* Opus Imperf. Horn. 48.
** Conflict. Arnob. et Serap. ad cakem Irenæi, p. 519.
*** Tertul. adv. Prax. c. 1. Nos quidem agnitio Paracleti
disjunxit à Psychicis. Id. de Monogam. c. 1. Haeretici
nuptias auferunt, Psychici ingerunt. See also c. 11. and 16.
some of his books* are expressly entitled, Adversus Psychicos. Clemens Alexandrinus** observes, the same reproach was also used by other heretics beside the Montanists. And it appears from Irenæus, that this was an ancient calumny of the Valentînîans, who styled themselves the spiritual and the perfect, and the orthodox the secular and carnal***, who had need of abstinence and good works, which were not necessary for them that were perfect.
The Millenaries styled them Allegorists, because they expounded the prophecy of the saints reigning a thousand years with Christ, (Rev. xx. 4.) to a mystical and allegorical sense. Whence Euseubius**** observes of Nepos the Egyptian bishop, who wrote for the Millenium, that he entitled his book, [—Greek—], 'A confutation of the Allegorists.'
Aetius the Arian gives them the abusive name of [—Greek—]; by which he seems to intimate, that their religion was but temporary, and would
* De Jejuniis adv. Psychicos. De Pudicitia, &c.
** Clem. Alex. Strom, lib. 4. p. 511.
*** Iren. lib. 1. c 1. p. 29. Nobis quidem, quos Psychicos
vocant, et de sæculo esse dicunt, necessarian) con-
tinentiam, &c.
**** Euseb. lib. 7. c. 24.
shortly have an end; whereas the character was much more applicable to the Arians themselves, whose faith was so lately sprung up in the world; as the author of the dialogues de Trinitate, under the name of Athanasius, who confutes Aetius *, justly retorts upon him.
The Manichees, as they gave themselves the most glorious names of Electi, Macarii, Catharistæ, mentioned by St. Austin**; so they reproached the Catholics with the most contemptible name of Simplices, 'ideots,' which is the term that Manichæus himself used in his dispute*** with Archelaus, the Mesopotamian bishop, styling the Christian teachers, Simpliciorum magistri, 'guides of the simple;' because they could not relish his execrable doctrine concerning two principles of good and evil.
The Apollinarians were no less injurious to the Catholics, in fixing on them the odious name of Anthropolatræ, 'man-worshippers'; because they maintained that Christ was a perfect man, and had a reasonable soul and body, of the same nature with ours; which Apollinarius denied. Gregory