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54 Theodotians, from Theodotus the tanner from Byzantium. This man, having become preeminent in Greek learning, and at the same time having alone fallen away from others in the days of the persecution at that time, while they bore witness for God. Since, therefore, this man was reproached for having fled, he devised to say that Christ was a mere man, because of the charge that he had denied God. 55 Melchizedekians. These, honoring Melchizedek, state that he is some power and not a mere man, and have dared to refer and say all things in his name. 56 Bardesanites. This Bardesanes hailed from Mesopotamia; at first being of the true faith and excelling in philosophy, but having deviated from the truth, he taught doctrines similar to Valentinus, except for a few points in which he differs from Valentinus. 57 Noetians. This Noetus was from Smyrna in Asia. Having been carried on a chariot with others, he says that Christ is the Son-Father; he taught that the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit are the same. He said that he himself was Moses and his own brother was Aaron. 58 Valesians. These, as we have supposed, are they who inhabit Bacatha, a metropolis of Arabian Philadelphia, who castrate those who happen upon and are guests among them; and the majority among them are eunuchs, having been castrated. And they teach certain other things full of heresy, running wild from the law and the prophets and introducing certain other shameful practices. 59 Cathari. These, having joined with Novatus the Roman, both completely reject the twice-married and do not accept repentance. 60 Angelics. These have completely died out, boasting that they have an angelic order or because they have been called to the angels. 61 Apostolics, also called Apotactics. And these are around Pisidia, accepting only those who renounce. They are similar to the Encratites, but they think other things than them. 62 Sabellians, who hold the same opinions as Noetus except that they do not say the Father suffered, saying the Word is uttered and again absorbed. 63 Origenists, from a certain Origen; these are doers of shameful things, committing unspeakable acts and giving their own bodies over to corruption. 64 Other Origenists, of Origen, also called Adamantius, the writer, who reject the resurrection of the dead, and introduce Christ and the Holy Spirit as a creature, and allegorize paradise and the heavens and all other things, prattling that the kingdom of Christ will at some time cease and at the same time the angels will cease, and they monstrously say that Christ was crucified for demons and will be ruled over with the devil. These are the 18 heresies of the fourth tome, but the second book. The following are in the fifth tome, but the second book, five heresies. 65 Paulianists, from Paul of Samosata. This Paul very nearly affirms that Christ is non-existent, having fashioned him as an uttered word, and that he is from Mary and from that time onward, having indeed what was said about him in the divine scriptures as a pre-announcement, but not existing, but from Mary and from that time onward, from his incarnate presence, having his existence. 66 Manichaeans, also called Aconites. These disciples of Mani the Persian say that Christ is a phantom, and they worship the sun and moon, and pray to stars and powers and demons, introducing two principles, an evil one and a good one, both always existing; that Christ appeared and suffered in appearance, blaspheming the old testament and the God who spoke in it, defining that the world, not all of it, but a part of it, came to be from God.

