Note 12 — Chapter XV · THE METHOD OF M. LOISY
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Irenæus, Ag. Heresies, i, 26; Hippolytus, Ref. of all Heresies, vii, 21. See Baur, Das Christenthum, p. 174. (Eng. trans. i, 199.) The fact that Cerinthus is the earliest known Christian Gnostic, being traditionally associated with the Apostle John (Euseb. Hist. Eccl. iii, 28) goes far to support Dr. Karppe’s view that Gnosticism entered Christianity from the Jewish side. ↑