Note 237 — Chapter VIII · POST-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: THE OPHITES
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In this it is following strictly the tradition of the Enochian literature. “And we ascended to the firmament, I and he, and there I saw Sammael and his hosts, and there was great fighting therein and the angels of Satan were envying one another.” Charles, Ascension of Isaiah, c. VII. v. 9, p. 48, and Editor’s notes for other references.