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To those, on the other hand, who under a pious cloak blaspheme by their continence both the creation and the holy Creator, the almighty, only God, and teach that one must reject marriage and begetting of children, and should not bring others in their place to live in this wretched world, nor give any sustenance to death , our reply is as follows.

— Clement of Alexandria

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Description: about the gnostic sect of Encratites.

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The purified righteous man has become a coin of the Lord, and has the impress of his King stamped upon him.

He alone can remit sins who is appointed our Master by the Father of all; He only is able to discern obedience from disobedience.

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There is one river of truth, which receives tributaries from every side.

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