# The Well-Anchored Man

- Author: [Epiphanius of Salamis](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/authors/epiphanius/)
- Latin title: *Ancoratus*
- Date: 374 (probable)
- Source: Karl Holl, ed., Epiphanius, Band 1: Ancoratus und Panarion haer. 1-33, Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller 25 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1915) (Greek text: Karl Holl, ed., Epiphanius, Band 1 (GCS 25, Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1915), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)

- Translation: Claude, from the original text, unless a passage says otherwise; each passage below gives the translator
- Editions and translations: Karl Holl and Jürgen Dummer, eds., Epiphanius, Band 1, 2nd ed., GCS (Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1980)
- Work page: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/
- Passages: 879

## Ancoratus 1.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-1-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:5–6
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Epiphanius counts himself blessed to be prompted by devout people to write.

### Greek text

Ἤδη μὲν μακαρίσαιμι ἂν ἑαυτόν, ποθεινότατοι, ὄντι γε μὴ ὄντες ἡμεῖς ἱκανοὶ πρὸς τὴν τῶν ἁγίων καὶ σπουδαίων καὶ ζῆλον θεοῦ ἀνειλημμένων ἐνάρετον πολιτείαν καταξιούμεθα ὑπὸ τῶν αὐ- τῶν ὑπονύττεσθαι ⟨εἰς τὸ⟨ τὸν νοῦν διεγείρειν τε καὶ παριστᾶν εἰς τὸ χρήσιμον.

### English translation (Claude)

I would count myself blessed already, most beloved, since, though we are not sufficient for the virtuous way of life of the holy and earnest who have taken up zeal for God, we are counted worthy to be prompted by these same people ⟨so as⟩ to rouse the mind and to set it to what is useful.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 1.1 (Holl GCS 25:5–6; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-1-1).

## Ancoratus 1.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-1-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:6
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: His humility would keep him silent, but he is now compelled to write.

### Greek text

τὸ γὰρ ἐν ἡμῖν ἀεὶ ταπεινὸν φρόνημα ἡσυχῇ καρτερεῖν σπουδάζον καὶ μὴ περαιτέρω ἐπεκτείνεσθαι τῶν ἄγαν σκοπούντων ἐκεῖνο τὸ παρὰ τῷ ἀποστόλῳ εἰρημένον »ἵνα μὴ ἐπεκτείνωμαι ὑπὲρ τὸ μέτρον τοῦ κανόνος οὗ δέδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ θεὸς μέτρου«, ἀφικέσθαι πρὸς τοῦτο νῦν ἀναγκάζεται.

### English translation (Claude)

For the lowly mind that is always in us, which is eager to persevere quietly and not to stretch further, looking closely at that saying of the apostle, “that I may not stretch beyond the measure of the rule which God has given us as a measure,” is now compelled to come to this.

### Scripture references

- 2 Cor 10:13: quotation, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation is 2 Cor 10:13–14, loosely cited.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 1.2 (Holl GCS 25:6; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-1-2).

## Ancoratus 1.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-1-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:6
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Many, including Hypatius from Egypt, have asked him to write on the faith from Scripture.

### Greek text

ἐκ πανταχόθεν γὰρ αἱ ψῆφοι πρυτανεύσασαι ὡς εἰπεῖν τοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν θεόθεν ζήλου τῶν τε ἄλλων ὁμοδόξων, φημὶ δὴ τῶν τὴν ὀρθοδοξίαν ζηλούντων, ἐν οἷς καὶ Ὑπατίου τοῦ τέκνου ἡμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Αἰγυπτίων χώρας πρός με διὰ τοῦτο αὐτὸ ἥκοντος, πᾶσαν μὲν ῥᾳθυμίαν πάντα δὲ ὄκνον παρεσκεύασαν ἀποθέσθαι μηκέτι τε στέγειν μήτε ἐν δευτέρῳ τίθεσθαι τὰ περὶ πίστεως γράφειν ὑμῖν, ἐπιζητούντων ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν ἡμετέρων ἀδελφῶν τὰ περὶ τῆς ἐν ἡμῖν σωτηρίας ἐκ τῆς θείας καὶ ἁγίας γραφῆς, τὸν στερεὸν θεμέλιον τῆς πίστεως περὶ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος καὶ τῆς ἄλλης ἁπάσης ἐν Χριστῷ σωτηρίας, ἀναστάσεώς τε νεκρῶν λέγω καὶ ἐνσάρκου παρουσίας τοῦ μονογενοῦς, καὶ περὶ τῆς ἁγίας διαθήκης παλαιᾶς τε καὶ καινῆς καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπαξαπλῶς συστάσεων τῆς τελείας σωτηρίας.

### English translation (Claude)

For from every side the votes, so to speak, have prevailed: those of the God-given zeal among you and of others of the same faith, I mean those who are zealous for orthodoxy, among them our son Hypatius, who came to me from the land of the Egyptians for this very purpose. They have made me put away all indolence and all hesitation, and no longer keep silent or put in second place writing to you about the faith, since you and our brothers ask about our salvation from the divine and holy Scripture: the firm foundation of the faith concerning Father and Son and Holy Spirit and all the rest of salvation in Christ, I mean the resurrection of the dead and the incarnate coming of the Only-begotten, and concerning the holy covenant, old and new, and in short the other elements that make up complete salvation.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 1.3 (Holl GCS 25:6; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-1-3).

## Ancoratus 1.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-1-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:6–7
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Moved by the requests of Conops, the addressees, and Hypatius, he resolves to write this letter.

### Greek text

ἐγὼ γοῦν λαβὼν τὴν τοιαύτην πρότασιν τῶν αἰτήσεων οὐκ ὀλίγων οὐσῶν παρὰ τῶν περὶ τὸν Κώνωπα τὸν συμπρεσβύτερον καὶ τῶν αὐτῷ ἑπομένων, ἄλλων τε καὶ ὑμῶν τῆς τιμιότητος. τέκνα ποθεινότατα, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ τέκνου ἡμῶν Ὑπατίου ἀπὸ τῆς Αἰγύπτου πρός με διὰ τοῦτο ἥκοντος, τὰς ὁμοφώνους ψήφους πολλὰς ὁρῶν ὁμοῦ, δηχθεὶς τὴν φρένα καὶ τὸν λογισμὸν ἐσκεψάμην καὶ ἔδοξέ μοι προὁρμῆσαι κατὰ τὴν ὑμῶν διὰ γραμμάτων ἀξίωσιν ἀνενδοιάστως ⟨τε⟩, ὅτι οὐ μόνον ἑκὼν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄκων διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν ὑμῶν τε καὶ τῶν καθʼ ὑμᾶς αἐτήοεως, ἐπὶ τὸ γράφειν ταύτην μου τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἐμὲ τὸν βραχὺν τῷ ὑμετέρῳ πόθῳ.

### English translation (Claude)

So I, having received such a proposal of requests, and they were not few, from Conops our fellow presbyter and those with him, and from others, and from your honors, most beloved children, and moreover from our son Hypatius, who came to me from Egypt for this purpose, seeing so many votes agreeing together, was stung in heart and reasoning; I considered, and resolved to set out readily ⟨and⟩ without hesitation in accordance with your request made by letter, since, not only willingly but even against my will because of the insistence of your requests and those of the people with you, I, the least, was set to write this letter of mine for your longing.

### Translation notes

- The Greek of the last clause is loose; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 1.4 (Holl GCS 25:6–7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-1-4).

## Ancoratus 2.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:7
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He sees the request as moved by God's grace.

### Greek text

2. Καὶ σφόδρα μὲν ἐκπέπληγμαι θαυμάσας τὴν τοῦ κυρίου καὶ θεοῦ ἡμῶν οἰκονομίαν, ὃς εὐδόκησε τῇ ὑπερβολῇ τῆς αὐτοῦ ἀγαθότητος ἐν ἅπασι δοῦναι τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ πνεῦμα τοῖς αὐτὸν έν ἀληθείᾳ ζητοῦσιν. οὐκ ἀθεεὶ γὰρ ⟨γενομένας⟩ τὰς ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν καθʼ ὑμᾶς τὰς διὰ τῶν γραμμάτων ἡγησάμην, ποθεινότατοι, ἀλλὰ τὴν κίνησιν ἐδοκίμασα ἐκ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ χάριτος ἐν ὑμῖν ἀπάρξασαν.

### English translation (Claude)

I am greatly astonished and marvel at the dispensation of our Lord and God, who in the abundance of his goodness was pleased to give his Holy Spirit in all things to those who seek him in truth. For I did not consider your letters and those of the people with you to have ⟨come⟩ without God, most beloved; rather, I judged that the impulse had its beginning from the grace of God in you.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 2.1 (Holl GCS 25:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-1).

## Ancoratus 2.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:7
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Those who confess Christ as Peter did will be blessed as Peter was.

### Greek text

ἀπʼ ἀληθείας γὰρ οἱ περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ ὀρθοδόξως ἔχοντες καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος καὶ εἰδότες συνῳδά τε καὶ σύμφωνα λέγειν τῷ μακαριωτάτῳ Πέτρῳ τῷ ἀποστόλῳ ὅτι »σὺ εἶ ὀ Ζριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ζῶντος«, σαφῶς ὐπʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦ κυρίου μακαρισθήσονται, καθὼς καὶ ὁ ἅγιος ἐκεῖνος ἐμακαρίσθη ἀκούσας ⟨τό⟩ »μακάριος εἶ Σίμων βὰρ Ἰωνᾶ« τουτέστι υἱὲ Ἰωνᾶ· ὁ γὰρ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ Ἰωνᾶς ἐκαλεῖτο, τὸ δὲ βὰρ ἑρμηνεύεταί ἐκ τῆς Ἐβραϊκῆς διαλέκτου υἱός.

### English translation (Claude)

For truly those who hold the orthodox view about the Son of God and the Holy Spirit, and who know how to speak in harmony and agreement with the most blessed apostle Peter, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God,” will clearly be blessed by the Lord himself, just as that holy man was blessed when he heard “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona,” that is, son of Jonah; for his father was called Jonah, and “bar” is translated from the Hebrew language as “son.”

### Scripture references

- Matt 16:16: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 16:17: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 2.2 (Holl GCS 25:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-2).

## Ancoratus 2.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:7
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Eternal life is to know the only true God and Jesus Christ.

### Greek text

αὕτη γὰρ ἦν ἡ ζωή, ἣν ἔγνωκεν ὁ μονογενὴς υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μαθηταις λέγων »ἵνα ἔχωσι τὴν ζωὴν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς «, αὕτη δὲ ἐ)στιν ἡ ζωὴ ἣν ἴφη· »ἵνα γινώσκωσί σε τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεὸν καὶ ὃν ἀπέστειλας Ἰησοῦν χριστόν«.

### English translation (Claude)

For this was the life which the only-begotten Son of God made known to his disciples when he said, “that they may have life in themselves”; and this is the life of which he said, “that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”

### Scripture references

- John 10:10: allusion, low confidence
- John 17:3: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The first quotation is uncertain (compare John 10:10; 6:53); the second is John 17:3.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 2.3 (Holl GCS 25:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-3).

## Ancoratus 2.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:7
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's words lead to the one God, away from idolatry, which Scripture calls fornication.

### Greek text

ἐν τῷ οὖν εἰπεῖν »τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεόν« εἰς μοναρχίαν ἡμᾶς ἤγαγεν, ἕνα μηκέτι »ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ὠμεν δεδουλωμένοι«, ἕνα μὴ πολυθεί· α ἐν ἡμῖν ἔτι ᾐ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν πορνείαν τοιαύτην διασκορπίζηται τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων νοήματα, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ ἑνότητα τοῦ μόνου ἀληθινοῦ θεοῦ· »πρώτη γὰρ πορνεία ἐπίνοια εἰδώλων φησὶν ἡ γραφή.

### English translation (Claude)

So in saying “the only true God” he led us to the monarchy, so that we may no longer “be enslaved under the elements of the world,” so that there may no longer be polytheism among us, and human thoughts may not be scattered toward such fornication, but toward the unity of the only true God. For “the first fornication is the devising of idols,” says the Scripture.

### Scripture references

- John 17:3: quotation, high confidence
- Gal 4:3: quotation, medium confidence

### Extrabiblical texts

- Wis 14:12 (Wisdom of Solomon): quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “Monarchy” here means the single rule of the one God. The saying about idols is Wis 14:12, which Epiphanius calls “the Scripture.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 2.4 (Holl GCS 25:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-4).

## Ancoratus 2.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:7–8
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: John calls Christ the only-begotten God, so the Son is God with the Father.

### Greek text

καί φησι »καὶ ὃν ἀπέστειλας Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν." Ἰησοῦ Χριστὸν τίνα ἀλλ ἢ θεόν; εἰ δὲ θεὸν Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν, ὡς λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἰωάννης ὁ μονογενὴς θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός, ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο«, εἷς θεὸς τοίνυν ὁ πατὴρ καὶ μόνος ἀληθινὸς θεὸς καὶ θεὸς ὁ μονογενής.

### English translation (Claude)

And he says, “and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” Jesus Christ as what, if not as God? And if Christ Jesus is God, as John says of him, “the only-begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known,” then the Father is one God and the only true God, and the Only-begotten is God.

### Scripture references

- John 17:3: quotation, high confidence
- John 1:18: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- John 1:18 is quoted in the reading “only-begotten God.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 2.5 (Holl GCS 25:7–8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-5).

## Ancoratus 2.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:8
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son is not foreign to the one God; there is a Trinity in unity.

### Greek text

οὐκ ἄρα ἀλλότριος θεοῦ καὶ τῆς μονάδος· ἀλλʼ ἐπειδὴ υἱὸς ἐκ πατρός, διὰ τοῦτο μόνος ἀληθινὸς θεός. καὶ οὐ κατὰ τοὺς ἐψευσμένους θεούς, οὓς ἐνόμισάν τινες τῶν Ἑλλήνων θεούς, οὐκ ὄντας θεούς, ἀλλὰ μόνος ἀληθινὸς θεός, ἐπειδὴ μόνος ἐκ μόνου ὁ μονογενὴς καὶ μόνον τὸ ἅηιον πνεῦμα. τριὰς γὰρ ἐν μονάδι καὶ εἷς θεὸς πατήρ, υἱὸς καὶ αγιον πνεῦμα.

### English translation (Claude)

He is therefore not foreign to God and to the unity; but since he is Son from the Father, for that reason he is the only true God. Not like the falsely named gods whom some of the Greeks thought gods, though they are not gods, but he is the only true God, since he alone is the Only-begotten from the only One, and the Holy Spirit alone. For there is a Trinity in unity, and one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 2.6 (Holl GCS 25:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-6).

## Ancoratus 3.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:8
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Only by the Holy Spirit can anyone confess Jesus as Lord.

