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this one introducing. He rejects the resurrection of the dead, and by means of cups and incantations, changing some phantasms into a dark blue and purple color, he initiated the deceived women. And he himself, like Valentinus, wishes to consider all things to be of the twenty-four elements. 35 Colorbasians. And this Colorbasus, similarly relating the same things, but differing in some way from other heresies—I mean, those concerning Marcus and Valentinus—taught the emanations and ogdoads differently. 36 Heracleonites; and these seem to adhere to the mythology of the ogdoads, differently from Marcus and Ptolemaeus and Valentinus and the others. But also at the end, those among them who are dying they redeem, similarly to Marcus, through oil, opobalsam, and water, pronouncing certain invocations in Hebrew words over the head of the one supposedly being redeemed. 37 Ophites, who glorify the serpent and consider it to be Christ, having a physical serpent, the reptile, in a certain chest. 38 Cainites, likewise along with the other heresies that reject the law and the one who spoke in the law, hold the same opinions. Denying the resurrection of the flesh, they glorify Cain, saying that he is from the stronger power. And at the same time they also deify Judas, together with those around Korah and Dathan and Abiram, and also the Sodomites themselves. 39 Sethians. These in turn glorify Seth, claiming that he is from the mother above who repented for having brought forth those around Cain, then after Cain was cast out and Abel was killed, having come together with the father above she made Seth, a pure seed, from whom the entire race of men was then descended. And they too principalities and powers, and whatever the others dogmatize. 40 Archontics. These in turn refer everything to many rulers and say that what comes into being has been generated from them; and they are also caught in some shameful act. And they reject the resurrection of the flesh and cast off the Old Testament. But they make use of the Old and New Testament, manipulating each word according to their own mind. 41 Cerdonians, from Cerdo who succeeded Heracleon in the participation of the error, adding to the deception; who, having moved from Syria to Rome, set forth his own preaching in the times of bishop Hyginus. This one preaches two principles opposed to one another, and that Christ was not born; likewise he rejects the resurrection of the dead and the Old Testament. 42 Marcionites. Marcion, originating from Pontus, was the son of a bishop, but having seduced a virgin, he fled because he was expelled from the church by his own father. This man, having gone up to Rome, then having asked for repentance from those who were leaders of the church at that time and not receiving it, was lifted up against the faith and dogmatized three principles, a good, a just, and an evil, and that the New Testament is foreign to the Old and to the one who spoke in it. Both he and the Marcionites from him reject the resurrection of the flesh, they give not only one baptism, but also two and three after a lapse, and others among them are baptized on behalf of the dead and the catechumens. And among them women are also permitted fearlessly to give the bath. 43 Lucianists. A certain Lucian, not the one now living in the times of Constantine, but an older one, dogmatized everything according to Marcion, and in addition to these things he supposedly also dogmatizes certain other things besides Marcion. 44 Apellians. And this Apelles the same things as Marcion and Lucian