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54 Θεοδοτιανοί, οἱ ἀπὸ Θεοδότου τοῦ σκυτέως ἀπὸ Βυζαντίου. Οὗτος ἐν παιδείᾳ Ἑλληνικῇ ἄκρος γενόμενος, ἅμα δὲ ἄλλοις τῶν ἐν ἡμέραις τοῦ τότε διωγμοῦ μόνος ἐκπεσὼν μαρτυρησάντων ἐκείνων διὰ θεόν. Ἐπειδὴ οὖν οὗτος φυγὼν ὠνειδίσθη, ἐπενόησε, ψιλὸν ἄνθρωπον λέγειν τὸν Χριστόν, διὰ τὸ ἔγκλημα, ὅτι θεὸν ἠρνήσατο. 55 Μελχισεδεκιανοί. Οὗτοι τὸν Μελχισεδὲκ γεραίροντες, τινὰ δύναμιν αὐτὸν φάσκοντες καὶ μὴ ἄνθρωπον ψιλὸν καὶ εἰς τὸ τούτου ὄνομα πάντα ἀνάγειν καὶ λέγειν τετολμηκότες. 56 Βαρδησιανισταί. Βαρδησιάνης οὗτος ἐκ τῆς Μεσοποταμίας ὡρμᾶτο· τὰ πρῶτα μὲν τῆς ἀληθινῆς πίστεως ὑπάρχων καὶ ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ διαπρέπων, ἐκκλίνας δὲ τῆς ἀληθείας παραπλησίως Οὐαλεντίνῳ ἐδογμάτισε χωρὶς ἐνίων, ὧν διαφέρεται πρὸς Οὐαλεντῖνον. 57 Νοητιανοί. Νόητος οὗτος ἀπὸ Σμύρνης ὑπῆρχεν τῆς Ἀσίας. Ἐφ' ἅρματι δὲ ἐνεχθεὶς σὺν ἄλλοις φησὶν υἱοπάτορα τὸν Χριστόν· ἐδίδαξε τὸν αὐτὸν εἶναι πατέρα καὶ υἱὸν καὶ ἅγιον πνεῦμα. Ἑαυτὸν δὲ ἔλεγεν εἶναι Μωσέα καὶ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ἀδελφὸν Ἀαρών. 58 Οὐαλήσιοι. Οὗτοι, καθὼς ὑπειλήφαμεν, εἰσὶν οἱ τὴν Βάκαθον κατοικοῦντες, μητροκωμίαν τῆς Ἀράβων Φιλαδελφίας, οἱ τοὺς παρεντυγχάνοντας καὶ ἐπιξενουμένους παρ' αὐτοῖς εὐνουχίζοντες· οἱ πλείους δὲ καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς εὐνοῦχοι ὑπάρχουσιν ἀποτετμημένοι. Τινὰ δὲ ἕτερα διδάσκουσιν αἱρέσεως ἔμπλεα, ἀφηνιάζοντες τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ ἑτέρας τινὰς αἰσχρουργίας παρεισφέροντες. 59 Καθαροί, οὗτοι ἅμα Ναυάτῳ συναφθέντες τῷ Ῥωμαίῳ καὶ τοὺς διγάμους παντελῶς ἀποβάλλονται καὶ μετάνοιαν οὐ δέχονται. 60 Ἀγγελικοί. Οὗτοι παντελῶς ἐξέλιπον, αὐχοῦντες ἀγγελικὴν ἔχειν τάξιν ἢ διὰ τὸ ἀγγέλοις προσκεκλῆσθαι. 61 Ἀποστολικοί, οἱ καὶ Ἀποτακτικοί. Καὶ οὗτοι περὶ τὴν Πισιδίαν, μόνον ἀποτακτικοὺς δεχόμενοι. Παραπλησιάζουσι δὲ τοῖς Ἐγκρατίταις, ἄλλα δὲ παρ' αὐτοὺς φρονοῦσι. 62 Σαβελλιανοί, οἱ τὰ ὅμοια Νοήτου δοξάζοντες παρὰ τὸ μὴ τὸν πατέρα λέγειν πεπονθέναι, λέγοντες προφορικὸν καὶ πάλιν ἀναχεόμενον τὸν λόγον. 63 Ὠριγενιανοί, οἱ ἀπό τινος Ὠριγένους· αἰσχροποιοὶ δὲ οὗτοί 63 εἰσιν, ἀρρητοποιοῦντες καὶ τὰ ἑαυτῶν σώματα φθορᾷ παραδιδόντες. 64 Ὠριγενιανοὶ ἄλλοι, Ὠριγένους τοῦ καὶ Ἀδαμαντίου τοῦσυντάκτου, οἱ τὴν τῶν νεκρῶν ἀνάστασιν ἀποβαλλόμενοι, Χριστὸν δὲ κτίσμα καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα εἰσηγούμενοι, παράδεισόν τε καὶ οὐρανοὺς καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα ἀλληγοροῦντες, Χριστοῦ δέ ποτε πεπαῦσθαι τὴν βασιλείαν ληροῦντες καὶ ὁμοῦ τοὺς ἀγγέλους παυθήσεσθαι, Χριστὸν δὲ σὺν διαβόλῳ βασιλευθησόμενον καὶ δαίμοσι σταυρωθέντα Χριστὸν τερατεύονται. Αὗται τοῦ τετάρτου τόμου, δευτέρου δὲ βιβλίου αἱρέσεις ιηʹ. Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῷ πέμπτῳ τόμῳ, δευτέρου δὲ βιβλίου, αἱρέσεις πέντε. 65 Παυλιανισταί, ἀπὸ Παύλου τοῦ Σαμοσατέως. Οὗτος ὁ Παῦλος ἀνύπαρκτον τὸν Χριστὸν ὀλίγου δεῖν διαβεβαιοῦται, λόγον προφορικὸν αὐτὸν σχηματίσας, ἀπὸ Μαρίας δὲ καὶ δεῦρο εἶναι, προκαταγγελτικῶς μὲν τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν ταῖς θείαις γραφαῖς εἰρημένα ἔχοντος μέν, μὴ ὄντος δέ, ἀλλ' ἀπὸ Μαρίας καὶ δεῦρο ἀπὸ τῆς ἐνσάρκου παρουσίας ἔχειν τὴν ὕπαρξιν. 66 Μανιχαῖοι, οἱ καὶ Ἀκονῖται. Οὗτοι Μάνη τοῦ Πέρσου μαθηταὶ Χριστὸν μὲν σχήματι λέγοντες, ἥλιον δὲ σέβοντες καὶ σελήνην ἄστροις τε καὶ δυνάμεσι καὶ δαίμοσιν εὐχόμενοι, ἀρχὰς δύο εἰσηγούμενοι, πονηράν τε καὶ ἀγαθήν, ἀεὶ οὔσας· Χριστὸν δὲ δοκήσει πεφηνέναι καὶ πεπονθέναι, παλαιὰν διαθήκην βλασφημοῦντες καὶ τὸν ἐν αὐτῇ λαλήσαντα θεόν, κόσμον οὐ τὸν πάντα, ἀλλὰ μέρος ἐκ θεοῦ γεγενῆσθαι ὁριζόμενοι.