Slanderous ones “with godless lips falsely accuse us, [we] who are worshippers of God, and are called Christians, alleging that the wives of us all are held in common and made promiscuous use of; and that we even commit incest with our own sisters, and, what is most impious and barbarous of all, that we eat human flesh. ”
थीऑफलस ने दूसरी शताब्दी के तथाकथित मसीहियों के बारे में इस अत्यधिक ग़लत विधर्मी दृष्टिकोण का विरोध करने के लिए कठिन परिश्रम किया ।