The Four Classes of Samaritans.
The Gorthenes celebrate their feasts at other times than Sebyaeans.
The Sebyaeans differ from the Gorthenes by reason of their feasts.
The Seven Heresies of the Jews.
Thus far the summary of the thirteen heresies contained in the second part of Book II.
The following belong to this third part, in which thirteen heresies are contained:
Thus far for the eighteen heresies of the fourth part of Book II.
The following five heresies are contained in the fifth part of Book II:
Thus far the five heresies of the fifth part of Book II.
The following seven heresies are contained in the first part of Book III:
Thus far similarly the seven heresies of the first part of Book III.
In the second part of Book III there are four heresies:
The Marcionites. Marcion was a native of Pontus and the son of a bishop. But he violated a virgin and, having on that account been excommunicated from the Church by his own father, he took to flight. He came to Rome, where he requested those who were ruling the Church at that time to receive him to penance; when he failed to obtain this, he became stirred up against the faith and gave out that there were three principles—the good, the just, and the evil—and that the New Testament was foreign to the Old Testament and to Him who spoke therein. Both he and his followers, the Marcionites, reject the resurrection of the body, but they do confer baptism—not only once, but even a second and third time after lapses into sin. And they even have others baptized for the catechumens who have died. They furthermore, without the least constraint, permit women to confer baptism.
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.