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| CIT_SIM_SIMON_IREN | ENT_SIM_SIMON | SRC_IRENAEUS_AH | Irenaeus, Against Heresies | AH I.23 | At present, however, I have simply been led to mention him, that thou mightest know that all those who in any way corrupt the truth, and injuriously affect the preaching of the Church, are the disciples and successors of Simon Magus of Samaria. Although they do not confess the name of their master, in order all the more to seduce others, yet they do teach his doctrines. | Roberts & Rambaut (Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. I) | 1885 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Ante-Nicene_Fathers/Volume_I/IRENAEUS/Against_Heresies:_Book_I | heresiological-verbatim | HOSTILE WITNESS: Irenaeus reports the Valentinian system in order to refute it; not a self-description. | 2026-06-18 | name-anchored within the work + substring gate (Ante-Nicene Fathers text); section locus per attestation | 1 | 1 | Located by name within Against Heresies; confirm the exact chapter.section locus cited. |