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and in addition to all these, Irenaeus, from whom the written orthodoxy of sound faith of the apostolic tradition has come down even to us. Hegesippus, then, in the five memoirs that have come down to us, has left a most complete record of his own opinion; in which he states that he had met with very many bishops, having made a journey as far as Rome, and that he had received the same teaching from all. It is possible to hear him, after some remarks of his on the epistle of Clement to the Corinthians, adding these words: 4.22.2 “And the church of the Corinthians remained in the right doctrine until Primus was bishop in Corinth; I had fellowship with them on my voyage to Rome and I stayed with the Corinthians for a good number of days, 4.22.3 in which we were refreshed together in the right doctrine. And when I was in Rome, I made a succession list down to Anicetus, whose deacon was Eleutherus. And Soter succeeded Anicetus, after whom came Eleutherus. In every succession and in every city that which the law and the prophets and the Lord proclaim is maintained.” 4.22.4 The same writer also sets forth the beginnings of the heresies of his time in these words: “And after James the Just had suffered martyrdom, as the Lord had also, on the same grounds, Symeon, the son of Clopas, his uncle, was appointed bishop, whom all put forward, being the second cousin of the Lord. For this reason they called the Church a virgin, 4.22.5 for it had not yet been corrupted by vain teachings. But Thebuthis, because he was not made bishop, began secretly to corrupt it from among the seven heresies among the people, to which he himself belonged. From these came Simon, whence the Simonians, and Cleobius, whence the Cleobians, and Dositheus, whence the Dositheans, and Gorthaeus, whence the Goratheni, and Masbotheans. From these came the Menandrianists, and Marcionists, and Carpocratians, and Valentinians, and Basilidians, and Saturnilians, each introducing his own peculiar and different opinion in his own way. 4.22.6 From these came false Christs, false prophets, false apostles, who divided the unity of the Church with corrupting doctrines against God and against his Christ.” 4.22.7 Moreover the same writer also relates the heresies that had formerly existed among the Jews, saying: “There were different opinions among the circumcision, among the sons of the Israelites, against the tribe of Judah and the Christ, these: Essenes, Galileans, Hemerobaptists, Masbotheans, Samaritans, Sadducees, Pharisees.” 