### Greek text

3. Πτύρει Κε ὁ λόγος τοὺς μὴ καταξιωθέντας πνεύματος ἁγίου. οὐδεὶς γὰρ δύναται εἰπεῖν κύριος Ἰησοῦς, εἰ μὴ ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ«.

### English translation (Claude)

The word alarms those who have not been counted worthy of the Holy Spirit. “For no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except in the Holy Spirit.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 12:3: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The opening words are garbled in the digital text (Πτύρει Κε); translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 3.1 (Holl GCS 25:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-1).

## Ancoratus 3.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:8
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Jews and Arians use the name of Jesus without confessing him as true Lord and God.

### Greek text

τὸ μὲν γὰρ Ἰησοῦς ὄνομα καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγουσιν, ἀλλʼ οὐ κύριον ἡγοῦνται. καὶ Ἀρειανοὶ λέγουσι τὸ ὄνομα καὶ θεὸν *, θετὸν δὲ λέγουσι καὶ οὐκ ἀληθινόν, ἐπειδὴ οὐ μετέσχον πνεύματος ἁγίου.

### English translation (Claude)

For the Jews also say the name Jesus, but they do not consider him Lord. And the Arians say the name and call him God *, but they say he is God by adoption and not true God, since they have no share in the Holy Spirit.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. Epiphanius's polemic against Jews and Arians is translated as written.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 3.2 (Holl GCS 25:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-2).

## Ancoratus 3.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:8
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Without the Spirit no one confesses Jesus as truly Lord, God, and King.

### Greek text

ἐὰν γὰρ μή τις δέξηται πνεῦμα ἅγιον, οὐ λέγει τὸν Ἰησοῦν κύριον ὄντως καὶ θεὸν ὄντως καὶ υἱὸν θεοῦ ὄντως καὶ βασιλέα ὄντως αἰώνιον.

### English translation (Claude)

For unless someone receives the Holy Spirit, he does not call Jesus truly Lord and truly God and truly Son of God and truly eternal King.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 3.3 (Holl GCS 25:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-3).

## Ancoratus 3.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:8
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son does not bear witness to himself.

### Greek text

μάθωσι γὰρ οἱ τὴν κακὴν ὑπόληψιν ἐσχηκότες ὅτι πάντα ὁ μονογενὴς υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ οὐ περὶ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ μαρτυρεῖν.

### English translation (Claude)

Let those who have formed the evil opinion learn that in everything the only-begotten Son of God does not ⟨wish⟩ to bear witness about himself.

### Translation notes

- The Greek is damaged (a verb seems lost and περί is doubled); translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 3.4 (Holl GCS 25:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-4).

## Ancoratus 3.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:8
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ says another bears witness to him.

### Greek text

οὕτω γὰρ εἶπεν ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ »ἐὰν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρτυρία μου οὐδέν ἐστιν· ἄλλος ἐστὶν ὁ μαρτυρῶν περὶ ἐμοῦ‘.

### English translation (Claude)

For so he said in the Gospel: “If I bear witness about myself, my witness is nothing; there is another who bears witness about me.”

### Scripture references

- John 5:31: quotation, high confidence
- John 5:32: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 3.5 (Holl GCS 25:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-5).

## Ancoratus 3.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:8–9
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father, the works, and Moses bear witness to the Son.

### Greek text

καὶ τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἄλλος ἀλλʼ ὁ φωνήσας ἐξ οὐρανοῦ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν ᾧ εὐδόκησά «; ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς ὁ λέγων »ἐὰν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρτυρία μου οὐδέν ἐστιν« πάλιν λέγει »κἂν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρτυρία μου ἀληθής ἐστι« καὶ πάλιν αὐτὰ τὰ ἔργα μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ ἃ δέδωκέ μοι ὁ πατήρ‘ καὶ πάλιν Μωυσῆς ἔγραφε περὶ ἐμοῦ« καί »μωυσῆς μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ‘.

### English translation (Claude)

And who is the other, if not the one who called from heaven, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased”? Yet the same one who says, “If I bear witness about myself, my witness is nothing,” says again, “Even if I bear witness about myself, my witness is true,” and again, “The very works which the Father has given me bear witness about me,” and again, “Moses wrote about me,” and “Moses bears witness about me.”

### Scripture references

- Matt 3:17: quotation, high confidence
- John 5:31: quotation, high confidence
- John 8:14: quotation, high confidence
- John 5:36: quotation, high confidence
- John 5:46: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The last saying is a paraphrase of John 5:46.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 3.6 (Holl GCS 25:8–9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-6).

## Ancoratus 3.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:9
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The first saying rebukes self-commendation.

### Greek text

τὸ πρῶτον μέν »ἐὰν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρτυρία μου οὐδέν ἐστιν«, ἐπειδὴ πολλοὶ ἑαυτοὺς δοξάζουσιν καὶ μαρτυροῦσι περὶ ἑαυτῶν, ἴνα ἐκκόψῃ τῶν καυχωμένων τὴν καύχησιν καὶ τῶν ἑαυτοὺς συνιστώντων.

### English translation (Claude)

The first saying, “If I bear witness about myself, my witness is nothing,” he said because many glorify themselves and bear witness about themselves, in order to cut off the boasting of those who boast and of those who commend themselves.

### Scripture references

- John 5:31: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 3.7 (Holl GCS 25:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-7).

## Ancoratus 3.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:9
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The second saying shows Christ's witness is God's; Father, Son, and Spirit are true.

### Greek text

ἐπὰν δὲ εἴπῃ »κἂν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρτυρία μου ἀληθής ἐστι«, δείκνυσιν ὅτι οὐχ ἀνθρώπου αὐτοῦ ἠ μαρτυρία, ἀλλὰ θεός έστιν ἀληθεύων ⟨ἐν⟩ τῇ αὐτοῦ ἀληθινὸς τοίνυν θεὸς ὁ πατήρ, ἀληθινὸς θεὸς ὁ υἱός, ἀληθινὸν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, »πνεῦμα θεοῦ« ὂν καὶ πνεῦμα ἀληθείας«, τριὰς ἐν ἐνὶ ὀνόματι ἀριθμουμένη.

### English translation (Claude)

But when he says, “Even if I bear witness about myself, my witness is true,” he shows that his witness is not a man's, but that he is God, speaking truly in his own ⟨truth⟩. So the Father is true God, the Son is true God, the Holy Spirit is true, being “the Spirit of God” and “the Spirit of truth”: a Trinity counted in one name.

### Scripture references

- John 8:14: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 2:11: allusion, low confidence
- John 14:17: quotation, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- A word seems lost after “in his own”; supplied by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 3.8 (Holl GCS 25:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-8).

## Ancoratus 3.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:9
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture calls the Father true God and light, the Son only-begotten God and true light.

### Greek text

περὶ γὰρ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτὸς ὁ υἱὸς λέγει »ἵνα γινώσκωσί σε τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεόν«, ἀξιόπιστος δὲ μάρτυς ⟨περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ⟩ ὁ ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ ἀναπεσὼν μονογενῆ αὐτὸν φάσκων. οὐ προσέθετο δὲ τῷ μονογενεῖ θεῷ τὸ θεὸς ἀληθινός, ἀλλὰ περὶ πατρὸς γέγραπται, ⟨ὄτι⟩ ἀληθινὸς θεός, περὶ υἱοῦ δέ,. μονογενὴς θεός. τὸ δὲ ⟨ἀνά⟩παλιν περὶ πατρός, ὅτι »φῶς ὁ περὶ δὲ υἱοῦ, ὅτι »ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν«.

### English translation (Claude)

For about the Father the Son himself says, “that they may know you, the only true God,” while a trustworthy witness ⟨about the Son⟩ is the one who leaned on his breast and called him Only-begotten. He did not add “true God” to the only-begotten God; but of the Father it is written ⟨that he is⟩ true God, and of the Son, only-begotten God. Conversely, of the Father, “God is light,” and of the Son, “He was the true light.”

### Scripture references

- John 17:3: quotation, high confidence
- John 13:25: allusion, high confidence
- John 1:18: allusion, high confidence
- 1 John 1:5: quotation, high confidence
- John 1:9: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation “God is light” is partly lost in the digital text; it is 1 John 1:5.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 3.9 (Holl GCS 25:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-9).

## Ancoratus 4.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:9
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture calls the Son true light but the Father only light.

### Greek text

4. Καὶ ὅρα μοι τὴν τῶν γραφῶν ἀκρίβειαν. ἔστι μὲν γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ φῶς, καὶ οὐ πρόσκειται τῷ περὶ πατρὸς φῶς ἀληθινόν· ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ περὶ υἱοῦ εἶπε φῶς ἀληθινὸν καὶ οὐδεὶς τολμᾷ ἄλλως λέγειν.

### English translation (Claude)

And see the precision of the Scriptures. The Father is light, and “true light” is not added in what is said about the Father; but in what is said about the Son it says “true light,” and no one dares to say otherwise.

### Scripture references

- 1 John 1:5: allusion, high confidence
- John 1:9: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 4.1 (Holl GCS 25:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-1).

## Ancoratus 4.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:9–10
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: No one would deny the Father is true light just because the word is absent.

### Greek text

τίς γὰρ μεμηνὼς ἢ μᾶλλον φρενοβλάβειαν ἑαυτῷ συνάγων τολμήσει βλασφημίας ὑπόνοιαν ἑαυτῷ κτήσασθαι, μὴ εὑρὼν ἐπὶ τῷ ῥητῶ προσκείμενον τὸ ἀληθινὸν καὶ εἰπών περὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν φῶς ἀληθινόν;

### English translation (Claude)

For who, being mad, or rather heaping derangement on himself, will dare to bring on himself the suspicion of blasphemy by saying about the Father, because he does not find “true” added to the text, that he is not true light?

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 4.2 (Holl GCS 25:9–10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-2).

## Ancoratus 4.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:10
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: If the Son is true light, so is the Father who begot him.

### Greek text

εἰ γὰρ ὁ ἐξ αὐτοῦ γεγεννημένος γνήσιος υἱὸς φῶς ἐστιν ἀληθινόν, ὁ τοῦ υἱοῦ γεννήτωρ ἀναμφιβόλως φῶς ἐστιν ἀληθινόν, αὐτὸς ὁ] γεννήσας αὐτὸν ἀνάρχως καὶ ἀχρόνως φῶς ἀληθινόν.

### English translation (Claude)

For if the genuine Son begotten from him is true light, the begetter of the Son is beyond doubt true light: he who begot him without beginning and without time is true light.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 4.3 (Holl GCS 25:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-3).

## Ancoratus 4.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:10
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: As the Father is true light without the word, so the Son is true God without the word.

### Greek text

καὶ ὥσπερ οὐ τολμητέον ἐπὶ τῷ πατρὶ λέγειν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι φῶς ἀληθινόν, καίτοι γε μὴ προσκειμένου τοῦ ἀληθινόν, ἀλλʼ ἀφʼ ἑαυτῶν διὰ τὸ εὐσεβῶς νοεῖν οἴδαμεν, κἄν τε μὴ ᾖ γεγραμμένον, ὅτι ἔστι φῶς ἀληθινόν, καὶ οὐκ ἀμφιβάλλομεν, ἵνα μὴ ἀπολώμεθα, οὕτω καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ γέγραπται ὅτι θεὸς ὁ υἱός καὶ κἂν οὐ πρόσκειται τὸ θεὸς ἀληθινός, μανίαν ἑαυτοῖς ἐπισωρεύομεν, εἰ τολμή- σομεν βλασφημῆσαι καὶ μὴ εἰπεῖν τὸν υἱὸν θεὸν ἀληθινὸν κἄν τε μὴ ᾐ ἡ λέξις προσκειμένη.

### English translation (Claude)

And just as one must not dare to say of the Father that he is not true light, although “true” is not added, but of ourselves, through thinking piously, we know, even if it is not written, that he is true light, and we do not doubt, lest we perish, so also of the Son it is written that the Son is God; and even if “true God” is not added, we heap madness on ourselves if we dare to blaspheme and not call the Son true God, even if the word is not added.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 4.4 (Holl GCS 25:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-4).

## Ancoratus 4.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:10
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The terms applied to Father and Son balance each other.

### Greek text

ἀρκεῖ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῷ ἐνὶ τὸν πάντα σύνδεσμον τῆς τριάδος φέρειν καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς νοεῖν τὸν υἱὸν θεὸν ἀληθινὸν καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἀληθινόν, ἀντιπαρακειμένων τοῖς ἑκατέροις ὀνόμασι τῶν ἰσορρόπων τῆς ἀληθείας, τῷ μὲν πατρὶ τὸ θεὸς ἀληθινός, τῷ δὲ υἱῷ τὸ θεός,

### English translation (Claude)

For it is enough to carry the whole bond of the Trinity in the one, and from the Father to understand the Son as true God and the Spirit as true, since equivalent expressions of truth are set side by side with each of the names: to the Father “true God,” to the Son “God,”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 4.5 (Holl GCS 25:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-5).

## Ancoratus 4.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:10
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Combining the terms, we confess one Godhead and one power.

### Greek text

ἀνάπαλιν δὲ τῷ υἱῷ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, τῷ δὲ πατρὶ τὸ φῶς, ἵνα τὰς δύο δόξας τὰς περὶ θεότητος συζεύξαντες περὶ πατρὸς μὲν ⟨τὸ⟩ θεὸς ἀληθινός, περὶ δὲ υἱοῦ φῶς ἀληθινὸν καὶ περὶ πατρὸς τὸ φῶς καὶ περὶ υἱοῦ τὸ θεός, ἀπὸ τοῦ φῶς καὶ θεὸς τὴν μίαν θεότητα καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεὸς ἀληθινὸς καὶ φῶς ἀληθινὸν τὴν μίαν ἑνότητα τῆς δυνάμεως ὁμολογήσωμεν.

### English translation (Claude)

and conversely to the Son “the true light,” and to the Father “light,” so that, joining the two sayings about the Godhead, “true God” of the Father and “true light” of the Son, and “light” of the Father and “God” of the Son, we may confess from “light” and “God” the one Godhead, and from “true God” and “true light” the one unity of power.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 4.6 (Holl GCS 25:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-6).

## Ancoratus 5.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:10–11
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture speaks likewise of the Spirit as the Spirit of truth.

### Greek text

5. Ὡσαύτως καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐὰν »ἐὰν ἐγὼ ἐκεῖνος ἔρχεται« φησί τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας« καὶ ἔτι περὶ ἑαυτοῦ »ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀλήθεια«· καὶ περὶ πατρός τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ πατρός μου τὸ λαλοῦν ἔν ὑμῖν« καὶ περὶ τοῦ πνεύματος τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐφέστηκεν ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν‘.

### English translation (Claude)

Likewise also concerning the Holy Spirit: “When he comes,” he says, “the Spirit of truth,” and again of himself, “I am the truth”; and of the Father, “the Spirit of my Father who speaks in you”; and of the Spirit, “My Spirit stands in your midst.”

