Apostolic Constitutions, Books I-VIII — ANF VII English translation (J. Donaldson) — VI-sec-V
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Apostolic Constitutions, Books I-VIII — ANF VII English translation (J. Donaldson)
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XXVI. Do you therefore, O bishops, and ye of the laity, avoid all heretics who abuse the law and the prophets. For they are enemies to God Almighty, and disobey Him, and do not confess Christ to be the Son of God. For they also deny His generation according to the flesh; they are ashamed of the cross; they abuse His passion and His death; they know not His resurrection; they take away His generation before all ages. Nay, some of them are impious after another manner, imagining the Lord to be a mere man, supposing Him to consist of a soul and body. But others of them suppose that Jesus Himself …
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