154. The Alogians (Epiphanius de Haeres. 51 [p. 455. ed.
Paris, 1622]) disputed the genuineness of the Apocalypse,
because the church of Thyatira was not yet founded.
Epiphanius, who allows the fact, extricates himself from the
difficulty by ingeniously supposing that St. John wrote in
the spirit of prophecy. See Abauzit, Discours sur
l'Apocalypse.