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Third, that even after the ascension of Christ into heaven the demons put forward certain men who said they themselves were gods, and these were not only not persecuted by you, but were even deemed worthy of honors. There was a certain Simon, a Samaritan from the village called Gitthon, who in the time of Claudius Caesar, through the art of the demons working in him, performed mighty deeds of magic in your imperial city of Rome, and was reckoned a god, and was honored by you with a statue as a god—which statue was erected in the river Tiber between the two bridges, bearing this Roman inscription [lacuna]. And nearly all the Samaritans, and a few also among other nations, confess and worship him as the first god; and they say that a certain Helen, who went about with him at that time, having previously stood upon a rooftop, was the first Thought brought forth by him. And we know that a certain Menander, also a Samaritan, from the village of Capparetaea, who became a disciple of Simon and was likewise energized by the demons, and who lived in Antioch, deceived many by his magic art, and persuaded those who followed him that they would never die; and even now there are some who, following him, confess this. And there is a certain Marcion, a man of Pontus, who is even now still teaching those who are persuaded to think that there is another God greater than the Maker; and he, by the help of the demons, has caused many of every race of men to utter blasphemies, and to deny that God the Maker of this universe is God, and to confess that some other, being greater, has done greater things than he. All who take their origin from these, as we said, are called Christians, just as those who do not share the same doctrines among the philosophers have in common the name 'philosophy' brought against them. And whether they do those infamous fabled deeds—the overturning of the lamp and promiscuous intercourse and the eating of human flesh—we do not know; but we do know that they are neither persecuted nor put to death by you, at least on account of their doctrines. And we have a treatise composed against all the heresies that have arisen, which, if you wish to consult it, we will give to you.