Note 174 — BOOK VII BASILIDES, SATURNILUS, AND OTHERS

This chapter also is practically identical with Irenæus I, xxi, which is extant in the Latin version. Cerinthus was one of the earliest of the Gnostics and tradition makes him contemporary with St. John. He was probably a member of the Jewish-Alexandrian school of Philo, and Epiphanius (Haer. XXVIII) adds to Irenæus’ account that he taught in Asia, and especially in Galatia.