Note 266 — Chapter VIII · POST-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: THE OPHITES
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Irenaeus, Bk I. c. 28, § 8, p. 241, Harvey. King, Gnostics, etc. p. 101, quotes from Tertullian, de Praescript., “Serpentem magnificant in tantum ut etiam Christo praeferant,” which sounds like an Ophite doctrine; but I have failed to verify the quotation.