Note 223 — Chapter VIII · POST-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: THE OPHITES
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Οὐ δύναται οὖν, φησι, σωθῆναι ὁ τέλειος ἄνθρωπος, ἐὰν μὴ ἀναγεννηθῇ διὰ ταύτης εἰσελθὼν τῆς πύλης. “The perfect [or initiated] man, he says, therefore cannot be saved unless he be born again, entering in through this gate.” Hippolytus, op. cit. Bk V. c. 8, p. 165, Cruice.