Note 226 — Chapter VIII · POST-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: THE OPHITES
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The Naassenes had priests. Οἱ οὖν ἱερεῖς καὶ προστάται τοῦ δόγματος γεγένηνται πρῶτοι οἱ ἐπικληθέντες Ναασσηνοί. “The priests and chiefs of the doctrine have been the first who were called Naassenes.” Hippolytus, op. cit. Bk V. c. 6, p. 139, Cruice. Cf. also p. 77, infra.