτων τῶν μυστηρίων ἀκροατὴς γέγονεν εἰ μὴ μόνοι οἱ γνωστικοὶ τελειοι. “This he (the Naassene writer) says signifies that none was a hearer of these mysteries save only the perfect Gnostics,” Hippolytus, op. cit. Bk V. c. 8, p. 144, Cruice. The “this” refers to the text: “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.”