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Serapion, who, as report says, succeeded Maximinus at that time as
bishop of the church of Antioch, mentions the works of Apolinarius
against the above-mentioned heresy. And he alludes to him in a
private letter to Caricus and Pontius, in which he himself exposes
the same heresy, and adds the following words:
"That you may see that the doings of this lying band of the new
prophecy, so called, are an abomination to all the brotherhood
throughout the world, I have sent you writings of the most blessed
Claudius Apolinarius, bishop of Hierapolis in Asia." In the same
letter of Serapion the signatures of several bishops are found, one of
whom subscribes himself as follows: "I, Aurelius Cyrenius, a
witness, pray for your health." And another in this manner:
"Aelius Publius Julius, bishop of Debeltum, a colony of Thrace.
As God liveth in the heavens, the blessed Sotas in Anchialus
desired to cast the demon out of Priscilla, but the hypocrites did not
permit him." And the autograph signatures of many other bishops who
agreed with them are contained in the same letter. So much for these
persons.
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