Clem. Alex. _Strom._ Bk II. c. 20; Bk IV. cc. 9, 138; Bk VI. c. 6. So Origen, to whose frequent quotations from the Valentinian Heracleon we owe all that we know of that shrewd Biblical critic. See A. E. Brooke, _Fragments of Heracleon_, Cambridge Texts and Studies, vol. Ι. p. 4. De Faye’s opinion that Clement and Origen were the only Fathers who treated Gnosticism with intelligence and sometimes judicially has been quoted above. Footnote 330: Epiphanius, Pan. _Haer._ XXXI. c. 1, p. 306, Oehler. Footnote 331: _Valentinus._... _Pythagoricus magis quam Christianus, vanam quandam ac perniciosam doctrinam eructans, et velut arithmeticam, id est numerositatis, novam fallaciam praedicans, multorumque animas ignorantium captivavit_, Philastrius, _de Haeresibus liber_, c. 38, p. 43, Oehler, vol. I. Footnote 332: [_Valentiniani et Valentinus_] _Hi per orientem dispersi graviter dei ecclesiam vulnerarunt_, Praedestinatus, Bk Ι. c. 11, p. 235, Oehler, vol. Ι. Footnote 333: Eusebius, _Vita Constantini_, Bk III. cc. 64, 65. Footnote 334: Gibbon, _Decline and Fall_, vol. III. c. 27, p. 174, Bury. Footnote 335: King, _Gnostics_, p. 13. Footnote 336: Irenaeus, Bk Ι. c. 1, § 1, pp. 8, 9, Harvey; Tertullian, _adv. Val._ c. VII. Is this the “Grace” for whose presence the soul prays in the _apologiae_ of the Ophites? See last chapter. Footnote 337: Ὅλως, φησί, γεννητὸν οὐδέν, Πατὴρ δὲ ἦν μόνος ἀγέννητος, οὐ τόπον ἔχων, οὐ χρόνον, οὐ σύμβουλον, οὐκ ἄλλην τινὰ κατ’ οὐδένα τῶν τρόπων νοηθῆναι δυναμένην οὐσίαν: Hippolytus, _op. cit._ Bk VI. c. 29, p. 280, Cruice. Footnote 338: Diogenes Laertius, _Vit. Philosoph._ Bk VIII. c. 19. Footnote 339: Philippe Berger, “Les Stèles Puniques de la Bibliothèque Nationale,” _Gazette Archéologique_, 11me ann. Paris, 1876, p. 123, says that the Aryan genius sees atmospheric phenomena where the Semite imagines persons who unite and give birth (personnes qui s’unissent et s’engendrent les unes les autres). Renan, _Hist. du Peuple d’Israel_, Paris, 1887, t. I. p. 49, shows that all Semites are naturally euhemerists and therefore anthropomorphists. Footnote 340: Amélineau, _Gnost. Ég._ pp. 198 _sqq._, shows that Sige appears not only in the “Italic School” of Valentinus’ followers, but also in the Oriental School which is more likely to represent the teaching of Valentinus himself. This may in fact be deduced from the words which Hippolytus puts into his mouth (_op. cit._ Bk VI. c. 29, p. 281, Cruice): Ἀγάπη, φησίν, ἦν ὅλος, ἡ δὲ ἀγάπη οὐκ ἔστιν ἀγάπη, ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ τὸ ἀγαπώμενον. “He, he says, is all Love, and Love is not Love, unless there is something to love.” Thus the Orphics called their Phanes or firstborn god Eros. Footnote 341: As has been many times said, not “Only-begotten,” but “unique.” See Badham in _Academy_, 5 Sept. 1896. Footnote 342: