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some of his orthodox disciples made a moderate defense. 73. Semi-Arians, who confess Christ to be a creature, but say with irony that he is a creature, not as one of the creatures; but, they say, we call him Son, but in order not to attribute passion to the Father for 3.231 having begotten, we call him created. Likewise, concerning the Holy Spirit, they define it as entirely a creature, rejecting the Son’s being of one substance (homoousion), but they wish to say of like substance (homoiousion). And others of them rejected even the being of like substance (homoiousion). 74. Pneumatomachi. These hold correctly concerning Christ, but they blaspheme the Holy Spirit, defining it as created and not from the Godhead, but rather that it was created improperly for the sake of an operation, saying it is only a sanctifying power. 75. Aerians. This Aerius was from Pontus. And to this day the temptation remains in the world. He was a presbyter of Bishop Eustathius, who was slandered among the Arians. And since Aerius himself was not appointed bishop, he taught many doctrines against the church, being in faith a most perfect Arian, but he dogmatizes even further. He says one ought not to offer on behalf of the departed, and he forbids fasting on Wednesday and Friday and during Lent and Pascha. He preaches renunciation, but he partakes of all kinds of meat-eating and luxuries without fear. And if any of his followers should wish to fast, he says, not on the appointed days, but whenever he wishes; for you are not under law. And he claims that a bishop is in no way different from a presbyter. 76. Aetians, who are from Aetius the Cilician, who was made a deacon by George, the Arian bishop of Alexandria, who are also called Anomoeans, and by some Eunomians, on account of a certain Eunomius, who became a disciple of Aetius and is still alive. With them was also Eudoxius, who held Arian views, but supposedly out of fear of the emperor Constantius 3.232 he separated himself and Aetius alone was exiled. But Eudoxius remained an Arian, though not in the same way as Aetius; these are the Anomoeans. They, also called Aetians, completely alienate Christ and the Holy Spirit from God, affirming him to be a creature, and say that he does not have even any likeness. For they wish to represent God by means of syllogisms, both Aristotelian and geometrical, and they define that Christ supposedly cannot be from God by such methods. Those called Eunomians after him re-baptize all who come to them, and not only these, but also those coming from the Arians. And they baptize headfirst, turning the feet of those being baptized upwards, as is widely reported. They say that for someone to fall into fornication or another sin is nothing. For God seeks nothing except that one be only in this supposed faith of theirs. These are likewise also the seven heresies of the third book of the first volume, being the sixth in sequence. 3.415 The following is also in the second volume of the same third book, being the seventh according to the division of the volumes by number which we mentioned, which is the seventh volume and the end of the whole treatise, in which there are four heresies: 77. Dimoeritae, also called Apollinarians, who do not confess the perfect incarnation of Christ; some of whom once dared to say that the body is of one substance with the Godhead, while some once denied that he had taken a soul, and some, relying on the saying 'the Word became flesh,' denied that he had taken his flesh from created flesh, that is, from Mary. but they only contentiously said that the Word became flesh, into