4.22.8 And he writes very many other things, of which we have already made mention in part before, setting forth the accounts in their proper places. From the Gospel according to the Hebrews and the Syriac, and especially from the Hebrew dialect he quotes some things, showing that he was a believer from among the Hebrews. And he mentions other things as from unwritten Jewish 4.22.9 tradition. And not only he, but also Irenaeus and the whole company of the ancients called the Proverbs of Solomon "All-Virtuous Wisdom." And when speaking about the so-called apocryphal books, he relates that some of these had been fabricated by certain heretics in his own time. But now we must pass on to another subject, 4.23.1 and first of all we must speak of Dionysius, that he was entrusted with the episcopal throne of the parish in Corinth, and how, of his inspired industry, he imparted generously not only to those under him, but also to those in foreign lands, making himself most useful to all in the catholic epistles which he wrote to the churches. 4.23.2 Among these is the one to the Lacedaemonians, an instruction on orthodoxy and an exhortation to peace and unity, and the one to the Athenians is an exhortation to faith and the life according to the Gospel, for neglecting which he reproves them as being little short of apostasy from the word since their bishop, Publius, 4.23.3 suffered martyrdom in the persecutions of that time. And he mentions Quadratus, who was appointed their bishop after the martyrdom of Publius, testifying that through his zeal they were brought together again and their faith received a rekindling. He shows, in addition to these things, that Dionysius the Areopagite also, having been converted to the faith by the apostle Paul

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καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσιν Εἰρηναῖος, ὧν καὶ εἰς ἡμᾶς τῆς ἀποστολικῆς παραδόσεως ἡ τῆς ὑγιοῦς πίστεως ἔγγραφος κατῆλθεν ὀρθοδοξία. Ὁ μὲν οὖν Ἡγήσιππος ἐν πέντε τοῖς εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐλθοῦσιν ὑπομνήμασιν τῆς ἰδίας γνώμης πληρεστάτην μνήμην καταλέλοιπεν· ἐν οἷς δηλοῖ ὡς πλείστοις ἐπισκόποις συμμίξειεν ἀποδημίαν στειλάμενος μέχρι Ῥώμης, καὶ ὡς ὅτι τὴν αὐτὴν παρὰ πάντων παρείληφεν διδασκαλίαν. ἀκοῦσαί γέ τοι πάρεστιν μετά τινα περὶ τῆς Κλήμεντος πρὸς Κορινθίους ἐπιστολῆς αὐτῷ εἰρημένα ἐπιλέγοντος ταῦτα· 4.22.2 «καὶ ἐπέμενεν ἡ ἐκκλησία ἡ Κορινθίων ἐν τῷ ὀρθῷ λόγῳ μέχρι Πρίμου ἐπισκοπεύοντος ἐν Κορίνθῳ· οἷς συνέμιξα πλέων εἰς Ῥώμην καὶ συνδιέτριψα τοῖς Κορινθίοις ἡμέρας ἱκανάς, 4.22.3 ἐν αἷς συνανεπάημεν τῷ ὀρθῷ λόγῳ· γενόμενος δὲ ἐν Ῥώμῃ, διαδοχὴν ἐποιησάμην μέχρις Ἀνικήτου· οὗ διάκονος ἦν Ἐλεύθερος, καὶ παρὰ Ἀνικήτου διαδέχεται Σωτήρ, μεθ' ὃν Ἐλεύθερος. ἐν ἑκάστῃ δὲ διαδοχῇ καὶ ἐν ἑκάστῃ πόλει οὕτως ἔχει ὡς ὁ νόμος κηρύσσει καὶ οἱ προφῆται καὶ ὁ κύριος». 