Hippolytus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. V, Hippolytus… (1885)
“ And the magicians themselves, corrupters of life, will be ashamed in plying their art. And learning these points that have been previously elucidated [5] by us, they will possibly be restrained from their folly. But that this seal may not be broken, let me seal it with hog’s lard and hair mixed with wax. [6] ”
Hippolytus, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. V, Hippolytus… (1885)
“ Solicitude, however, for many young persons, who could be preserved from such practices, has persuaded me to teach and publish, for security’s sake, (the foregoing statements) . For although one person may make use of these for gaining instruction in evil, in this way somebody else will, by being instructed (in these practices) , be preserved from them. ”