### Scripture references

- John 16:13: quotation, high confidence
- John 14:6: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 10:20: quotation, high confidence
- Hag 2:5: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The opening of the first quotation is garbled in the digital text; it is John 16:13. The last quotation is Hag 2:5 (LXX).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 5.1 (Holl GCS 25:10–11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-1).

## Ancoratus 5.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:11
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit works with the Son, leading and anointing him.

### Greek text

τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ἀρρήτως συμπράττον τῷ υἱῷ ἐκβάλλει αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν ἔρημον« »πειρασθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου« καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος πνεῦμα κυρίου, οὑ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέ με«,

### English translation (Claude)

And the Spirit, working together with the Son in a way beyond words, “drives him out into the wilderness” “to be tempted by the devil”; and the Lord himself says, “The Spirit of the Lord, because of which he has anointed me,”

### Scripture references

- Mark 1:12: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 4:1: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 61:1: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 4:18: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 5.2 (Holl GCS 25:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-2).

## Ancoratus 5.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:11
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit speaks in the prophets; Amos's “creating spirit” refers to wind.

### Greek text

τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄγιον ἐν προφήταις λαλοῦν »τάδε λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ« ⟨καί⟩ »ὁ λαλῶν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις κύριος‘, »ὁ στερεῶν καὶ κτίζων πνεῦμα«, βροντὴν μὲν τὴν ἐνηχουμένην ἀνθρώποις, κτίζων δὲ πνεῦμα εἰς ἐνέργειαν ὑετῶν ἀποστελλομένων ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ τῇ.

### English translation (Claude)

and the Holy Spirit, speaking in the prophets, says, “Thus says the Lord Almighty,” ⟨and⟩ “the Lord who speaks in the prophets,” “who makes firm and creates spirit”: the thunder that resounds for people, and creating wind for the working of the rains sent by God on the earth.

### Scripture references

- Amos 4:13: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The last phrase is from Amos 4:13 (LXX), where πνεῦμα means wind. “τῇ τῇ” is read as “on the earth” (τῇ γῇ).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 5.3 (Holl GCS 25:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-3).

## Ancoratus 5.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:11
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Amos distinguishes creating the wind from declaring Christ.

### Greek text

καὶ περὶ μὲν κτισμάτων οὕτω φησί »στερεῶν βροντὴν καὶ κτίζων πνεῦμα«. ταῦτα γὰρ κτιστὰ ὑπάρχει· »ἀπαγγέλλων δὲ τὸν Χριστὸν αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις« οὐκέτι κτίζων οὐκέτι στερεῶν, ἀλλʼ »ἀπαγγέλλων αὐτὸν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις«,

### English translation (Claude)

And concerning created things he says thus: “who makes firm the thunder and creates wind.” For these are created. But “declaring his Christ to men” is no longer creating, no longer making firm, but “declaring him to men,”

### Scripture references

- Amos 4:13: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 5.4 (Holl GCS 25:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-4).

## Ancoratus 5.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:11
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son is the uncreated one who always is, as Moses and John attest.

### Greek text

τὸν ἀληθῶς γεννηθέντα ἐξ ληθοῦς, τὸν ἄκτιστον, τὸν ἄτρεπτον, τὸν ἀναλλοίωτον, τὸν ἀεὶ ὄντα ἐκ τοῦ ἀεὶ ὄντος, τὸν διὰ ⟨Μωυσέως καὶ⟩ ἀεὶ ὄντα· »ὁ ὤν, γάρ φησιν, ἀπέσταλκέ με« φησὶν ὁ Μωυσῆς καὶ ὀ Ιωάννης »ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός, ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο«·

### English translation (Claude)

him who was truly begotten from the True One, the uncreated, the unchangeable, the unalterable, the one who always is from the One who always is, the one who ⟨through Moses⟩ is always: “He who is,” he says, “has sent me,” says Moses, and John says, “he who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.”

### Scripture references

- Exod 3:14: quotation, high confidence
- John 1:18: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 5.5 (Holl GCS 25:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-5).

## Ancoratus 5.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:11
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Father and Son both are; the Son is eternally begotten, not merged with the Father.

### Greek text

ὢν ἐστὶν ὀ πατήρ, ὢν ἐστὶν ὁ υἱός, ὁ »ὢν πρὸς τὸν ὄντα «, ἐξ αὐτοῦ γεννηθείς, οὐ συναλοιφὴ ὢν τῷ πατρί, οὐκ ἀρξάμενος τοῦ εἶναι, ἀεὶ δὲ υἱὸς γνήσιος ⟨ὢν⟩ σὺν πατρί, ἀεὶ πατὴρ γεννήσας τὸν υἱόν.

### English translation (Claude)

The Father is “he who is,” the Son is “he who is,” “being with the One who is,” begotten from him; not merged with the Father, not having begun to be, but always the genuine Son ⟨being⟩ with the Father, the Father always having begotten the Son.

### Scripture references

- John 1:1: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- “Merged” (συναλοιφή) is aimed at the Sabellian confusion of Father and Son.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 5.6 (Holl GCS 25:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-6).

## Ancoratus 5.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:11
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father was never without the Son.

### Greek text

οὐκ ἠν γάρ ποτε καιρὸς ὅτε ὁ πατὴρ οὐκ ἠν πατήρ, οὐκ ἠν ποτὲ καιρὸς ὅτε [ὁ] υἱὸς οὐχ ὑπῆρχε πατρὶ τῷ μόνῳ. εἰ γὰρ ἠν ὅτε οὐκ ἠν πατήρ, ἄρα καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν υἱὸς ἑτέρου πατρὸς πρὸ τοῦ εἶναι αὐτὸν πατέρα τοῦ μονογενοῦς.

### English translation (Claude)

For there was never a time when the Father was not Father; there was never a time when the Son did not exist for the only Father. For if there was when the Father was not, then he himself was a son of another father before he was Father of the Only-begotten.

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes ὁ before υἱός.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 5.7 (Holl GCS 25:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-7).

## Ancoratus 5.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:11
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: In God there is no time.

### Greek text

καὶ δοκοῦντες εἰς τὸν πατέρα εὐσεβεῖν τελείως ἀσεβοῦσιν. ἐν θεῶ γὰρ οὐ χρόνος οὐ καιρὸς οὐ στιγμὴ χρόνου οὐκ ἄτομον ὥρας οὐ ῥιπὴ ὀφθαλμοῦ οὐ διανοίας μετέωρον ἐνδέχεται, ἀλλʼ ὅσον δἂν ἀναβῇ

### English translation (Claude)

And thinking to be pious toward the Father, they are wholly impious. For in God there is no room for time, no season, no point of time, no indivisible moment of an hour, no blink of an eye, no suspension of thought; but as far as

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 5.8 (Holl GCS 25:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-8).

## Ancoratus 5.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:11–12
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The names Father and Son imply each other.

### Greek text

σου ἡ διάνοια υἱὸν κατα- λαμβάνειν καὶ πιστεύειν, νοεῖ ἅμα καὶ πατέρα. τὸ γὰρ ὄνομα * ἐστὶ σημαντικόν. γὰρ υἱὸν καλέσῃς, υἱὸν λέγων νοεῖς πατέρα· ἀπὸ γὰρ υἱοῦ πατὴρ νοεῖται, καὶ ὅταν καλέσῃς πατέρα, σημαίνεις υἱόν· πατὴρ γὰρ πάντως υἱοῦ καλεῖταί.

### English translation (Claude)

your mind may rise to grasp and believe in the Son, it conceives the Father at the same time. For the name * is significant. If you call him Son, in saying Son you understand Father; for from the Son the Father is understood; and when you call him Father, you signify the Son; for a father is always called the father of a son.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 5.9 (Holl GCS 25:11–12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-9).

## Ancoratus 6.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:12
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father was always Father; one must not blaspheme but believe he truly begot the Son.

### Greek text

6. Πότε οὐν δύνασαι τολμᾶν καὶ λέγειν ὅτι οὐκ ἠν πατὴρ ὁ πατήρ, ἴνα καὶ υἱὸν τολμήσῃς εἰπεῖν μὴ εἶναι ⟨υἱόν⟩ εἰ δὲ οὐ ἀξίαν προσθεῖναι πατρί τὸ γὰρ θεῖον ἐν ταὐτότητι ὑπάρχει καὶ οὐκ ἐπιδέεται προσθήκης, οὐ δόξης οὐ προκοπῆς), μάθε μὴ βλασφημεῖν«, ὠ ὁ πολεμῶν τὴν πίστιν, μᾶλλον δὲ σεαυτὸν ἀπὸ πίστεως διώκων, ἀλλʼ ἀεὶ πίστευε πατέρα ἀίδιον ἀληθῶς γεννήσαντα υἱόν,

### English translation (Claude)

When then can you dare to say that the Father was not Father, so as to dare also to say that the Son was not ⟨Son⟩? If you do not ⟨give⟩ an added dignity to the Father (for the divine is in sameness and needs no addition, no glory, no advancement), learn “not to blaspheme,” you who war against the faith, or rather drive yourself away from the faith; but always believe that the eternal Father truly begot the Son,

### Scripture references

- 1 Tim 1:20: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The Greek is damaged in the conditional clause; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 6.1 (Holl GCS 25:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-1).

## Ancoratus 6.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:12
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son truly is with the Father.

### Greek text

τὸν ἀεὶ ὄντως ὄντα πρὸς τὸν ὄντως ὄντα πατέρα.

### English translation (Claude)

who always truly is, with the Father who truly is.

### Translation notes

- The staged text is short here; something may be lost from the digital text.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 6.2 (Holl GCS 25:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-2).

## Ancoratus 6.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:12
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son is Son by nature and consubstantial with the Father, not adopted.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ γεγεννημένον· υἱὸς γὰρ ἀεὶ ⟨συνὼν⟩ οὐ συναλοιφή ἐστιν τῷ πατρί, οὐ συνάδελφος, υἱὸς γνήσιος ἐκ πατρὸς γεγεννημένος, φυσικὸς υἱός, οὐ θετός, υἱὸς ὁμοούσιος τῷ πατρί, οὐ συνούσας, ἀλλʼ ὁμοούσιος, τουτέστιν οὐκ ἔξωθεν τοῦ πατρὸς γεννηθείς, ὥς τινες εἰρωνείᾳ φέρονται, θέσει θέλοντες εἶναι τὸν υἱὸν καὶ οὐκ ἀληθείᾳ.

### English translation (Claude)

but begotten. For the Son, always ⟨being with him⟩, is not merged with the Father, not a brother; he is the genuine Son begotten from the Father, Son by nature, not by adoption, the Son consubstantial with the Father; not coessential, but consubstantial, that is, not begotten from outside the Father, as some ironically assert, wanting the Son to be so by adoption and not in truth.

### Translation notes

- Terms: ὁμοούσιος is rendered “consubstantial” (of the same substance), οὐσία “substance,” ὑπόστασις “hypostasis,” as in Nicene usage. “Coessential” renders the rare συνούσιος, which Epiphanius rejects as implying two joined substances.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 6.3 (Holl GCS 25:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-3).

## Ancoratus 6.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:12
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Confessing “consubstantial” refutes Sabellius.

### Greek text

σύνδεσμος δέ τῆς πίστεως ὁμοούσιον λέγειν. ἐὰν γὰρ εἴπῃς τὸ ὁμοούσιον, ἔλυσας Σαβελλίου τὴν δύναμιν· ὅπου γὰρ ὁμοούσιον, μιᾶς ὑποστάσεώς ἐστι δηλωτικόν·

### English translation (Claude)

The bond of the faith is to say “consubstantial.” For if you say “consubstantial,” you have broken the power of Sabellius; for where there is “consubstantial,” it indicates one hypostasis;

### Translation notes

- As written, “one hypostasis” uses ὑπόστασις in the older sense equal to “substance” (as in the Nicene anathemas); the next sentence affirms that each of the three is subsistent. Some interpreters suspect a lost negative; the text is translated as printed.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 6.4 (Holl GCS 25:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-4).

## Ancoratus 6.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:12
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Each of the three truly subsists.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐνυπόστατον σημαίνει τὸν πατέρα καὶ ἐνυπόστατον τὸν υἱὸν καὶ ἐνυπόστατον τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον.

### English translation (Claude)

but it also signifies that the Father is subsistent, and the Son is subsistent, and the Holy Spirit is subsistent.

### Translation notes

- “Subsistent” renders ἐνυπόστατος, “having real existence.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 6.5 (Holl GCS 25:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-5).

## Ancoratus 6.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:12
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Consubstantial means one Godhead, not three gods.

### Greek text

ὅταν δέ τις ὁμοούσιον λέγῃ, οὐκ ἀλλότριον τῆς αὐτῆς θεότητος σημαίνει. ἀλλὰ θεὸν ἐκ θεοῦ τὸν υἱὸν καὶ θεὸν τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα, τῆς θεότητος, θεότητος, οὐ τρεῖς θεούς.

### English translation (Claude)

And when someone says “consubstantial,” he does not signify something foreign to the same Godhead, but the Son as God from God and the Holy Spirit as God, the Godhead ⟨being one⟩, not three gods.

### Translation notes

- The words after “Holy Spirit as God” are damaged (θεότητος is repeated); translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 6.6 (Holl GCS 25:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-6).

## Ancoratus 6.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:12–13
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Calling Father and Son God does not make two gods.

### Greek text

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐὰν εἴπωμεν τὸν υἱὸν καὶ τὸν πατέρα θεόν, δύο θεοὺς λέγομεν· εἷς γάρ ἐστιν ἡμῶν ὁ θεός, ὥς φησιν ὁ μακάριος Μωυσῆς κύριος ὁ θεός σου, κύριος εἷς ἐστιν‘.

### English translation (Claude)

For even if we call the Son and the Father God, we do not speak of two gods; for our God is one, as the blessed Moses says: “The Lord your God, the Lord is one.”

### Scripture references

- Deut 6:4: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 6.7 (Holl GCS 25:12–13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-7).

## Ancoratus 6.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:13
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The three names signify one Godhead.

### Greek text

οὐ θεοὺς λέγομεν θεὸν τὸν πατέρα, θεὸν τὸν υἱόν, θεὸν τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα * καὶ οὐ θεούς· οὐδὲ γὰρ πολυθεΐα ἐν θεῷ. διὰ δὲ τῶν τριῶν ὀνομάτων ἡ μία θεότης πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος ⟨σημαίνεται⟩.

### English translation (Claude)

We do not speak of gods when we call the Father God, the Son God, the Holy Spirit God *, and not gods; for there is no polytheism in God. But through the three names the one Godhead of Father and Son and Holy Spirit ⟨is signified⟩.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 6.8 (Holl GCS 25:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-8).

## Ancoratus 6.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:13
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit is not a second son but proceeds from the Father and receives from the Son.