4.22.4 ὁ δ' αὐτὸς καὶ τῶν κατ' αὐτὸν αἱρέσεων τὰς ἀρχὰς ὑποτίθεται διὰ τούτων· «καὶ μετὰ τὸ μαρτυρῆσαι Ἰάκωβον τὸν δίκαιον, ὡς καὶ ὁ κύριος, ἐπὶ τῷ αὐτῷ λόγῳ, πάλιν ὁ ἐκ θείου αὐτοῦ Συμεὼν ὁ τοῦ Κλωπᾶ καθίσταται ἐπίσκοπος, ὃν προέθεντο πάντες, ὄντα ἀνεψιὸν τοῦ κυρίου δεύτερον. διὰ τοῦτο ἐκάλουν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν παρθένον, 4.22.5 οὔπω γὰρ ἔφθαρτο ἀκοαῖς ματαίαις· ἄρχεται δὲ ὁ Θεβουθὶς διὰ τὸ μὴ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν ἐπίσκοπον ὑποφθείρειν ἀπὸ τῶν ἑπτὰ αἱρέσεων, ὧν καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν, ἐν τῷ λαῷ, ἀφ' ὧν Σίμων, ὅθεν Σιμωνιανοί, καὶ Κλεόβιος, ὅθεν Κλεοβιηνοί, καὶ ∆οσίθεος, ὅθεν ∆οσιθιανοί, καὶ Γορθαῖος, ὅθεν Γοραθηνοί, καὶ Μασβώθεοι. ἀπὸ τούτων Μενανδριανισταὶ καὶ Μαρκιανισταὶ καὶ Καρποκρατιανοὶ καὶ Οὐαλεντινιανοὶ καὶ Βασιλειδιανοὶ καὶ Σατορνιλιανοὶ ἕκαστος ἰδίως καὶ ἑτεροίως ἰδίαν δόξαν παρεισηγάγο4.22.6 σαν, ἀπὸ τούτων ψευδόχριστοι, ψευδοπροφῆται, ψευδαπόστολοι, οἵτινες ἐμέρισαν τὴν ἕνωσιν τῆς ἐκκλησίας φθοριμαίοις λόγοις κατὰ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ κατὰ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὐτοῦ». 4.22.7 ἔτι δ' ὁ αὐτὸς καὶ τὰς πάλαι γεγενημένας παρὰ Ἰουδαίοις αἱρέσεις ἱστορεῖ λέγων· «ἦσαν δὲ γνῶμαι διάφοροι ἐν τῇ περιτομῇ ἐν υἱοῖς Ἰσραηλιτῶν κατὰ τῆς φυλῆς Ἰούδα καὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ αὗται· Ἐσσαῖοι Γαλιλαῖοι Ἡμεροβαπτισταὶ Μασβώθεοι Σαμαρεῖται Σαδδουκαῖοι Φαρισαῖοι». 4.22.8 καὶ ἕτερα δὲ πλεῖστα γράφει, ὧν ἐκ μέρους ἤδη πρότερον ἐμνημονεύσαμεν, οἰκείως τοῖς καιροῖς τὰς ἱστορίας παραθέμενοι, ἔκ τε τοῦ καθ' Ἑβραίους εὐαγγελίου καὶ τοῦ Συριακοῦ καὶ ἰδίως ἐκ τῆς Ἑβραΐδος διαλέκτου τινὰ τίθησιν, ἐμφαίνων ἐξ Ἑβραίων ἑαυτὸν πεπιστευκέναι, καὶ ἄλλα δὲ ὡς ἐξ Ἰουδαϊκῆς 4.22.9 ἀγράφου παραδόσεως μνημονεύει. οὐ μόνος δὲ οὗτος, καὶ Εἰρηναῖος δὲ καὶ ὁ πᾶς τῶν ἀρχαίων χορὸς πανάρετον Σοφίαν τὰς Σολομῶνος Παροιμίας ἐκάλουν. καὶ περὶ τῶν λεγομένων δὲ ἀποκρύφων διαλαμβάνων, ἐπὶ τῶν αὐτοῦ χρόνων πρός τινων αἱρετικῶν ἀναπεπλάσθαι τινὰ τούτων ἱστορεῖ. ἀλλὰ γὰρ ἐφ' ἕτερον ἤδη μεταβατέον, 4.23.1 καὶ πρῶτόν γε περὶ ∆ιονυσίου φατέον ὅτι τε τῆς ἐν Κορίνθῳ παροικίας τὸν τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς ἐγκεχείριστο θρόνον, καὶ ὡς τῆς ἐνθέου φιλοπονίας οὐ μόνοις τοῖς ὑπ' αὐτόν, ἀλλ' ἤδη καὶ τοῖς ἐπὶ τῆς ἀλλοδαπῆς ἀφθόνως ἐκοινώνει, χρησιμώτατον ἅπασιν ἑαυτὸν καθιστὰς ἐν αἷς ὑπετυποῦτο καθολικαῖς πρὸς τὰς ἐκκλη 4.23.2 σίας ἐπιστολαῖς. ὧν ἐστιν ἡ μὲν πρὸς Λακεδαιμονίους ὀρθοδοξίας κατηχητικὴ εἰρήνης τε καὶ ἑνώσεως ὑποθετική, ἡ δὲ πρὸς Ἀθηναίους διεγερτικὴ πίστεως καὶ τῆς κατὰ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον πολιτείας, ἧς ὀλιγωρήσαντας ἐλέγχει ὡς ἂν μικροῦ δεῖν ἀποστάντας τοῦ λόγου ἐξ οὗπερ τὸν προεστῶτα αὐτῶν Πούπλιον 4.23.3 μαρτυρῆσαι κατὰ τοὺς τότε συνέβη διωγμούς. Κοδράτου δὲ μετὰ τὸν μαρτυρήσαντα Πούπλιον καταστάντος αὐτῶν ἐπισκόπου μέμνηται, ἐπιμαρτυρῶν ὡς διὰ τῆς αὐτοῦ σπουδῆς ἐπισυναχθέντων καὶ τῆς πίστεως ἀναζωπύρησιν εἰληχότων· δηλοῖ δ' ἐπὶ τούτοις ὡς καὶ ∆ιονύσιος ὁ Ἀρεοπαγίτης ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀποστόλου Παύλου προτραπεὶς ἐπὶ τὴν πίστιν