Clement of Alexandria Stromata Book I "Professing themselves wise, they became fools."[330]

Origen Against Celsus Book III

calling, in a general way, wise all who appear to have made advances in knowledge, but have fallen into an atheistic polytheism, since "professing themselves to be wise they became fools, and changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things."[226]

Lactantius Divine Institutes Book II

But (as I have said) pardon may be granted to those who are ignorant and do not own themselves to be wise; but it cannot be extended to those who, while they profess[24]

Lactantius Divine Institutes Book VI

they bore a certain likeness and appearance[53]

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