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Chapter XXX.
He next returns to the subject of the Seven ruling
Demons,4438
| 4438 Cf. Spencer’s
note, as quoted in Benedictine edition. | whose names are not
found among Christians, but who, I think, are accepted by the
Ophites. We found, indeed, that in the diagram, which on their
account we procured a sight of, the same order was laid down as that
which Celsus has given. Celsus says that “the goat was
shaped like a lion,” not mentioning the name given him by those
who are truly the most impious of individuals; whereas we
discovered that He who is honoured in holy Scripture as the angel of
the Creator is called by this accursed diagram Michael the
Lion-like. Again, Celsus says that the “second in order is
a bull;” whereas the diagram which we possessed made him to be
Suriel, the bull-like. Further, Celsus termed the third “an
amphibious sort of animal, and one that hissed frightfully;”
while the diagram described the third as Raphael, the
serpent-like. Moreover, Celsus asserted that the “fourth
had the form of an eagle;” the diagram representing him as
Gabriel, the eagle-like. Again, the “fifth,”
according to Celsus, “had the countenance of a bear;” and
this, according to the diagram, was Thauthabaoth,4439
| 4439 “Nescio,
an hæresium Scriptores hujus Thauthabaoth, Erataoth, Thaphabaoth,
Onoeles, et Thartharaoth, usquam meminerint. Hujus generis
vocabula innumera invenies apud Epiphan., Hær., 31,
quæ est Valentinianorum, pp.
165–171.”—Spencer. | the bear-like. Celsus continues his
account, that the “sixth was described as having the face of a
dog;” and him the diagram called Erataoth. The
“seventh,” he adds, “had the countenance of an ass,
and was named Thaphabaoth or Onoel;” whereas we discovered that
in the diagram he is called Onoel, or Thartharaoth, being somewhat
asinine in appearance. We have thought it proper to be exact in
stating these matters, that we might not appear to be ignorant of those
things which Celsus professed to know, but that we Christians, knowing
them better than he, may demonstrate that these are not the words of
Christians, but of those who are altogether alienated from salvation,
and who neither acknowledge Jesus as Saviour, nor God, nor Teacher, nor
Son of God.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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