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concerning the new religion. Papias and others belong to
this category. Even in the lifetime of the Apostles several
sects, pseudochrists, Antichrists, and false teachers, tore
asunder the Church (I John ii. 18-26; 2 Thess. ii. 1-12;
2 Peter ii. iii. 1; John 7-13; 1 Tim. iv. 1-3; 2 Tim. iii. 1-13;
etc.). The "believers" are advised and exhorted to stick to
and abide by the Tradition, namely, the oral teaching of
the Apostles. These so-called "heretical" sects, such as the
Gnostics, Apollinarians, Docetae, and others, appear to have
no faith in the fables, legends, and extravagant views about
the sacrifice and the redemption of Jesus Christ as contained
in many fabulous writings spoken of by Luke (i. 1-4). One
of the heresiarchs of a certain sect - whose name has
escaped my memory - actually assumed "Periqleitos" as
this category. Even in the lifetime of the Apostles several
sects, pseudochrists, Antichrists, and false teachers, tore
asunder the Church (I John ii. 18-26; 2 Thess. ii. 1-12;
2 Peter ii. iii. 1; John 7-13; 1 Tim. iv. 1-3; 2 Tim. iii. 1-13;
etc.). The "believers" are advised and exhorted to stick to
and abide by the Tradition, namely, the oral teaching of
the Apostles. These so-called "heretical" sects, such as the
Gnostics, Apollinarians, Docetae, and others, appear to have
no faith in the fables, legends, and extravagant views about
the sacrifice and the redemption of Jesus Christ as contained
in many fabulous writings spoken of by Luke (i. 1-4). One
of the heresiarchs of a certain sect - whose name has
escaped my memory - actually assumed "Periqleitos" as