### Greek text

καὶ οὐ δύο υἱοί· μονογενὴς γὰρ εἰς ὁ υἱός, τὸ δὲ ἅγιον πνεῦμα πνεῦμα αἅγον, πνεῦμα θεοῦ, ἀεὶ ὂν σὺν πατρὶ καὶ υἱῷ, οὐκ ἀλλότριον θεοῦ, ἀπὸ δὲ θεοῦ ὄν, ἀπὸ πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον‘ καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ λαμβά- νον‘.

### English translation (Claude)

And there are not two sons; for the Son is one Only-begotten, while the Holy Spirit is Holy Spirit, Spirit of God, always being with Father and Son, not foreign to God, but being from God, “proceeding from the Father” and “receiving” from the Son.

### Scripture references

- John 15:26: quotation, high confidence
- John 16:14: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 6.9 (Holl GCS 25:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-9).

## Ancoratus 6.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:13
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Trinity is always of one substance and one Godhead.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ ὁ μὲν υἱὸς μονογενὴς ἀκατάληπτος καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἀκατάληπτόν ἐκ θεοῦ δέ, οὐκ ἀλλότριον πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ. οὐδὲ συναλοιφή ἐστι πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ, ἀλλὰ τριὰς ἀεὶ οὖσα τῆς αὐτῆς οὐσίας· οὐχ ἑτέρα οὐσία παρὰ τὴν θεότητα οὐδὲ ἑτέρα θεότης παρὰ τὴν οὐσίαν, ἀλλʼ ἡ αὐτὴ θεότης καὶ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς θεότητος ὁ υἱὸς καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνευμα.

### English translation (Claude)

But the Son, the Only-begotten, is incomprehensible, and the Spirit is incomprehensible; from God, not foreign to Father and Son. Nor is he a merging of Father and Son, but a Trinity always existing of the same substance: not another substance besides the Godhead, nor another Godhead besides the substance, but the same Godhead, and from the same Godhead are the Son and the Holy Spirit.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 6.10 (Holl GCS 25:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-10).

## Ancoratus 7.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:13
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit is third in the baptismal name and seals the one faith and baptism.

### Greek text

7. Καὶ τὸ μὲν πνεῦμα ἅγιον πνεῦμα, ὁ δὲ υἱὸς υἱός, τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα παρὰ πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ λαμβάνον, »ἐρευνῶν τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ«, ἀναγγέλλον τὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ ἐν κόσμῳ, ἁγιάζον ἁγίους διὰ τῆς τριάδος, τρίτον τῇ ὀνομασίαι ἐπειδὴ ἡ τριάς ἐστιν ⟨ὁ⟩ καὶ ὁ υἱὸς καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα· »ἀπελθόντες« γάρ φησι »βαπτίσατε εἰς ὄνομα πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος‘), ἐπισφραγὶς τῆς χάριτος, σύνδεσμος τῆς τριάδος, οὐκ ἀλλότριον τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ, οὐ διεστὼς τῆς ὀνομασίας, οὐ ξένον τῆς δωρεᾶς, ἀλλʼ εἷς θεὸς μία πίστις εἷς κύριος ἓν χάρισμα μία ἐκκλησία ἓν βάπτισμα.

### English translation (Claude)

And the Spirit is Holy Spirit, and the Son is Son; the Spirit proceeding from the Father and receiving from the Son, “searching the depths of God,” announcing the things of the Son in the world, sanctifying the saints through the Trinity, third in naming (since the Trinity is ⟨the Father⟩ and the Son and the Holy Spirit; for “Go,” he says, “baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”), the seal of grace, the bond of the Trinity, not foreign to the number, not separated from the naming, not alien to the gift; but one God, one faith, one Lord, one grace, one church, one baptism.

### Scripture references

- John 15:26: allusion, high confidence
- John 16:14: allusion, high confidence
- 1 Cor 2:10: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 28:19: quotation, high confidence
- Eph 4:5: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “The Father” is supplied where the digital text has only the article.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 7.1 (Holl GCS 25:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-1).

## Ancoratus 7.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:13
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Trinity never admits addition.

### Greek text

ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡ τριὰς τριὰς καὶ οὐδέποτε προσθήκην λαμβάνει, οὕτως ἀριθμουμένη· πατὴρ καὶ υἱὸς καὶ ἅγιον πνεῦμα.

### English translation (Claude)

For the Trinity is always Trinity and never receives an addition, being counted thus: Father and Son and Holy Spirit.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 7.2 (Holl GCS 25:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-2).

## Ancoratus 7.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:13–14
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Each person of the Trinity is perfect, without merging or separation.

### Greek text

οὐ συναλοιφὴ ἡ τριάς, οὐ διεστώς τι ἐν αὑτῇ τῆς ἰδίας αὐτῆς μονάδος, ἐν ὑποστάσει δὲ τελειότητος τἐλειος ὁ πατήρ. τέλειος ὁ υἱός, τέλειον τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· πατὴρ καὶ υἱὸς ⟨καὶ⟩ ἅγιον πνεῦμα.

### English translation (Claude)

The Trinity is not a merging, nor is anything in it separated from its own unity; but in the hypostasis of perfection the Father is perfect, the Son is perfect, the Holy Spirit is perfect: Father and Son ⟨and⟩ Holy Spirit.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 7.3 (Holl GCS 25:13–14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-3).

## Ancoratus 7.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:14
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paul names Spirit, Lord, and God together in the gifts.

### Greek text

τὸ δὲ ἀνάπαλιν πνεῦμα χαρίσμασιν ἐνταττόμενον· »διαιρέσεις γὰρ χαρισμάτων εἰσί, τὸ δὲ αὐτὸ πνεῦμα· καὶ διαιρέσεις διακονιῶν εἰσιν, ό δὲ αὐτὸς κύριος· καὶ διαιρέσεις ἐνεργημάτων εἰσίν, ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς θεός. ὁ ἐνεργῶν τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσι«.

### English translation (Claude)

And conversely the Spirit is ranked with the gifts: “For there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 12:4: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 12:5: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 12:6: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 7.4 (Holl GCS 25:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-4).

## Ancoratus 7.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:14
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: We speak of God piously, not as comprehending him.

### Greek text

μὴ ἐκπέσωμεν τοῦ προκειμένου, μὴ ἀποστῶμεν τῆς ἀληθείας. ἡμεῖς οὐ συνηγοροῦμεν ὑπὲρ θεοῦ, ἀλλʼ εὐσεβῶς νοοῦμεν, ἵνα μὴ ἀπολώμεθα, καὶ φθεγγόμεθα οὐχ ὡς καταλαμβάνοντες· ὡς ἄνθρωποι γὰρ φθεγγόμεθα ἅ κατειλήφαμεν.

### English translation (Claude)

Let us not fall away from the subject; let us not depart from the truth. We are not advocates pleading on God's behalf; rather we think piously, so that we may not perish, and we speak not as comprehending him; for as human beings we speak what we have grasped.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 7.5 (Holl GCS 25:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-5).

## Ancoratus 7.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:14
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God's honor infinitely exceeds our mind.

### Greek text

ἡ γὰρ εἰς θεὸν τιμὴ ἄπειρος καὶ μυριονταπλασίως παρὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον νοῦν δεδίασται ⟨ἡ τριὰς⟩ καὶ μηδὲν προσλαμβάνουσα δόξης μήτε ἀφαιρουμένη ἰδιότητος.

### English translation (Claude)

For the honor due to God is infinite, and ⟨the Trinity⟩ is separated ten thousand times beyond our mind, neither receiving any addition of glory nor being deprived of its distinctive property.

### Translation notes

- δεδίασται is probably a slip for a verb meaning “is distinguished”; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 7.6 (Holl GCS 25:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-6).

## Ancoratus 7.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:14
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Nothing in the Trinity is created; the Son is eternally begotten.

### Greek text

οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐν τριάδι κτιστὸν ἢ ἐπιγένητον, ἀλλʼ ὁ μὲν πατὴρ τὸν υἱὸν γεννᾷ. οὐκ ἠν δὲ ποτὲ χρόνος ὅτε οὐχ ἠν ὁ υἱός. οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν χρόνῳ τινὶ πατὴρ οὐκ ἐκαλεῖτο, ἀλλὰ ἦν ἀεὶ πατὴρ καὶ ἦν ἀεὶ υἱός, οὐ συνάδελφος, ἀλλὰ υἱὸς γεννηθεὶς ἀνεκδιηγήτως καὶ ὀνομαζόμενος ἀκαταλήπτως, σὺν πατρὶ δὲ ὢν ἀεὶ καὶ μηδέποτε διαλείπων τοῦ εἶναι.

### English translation (Claude)

For nothing in the Trinity is created or came into being afterward; but the Father begets the Son. There was never a time when the Son was not. For the Father was not at some time not called Father; but he was always Father and the Son always was, not a brother, but a Son begotten indescribably and named incomprehensibly, always being with the Father and never ceasing to be.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 7.7 (Holl GCS 25:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-7).

## Ancoratus 7.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:14
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Father unbegotten, Son begotten, Spirit neither, all uncreated and of one substance.

### Greek text

πατὴρ οὐν ἀγέννητος καὶ ἄκτιστος καὶ ἀκατάληπτος, υἱὸς γεννητός, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄκτιστος καὶ ἀκατάληπτος· πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἀεί, οὐ γεννητόν, οὐ κτιστόν, οὐ συνάδελφον οὐ πατράδελφον, οὐ προπάτορον οὐκ ἔκγονον, ἀλλʼ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς οὐσίας πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ πνεῦμα ἄλγιον. πνεῦμα γὰρ ὁ θεός‘.

### English translation (Claude)

So the Father is unbegotten and uncreated and incomprehensible; the Son begotten, but also uncreated and incomprehensible; the Holy Spirit eternal, not begotten, not created, not a brother, not an uncle, not an ancestor, not a descendant, but the Holy Spirit from the same substance of Father and Son. For “God is Spirit.”

### Scripture references

- John 4:24: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 7.8 (Holl GCS 25:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-8).

## Ancoratus 8.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:14
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Each divine name is unique.

### Greek text

8. Ἕκαστον δὲ τῶν ὀνομάτων μονώνυχον, μὴ ἔχον δευτέρωσιν. καὶ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ πατὴρ καὶ οὐκ ἔχει ἀντιπαράθετον, οὐδὲ ἑτέρω πατρὶ συνζευγνύμενος, ἵνα μὴ δύο θεοί.

### English translation (Claude)

Each of the names is single, having no duplicate. For the Father is Father and has no counterpart, nor is he yoked with another father, so that there may not be two gods.

### Translation notes

- μονώνυχον (literally “single-hoofed”) is read as μονώνυμον, “single-named.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 8.1 (Holl GCS 25:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-1).

## Ancoratus 8.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:14–15
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son is only-begotten, true God from true God.

### Greek text

καὶ ⟨ὁ⟩ υἱὸς μονογενής, θεὸς ἀληθινὸς ἐκ θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, οὐ πατρὸς ἔχων ὄνομα οὐδὲ ἀλλότριος παΙτρός, ἀλλʼ υἱὸς πατρὸς ὑπάρχων· μονογενὴς δέ, ἴνα μονώνυχος ᾖ ὁ υἱός, καὶ θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ, ἵνα εἷς θεὸς πατὴρ καὶ υἱὸς καλῆται. καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον μονογενές, οὐχ

### English translation (Claude)

And ⟨the⟩ Son is only-begotten, true God from true God, not having the name of Father nor foreign to the Father, but being Son of the Father: only-begotten, so that the Son may be single in name, and God from God, so that Father and Son may be called one God. And the Holy Spirit is unique, not

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 8.2 (Holl GCS 25:14–15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-2).

## Ancoratus 8.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:15
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit is named neither Son nor Father.

### Greek text

υἱοῦ ἔχον ὄνομα, οὐ πατρὸς τὴν ὀνομασίαν, ἀλλὰ πνεῦμα ἅγιον οὕτω καλούμενον, οὐκ ἀλλότριον πατρός.

### English translation (Claude)

having the name of Son nor the naming of Father, but called Holy Spirit, not foreign to the Father.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 8.3 (Holl GCS 25:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-3).

## Ancoratus 8.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:15
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's words show the Spirit is of the same substance and uniquely named.

### Greek text

αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ μονογενὴς λέγει »τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ πατρός‘ καὶ »τὸ ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον«, καὶ »ἐκ τοῦ ἐμοῦ λήψεταἱ, ἵνα μὴ ἀλλότριον νομισθείη πατρὸς μηδὲ υἱοῦ, ἀλλὰ τῆς αὐτῆς οὐσίας, τῆς αὐτῆς θεότητος, πνεῦμα θεῖον, »τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας‘ «, τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ, τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ παράκλητον, μονωνύμως καλούμενον, μὴ ἔχον ἀντιπαράθεσιν, μὴ ἐξισούμενον ἑτέρω τινὶ πνεύματι, μὴ καλούμενον ὀνόματι υἱοῦ ἢ ὀνομαζόμενον ὀνομασίᾳ πατρός, ἴνα μὴ τὰ μονώνυμα ὀνόματα ὁμώνυμα ὑπάρχῃ·

### English translation (Claude)

For the Only-begotten himself says “the Spirit of the Father” and “who proceeds from the Father,” and “he will receive from what is mine,” so that he may not be thought foreign to Father or Son, but of the same substance, of the same Godhead: the divine Spirit, “the Spirit of truth,” the Spirit of God, the Spirit the Paraclete, called by a single name, having no counterpart, not made equal to any other spirit, not called by the name of Son or named with the naming of Father, so that the single names may not become shared names.

### Scripture references

- Matt 10:20: quotation, high confidence
- John 15:26: quotation, high confidence
- John 16:14: quotation, high confidence
- John 14:17: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 8.4 (Holl GCS 25:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-4).

## Ancoratus 8.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:15
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The name God is common to all three.

### Greek text

πλὴν ὅτι τὸ θεὸς ἀλλʼ] ἐν πατρί, τὸ θεὸς ἐν υἱῷ, τὸ θεὸς] ἐν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι τὸ θεοῦ καὶ θεός.

### English translation (Claude)

Except that “God” is in the Father, “God” in the Son, “God” in the Holy Spirit: “of God” and “God.”

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes ἀλλʼ; the sentence is damaged and translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 8.5 (Holl GCS 25:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-5).

## Ancoratus 8.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:15
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit is of Father and Son, not by composition.

### Greek text

πνεῦμα γὰρ θεοῦ καὶ πνεῦμα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ πνεῦμα υἱοῦ, οὐ κατά τινα σύνθεσιν, καθάπερ ἐν ἡμῖν ψυχὴ καὶ σῶμα, ἀλλʼ ἐν μέσῳ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ, ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ, τρίτον τῇ ὀνομασίᾳ.

