[15.14] See ante, p. 153, note.
[15.15] Justin, Apol, 1, 26, 56. It is singular that Josephus, so well informed on Samaritan affairs, does not mention him.
[15.16] Acts viii. 9, etc.
[15.17] It cannot be considered entirely apocryphal in view of the agreement between the system set forth in it, and what little we learn from the Acts concerning the doctrine of Simon upon miraculous powers.
[15.18] Homil. Pseudo-Clem., ii. 22, 24.
[15.19] Justin, Apol. 1, 26, 56; ii. 15. Dial. cum Tryphone, 120; Iren. Adv. hær. I. xxiii. 2–5; xxvii. 4; II. præf; III. præf; Homiliæ pseudo-clem. i. 15; ii. 22, 25, etc.; Recogn. i. 72; ii. 7, etc.; iii. 47; Philosophumena IV. vii.; VI. i.; X. iv.; Epiph. Adv. hær. hær. xxi.; Orig. Cont. Cels. v. 62; vi. 11; Tertull. De Anima, 34; Constit. apost. vi. 16; S. Jerome, In Matt. xxiv. 5; Theod. Hæret. fab. i.1. It is from the quotations given in the Philosophumena, and not in the travesties of the Fathers, that an idea may be obtained of “The Great Exposition.”
[15.20] Philosophum., IV. vii.; VI. i. 9, 12, 13, 17, 18. Compare Revel. i. 4, 8; iv. 8; xi. 17.
[15.21] Philosophum., VI. i. 17.
[15.22] Ibid. VI. i. 16.
[15.23] Act. viii. 10; Philosophum., VI. i. 18; Homil. Pseudo-Clem., ii. 22.