Prophets enlightened, the Pythia darkened
Hence we, gathering our evidence from the sacred writings, show that the prophets among the Jews, enlightened by the divine Spirit as far as was useful to the prophets themselves as well, were the first to enjoy the coming of the higher power into them. Through the touch, if I may call it so, of what is called the Holy Spirit upon their soul, they became clearer-sighted in mind and brighter in soul, and in body too, since the body no longer worked against the life of virtue, being put to death as regards what we call “the mind of the flesh” (Romans 8:6). For we are persuaded that by a Spirit more divine “the deeds of the body” are put to death (Romans 8:13), deeds which take their rise from “the mind of the flesh,” the mind that is enmity toward God (Romans 8:7).
But if the Pythia is beside herself and not in her own mind when she gives oracles, what kind of spirit must we think it, which poured darkness over her mind and her reasoning, if not one of the same kind as the race of demons? Not a few Christians drive these out of those who suffer from them, without any occult or magical practice or use of drugs, but by prayer alone and very simple adjurations, and such things as the plainest person could use. For, as a rule, it is unlearned people who do this, since the grace that is in the word of Christ shows how worthless and weak the demons are: to be beaten, to give way, and to withdraw from a man’s soul and body, they by no means require someone wise and powerful in reasoned proofs of the faith.
Greek
Ὅθεν ἡμεῖς ἀποδείκνυμεν συνάγοντες ἀπὸ τῶν ἱερῶν γραμμάτων ὅτι οἱ ἐν Ἰουδαίοις προφῆται, ἐλλαμπόμενοι ὑπὸ τοῦ θείου πνεύματος τοσοῦτον, ὅσον ἦν καὶ αὐτοῖς τοῖς προφητεύουσι χρήσιμον, προαπέλαυον τῆς τοῦ κρείττονος εἰς αὐτοὺς ἐπιδημίας· καὶ διὰ τῆς πρὸς τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτῶν, ἵν᾿ οὕτως ὀνομάσω, ἁφῆς τοῦ καλουμένου ἁγίου πνεύματος διορατικώτεροί τε τὸν νοῦν ἐγίνοντο καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν λαμπρότεροι ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ σῶμα, οὐδαμῶς ἔτι ἀντιπρᾶττον τῷ κατ᾿ ἀρετὴν βίῳ, ἅτε κατὰ τὸ παρ᾿ ἡμῖν καλούμενον „φρόνημα τῆς σαρκὸς“ νεκρούμενον. „πνεύματι“ γὰρ θειοτέρῳ „τὰς τοῦ σώματος πράξεις“ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ φρονήματος „τῆς σαρκὸς“ ἀρχομένας ἔχθρας, τυγχάνοντος πρὸς θεὸν, θανατοῦσθαι πεπείσμεθα. εἰ δ᾿ ἐξίσταται καὶ οὐκ ἐν ἑαυτῇ ἐστιν ἡ Πυθία, ὅτε μαντεύεται, ποδαπὸν νομιστέον πνεῦμα, τὸ σκότον καταχέαν τοῦ νοῦ καὶ τῶν λογισμῶν, ἢ τοιοῦτον ὁποῖόν ἐστι καὶ τὸ τῶν δαιμόνων γένος, οὓς οὐκ ὀλίγοι Χριστιανῶν ἀπελαύνουσι τῶν πασχόντων σὺν οὐδενὶ περιέργῳ καὶ μαγικῷ ἢ φαρμακευτικῷ πράγματι ἀλλὰ μόνῃ εὐχῇ καὶ ὁρκώσεσιν ἁπλουστέραις καὶ ὅσα ἂν δύναιτο προσάγειν ἁπλούστερος ἄνθρωπος; ὡς ἐπίπαν γὰρ ἰδιῶται τὸ τοιοῦτον πράττουσι, παριστάσης τῆς ἐν τῷ λόγῳ Χριστοῦ χάριτος τὸ τῶν δαιμονίων εὐτελὲς καὶ ἀσθενὲς, οὐ πάντως δεόμενον πρὸς τὸ ἡττηθῆναι καὶ εἶξαν ὑπεξελθεῖν ἀπὸ ψυχῆς ἀνθρώπου καὶ σώματος σοφοῦ τινος καὶ δυνατοῦ ἐν ταῖς λογικαῖς περὶ τῆς πίστεως ἀποδείξεσιν.