### English translation (Claude)

For he is Spirit of God and Spirit of the Father and Spirit of the Son, not by some composition, as in us soul and body, but in the midst of Father and Son, from the Father and the Son, third in naming.

### Translation notes

- “From the Father and the Son” is Epiphanius's wording; it predates the later filioque controversy.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 8.6 (Holl GCS 25:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-6).

## Ancoratus 8.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:15
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Baptism in the one divine name shows the Spirit is not foreign to the Godhead.

### Greek text

»ἀπελθόντες« γάρ φησι »βαπτίσατε εἰς τὸ ὄνομα πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος«. εἰ δὲ βαπτίζει ὁ πατὴρ εἰς ὄνομα ἑαυτοῦ, εἰς ὄνομα θεοῦ, καὶ τελεία ἡ σφραγὶς ἐν ὀνόματι θεοῦ ἐσφραγισμένη ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ βαπτίζει Χριστὸς εἰς ὄνομα ἑαυτοῦ, εἰς ὄνομα θεοῦ, καὶ τελεία ἡ σφραγὶς ἐν ὀνόματι θεοῦ ἐσφραγισμένη ἐν ἡμῖν, τίς τολμήσει καταπολεμῆσαι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν, τὸ πνεῦμα ἀλλότριον τῆς θεότητος λέγων;

### English translation (Claude)

For “Go,” he says, “baptize into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” If the Father baptizes into his own name, into the name of God, and the seal sealed in us in the name of God is perfect, and Christ baptizes into his own name, into the name of God, and the seal sealed in us in the name of God is perfect, who will dare to war against his own soul by calling the Spirit foreign to the Godhead?

### Scripture references

- Matt 28:19: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 8.7 (Holl GCS 25:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-7).

## Ancoratus 8.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:15–16
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: If Son and Spirit were creatures, baptism in their name would make no sense.

### Greek text

εἰ γὰρ ⟨σφραγίζομεν⟩ εἰς ὄνομα πατρὸς καὶ εἰς ὄνομα υἱοῦ καὶ εἰς ἁγίου πνεύματος, μία σφραγὶς τῆς τριάδος· μία ἄρα δύναμις τῆς θεότητος ἐν τριάδι. εἰ δὲ τὸ ἓν ἔστι θεός, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα κτιστὰ καὶ οὐ θεός, τίνι λόγω συνδέδεται τὰ δύο εἰς τὸ ἓν τῇ σφραγῖδι τῆς τελειότητος; ἄρα γοῦν εἰς βασιλικὸν ὄνομα ἐσφραγίσθημεν τὸ ἓν τὸ τοῦ πατρός, καὶ τὰ ἄλλα οὐ βασιλικά, * ἀλλʼ ἔτι στοιχείοις καὶ κτίσμασι δεδουλώμεθα, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο μόνον τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς σῲζειν, ἀλλὰ προσελάβετο ἑαυτῷ κτίσας ἄλλα δύο στοιχεῖα κατὰ τὴν τῶν βλασφημούντων ὑπόνοιαν, ἴνα προσλάβῃ ἡ αὐτοῦ θεότης καὶ ἄλλας δυνάμεις καὶ δυνηθῇ σῶσαι τὸν παρʼ αὐτοῦ σφραγζόμενον καὶ λύτρωσιν διʼ ἀφέσεως ἁμαρτημάτων λάβῃ ὁ παραὐτοῦ κτισθεὶς ἄνθρωπος.

### English translation (Claude)

For if ⟨we are sealed⟩ into the name of the Father and into the name of the Son and into ⟨the name⟩ of the Holy Spirit, there is one seal of the Trinity; so there is one power of the Godhead in the Trinity. But if the one is God and the others are created and not God, by what reason are the two bound together with the one in the seal of perfection? Were we then sealed into one royal name, that of the Father, while the others are not royal *, but we are still enslaved to elements and created things? And could the name of the Father alone not save, but did he take to himself two other elements that he created, according to the notion of the blasphemers, so that his Godhead might acquire other powers too and be able to save the one sealed by him, and the human being he created receive redemption through forgiveness of sins?

### Scripture references

- Gal 4:3: echo, low confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The argument is aimed at those who called the Son and Spirit creatures.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 8.8 (Holl GCS 25:15–16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-8).

## Ancoratus 9.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:16
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Misbelief is worse than unbelief.

### Greek text

9. Φεῦ τῆς τοιαύτης ληρῳδίας, ὠ τῆς τοιαύτης βλασφημίας. πόθεν ὑπεισῆλθε τὸν βίον ἄλλη χάλιν καινὴ ἀπιστία, μᾶλλον δὲ εἴποιμι κακοπιστία; χείρων γὰρ ἡ κακοπιστία τῆς ἀπιστίας. ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἀπιστία πίστιν λαμβάνουσα διορθωθήσεται, ἡ δὲ κακοπιστία ἀκατόρθωτος, δυσχερῶς σῳζομένη, εἰ μή τι ἄν ἄρα τὸ χρῖσμα ἄνωθεν ἐπιφοιτήσῃ.

### English translation (Claude)

Alas for such nonsense, O for such blasphemy! From where has another new unbelief crept back into life, or rather, I should say, misbelief? For misbelief is worse than unbelief. Unbelief, by receiving faith, will be set right; but misbelief cannot be set right, and is hardly saved, unless perhaps the anointing comes upon it from above.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 9.1 (Holl GCS 25:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-1).

## Ancoratus 9.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:16
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Lying to the Spirit is lying to God.

### Greek text

φρσὶν οὖν ὁ μακάριος Πέτρος τοῖς περὶ Ἀνανίαν τί ὅτι ἐπείρασεν ὑμᾶς ὁ σατανᾶς ψεύσασθαι τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ;« καί φησιν οὐχ ἐψεύσω ἀνθρώποις, ἀλλὰ τῷ θεῷ«.

### English translation (Claude)

So the blessed Peter says to Ananias and his wife, “Why has Satan tempted you to lie to the Holy Spirit?” and he says, “You have not lied to men, but to God.”

### Scripture references

- Acts 5:3: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 5:4: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 9.2 (Holl GCS 25:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-2).

## Ancoratus 9.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:16
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Acts and Paul show that the Spirit is God.

### Greek text

ἄρα θεὸς ἐκ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα, ᾧ ἐψεύσαντο οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ τιμήματος νοσφισάμενοι· ὡς καὶ ὁ Παῦλος συνᾲδει τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ λέγων ὑμεῖς δὲ ναὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστε καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν‘. ἄρα οὖν θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα, ὡς προεῖπον.

### English translation (Claude)

So the Spirit is God from Father and Son, to whom those who kept back part of the price lied; as Paul too agrees with this word, saying, “You are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you.” So the Spirit is God, as I said before.

### Scripture references

- Acts 5:2: allusion, high confidence
- 1 Cor 3:16: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 9.3 (Holl GCS 25:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-3).

## Ancoratus 9.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:16
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The saints are God's temple because the Spirit dwells in them.

### Greek text

διὸ ναὸς θεοῦ κληθήσονται καὶ οἱ ἅγιοι ἄνθρωποι, ⟨οἱ⟩ κατοικήσαντες ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ἅγιον τοῦ θεοῦ καθὼς μαρτυρεῖ ὁ κορυφαιότατος τῶν ἀποστόλων, ὁ καταξιωθεὶς μακαρισθῆναι ὑπὸ κυρίου, ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῷ ἀπεκάλυψε.

### English translation (Claude)

Therefore holy people too will be called the temple of God, ⟨those⟩ who have made the Holy ⟨Spirit⟩ of God dwell in themselves, as the chief of the apostles testifies, who was counted worthy to be called blessed by the Lord because the Father revealed it to him.

### Scripture references

- Matt 16:17: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 9.4 (Holl GCS 25:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-4).

## Ancoratus 9.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:16
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father revealed the Son and the Spirit to Peter.

### Greek text

τοίνυν ὁ πατὴρ ἀποκαλύπτει τὸν υἱόν τὸν ἀληθινὸν αὐτῷ καὶ μακαρίζεται, καὶ ὁ αὐτὸς πάλιν ἀποκαλύπτει τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ πνεῦμα.

### English translation (Claude)

So the Father reveals to him his true Son and he is called blessed, and the same one also reveals his Holy Spirit.

### Scripture references

- Matt 16:17: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 9.5 (Holl GCS 25:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-5).

## Ancoratus 9.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:16
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Peter is the firm rock of the faith; the gates of Hades are the heresies.

### Greek text

ἔδει * τὸν πρῶτον τῶν ἀποστόλων, τὴν πέτραν τὴν στερεάν, »ἐφʼ ἣν ἡ ἐκκλησία τοῦ Μʼ ᾠκοδόμηται, καὶ πύλαι Ἅιδου οὐ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτῆς‘· πύλαι δὲ Ἅιδου αἱ αἱρέσεις καὶ οἱ αἱρεσιάρχαι. κατὰ πάντα γὰρ τρόπον ἐν αὐτῷ ἐστερεώθη ἡ πίστις, ἐν τῷ λαβόντι τὴν κλεῖν τῶν οὐρανῶνλ, ἐν τῷ λύοντι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ δέοντι ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ.

### English translation (Claude)

It was fitting * that the first of the apostles, the firm rock “on which the church of God is built, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it”; and the gates of Hades are the heresies and the founders of heresies. For in every way the faith was made firm in him, who received the key of heaven, who looses on earth and binds in heaven.

### Scripture references

- Matt 16:18: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 16:19: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. Epiphanius applies Matt 16:18 to Peter's confession of faith; translated as written.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 9.6 (Holl GCS 25:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-6).

## Ancoratus 9.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:16
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Peter's confession contains the whole faith.

### Greek text

ἐν τούτῳ γάρ ἐστι πάντα τὰ ζητούμενα λεπτολογήματα τῆς πίστεως εὑρισκόμενα.

### English translation (Claude)

For in him all the fine points of the faith that are sought are found.

### Translation notes

- There is no section 9.7 in the digital text.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 9.8 (Holl GCS 25:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-8).

## Ancoratus 9.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:16–17
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Peter, who boasted and denied, wept at the cock's crow.

### Greek text

οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τρίτον ἀρνησάμενος καὶ τρίτον ἀναθεματίσας πρὶν ἢ τὸν ἀλέκτορα φωνῆσαι· τὴν ὑπερβολὴν γὰρ τῆς αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν ὡαυτοῦ δεσπότην ἀγαπήσεως σημαίνων διϊσχυριζόμενος ἔλεγεν »εἰ καὶ πάντες ἀρνήσονταί σε, ἐγὼ οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι«, ὅσον τὸ ἐπʼ λέγω⟨ν⟩· οὑτός ἐστιν ὁ κλαύσας ἐπὶ τῇ φωνῇ

### English translation (Claude)

He is the one who denied three times and cursed three times before the cock crowed; for, indicating the excess of his love for his own Master, he said insistently, “Even if all deny you, I will not deny you,” speaking as far as it lay with him. He is the one who wept at the voice

### Scripture references

- Matt 26:33: quotation, medium confidence
- Matt 26:74: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 9.9 (Holl GCS 25:16–17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-9).

## Ancoratus 9.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:17
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Peter's tears confess the reality of Christ's arrest and humanity.

### Greek text

τοῦ ἀλεκτρυόνος, ἵνα ἀληθῶς ὁμολογήσῃ τὴν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ σύλληψιν οὐ δοκήσει οὖσαν, ἀλλʼ ἀληθινήν, ἵνα εἴπῃ αὐτὸν ἀληθινὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐν τῷ κλαίειν ἐπὶ τῇ αὐτοῦ συλλήψει παραδοθέντος ὑπὸ τῶν Φαρισαίων οὗτος ⟨ὀ⟩ ἀπαλθὼν εἰς τὴν Γαλατίαν ἁλιεύειν,

### English translation (Claude)

of the cock, so that he might truly confess that the arrest of the Son of God was not in appearance but real, so that he might call him a true man by weeping at his arrest when he was handed over by the Pharisees. He is the one who went away to Galilee to fish,

### Scripture references

- Matt 26:75: allusion, high confidence
- John 21:3: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The digital text reads “Galatia” (Γαλατίαν), evidently for Galilee; translated as Galilee. Aimed at those who said Christ's sufferings were only apparent.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 9.10 (Holl GCS 25:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-10).

## Ancoratus 9.11

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-11
- Source: Holl GCS 25:17
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Peter and John each received knowledge.

### Greek text

ὁ συγκοινωνὸς τοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ στήθους ἀνακλιθέντος ὁ μὲν γὰρ παρὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ μανθάνων καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ υἱοῦ λαμβάνων τῆς γνώσεως τὴν δύναμιν ἀπεκάλυπτεν, ὁ δὲ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ὠφελεῖτο,

### English translation (Claude)

the companion of the one who reclined on his breast; for the one, learning from the Son and receiving from the Son, revealed the power of knowledge, while the other was helped by the Father,

### Scripture references

- John 13:25: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 9.11 (Holl GCS 25:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-11).

## Ancoratus 9.12

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-12
- Source: Holl GCS 25:17
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: At Tiberias John recognized the Lord, truly man and God.

### Greek text

τὴν ἀσφάλειαν τῆς πίστεως θεμελιῶν), ὃς ἐν τῇ νηΐ ἐπὶ τῆς Τιβε3ριάδος ⟨λίμνης⟩ πάλιν μετὰ τὸ κληθῆναι ἡλίευεν ὁ δὲ μαθητής, ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς *) ἐπὶ τῷ ῥήματι, ὃ εἶπεν ὁ σωτήρ »παιδία, μή τι προσφάγιον ἔχετε;« καί φησι) »βάλετε εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ τοῦ πλοίου καὶ εὑρήσετε«, ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ γενομένῳ ῥήματι ἐκπλαγέντι τῷ Πέτρῳ φησὶν ὁ Ἰωάννης. ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς, »ὁ κύριός ἐστιν«, ἄνθρωπος μὲν κατὰ σάρκα, ἀπὸ Μαρίας γεννηθεὶς ἐν ἀληθείᾳ οὐ μὴν δοκήσει, θεὸς δὲ ⟨κατὰ⟩

### English translation (Claude)

laying the foundation of the security of the faith. He it is who, after being called, was fishing again in the boat on the Sea of Tiberias; and the disciple whom Jesus loved *, at the word the Savior spoke, “Children, have you anything to eat?” and he says, “Cast to the right side of the boat and you will find,” and when Peter was amazed at what happened, John, whom Jesus loved, says, “It is the Lord”: man according to the flesh, born of Mary in truth, not in appearance, but God ⟨according to⟩

### Scripture references

- John 21:5: quotation, high confidence
- John 21:6: quotation, high confidence
- John 21:7: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 9.12 (Holl GCS 25:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-12).

## Ancoratus 9.13

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-13
- Source: Holl GCS 25:17
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Peter was entrusted with the flock and gave Paul the right hand of fellowship.

