Note 342 — Chapter IV
Neil Buchanan translation
Footnote 342:
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Iren. III. 4. 2: Κερδων εις την εκκλησιαν ελθων και εξομολογουμενος, 'ουτως διετελετε, ποτε μεν λαθροδιδασκαλων ποτε δε παλιν εξομολογουμενος, ποτε δε ελεγγομενος εφ 'οις εδιδασκε κακως, και αφισταμενος της των αδελφων συνοδιας, see, besides, the valuable account of Tertull. de præscr. 30. The account of Irenæus (I. 13) is very instructive as to the kind of propaganda of Marcus, and the relation of the women he deluded to the Church. Against actually recognised false teachers the fixed rule was to renounce all intercourse with them (2 Joh. 10. 11, Iren. ep. ad. Florin on Polycarp's procedure, in Euseb. H. E. V. 20. 7; Iren. III. 3. 4) But how were the heretics to be surely known?