Editing Priscillian (section)

==Writings and rediscovery==
Some writings by Priscillian were accounted orthodox and were not burned. For instance he divided the Pauline epistles (including the ''[[Epistle to the Hebrews]]'') into a series of texts on their theological points and wrote an introduction to each section. These canons survived in a form edited by [[:s:Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Peregrinus|Peregrinus]]. They contain a strong call to a life of personal piety and asceticism, including celibacy and abstinence from meat and wine. The [[Spiritual gift|charismatic]] gifts of all believers are equally affirmed. Study of scripture is urged. Priscillian placed considerable weight on [[apocrypha|apocryphal books]], not as being inspired but as helpful in discerning truth and error.{{sfn|Healy|1911}} It was long thought that all his writings had perished, but in 1885, Georg Schepss discovered at the [[University of Würzburg]] eleven genuine tracts, published in the [[CSEL]] in 1886.{{sfn|Grieve|1911|p=361}}Though they bear Priscillian's name, four describing Priscillian's trial appear to have been written by a close follower.

According to [[Raymond E. Brown]] (1995), the source of the ''[[Comma Johanneum]]'', a later insertion into the [[First Epistle of John]], known since the fourth century, appears to be the Latin ''Liber Apologeticus'' by Priscillian.{{sfn|Brown|1995|loc=Introduction}}

The modern assessment of Priscillian is summed up{{how|date=June 2024}} by [[Henry Chadwick (theologian)|Henry Chadwick]] (1976).{{sfn|Chadwick|1976|p=}}