Eusebius Book 5, Section 15

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XV. οἱ δ’ ἐπὶ Ῥώμης ἤκμαζον, ὧν ἡγεῖτο Φλωρῖνος, πρεαβυτερίου τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἀποπεσών , Βλάστος τε σὺν τούτῳ, παραπλησίῳ πτώματι κατεσχημένος· οἳ καὶ πλείους τῆς ἐκ· περιέλκοντες ἐπὶ τὸ ἁφῶν ὑπῆγον βούλημα, θάτερος ἰδίως περὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν νεωτερίξειν πειρώμενος.

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XV. Others flourished in Rome, of whom Florinus was the leader. He had been turned out of the presbytery of the church, and with him was Blastus, who had suffered a similar fall. These drew away more of the church and brought them to their own opinion, each trying in his own way to introduce innovations about the truth.