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Fragment number Vinzent 57
Klostermann 28
Rettb. 23
Ancient source used Eusebius, Against Marcellus
Modern edition M. Vinzent, Markell von Ankyra: Die Fragmente (Leiden, 1997).

On account of this then it seems good to me now to go through what I had not yet gone through earlier.  For the majority of the things written by him of those already discussed were clear to us.  He said, “I have brought you out of the womb before the Morning Star.”  For he thought in all somehow to concur the klapeisan statement “ex” with the concept of heresy.  Therefore with respect to the most authoritative selection of a syllable he was planning to show his initial birth in heaven.

Translated by PSAM

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