[100] _Ibid. to the Trallians_, ch. v. [101] _Ibid. to the Philadelphians_, ch. ix. [102] Vol. IV. Clement of Alexandria _Stromata_, bk. I. ch. i. [103] Vol. IV. _Stromata_, bk. I. ch. xxviii. [104] It appears that even in those days there were some who objected to any truth being taught secretly! [105] _Ibid._ bk. I, ch. i. [106] _Ibid._ bk. V., ch. iv. [107] _Ibid._ ch. v.-viii. [108] _Ibid._ ch. ix. [109] _Ibid._ bk. V., ch. x. [110] Loc. Cit. xv. 29. [111] _Ibid._ xvi. 25, 26; the version quoted differs in words, but not in meaning, from the English Authorised Version. [112] _Stromata_, bk. V., ch. x. [113] _Ibid._ bk. VI., ch. vii. [114] _Ibid._ bk. VII., ch. xiv. [115] _Ibid._ bk. VI., ch. xv. [116] _Ibid._ bk. VI. x. [117] _Ibid._ bk. VI. vii. [118] _Ibid._ bk. I. ch. vi. [119] _Ibid._ ch. ix. [120] _Ibid._ bk. VI. ch. x. [121] _Ibid._ bk. I. ch. xiii. [122] Vol XII. _Stromata_, bk. V. ch. iv. [123] _Ibid._ bk. VI. ch. xv. [124] Book I. of _Against Celsus_ is found in Vol. X. of the Ante-Nicene Library. The remaining books are in Vol. XXIII. [125] Vol. X. _Origen against Celsus_, bk. I. ch. vii. [126] _Ibid._ [127] Ex. xxv. 40, xxvi. 30, and compare with Heb. viii. 5, and ix. 25. [128] _Origen against Celsus_, bk. IV. ch. xvi. [129] _Ibid._ bk. III. ch. lix. [130] _Ibid._ ch. lxi. [131] _Ibid._ ch. lxii. [132] _Ibid._, ch. lx. [133] Vol. XXIII. _Origen against Celsus_, bk. V. ch. xxv. [134] _Ibid._ ch. xxviii. [135] _Ibid._ ch. xxix. [136] _Ibid._ ch. xx xi. [137] _Ibid._ ch. xxxii. [138] _Ibid._ ch. xlv. [139] _Ibid._ ch. xlvi. [140] _Ibid._ chs. xlvii.-liv. [141] _Ibid._ ch. lxxiv. [142] _Ibid._ bk. IV., ch. xxxix. [143] Vol. X. _Origen against Celsus_, bk. I., ch. xvii, and others. [144] _Ibid._ ch. xlii. [145] Vol. X. _De Principiis_, Preface, p. 8. [146] _Ibid._ ch. i. [147] S. John xiv. 18-20. [148] _Loc. cit._ ch. i. sec. III. p. 55. [149] _Ibid._ ch. I. Sec. III. pp. 55, 56. [150] _Ibid._ pp. 54, 55. [151] "Seems to have been" is a somewhat weak expression, after what is said by Clement and Origen, of which some specimens are given in the text. [152] _Ibid._, p. 62. [153] Article on "Mysticism."--_Encyc. Britan._ [154] Article "Mysticism." _Encyclopædia Britannica._ [155] _Orpheus_, pp. 53, 54. [156] Obligation must be here acknowledged to the Article "Mysticism," in the _Encyc. Brit._, though that publication is by no means responsible for the opinions expressed. [157] _The Mysteries of Magic._ Trans. by A. E. Waite, pp. 58 and 60. [158] II. S. Peter i. 5. [159] Gal. iv. 19. [160] II. Cor. v. 16. [161] S. John i. 14. [162] S. John i. 32. [163] S. Matt. iii. 17. [164] _Ibid._ iv. 17. [165] I. Tim. iii. 16. [166] S. John x. 34-36. [167] S. John xiv. 18, 19. [168] Valentinus. Trans. by G. R. S. Mead. _Pistis Sophia_, bk. i., I. [169] _Ante_, p. 72. [170] _Ibid._ 60. [171] _Ibid._ bk. ii., 218. [172] _Ibid._ 230. [173] _Ibid._ 357. [174] _Ibid._ 377.