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But, old Tirésias, hear! Even wisest spirits have a shameful fall That fairly speak base words for love of gain.

Although, like Irenæus and Tertullian, his attitude is throughout determined by opposition to the Gnostics and Marcion, he supposes it possible to refute them by giving to the Holy Scriptures a scientific exposition which must not oppose the [Greek: kanôn tês ekklêsias], that is, the Christian common sense, but receives from it only certain guiding rules.

The epithet "[Greek: katholikos]" does not of itself imply any secularisation of the idea of the Church.] [Footnote 144: The expression "invisible Church" is liable to be misunderstood here, because it is apt to impress us as a mere idea, which is certainly not the meaning attached to it in the earliest period.] [Footnote 145: It was thus regarded by Hegesippus in whom the expression "[Greek: hê henôsis tês ekklêsias]" is first found.

Alla kai tên kibôton tou Nôe eis homoiôma ekklêsias ephê gegonenai, en hê kai kunes kai lykoi kai korakes kai panta ta kathara kai akatharta; houtô phaskôn dein einai en ekklêsia homoiôs, kai hosa pros touto dynatos ên synagein houtôs hêrmêneusen.] From Tertull., de idolol.

After relating that Novatian in his illness had only received clinical baptism he writes: [Greek: ou mên oude tôn loipôn etuche, diaphugôn tên noson, hôn chrê metalambanein kata ton tês ekklêsias kanona, tou te sphragisthênai hupo tou episkopou.] It is also remarkable that one of the bishops who voted about heretic baptism (Sentent.