(On Early Date of Revelation)
States Revelation was written under "Claudius [Nero]
Caesar." (Epiphanies, Heresies 51:12,)
(On The Millennial Reign of Christ)
"There is indeed a millennium mentioned by St. John;
but the most, and those pious men, look upon those
words as true indeed, but to be taken in a spiritual
sense." (Epiphanies, Heresies, 77:26.)
(Pella Flight Tradition)
"The Nazoraean sect exists in Beroea near Coele Syria,
in the Decapolis near the region of Pella, and in Bashan
in the place called Cocaba, which in Hebrew is called
Chochabe. That is where the sect began, when all
the disciples were living in Pella after they moved from
Jerusalem, since Christ told them to leave Jerusalem
and withdraw because it was about to be besieged.
For this reason they settled in Peraea and there, as
I said, they lived. This is where the Nazoraean sect
began." (Panarion 29:7:7-8)
"Their sect began after the capture of Jerusalem. For
when all those who believed in Christ settled at that
time for the most part in Peraea, in a city called Pella
belonging to the Decapolis mentioned in the gospel,
which is next to Batanaea and the land of Bashan,
then they moved there and stayed.." (Panarion 30:2:7)
"For when the city was about to be captured and sacked
by the Romans, all the disciples were warned beforehand
by an angel to remove from the city, doomed as it was
to utter destruction. On migrating from it they settled at
Pella, the town already indicated, across the Jordan. It is
said to belong to Decapolis." (On Weights and Measures 15)
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