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 Platonists held God and matter and form, and that the universe was created and subject to destruction, whereas the soul was uncreated, immortal, and divine. They held that this last had three parts: the rational, the irascible, and the appetitive. They also held that women should be the common property of all and that no one should have his own wife, but that those who wished might have intercourse with them that were agreeable. They likewise held the transmigration of souls into bodies, even into those of reptiles. And they also held that there were several gods produced from the One.
Πλατωνικοὶ θεὸν καὶ ὕλην καὶ εἶδος καὶ τὸν κόσμον γενητὸν καὶ φθαρτὸν ὑπάρχειν, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν ἀγένητον καὶ ἀθάνατον καὶ θείαν. Εἶναι δὲ αὐτῆς τρία μέρη, λογιστικόν, θυμικόν, ἐπιθυμητικόν: τάς τε γυναῖκας κοινὰς τοῖς πᾶσι γίνεσθαι, καὶ μηδένα γαμετὴν ἔχειν ἰδίαν, ἀλλὰ τοὺς θέλοντας ταῖς βουλομέναις συνεῖναι. Μεταγγισμὸν δὲ ὡσαύτως ψυχῶν εἰς σώματα ἄχρι κνωδάλων, ὁμοῦ δὲ καὶ θεοὺς πολλοὺς ἐκ τοῦ ἑνὸς ἐδογμάτισεν.