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, vol. I. p. 180, n. 4, _supra_, and between Saturnilus and Saturninus in this chapter, p. 9. So Irenaeus and others record the opinions of an associate of Marcus whom they call “_Colarbasus_,” a name which modern criticism has shown to be a mistake for קול ארבע Kol-arba, “The Voice of the Four” or the Supreme Tetrad. See Renan, _Mare Aurèle_, p. 129; Hort in _Dict. Christian Biog._ _s.h.v._ So Clement of Alexandria, _Protrept._ c. II. mistakes Evoe, the mystic cry of the Bacchantes, for the Eve of Genesis.

Footnote 70:

Renan, _L’Église Chrétienne_, p. 140.

Footnote 71:

Hippolytus, _op. cit._ Bk V. c. 9, p. 177, Cruice.

Footnote 72:

As in the case of Clement of Alexandria, who seems to have been initiated into most of the heathen mysteries then current. It is to be noted, too, that Origen, although he speaks of the Ophites as an insignificant sect (see