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αὐτοῦ μαθητῶν ὀρθόδοξοί τινες μέσως ὑπεραπελογοῦντο. ογ. Ἡμιάρειοι, οἱ Χριστὸν μὲν κτίσμα ὁμολογοῦντες, εἰρωνείᾳ δὲ κτίσμα αὐτὸν φάσκοντες οὐχ ὡς ἓν τῶν κτισμάτων· ἀλλά, φασίν, υἱὸν αὐτὸν λέγομεν, διὰ δὲ τὸ μὴ πάθος προσάψαι τῷ πατρὶ διὰ τοῦ 3.231 γεγεννηκέναι κτιστὸν αὐτὸν λέγομεν. ὡσαύτως καὶ περὶ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου κτίσμα παντελῶς ὁρίζονται, παρεκβάλλοντες υἱοῦ τὸ ὁμοούσιον, ὁμοιοούσιον δὲ θέλουσι λέγειν. ἄλλοι δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ ὁμοιοούσιον παρεξέβαλον. οδ. Πνευματομάχοι. οὗτοι περὶ μὲν Χριστοῦ καλῶς ἔχουσι, τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον βλασφημοῦσι, κτιστὸν αὐτὸ ὁριζόμενοι καὶ οὐκ ὂν ἐκ τῆς θεότητος, μᾶλλον δὲ καταχρηστικῶς δι' ἐνέργειαν κεκτίσθαι, ἁγιαστικὴν αὐτὸ δύναμιν φάσκοντες εἶναι μόνον. οε. Ἀεριανοί. οὗτος ὁ Ἀέριος ἀπὸ Πόντου ὡρμᾶτο. ἔτι δὲ δεῦρο περίεστι πειρασμὸς τῷ βίῳ. πρεσβύτερος οὗτος ἦν τοῦ ἐπισκόπου Εὐσταθίου τοῦ ἐν Ἀρειανοῖς διαβληθέντος. καὶ ἐπειδὴ αὐτὸς Ἀέριος οὐ κατεστάθη ἐπίσκοπος, πολλὰ κατὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐδογμάτισε, τῇ μὲν πίστει ὢν Ἀρειανὸς τελειότατος, περιττότερον δὲ δογματίζει. μὴ δεῖν φησι προσφέρειν ὑπὲρ τῶν προκεκοιμημένων, νηστεύειν δὲ τετράδα καὶ προσάββατον καὶ τεσσαρακοστὴν καὶ Πάσχα κωλύει· ἀποταξίαν κηρύσσει, σαρκοφαγίαις δὲ παντοίαις κέχρηται καὶ τρυφαῖς ἀδεῶς. εἰ δέ τις τῶν αὐτοῦ βούλοιτο νηστεύειν, μὴ ἐν ἡμέραις τεταγμέναις, φησίν, ἀλλ' ὅτε βούλεται· οὐ γὰρ εἶ ὑπὸ νόμον. φάσκει δὲ μηδὲν εἶναι διαφορώτερον ἐπίσκοπον πρεσβυτέρου. οςϛ. Ἀετιανοὶ οἱ ἀπὸ Ἀετίου τοῦ Κίλικος, διακόνου γενομένου ὑπὸ Γεωργίου τοῦ τῶν Ἀρειανῶν ἐπισκόπου τῆς Ἀλεξανδρείας, οἱ καὶ Ἀνομοιοι καλούμενοι, παρά τισι δὲ Εὐνομιανοί, δι' Εὐνόμιόν τινα μαθητὴν τοῦ Ἀετίου γενόμενον καὶ ἔτι περιόντα. σὺν αὐτοῖς δὲ ἦν καὶ Εὐδόξιος ἀρειανίζων, ἀλλὰ δῆθεν διὰ τὸν πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Κωνστάντιον φόβον 3.232 ἀφώρισεν ἑαυτὸν καὶ μόνος Ἀέτιος ἐξωρίσθη. ἔμεινε δὲ Εὐδόξιος ἀρειανίζων, οὐ μέντοι γε κατὰ τὸν Ἀέτιον οὗτοι οἷ Ἀνόμοιοι. οἱ καὶ Ἀετιανοί,παντάπασι Χριστὸν καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἀπαλλοτριοῦσι θεοῦ, κτιστὸν αὐτὸν διαβεβαιούμενοι, καὶ οὐδὲ ὁμοιότητά τινα ἔχειν λέγουσιν. ἐκ συλλογισμῶν γὰρ καὶ Ἀριστοτελικῶν καὶ γεωμετρικῶν τὸν θεὸν παριστᾶν βούλονται, καὶ Χριστὸν δῆθεν μὴ δύνασθαι εἶναι ἐκ θεοῦ διὰ τοιούτων τρόπων ὁρίζονται. οἱ δὲ ἀπ' αὐτοῦ Εὐνομιανοὶ καλούμενοι ἀναβαπτίζουσι πάντας τοὺς πρὸς αὐτοὺς ἐρχομένους, οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἀπὸ Ἀρειανῶν ἐρχομένους· βαπτίζουσι δὲ κατὰ κεφαλῆς ἄνω τοὺς πόδας στρέφοντες τῶν βαπτιζομένων, ὡς πολὺς ᾄδεται λόγος. τὸ δὲ σφαλῆναί τινα ἐν πορνείᾳ ἢ ἑτέρᾳ ἁμαρτίᾳ οὐδὲν εἶναί φασιν. οὐδὲν γὰρ ζητεῖ ὁ θεὸς ἀλλὰ τὸ εἶναί τινα ἐν ταύτῃ μόνῃ τῇ αὐτῶν νομιζομένῃ πίστει. Αὗται δέ εἰσιν ὁμοίως καὶ αἱ τοῦ τρίτου βιβλίου τοῦ πρώτου τόμου, ἕκτου δὲ ὄντος κατὰ τὴν ἀκολουθίαν, αἱρέσεις ἑπτά. 3.415 Τάδε ἔνεστι καὶ ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ τόμῳ τοῦ αὐτοῦ τρίτου βιβλίου, ἑβδόμῳ δὲ ὄντι καθ' ἣν εἴπομεν τῶν τόμων τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ διαίρεσιν, ὅς ἐστι τόμος ἕβδομος καὶ τέλος τῆς πραγματείας πάσης, ἐν ᾧ εἰσιν αἱρέσεις τέσσαρες· οζ. ∆ιμοιρῖται, οἱ καὶ Ἀπολιναρῖται, οἱ μὴ τελείαν τὴν Χριστοῦ ἐνανθρώπησιν ὁμολογοῦντες· ὧν τινες ὁμοούσιον τὸ σῶμα τῇ θεότητί ποτε ἐτόλμησαν λέγειν, τινὲς δέ ποτε ψυχὴν αὐτὸν εἰληφέναι ἠρνοῦντο, τινὲς δὲ διὰ τοῦ ῥητοῦ τοῦ «ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο» ἐπερειδόμενοι ἠρνοῦντο ἀπὸ κτιστῆς σαρκὸς τουτέστι Μαρίας τὸ κατὰ σάρκα αὐτὸν εἰληφέναι. μόνον δὲ φιλονείκως ἔλεγον τὸν λόγον σάρκα γεγενῆσθαι, εἰς