### Greek text

ὤν, ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπουρανίων ἐκ πατρὸς ἐλθών· ⟨οὐτος⟩ ὁ ἀκούων παρὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ »Πέτρε, ποίμαινε τὰ ἀρνία μου«, ὁ πεπιστευμένος τὴν ποίμνην, ὁ καλῶς ὁδηγῶν ἐν τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ ἰδίου δεσπότου ὁ ὁμολογῶν περὶ σαρκός, ὁ ἀληθινῶς τὰ πατρὸς ἀπαγγέλλων περὶ υἱοῦ, ὁ τὸ πνεῦμα σημαίνων καὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ ἀξίαν ἐν θεότητι, ὁ δεξιὰν διαδοὺς τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ Βαρνάβᾳ κοινωνίας σὺν ἸαιΙκώβῳ καὶ Ἰωάννῃ, Ἵνα »διὰ τριῶν μαρτύρων σταθῇ πᾶν ῥῆμα«.

### English translation (Claude)

⟨the Spirit⟩, having come from the heavenly places, from the Father. ⟨This is⟩ the one who heard from him, “Peter, feed my lambs,” who was entrusted with the flock, who guides well in the power of his own Master, who confesses concerning the flesh, who truly announces the Father's teaching about the Son, who indicates the Spirit and his dignity in the Godhead, who gave the right hand of fellowship to Paul and Barnabas together with James and John, so that “by three witnesses every word may be established.”

### Scripture references

- John 21:15: quotation, high confidence
- Gal 2:9: allusion, high confidence
- Deut 19:15: quotation, high confidence
- 2 Cor 13:1: quotation, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- A word after κατὰ is lost; “the Spirit” is supplied by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 9.13 (Holl GCS 25:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-13).

## Ancoratus 10.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:17
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The faith rests on the threefold witness of Father, Son, and Spirit.

### Greek text

10. Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄνευ τῶν δύο καὶ τριῶν μαρτυριῶν δύναται εἶναι. εἰς αὐτὰ⟨ς⟩ γὰρ ἐβεβαιοῦτο διʼ αἰνίγματος ⟨καὶ ἡ πίστις⟩ νόμῳ, μόνον πατέρα ἐπιγνόντων, εἰ μή τι λάβωσι δύναμιν υἱοῦ καὶ διὰ τῶν μαρτυριῶν πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ ἐνδυναμωθῶσι διά τε τῆς τρίτης μαρτυρίας λάβωσι πνεῦμα ἅγιον καὶ πληρωθῶσι,

### English translation (Claude)

For nothing can stand without two or three testimonies. ⟨Faith too⟩ was confirmed in riddles by the law for those who knew only the Father, unless they should receive the power of the Son and be strengthened through the testimonies of Father and Son, and through the third testimony receive the Holy Spirit and be filled,

### Scripture references

- Deut 19:15: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The first clause is damaged; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 10.1 (Holl GCS 25:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-1).

## Ancoratus 10.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:17–18
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The heavenly beings cry “Holy” three times.

### Greek text

φανερῶς τῶν φωνῶν τῶν Χερουβὶμ καὶ Σεραφὶμ κραζουσῶν τὸ] τρίτον τὸ »ἅγιος ἅγιος ἅγοις«.

### English translation (Claude)

as the voices of the Cherubim and Seraphim openly cry three times, “Holy, holy, holy.”

### Scripture references

- Isa 6:3: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes τό before τρίτον.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 10.2 (Holl GCS 25:17–18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-2).

## Ancoratus 10.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:18
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The threefold “Holy” is exact: neither two nor four.

### Greek text

οὐ γὰρ διὰ δύο φωνῶν ἡ δοξολογία ἐν οὐρανῷ τελεῖται οὐδὲ τέταρτον ἐπιφωνοῦσι τὰ αὐτὰ ἅγια καὶ ἀνόρατα πνευματικὰ ςῷα οὐδὲ. τετάρτην φωνὴν ἀποδίδωσι τὰ αὐτὰ οὐδὲ μίαν μόνην, ἀλλὰ τρεῖς φωνὰς ἑνικάς τὸ ἅγιος ἅγιος ἅγιος·

### English translation (Claude)

For the doxology in heaven is not completed with two cries, nor do these holy and invisible spiritual living creatures call out a fourth time, nor do they give a fourth cry, nor only one, but three singular cries: “Holy, holy, holy.”

### Scripture references

- Isa 6:3: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 10.3 (Holl GCS 25:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-3).

## Ancoratus 10.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:18
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Three cries in the singular show three persons, one God.

### Greek text

καὶ οὐ λέγουσιν ἅγιοι ἅγιοι. μὴ μὴ τὸ ἑνικὸν πολυώνυμον ἀποφήνωσι Με τῶν τριῶν τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἀποκορύφωσιν, ἀλλὰ τρὶς μὲν διδόασι τὴν ἁγιαστείαν, μονοειδῶς δὲ καὶ ἑνικῶς ἀποφθέγγονται τὸν λόγον, ἴνα μὴ πολυθεΐαν ὀνομασωσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

And they do not say “Holies, holies,” so that they may not make the singular many-named nor cut short the number of the three; but they give the ascription of holiness three times, while they utter the word in one form and in the singular, so as not to name a plurality of gods.

### Scripture references

- Isa 6:3: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 10.4 (Holl GCS 25:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-4).

## Ancoratus 10.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:18
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Three subsistent persons, one Godhead and substance.

### Greek text

εἷς γὰρ ἐστι θεός, πατὴρ ἐν υἱῷ, υἱὸς ἐν πατρὶ σὺν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο »ἅγιος ἐν ἁγίοις ἀναπαὐμενος«. πατὴρ ἀληθινὸς ἐνυπόστατος καὶ υἱὸς ἀληθινὸς ἐνυπόστατος καὶ πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἀληθινὸν ἐνυπόστατον, τρία ὄντα μία θεότης μία οὐσία μία δοξολογία εἷς θεός.

### English translation (Claude)

For God is one, Father in Son, Son in Father, with the Holy Spirit. And for this reason he is “the Holy One resting among the holy.” The Father is truly subsistent, the Son truly subsistent, and the Holy Spirit truly subsistent: being three, one Godhead, one substance, one glory, one God.

### Scripture references

- Isa 57:15: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation is Isa 57:15 (LXX).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 10.5 (Holl GCS 25:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-5).

## Ancoratus 10.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:18
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Naming one person of the Trinity implies the others.

### Greek text

ὠνόμασας υἱόν, συμπεριείληφας τῇ διανοίαι τὴν τριάδα· ἔσχες πνεῦμα ἄλγιον, κατηξίωσαι τῆς δυνάμεως τῆς πατρῴας καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ· ἐδόξασας τὸν πατέρα, ἐσήμανας τὸν υἱὸν καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα.

### English translation (Claude)

You have named the Son: you have included the Trinity in your thought. You have received the Holy Spirit: you have been counted worthy of the power of the Father and of the Son of God. You have glorified the Father: you have signified the Son and the Holy Spirit.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 10.6 (Holl GCS 25:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-6).

## Ancoratus 10.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:18
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Honoring the Father honors the Son and vice versa.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ μὴ κατὰ συναλοιφήν· ἔστι γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ πατήρ, ἔστιν ὁ υἱὸς υἱός, ἔστι τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἅγιον πνεῦμα. ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἠλλοτριωμένη ἡ τριὰς τῆς ἑνότητος καὶ τῆς ταυτότητος· τιμᾶται δὲ ὁ πατὴρ καθὸ πατήρ ἐστι, τιμᾶται ὁ υἱὸς καθὸ υἱός ἐστι, τιμᾶται τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄλγιον καθὸ πνεῦμα ἀληθὲς καὶ πνεῦμα θεοῦ. οὕτω Ιλἐγει ὁ μονογενής ὁ τιμῶν τὸν πατέρα τιμᾷ τὸν υἱόν«· ἐν τῷ γὰρ λέγειν τὸν πατέρα υἱὸν σημαίνεις καὶ υἱὸν τιμᾷς. καί »"ο τιμῶν τὸν υἱὸν τιμᾷ τὸν πατέρα«· ἐν τῷ γὰρ ὀνομάζειν σε τὸν υἱὸν τιμᾷς τὸν πατέρα, οὐκ ἐλάττονα τὸν Χριστὸν φάσκων τοῦ πατρός.

### English translation (Claude)

But not by merging; for the Father is Father, the Son is Son, the Holy Spirit is Holy Spirit. Yet the Trinity is not estranged from its unity and sameness. The Father is honored as being Father, the Son is honored as being Son, the Holy Spirit is honored as true Spirit and Spirit of God. So the Only-begotten says, “He who honors the Father honors the Son”; for in speaking of the Father you signify the Son and you honor the Son. And “He who honors the Son honors the Father”; for in naming the Son you honor the Father, not saying that Christ is less than the Father.

### Scripture references

- John 5:23: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The two sayings are Epiphanius's adaptation of John 5:23.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 10.7 (Holl GCS 25:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-7).

## Ancoratus 11.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:18–19
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: No father wants his son diminished, still less God the Father.

### Greek text

11. Εἰ γὰρ ἐν ἡμῖν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἄπεστι τὸ τοιοῦτον φρόνημα καὶ οὐχ ἥσσονας τοὺς υἱοὺς βουλόμεθα οὐδὲ ἐλαττουμένους παρὰ τὴν τῶν πατέρων τιμήν ἡ γὰρ εἰς τοὺς υἱοὺς ἀτιμία εἰς τοὺς πατέρας ἀναλογεῖται), πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ οὐκ ἂν βουληθείη ἐλαττωθῆναι τὸν αὐτοῦ υἱόν;

### English translation (Claude)

For if such an attitude is absent even among us human beings, and we do not want our sons to be inferior or diminished relative to the honor of the fathers (for dishonor to the sons reflects on the fathers), how much more would God the Father not want his own Son diminished?

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 11.1 (Holl GCS 25:18–19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-1).

## Ancoratus 11.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:19
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Diminishing the Son dishonors the Father.

### Greek text

ὁ τοίνυν τὸν ἀληθῶς ὄντα τοῦ πατρὸς υἱὸν ἀποδέοντα τῆς τοῦ πατρὸς δόξης ὑπολαμβάνων μᾶλλον ἀτιμάςει τὸν ⟩, ἀντὶ τιμῆς *, ἀγνοίᾳ φερόμενος.

### English translation (Claude)

So whoever supposes that the one who is truly the Father's Son falls short of the Father's glory rather dishonors the ⟨Father⟩, instead of honoring *, carried along by ignorance.

### Translation notes

- The text has a gap; “Father” is supplied by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 11.2 (Holl GCS 25:19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-2).

## Ancoratus 11.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:19
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Only Father and Son know the Spirit.

### Greek text

ὡς οὖν ⟨ὁ υἱὸς⟩ ἀποκαλύπτει τὸν πατέρα φάσκων »οὐδεὶς οἶδε τὸν πατέρα εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱὸς καὶ οὐδεὶς οἶδε τὸν υἱὸν εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ‘, οὕτως τολμῶ λέγειν, οὐδὲ τὸ πνεῦμά τις οἶδεν εἰ μὴ ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ὁ υἱός, παρʼ οὗ ἐκπορεύεται καὶ παρʼ οὑ λαμβάνει.

### English translation (Claude)

So as ⟨the Son⟩ reveals the Father, saying, “No one knows the Father except the Son, and no one knows the Son except the Father,” so, I dare to say, no one knows the Spirit either except the Father and the Son, from whom he proceeds and from whom he receives.

### Scripture references

- Matt 11:27: quotation, high confidence
- John 15:26: allusion, high confidence
- John 16:14: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 11.3 (Holl GCS 25:19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-3).

## Ancoratus 11.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:19
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Those who call the Spirit foreign to God ignore Paul.

### Greek text

πῶς δὲ ἀλλότριον θεοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα λεγειν τολμῶσιν οἱ μανίᾳ μᾶλλον κατεχόμενοι καὶ οὐκ ἀληθείᾳ οἳ οὐ μανθάνουσι τὴν ἀληθινὴν φωνὴν τοῦ ἀξιοπίστου καὶ ἁγίου Παύλου τοῦ ἀποστόλου, ᾡ δεξιὰν ἔδωκεν ὁ κορυφαιότατος τῶν ἀποστόλων Πέτρος ὁ κατηξιωμένος ἔχειν τὴν κλεῖν τῆς βασιλείας, τοῦ ἀκούσαντος ἀπʼ οὐρανῶν »Σαοὺλ Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις,

### English translation (Claude)

How do those who are held by madness rather than truth dare to call the Spirit foreign to God, who do not learn the true voice of the trustworthy and holy apostle Paul, to whom Peter, chief of the apostles, who was counted worthy to hold the key of the kingdom, gave the right hand; Paul, who heard from heaven, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”

### Scripture references

- Gal 2:9: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 16:19: allusion, high confidence
- Acts 9:4: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 11.4 (Holl GCS 25:19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-4).

## Ancoratus 11.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:19
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paul uses the human spirit as an example for God's Spirit.

### Greek text

τοῦ κατηξιωμένου ἀκοῦσαι »ἄρρητα ῥήματα, ἃ οὐκ ἐξὸν ἀνθρώπῳ λαλῆσαι«, τοῦ λέγοντος »οὐδεὶς οἶδε τὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τὸ κατοικοῦν ἐν αὐτῷ«, ἀπὸ τοῦ παραδείγματος τὰ ἄνω βουλομένου φράζειν, ἵνα μὴ τὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παράδειγμα εἰς τὸν θεὸν ἀπεικάσῃ, ἀλλὰ τῷ παραδείγματι μέρος τῶν ἄνω ἀποκαλύψῃ;

### English translation (Claude)

who was counted worthy to hear “unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter,” who says, “No one knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man that dwells in him,” wishing to express the things above from an example, not so as to liken the human example to God, but to reveal by the example part of the things above?

### Scripture references

- 2 Cor 12:4: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 2:11: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 11.5 (Holl GCS 25:19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-5).

## Ancoratus 11.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:19
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: No creature can be a likeness of its Master.

### Greek text

ὅλη γὰρ ἡ κτίσις συναχθεῖσα ἀγγέλων καὶ ἀρχαγγέλων, Χερουβὶμ καὶ Σεραφὶμ σὺν στρατιᾷ ἐπουρανίῳ, οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ γῆς, ἐπιγείων οὐρανίων καὶ καταχθονίων, φωστήρων τε καὶ ἀστέρων, ξηρῶν τε καὶ ὑγρῶν καὶ πάντων ἁπαξαπλῶς τῶν ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς, οὐ δύναται ἀνδείξαθαι οὔτε ὑποδείγματι ἀφομοιωθῆναι τῷ ἑαυτῶν δεσπότῃ.

