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Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Procopius Gazaeus, a Christian Sophist
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• Sophisticator
• Sophistication
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1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Apollonius the Sophist
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• Nicholas the Sophist
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(1):

(n.) One of a class of men who taught eloquence, philosophy, and politics in ancient Greece; especially, one of those who, by their fallacious but plausible reasoning, puzzled inquirers after truth, weakened the faith of the people, and drew upon themselves general hatred and contempt.

(2):

(n.) Hence, an impostor in argument; a captious or fallacious reasoner.