Chapter VII.—Tatian, Cataphrygians, Cataproclans, Catæschinetans.

To all these heretics is added one Tatian, a brother-heretic.  This man was Justin Martyr’s disciple.  After Justin’s death he began to cherish different opinions from his. For he wholly savours of Valentinus; adding this, that Adam cannot even attain salvation:  as if, when the branches become salvable,79    Salvi. Perhaps if it be questionable whether this word may be so rendered in a correct Latinist, it may be lawful to render it so in so incorrect a one as our present author. the root were not!

Other heretics swell the list who are called Cataphrygians, but their teaching is not uniform. For there are (of them) some who are called Cataproclans;80    i.e. followers of Proclus. there are others who are termed Catæschinetans.81    i.e. followers of Æschines. So this writer takes “Cataphryges” to mean followers of the Phrygians.” These have a blasphemy common, and a blasphemy not common, but peculiar and special.  The common blasphemy lies in their saying that the Holy Spirit was in the apostles indeed, the Paraclete was not; and in their saying that the Paraclete has spoken in Montanus more things than Christ brought forward into (the compass of) the Gospel, and not merely more, but likewise better and greater. But the particular one they who follow Æschines have; this, namely, whereby they add this, that they affirm Christ to be Himself Son and Father.

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Tatianum inde, et eos qui secundum Phrygas dicebantur,0072A κατὰ Proclum, ad secundum Aeschinem, Montanistas.

His haereticis omnibus accedit Tatianus quidam alter haereticus. Hic Justini martyris discipulus fuit, post hunc diversa sentire coepit. Totus enim secundum Valentinum sapit, adjiciens illud, Adam nec salutem consequi posse: quasi non, si rami salvi fiant, et radix salva sit. Accesserunt alii haeretici, qui dicuntur secundum Phrygas; sed horum non una doctrina est. Sunt enim qui κατὰ Proclum dicuntur, sunt qui secundum Aeschinem pronuntiantur. Hi habent aliam communem blasphemiam, aliam blasphemiam non communem, sed peculiarem suam: et communem quidem illam, qua in Apostolis quidem dicant Spiritum Sanctum fuisse, Paracletum non fuisse: et qua dicant Paracletum plura in Montano 0072B dixisse, quam Christum in Evangelium protulisse, nec tantum plura, sed etiam meliora atque majora.