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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hermogenian

· Her·mo·ge·ni·an · IPA
01 n. A disciple of Hermogenes, an heretical teacher who lived in Africa near the close of the second century. He held matter to be the fountain …
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    A disciple of Hermogenes, an heretical teacher who lived in Africa near the close of the second century. He held matter to be the fountain of all evil, and that souls and spirits are formed of corrupt matter.(Eccl. Hist.)