Note 441 — Chapter IX · POST-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: VALENTINUS
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Cf. Renan, L’Église Chrétienne, p. 165. The manner in which the Valentinians tried to make converts to their doctrines within the Church is described by Irenaeus, Bk III. c. 15, § 2, pp. 78, 80, Harvey, and Tertullian, adv. Valentinianos, c. 1.