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 Aphthartodocetae who come from Julian of Halicarnassus and Gaianus of Alexandria, are also called Gaianites. They agree with the Severians in all things, with this one exception, that, while the Severians seem to hold a difference in the union of Christ, they hold that the body of the Lord was incorruptible from the first instant of its formation. They also confess that the Lord endured suffering—hunger, I mean, and thirst, and fatigue—but they say that He did not suffer these in the same way that we do. For they say that we suffer these by physical necessity, while the Christ suffered them voluntarily and was not subject to the laws of nature.
Ἀφθαρτοδοκῆται, οἱ ἀπὸ Ἰουλιανοῦ τοῦ Ἁλικαρνασέως καὶ Γαϊανοῦ τοῦ Ἀλεξανδρέως, οἱ καὶ Γαϊανῖται λεγόμενοι, ἐν τοῖς ἄλλοις μὲν ἅπασι τοῖς ἐκ Σευήρου συμφερόμενοι, ἐν τούτῳ δὲ διαφερόμενοι, ἐν τῷ τοὺς μὲν διαφορὰν ἐπὶ τῆς ἑνώσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ τὸ δοκεῖν λέγειν, τούτους δὲ ἄφθαρτον ἐξ αὐτῆς διαπλάσεως τὸ σῶμα τοῦ κυρίου πρεσβεύειν. Καὶ τὰ μὲν πάθη ὑπομεῖναι τὸν κύριον ὁμολογοῦσι, πεῖνάν φημι καὶ δίψαν καὶ κόπον, οὐ τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον ἡμῖν ταῦτα αὐτὸν ὑπομεμενηκέναι φασίν: ἡμᾶς γὰρ ἐξ ἀνάγκης φυσικῆς, τὸν δὲ Χριστὸν ἑκουσίως ὑπομεῖναι λέγουσι καὶ τοῖς τῆς φύσεως νόμοις μὴ δουλεῦσαι.