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THERE flourished many learned men in the Church at that time,
whose letters to each other have been preserved and are easily
accessible. They have been kept until our time in the library at
Aelia, which was established by Alexander, who at that time presided
over that church. We have been able to gather from that library
material for our present work.
Among these Beryllus has left us, besides letters and treatises,
various elegant works. He was bishop of Bostra in Arabia. Likewise
also Hippolytus, who presided over another church, has left
writings. There has reached us also a dialogue of Caius, a very
learned man, which was held at Rome under Zephyrinus, with
Proclus, who contended for the Phrygian heresy. In this he curbs
the rashness and boldness of his opponents in setting forth new
Scriptures. He mentions only thirteen epistles of the holy apostle,
not counting that to the Hebrews with the others. And unto our day
there are some among the Romans who do not consider this a work of the
apostle.
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