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ANOTHER error also arose at this time, called the heresy of the
Elkesites, which was extinguished in the very beginning. Origen
speaks of it in this manner in a public homily on the eighty-second
Psalm:
"A certain man came just now, puffed up greatly with his own
ability, proclaiming that godless and impious opinion which has
appeared lately in the churches, styled 'of the Elkesites.' I will
show you what evil things that opinion teaches, that you may not be
carried away by it. It rejects certain parts of every scripture.
Again it uses portions of the Old Testament and the Gospel, but
rejects the apostle altogether. It says that to deny Christ is an
indifferent matter, and that he who understands will, under
necessity, deny with his mouth, but not in his heart. They produce a
certain book which they say fell from heaven. They hold that whoever
hears and believes this shall receive remission of sins, another
remission than that which Jesus Christ has given."
Such is the account of these persons.
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