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| The Justinian Heresy Unfolded in the “Book of Baruch.”
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Chapter XIX.—The
Justinian Heresy Unfolded in the “Book of
Baruch.”
But swear, says Justinus, if you wish to know
“what eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and the things
which have not entered into the heart;”560
that is, if you wish to know Him who is good
above all, Him who is more exalted, (swear) that you will preserve the
secrets (of the Justinian) discipline, as intended to be kept
silent. For also our Father, on beholding the Good One, and on
being initiated with Him, preserved the mysteries respecting which
silence is enjoined, and sware, as it has been written, “The Lord
sware, and will not repent.”561
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Ps. cx. 4; Heb. vii.
21. | Having, then, in this way set the seal
to these tenets, he seeks to inveigle (his followers) with more
legends, (which are detailed) through a greater number of books; and so
he conducts (his readers) to the Good One, consummating the initiated
(by admitting them into) the unspeakable Mysteries.562
In order, however, that we may not
wade through more of their volumes, we shall illustrate the ineffable
Mysteries (of Justinus) from one book of his, inasmuch as, according to
his supposition, it is (a work) of high repute. Now this volume
is inscribed Baruch; and one fabulous account out of many which
is explained by (Justinus) in this (volume), we shall point out,
inasmuch as it is to be found in Herodotus. But after imparting a
different shape to this (account), he explains it to his pupils as if
it were something novel, being under the impression that the entire
arrangement of his doctrine (springs) out of it.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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