Chapter XV.--The Schism of Blastus at Rome. 1
Others, of whom Florinus 2 was chief, flourished at Rome. He fell from the presbyterate of the Church, and Blastus was involved in a similar fall. They also drew away many of the Church to their opinion, each striving to introduce his own innovations in respect to the truth.
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The separation of chaps. 14 and 15 is unfortunate. They are closely connected (hoi men in chap. 14 and hoi de in chap. 15), and constitute together a general introduction to the following chapters, Montanism being treated in chaps. 16 to 19, and the schism of Florinus and Blastus in chap. 20. ↩
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On Florinus and Blastus, see chap. 20. ↩
