Epistles

But if, as some affirm who are without God,[*](Against docetism)—that is, are unbelievers—his suffering was only a semblance (but it is they who are merely a semblance), why am I a prisoner, and why do I even long to fight with the beasts? In that case I am dying in vain. Then indeed am I lying concerning the Lord.

Fly from these wicked offshoots, which bear[*](Against heresy) deadly fruit, which if a man eat he presently dies. For these are not the planting of the Father.

For if they were they would appear as branches of the Cross (and their fruit would be incorruptible) by which through his Passion he calls you who are his members. The head therefore cannot be borne without limbs, since God promises union, that is himself.