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οὗτος παρεισάγων. Ἀθετεῖ δὲ νεκρῶν ἀνάστασιν, φαντασίας δέ τινας δι' ἐκπωμάτων ἐξ ἐπαοιδῆς εἰς κυάνεον χρῶμα καὶ πορφυραῖον μεταβάλλων ἐμυσταγώγει τὰς ἀπατωμένας γυναῖκας. Καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ τῶν εἴκοσι τεσσάρων στοιχείων βούλεται τὰ πάντα ἡγεῖσθαι ὁμοίως Οὐαλεντίνῳ. 35 Κολορβασαῖοι. Καὶ οὗτος ὁ Κολόρβασος ὡσαύτως τὰ αὐτὰ διηγούμενος, κατά τι δὲ διαφερόμενος πρὸς ἄλλας αἱρέσεις-φημὶ δὴ πρὸς τὰς περὶ Μάρκον καὶ Οὐαλεντῖνον-τὰς προβολὰς καὶ ὀγδοάδας ἑτέρως ἐδίδαξεν. 36 Ἡρακλεωνῖται· καὶ οὗτοι τῇ τῶν ὀγδοάδων φαίνονται μυθολογίᾳ στοιχοῦντες, ἑτέρως παρὰ τὸν Μάρκον καὶ Πτολεμαῖον καὶ Οὐαλεντῖνον καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους. Ἀλλὰ καὶ πρὸς τῇ τελευτῇ τοὺς παρ' αὐτῶν τελευτῶντας ὁμοίως τῷ Μάρκῳ λυτροῦνται δι' ἐλαίου, ὀποβαλσάμου καὶ ὕδατος, ἐπικλήσεις τινὰς Ἑβραϊκαῖς λέξεσιν ἐπιλέγοντες τῇ κεφαλῇ τοῦ δῆθεν λυτρουμένου. 37 Ὀφῖται, οἱ τὸν ὄφιν δοξάζοντες καὶ τοῦτον Χριστὸν ἡγούμενοι, ἔχοντες δὲ φύσει ὄφιν τὸ ἑρπετὸν ἐν κίστῃ τινί. 38 Καϊανοὶ ἅμα ταῖς ἄλλαις ὡσαύτως ταῖς τὸν νόμον ἀθετούσαις αἱρέσεσιν καὶ τὸν λαλήσαντα ἐν νόμῳ τὰ αὐτὰ φρονοῦσι. Σαρκὸς μὲν ἀνάστασιν ἀρνούμενοι, τὸν δὲ Κάϊν δοξάζουσι λέγοντες αὐτὸν τῆς ἰσχυροτέρας εἶναι δυνάμεως. Ἅμα δὲ καὶ τὸν Ἰούδαν ἐκθειάζουσιν, ὁμοῦ καὶ τοὺς περὶ Κορὲ καὶ ∆αθὰν καὶ Ἀβειρών, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοὺς τοὺς Σοδομίτας. 39 Σηθιανοί. Οὗτοι πάλιν τὸν Σὴθ δοξάζουσιν φάσκοντες αὐτὸν εἶναι ἐκ τῆς ἄνω μητρὸς μεταμεληθείσης, ἐφ' οἷς τοὺς περὶ Κάϊν προεβάλετο, εἶτα μετὰ τὸ τὸν Κάϊν ἀποβληθῆναι καὶ τὸν Ἀβὲλ ἀποκτανθῆναι συνελθούσης τῷ ἄνω πατρὶ καθαρὸν σπέρμα τὸν Σὴθ ποιῆσαι, ἐξ οὗπερ λοιπὸν κατήχθη τὸ πᾶν ἀνθρώπων γένος. Καὶ αὐτοὶ δὲ ἀρχὰς καὶ ἐξουσίας καί, ὅσα οἱ ἄλλοι δογματίζουσιν. 40 Ἀρχοντικοί. Οὗτοι πάλιν εἰς πολλοὺς ἄρχοντας τὸ πᾶν ἀναφέ40 ρουσι καὶ τὰ γινόμενα ἐκ τούτων γεγενῆσθαι λέγουσιν· ἁλίσκονται δὲ καὶ ἐπ' αἰσχρότητί τινι. Σαρκὸς δὲ ἀνάστασιν ἀθετοῦσι καὶ παλαιὰν διαθήκην ἀποβάλλουσι. Κέχρηνται δὲ παλαιᾷ καὶ νέᾳ διαθήκῃ, ἑκάστην λέξιν πρὸς τὸν ἑαυτῶν νοῦν μεθοδεύοντες. 41 Κερδωνιανοί, ἀπὸ Κέρδωνος τοῦ Ἡρακλέωνα διαδεξαμένου τὴν μετοχὴν τῆς πλάνης, προσθέντος δὲ τῇ ἀπάτῃ· ὃς ἀπὸ τῆς Συρίας εἰς τὴν Ῥώμην μεταστὰς τὸ κήρυγμα ἑαυτοῦ ἐξέθετο ἐν χρόνοις Ὑγίνου ἐπισκόπου. ∆ύο δὲ ἀρχὰς κηρύττει οὗτος ἐναντίας ἀλλήλαις, μὴ εἶναί τε τὸν Χριστὸν γεννητόν· ὁμοίως τε νεκρῶν ἀνάστασιν ἀθετεῖ καὶ τὴν παλαιὰν διαθήκην. 42 Μαρκιωνισταί. Μαρκίων ἀπὸ Πόντου ὁρμώμενος ἐπισκόπου μὲν ἦν υἱός, φθείρας δὲ παρθένον ἀπέδρα διὰ τὸ ἐξεῶσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰδίου πατρὸς ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας. Οὗτος ἀνελθὼν ἐν Ῥώμῃ, εἶτα αἰτήσας μετάνοιαν τοὺς κατ' ἐκεῖνο καιροῦ ἡγουμένους τῆς ἐκκλησίας καὶ μὴ τυχὼν ἐπῄρθη κατὰ τῆς πίστεως καὶ ἐδογμάτισεν τρεῖς ἀρχάς, ἀγαθὸν καὶ δίκαιον καὶ φαῦλον, εἶναί τε τὴν καινὴν διαθήκην ἀλλοτρίαν τῆς παλαιᾶς καὶ τοῦ ἐν αὐτῇ λαλήσαντος. Οὗτός τε καὶ οἱ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ Μαρκιωνισταὶ ἀνάστασιν σαρκὸς ἀθετοῦσι, βάπτισμα διδόασιν οὐ μόνον ἕν, ἀλλὰ καὶ δύο καὶ τρία μετὰ τὸ παραπεσεῖν, ὑπὲρ δὲ τῶν τεθνεώτων καὶ κατηχουμένων ἄλλοι παρ' αὐτοῖς βαπτίζονται. Ἀδεῶς δὲ παρ' αὐτοῖς καὶ γυναῖκες ἐπιτρέπονται λουτρὸν διδόναι. 43 Λουκιανισταί. Λουκιανός τις, οὐχ ὁ νῦν ἐν χρόνοις Κωνσταντίνου γενόμενος, ἀλλ' ἀρχαιότερος, πάντα κατὰ τὸν Μαρκίωνα ἐδογμάτισε, πρὸς δὲ τούτοις καὶ ἕτερά τινα παρὰ τὸν Μαρκίωνα δῆθεν δογματίζει. 44 Ἀπελλιανοί. Καὶ οὗτος Ἀπελλῆς τὰ ὅμοια Μαρκίωνι καὶ Λουκιανῷ