Philip and Modestus

Philip, whom we know from the words of Dionysius to have been bishop of the community at Gortyna, also wrote a most painstaking treatise against Marcion, as did Irenaeus and Modestus too. Modestus, more than the others, exposed the man’s error to the plain view of all. There are many others as well, whose works are still preserved to this day by a great many of the brothers. [a]