Note 010 Apostolis adhuc in seculo superstitibus, apud Judaeam Christi sanguine recente, PHANTASMA domini corpus asserebatur. Hieronym, advers. Lucifer. c. 8. The epistle of Ignatius to the Smyrnaeans, and even the Gospel according to St. John, are levelled against the growing error of the Docetes, who had obtained too much credit in the world, 1 John, iv. 1 - 5.)

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 47