### English translation (Claude)

For the whole creation gathered together, of angels and archangels, Cherubim and Seraphim with the heavenly host, of heaven and earth, of things on earth, in heaven, and under the earth, of luminaries and stars, of dry and wet, and in short of everything in heaven and on earth, cannot show forth a likeness nor be likened by any example to its Master.

### Scripture references

- Phil 2:10: echo, low confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 11.6 (Holl GCS 25:19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-6).

## Ancoratus 11.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:19–20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Humanity has God's image as a gift of grace.

### Greek text

κατὰ χάριν γὰρ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τὴν εἰκόνα χαρίςεται λέγων ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, κὰτ εἰκόνα θεοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτόν‘. χαρίσματι γὰρ ἔχει τὴν εἰκόνα πᾶς ἄνθρωπος,

### English translation (Claude)

For by grace he bestows the image on man, saying, “God made man; in the image of God he made him.” For every human being has the image as a gift,

### Scripture references

- Gen 1:27: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 11.7 (Holl GCS 25:19–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-7).

## Ancoratus 11.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Man, made in the image, is not like God in himself.

### Greek text

οὐδεὶς δὲ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ δεσπότῃ ἀπεικασθήσεται. τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἀόρατον τὸ δὲ ὁρατόν, τὸ μὲν ἀθάνατον τὸ δὲ θανάτου δεκτικὸν καὶ τὸ μὲν πάσης σοφίας πηγὴ καὶ πάντα ἔχον ἐν ἑαυτῷ τετελειωμένα, ὁ δὲ ἄνθρωπος χάρισμα ἔχων ἀπὸ μέρους λειπόμενός ἐστι τῶν τελειοτάτων, εἰ μὴ θέλει ὁ θεὸς παρασχεῖν κατʼ ἀξίαν τοῖς κομιζομένοις τὴν διὰ χαρίσματος τελειότητα.

### English translation (Claude)

but no one will be likened to his own Master. For the one is invisible, the other visible; the one immortal, the other subject to death; and the one is the source of all wisdom and has all things perfect in himself, while man, having a gift in part, falls short of what is most perfect, unless God wills to grant, according to worth, the perfection that comes through grace to those who receive it.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 11.8 (Holl GCS 25:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-8).

## Ancoratus 12.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paul compares God's Spirit to the human spirit.

### Greek text

12. Ὅμως ὑποδείγματι κεχρημένος ὁ αὐτὸς ἅγιος ἀπόστολος »οὐδείς« φησίν »οἶδεν ἄνθρωπος τὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τὸ κατοικοῦν ἐν αὐτῷ· οὕτω καὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐδεὶς ἔγνω«·

### English translation (Claude)

Yet the same holy apostle, using an example, says, “No man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man that dwells in him; so also no one has known the things of God”;

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 2:11: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 12.1 (Holl GCS 25:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-1).

## Ancoratus 12.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paul avoids implying that God is composite.

### Greek text

καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ κατοικοῦν ἐν αὐτῷ‘, ἀλλὰ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ« μόνον, οἴνα μή τις σύνθετον καὶ συγκείμενον νοήσῃ τὸ θεῖον·

### English translation (Claude)

and he did not say “except the Spirit of God that dwells in him,” but only “the Spirit of God,” so that no one might think the divine compound and composite.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 2:11: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 12.2 (Holl GCS 25:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-2).

## Ancoratus 12.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit searches the depths of God.

### Greek text

εἰ μὴ«, φησί, »τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ«· τὸ γὰρ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ πάντα ἐρευνᾷ, καὶ τὰ βάθη θεοῦ«.

### English translation (Claude)

“Except,” he says, “the Spirit of God”; for “the Spirit of God searches all things, even the depths of God.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 2:11: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 2:10: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 12.3 (Holl GCS 25:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-3).

## Ancoratus 12.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit's searching is not the forbidden prying of which Sirach warns.

### Greek text

οὐχ ἀλλότριον τοίνυν τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ ἐρευνῶν βάθη θεοῦ. εἰ γὰρ ἡμᾶς μέμφεται τὸ θεῖον γράμμα λέγον »ἃ προσετάγη σοι, ταῦτα διανοοῦ, καὶ οὐ χρεία ἐστί σοι τῶν κρυπτῶν‘, καί »ὑψηλότερά σου μὴ ζήτει καὶ βαθύτερά σου μὴ ἐξέταζε«, ἆρα εἴπωμεν καὶ περὶ τοῦ πνεύματος ὅτι μᾶλλον μᾶλλον καὶ οὐχὶ μᾶλλον γελοιότητι ἐρευνᾷ τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ;

### English translation (Claude)

So the Spirit of God who searches the depths of God is not foreign. For if the divine writing rebukes us, saying, “Think about what has been commanded you, and you have no need of hidden things,” and “Do not seek what is higher than you, and do not examine what is deeper than you,” shall we say of the Spirit too that he searches the depths of God rather out of folly?

### Extrabiblical texts

- Sir 3:22 (Sirach): quotation, high confidence
- Sir 3:21 (Sirach): quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotations are Sir 3:22 and 3:21. The last clause is damaged (μᾶλλον is repeated); translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 12.4 (Holl GCS 25:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-4).

## Ancoratus 12.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit does not search God as an outsider would.

### Greek text

ποῦ γὰρ ἐρευθιᾷ τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ; διὰ ποίαν αἰτίαν; λέγε, ὡ ἀνόητε· ὡς περιεργαζόμενον; ὡς ἀλλοτριεπίσκοπον; ὡς μὴ ἰδίων ἐπιθυμοῦν; μὴ γένοιτο.

### English translation (Claude)

For where does he search the depths of God? For what reason? Tell me, foolish man: as a busybody? As meddling in others' affairs? As desiring what is not his own? God forbid.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 12.5 (Holl GCS 25:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-5).

## Ancoratus 12.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:20
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The indwelling Spirit enables the saints to glorify God deeply, unlike the Arians.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ ἐπειδὴ καταξιοῦνται οἱ ἅγιοι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄλγιον ἐν ἑαυτοῖς κατοικίζειν, ἐπὰν ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις γένηται τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄλγιον, χαρίζεται αὐτοῖς ἐρευνᾶν τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ. εἰς τὸ βαθέως δοξάζειν, ὡς καὶ Δαυὶδ τοῦτο ὁμολογεῖ ἐκ βαθέων‘ γάρ φησιν »ἐκέκραξά σοι κύριε«), καὶ ἀπειραγάθως καὶ μὴ σμικρῶς καὶ εὐτελῶς, καθάπερ οἱ τῆς Ἀρείου αἱρέσεως καὶ αἱ ἔξωθεν πᾶσαι.

### English translation (Claude)

But since the saints are counted worthy to have the Holy Spirit dwell in them, when the Holy Spirit comes to be in the saints, he grants them to search the depths of God, so as to glorify deeply (as David too confesses, saying, “Out of the depths I have cried to you, O Lord”), and with boundless goodness, not meanly and cheaply, like those of the heresy of Arius and all those outside.

### Scripture references

- Ps 130:1 (129:1 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 12.6 (Holl GCS 25:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-6).

## Ancoratus 12.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:20–21
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Epiphanius counts eighty heresies in all.

### Greek text

καὶ ἐζῆτε ὁ νόμος διὰ Μωυσέως ἐδόθη, αἱ μετʼ αὐτὸν σχισθεῖσαι αἱρέσεις πρὸ τῆς Χριστοῦ ἐνσάρκου παρουσίας ἕνδεκα καὶ μετὰ τὴν ἔνσαρκον παρομοίαν ἄλλαι ἐξήκοντα. χοιρὶς τῶν πρὸ τοῦ νόμου καὶ πασῶν τούτων πέντε καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τεσσάρων Ἑλληνικῶν αἱρέσεων, αἴτινές εἰσι πρὸ νόμου ἐννέα· ὁμοῦ δὲ ἅπασαι σὺν ταῖς ἑαυτῶν μητράσι τὸν ἀριθμὸν ὀγδοήκοτα.

### English translation (Claude)

And since the law was given through Moses, the heresies that split off after him before the incarnate coming of Christ were eleven, and after the incarnate coming another sixty; besides those before the law, five of all these, and the other four Greek heresies, which are nine before the law; all together with their mothers number eighty.

### Scripture references

- John 1:17: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The count matches the eighty heresies of the Panarion; the arithmetic as printed is compressed and partly damaged, and is translated as written.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 12.7 (Holl GCS 25:20–21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-7).

## Ancoratus 12.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:21
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The five mother-heresies and the four Greek schools.

### Greek text

ὠν εἰσι μητέρες μὲν πέντε οὕτως· Βαρβαρισμὸς Σκυθισμὸς Ἑλληνισμὸς Ἰουδαΐσμὸς Σαμαρειτισμός. ἐκ τούτων, ἐξ Ἑλληνισμοῦ μὲν αἱρέσεις τέσσαρες· Πυθαγορείων Πλατωνικῶν Στωϊκῶν Ἐπικουρείων.

### English translation (Claude)

Of these the mothers are five, thus: Barbarism, Scythism, Hellenism, Judaism, Samaritanism. From these, from Hellenism, four heresies: those of the Pythagoreans, Platonists, Stoics, and Epicureans.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 12.8 (Holl GCS 25:21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-8).

## Ancoratus 12.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:21
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Eleven heresies arose among Jews and Samaritans between the law and Christ.

### Greek text

ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ νόμου πρὸ ⟨τῆς⟩ Χριστοῦ παρομοίας τῆς ἐνσάρκου ἕνδεκα· ἐκ μὲν Ἰουδαίων ἑπτὰ· Γραμματέων Φαρισαίων Σαδδουκαίων Ὀσσαίων Νασαραίων Ἡμεροβαπτιστῶν Ἡρωδιανῶν· ἐκ δὲ Σαμαρειτῶν τέσσαρες· Γοροθηνῶν Σεβουαίων Ἐσσηνῶν Δοσιθέων· ὁμοῦ ἕνδεκα ἀπὸ νόμου ἐξ Ἰουδαίων καὶ Σαμαρειτῶν φύουσαι.

### English translation (Claude)

And from the law until the incarnate coming of Christ, eleven: from the Jews seven, Scribes, Pharisees, Sadducees, Ossaeans, Nasaraeans, Hemerobaptists, Herodians; and from the Samaritans four, Gorothenes, Sebuaeans, Essenes, Dositheans: in all eleven, springing from the law, from Jews and Samaritans.

### Translation notes

- The list follows the Panarion's catalogue; the group names are Epiphanius's.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 12.9 (Holl GCS 25:21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-12-9).

## Ancoratus 13.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-13-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:21
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Twenty heresies before Christ and sixty after, up to the present emperors.

### Greek text

13. Πᾶσαι οὐν αἱ πρὸ τῆς ἐνσάρκου τοῦ Χριστοῦ Χριστοῦ ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ ἀρξάμεναι καὶ μέχρις αὐτῆς εἴκοσίν εἰσι. μετὰ δὲ τὴν ἔνσαρκον τοῦ Χριστοῦ παρομοίαν ἕως βασιλείας Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ καὶ Οὐάλεντος καὶ Γρατιανοῦ πᾶσαι αἱ αἱρέσεις αἱ ψευδῶς ἐπιφημίσασαι τὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ὄνομα ἑαυταῖς ἐξήκοντά εἰσιν, οὕτως ἀριθμούμεναι·

### English translation (Claude)

So all those before the incarnate ⟨coming⟩ of Christ, beginning from Adam up to it, are twenty. And after the incarnate coming of Christ, up to the reign of Valentinian, Valens, and Gratian, all the heresies that have falsely given themselves the name of Christ are sixty, counted thus:

### Translation notes

- “Christ” is repeated in the digital text, probably in place of a word such as “coming.” The emperors date the work to ca. 374.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 13.1 (Holl GCS 25:21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-13-1).

## Ancoratus 13.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-13-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:21–22
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Epiphanius lists the sixty Christian heresies of the Panarion.

### Greek text

Μενανδριανοὶ Μενανδριανοὶ Σατορνῖλοι Βασιλειδιανοὶ Νικολαϊ ται Γνωστικοί, οἱ καὶ Στρατιωτικοὶ καὶ Φιβιωνῖται παρὰ δέ τισι Σεκουνδιανῖται πὰρ ἄλλοις δὲ Σωκρατῖται παρʼ ἑτέροις δὲ Ζακχαῖοι παρὰ δὲ τισι Δοδδιανοὶ λεγόμενοι καὶ Βορβορῖται ⟨καὶ Καρποκρατῖται Κηρινθιανοί, οἱ καὶ Μηρινθιανοί, Ναςωραῖοι Οὐαλεντῖνοι Οὐαλεντῖνοι Σεκουνόιανοί, οἷς συνάπτεται Ἐπιφάνης καὶ Ἰσίδωρος, Πτολεμαιονῖται Μαρκώσιοι Κολορβάσιοι Ἠρακλεωνῖται Οφῖται Καϊανοὶ Σηθιανοὶ Ἀρχοντικοὶ Κερδωνιανοὶ Μαρκιωνισταὶ Λουκιανισταὶ Ἀπελληϊανοὶ Σευηριανοὶ Τατιανοὶ Ἐγκρατῖται κατὰ Φρύγας, οἱ καὶ Μοντανισταὶ καὶ Τασκοδρουγῖται, Πεπουζιανοί, οἱ καὶ Πρισκιλλιανοὶ καὶ Κυϊντιλλιανοί, οἷς συνάπτονται Ἀρτοτυρῖται, Τεσσαρεσκσιδεκατῖται, οἱ τὸ πάσχα μίαν ἡμέραν τοῦ ἔτους ποιοῦντες, Ἀλογοι, οἱ τὸ εὐαγγέλιον καὶ τὴν ἀποκάλυψιν Ἰωάννου μὴ δεχόμενοι Ἀλογοι, Σαμφαῖοι, οἱ καὶ Ἑλκεσαῖοι, Θεοδοτιανοὶ Μελχισεδεκιανοὶ Βαρδησιανισταὶ Νοητιανοὶ Οὐαλήσιοι Καθαροί, οἱ καὶ Ναυαταῖοι, οἱ καὶ Μοντήσιοι, ὡς ἐν Ῥώμῃ καλοῦνται, Ἀγγελικοὶ Ἀποστολικοί, ⟨οἰ καὶ⟩ Ἀποτάκται, Σταβλησιανοὶ Ὠριγενιασταί, οἱ καὶ αἰσχροποιοί, Ὠριγενιασταὶ οἱ τοῦ Ἀδαμαντίου, ἡ Παύλου τοῦ Σαμοσατέως, L J ανιχαῖοι, οἱ καὶ Ἀκουανῖται, Ἱερακῖται μελιτιανοί, οἱ κατʼ Αἴγυπτον σχίσμα ὄντες, Ἀρεικοὶ, οἱ καὶ Ἀρειομανῖται, Αὐδιανῶν τὸ σχίσμα, ἀλλʼ οὐχ αἵρεσις, Φωτεινιανοὶ Μαρκελλιανοὶ Ἠμιάρειοι Πνευματομάχοι, οἱ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ βλασφημοῦντες, Ἀδριανοὶ Ἀέτιοι, οἱ καὶ Ἀνόμοιοι, οἷς συνάπτεται Εὐνόμιος, μᾶλλον δὲ ὁ ἄνομος, Διμοιριται, οἱ μὴ τελείαν Χριστοῦ τὴν ἐνανθρώπησιν ὁμολογοῦντες, ⟨οἱ καὶ⟩ Ἀπολλινάριοι, καὶ οἱ τὴν ἁγίαν Μαρίαν λέγοντες μετὰ τὸ τὸν σωτῆρα γεγεννηκέναι τῷ Ἰωσὴφ συνῆφθαι, οὕστινας ἐκαλέσαμεν Ἀντιδικομμαριαμίτας, καὶ οἱ εἰς ὄνομα αὐτῆς κολλυρίδα προσφέροντες, οἳ καλοῦνται Κολλυριδιανοί, Μεσσαλιανοί, οἷς συνάπτονται Μαρτυριανοὶ ⟨οἱ⟩ ἀπὸ Ἑλλήνων καὶ Εὐφημῖται καὶ Σατaνιανοί.

