indicates that he received these, together with other interpretations of the Scriptures by Symmachus, from a certain Juliana,4 who, he says, received the books by inheritance from Symmachus himself. At this time, also, Ambrose,1 who held the views of the heresy of Valentinus,2 being refuted by the truth as presented by Origen and as if his mind had been illumined by light, assented to the true doctrine as taught by the Church. Many others among the learned, since Origen’s fame was noised
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