### English translation (Claude)

Menandrians, Saturnilians, Basilidians, Nicolaitans, Gnostics, also called Stratiotics and Phibionites, by some Secundians, by others Socratites, by others Zacchaeans, by some called Coddians and Borborites; ⟨and⟩ Carpocratians; Cerinthians, also called Merinthians; Nazoraeans; Valentinians; Secundians, with whom Epiphanes and Isidore are joined; Ptolemaeans; Marcosians; Colorbasians; Heracleonites; Ophites; Cainites; Sethians; Archontics; Cerdonians; Marcionites; Lucianists; Apelleans; Severians; Tatianists; Encratites; Cataphrygians, also called Montanists and Tascodrugites; Pepuzians, also called Priscillianists and Quintillianists, with whom the Artotyrites are joined; Quartodecimans, who keep the Passover on one day of the year; Alogi, who do not accept the Gospel and the Revelation of John; Sampsaeans, also called Elkesaites; Theodotians; Melchizedekians; Bardesianists; Noetians; Valesians; Cathari, also called Novatianists, also called Montesians, as they are called at Rome; Angelics; Apostolics, ⟨also called⟩ Apotactics; Sabellians; Origenists, also called the shameful; Origenists, those of Adamantius; the heresy of Paul of Samosata; Manichaeans, also called Acuanites; Hieracites; Melitians, who are a schism in Egypt; Arians, also called Ariomaniacs; the schism of the Audians, but not a heresy; Photinians; Marcellians; Semi-Arians; Pneumatomachi, who blaspheme the Holy Spirit of God; Aerians; Aetians, also called Anomoeans, with whom Eunomius, or rather the lawless one, is joined; Dimoerites, who do not confess the full incarnation of Christ, ⟨also called⟩ Apollinarians; and those who say that holy Mary was united with Joseph after she had given birth to the Savior, whom we have called Antidicomarianites; and those who offer a cake in her name, who are called Collyridians; Messalians, with whom are joined the Martyrians ⟨who come⟩ from the Greeks, the Euphemites, and the Satanians.

### Translation notes

- The Panarion's list begins with the Simonians; the digital text has “Menandrians” twice, apparently in its place. Several names are garbled in the digital text (Σταβλησιανοί for Sabellians, Ἀδριανοί for Aerians, a lost letter before Manichaeans) and are given in their usual forms. The list is Epiphanius's own polemical classification.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 13.2 (Holl GCS 25:21–22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-13-2).

## Ancoratus 14.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-14-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:22
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He is weary of recounting the heresies and the two schisms.

### Greek text

14. Καὶ ἁπλῶς περιεκάκησα καὶ περικακῶ τοσούτων αἱρέσεων ὀνόματά εἰς ἀριθμὸν φέρειν καὶ τὰς ἀθεμίτους αὐτῶν πράξεις διηγεῖσθαι καὶ ἔτι τῶν δύο σχισμάτων,

### English translation (Claude)

And I have simply grown weary, and still grow weary, of counting the names of so many heresies and recounting their lawless deeds, and further of the two schisms:

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 14.1 (Holl GCS 25:22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-14-1).

## Ancoratus 14.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-14-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:22
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Melitians split over the readmission of the lapsed.

### Greek text

τῶν τε κατʼ Αἴγυπτόν φημι προειρημένων Μελιτιανῶν, τῶν διὰ τὴν ἐπὶ τοῦ διωγμοῦ γενομένην τινῶν πτῶσιν παρὰ δὲ τῶν ἡμετέρων δεχθέντων ἐν τοῖς αὐτῶν κλήροις μετὰ μετάνοιαν ἑαυτοὺς σχισάντων,

### English translation (Claude)

I mean the Melitians in Egypt, mentioned above, who split themselves off because some who had lapsed during the persecution were received by our people into their clerical ranks after repentance,

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 14.2 (Holl GCS 25:22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-14-2).

## Ancoratus 14.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-14-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:22
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Audians are schismatics, not heretics, over the image of God, wealth, and Easter's date.

### Greek text

οὐ μὴν δὲ ἐν αἱρέσει ὄντων καὶ τῶν κατὰ τὴν Μεσοποταμίαν προειρημένων ὡσαύτως Αὐδιανῶν, τῶν καὶ ⟨αὐτῶν⟩ σχίσμα ὄντων, ἀλλʼ οὐκ πίστιν ἐχόντων, μόνον ἰδιωτικῶς περὶ τοῦ κατʼ εἰκόνα φιλονεικούν- των, οὐ διὰ πίστιν ⟨δὲ⟩ ἀφηνιαζόντων καὶ ἑαυτοὺς ἀφοριζόντων διὰ τι ἕτερον, ἀλλὰ κατὰ ἐθελοακρότητα δικαιοσύνης δῆθεν, διὰ τὸ μὴ συγκοινωνεῖν ἐπισκόποις καὶ πρεσβυτέροις τοῖς χρυσὸν καὶ ἄργυρον κεκτημένοις καὶ διὰ τὸ ποιεῖν τὸ πάσχα ἐν ᾡ καιρῷ Ἰουδαῖοι ποιοῦσι, καὶ σχιζόντων ἑαυτοὺς τούτων χάριν καὶ ἀπαλλοτριούντων τῆς ἑνώσεως τῆς ὀρθοδόξου ἐκκλησίας.

### English translation (Claude)

though they are not in heresy; and likewise the Audians in Mesopotamia, mentioned above, who are ⟨themselves⟩ a schism but do not hold [a false] faith. They only quarrel, in an unlearned way, about “the image,” and they did not break away for the sake of faith ⟨but⟩ separated themselves for other reasons: out of a self-chosen extremity of supposed righteousness, because they will not share communion with bishops and presbyters who own gold and silver, and because they keep the Passover at the time when the Jews keep it; for these reasons they split themselves off and estrange themselves from the unity of the orthodox church.

### Translation notes

- “The image” refers to the Audians' view of how man is made in God's image (Gen 1:26). The Greek of “do not hold [a false] faith” is damaged (ἀλλʼ οὐκ πίστιν); translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 14.3 (Holl GCS 25:22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-14-3).

## Ancoratus 14.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-14-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:22
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Without the Spirit people wander into heresies and schisms.

### Greek text

οἱ γὰρ μὴ λαβόντες πνεῦμα ἅγιον οὐκ ἔμαθον τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ εἰς ταύτας περιεκλάσθησαν τὰς αἱρέσεις καὶ εἰς τὰς τῶν σχισμάτων διὰ προφάσεως ἐρεσχελίας. καταλείφοντες γὰρ τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐπὶ πολλὰς τρίβους ἐβάδισαν, ἄλλοτε ἄλλως καὶ ἄλλα διανοούμενοι.

### English translation (Claude)

For those who have not received the Holy Spirit have not learned the depths of God, and were broken off into these heresies and into those of the schisms on a pretext of idle talk. For leaving the truth they walked on many paths, thinking now one thing, now another.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 2:10: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 14.4 (Holl GCS 25:22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-14-4).

## Ancoratus 14.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-14-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:22–23
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paul's words show the Spirit is not foreign to God.

### Greek text

φησὶ δὲ ὁ αὐτὸς ἅγιος ἀπόστολος, δηλῶν ἡμῖν διʼ ἣν αἰτίαν τοῦτο εἶπεν, »ἡμεῖς δὲ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐλάβομεν, ὅπως γνῶμεν τὰ ἐκ θεοῦ χαρισθέντα ἡμῖν. ἅ καὶ λαλοῦμεν, οὐκ ἐν διδακτοῖς σοφίας λόγοις, ἀλλʼ ἐν διδακτοῖς πνεύματος ἁγίου πνευματικοῖς πνευματικὰ συγκρίνοντες καὶ τὰ ἐξῆς. τὸ πνεῦμα τοίνυν τοῦ θεοῦ οὐκ ἀλλότριον θεοῦ. εἰ γὰρ ἀλλότριον θεοῦ ἐστι, πῶς τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ ἐρευνᾷ;

### English translation (Claude)

And the same holy apostle, showing us for what reason he said this, says, “But we have received the Spirit of God, that we may know the things given us by God, which we also speak, not in words taught by wisdom, but in words taught by the Holy Spirit, comparing spiritual things with spiritual,” and so on. So the Spirit of God is not foreign to God. For if he is foreign to God, how does he search the depths of God?

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 2:12: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 2:13: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 14.5 (Holl GCS 25:22–23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-14-5).

## Ancoratus 14.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-14-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:23
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The opponent of the Spirit harms only himself.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ τί ἐρεῖς μοι, ὠ κενόδοξε, ὁ πολεμῶν σεαυτόν, ἵνα μὴ εἵπω τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον τοῦ θεοῦ; τί γάρ, κενόδοξε, πολεμεῖς τὸν ἀκαταπολέμητον; τί μάχῃ τῷ ἀκαταμαχήτῳ; σκληρόν σοι πρὸς κέντρα λακτίζειν«. σεαυτὸν σκανδαλίζεις καὶ οὐ τὸν Λόγον, σαυτὸν ἁλίσκεις καὶ οὐ τὸ πνεῦμα, σαυτὸν ἀπαλλοτριοῖς ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ χάριτος καὶ οὐ τὸν υἱὸν ἀπὸ πατρὸς οὐδὲ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἀπὸ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

But what will you say to me, vainglorious man, you who war against yourself, so as not to say against the Holy Spirit of God? Why, vainglorious man, do you war against the one who cannot be warred down? Why fight the invincible? “It is hard for you to kick against the goads.” You make yourself stumble, not the Word; you ensnare yourself, not the Spirit; you estrange yourself from the grace of God, not the Son from the Father, nor the Holy Spirit from Father and Son.

### Scripture references

- Acts 26:14: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 14.6 (Holl GCS 25:23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-14-6).

## Ancoratus 15.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:23
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Some say the Spirit searches but does not comprehend God's depths.

### Greek text

15. Πάντως γὰρ λέγεις κατὰ δεινότητα· ἤκουσα γὰρ ἤδη καί τινας κραταιόφρονος τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἀλήθειαν μετατιθέντας εἰς βλασφημίας καὶ λέγοντας· »ἐρευνᾷ μὲν τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλʼ οὐ καταλαμβάνει«, διὰ τὸ μἠ προσκεῖσθαι τῷ ῥητῷ τὸν λόγον τοῦτον, ἀλλὰ μόνον εἰπεῖν τὸν ἀπόστολον »ἐρευνᾷ τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ«· καὶ οὐ πρόσκειται τὸ καταλαμβάνει.

### English translation (Claude)

For no doubt you say, with cleverness (for I have already heard some, with a stubborn mind, turning the truth of our God and Savior into blasphemies and saying), “He searches the depths of God, but does not comprehend them,” because this word is not added to the text; the apostle only said, “searches the depths of God,” and “comprehends” is not added.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 2:10: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 15.1 (Holl GCS 25:23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-1).

## Ancoratus 15.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:23
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The word “comprehends” did not need to be added.

### Greek text

ὡ πολλῆς ἠλιθιότητος χρεία γὰρ ἠν, ὠ θεήλατε, μετὰ τὸ εἰπεῖν ἐρευνᾷ εἰπεῖν τὸ καταλαμβάνει; κατὰ γὰρ τὴν σὴν ἀφυίαν χωλὸν ἂν ηὑρίσκετο τὸ πρᾶγμα ⟨μὴ⟩ προστιθεμένης τῆς λέξεως ταύτης;

### English translation (Claude)

O great folly! Was there any need, you god-stricken man, after saying “searches” to say “comprehends”? According to your dullness, would the matter be found lame if this word were ⟨not⟩ added?

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 15.2 (Holl GCS 25:23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-2).

## Ancoratus 15.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:23
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture says God “searches” too, without implying ignorance.

### Greek text

νῦν δὲ οὐχ ὐπολείπεταί σοι πρόφασις. πανταχόθεν γὰρ ἡ γραφὴ συνάγει τῷ εὐλαβεστάτῳ ἀνδρὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν. περὶ γὰρ τοῦ παντοκράτορος θεοῦ γέγραπται οὕτως ὅτι »ὁ θεὸς δοκιμάζων νεφροὺς(( καὶ ἐρευνῶν ταμιεῖα κοιλίας«. εἰ δὲ δοκιμάςει νεφρούς, ἆρα οὐκ οἶδεν ὅ τι δοκιμάζει;

### English translation (Claude)

But now no pretext is left to you. For from every side Scripture gathers the truth for the most reverent man. For of the almighty God it is written thus: “God, who tests the kidneys and searches the storerooms of the belly.” If he tests the kidneys, does he not know what he tests?

### Scripture references

- Ps 7:9 (7:10 LXX): allusion, medium confidence
- Prov 20:27: quotation, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation combines Ps 7:9 (LXX 7:10) or Jer 11:20 with Prov 20:27.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 15.3 (Holl GCS 25:23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-3).

## Ancoratus 15.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:23
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: No one would say God fails to comprehend what he searches.

### Greek text

ἢ τὸ πᾶν τῆς γνώσεως ἐν τῷ δοκιμάζειν ἀπεφήνατο; »ἐρευνῶν δὲ ταμιεῖα κοιλίας«, πάλιν οὐ πρόσκειται τὸ καταλαμβάνων. ἆρα, ἐὰν μὴ πρόσκειται τῷ ῥητῷ τὸ καταλαμβάνει, θάνατον ἐμαυτῷ προ- ξενήσω παραπλέξας τῷ ῥητῷ τὸ »οὐ καταλαμβάνει« κατὰ τὸν σὸν λόγον, ὦ ἀνόητε;

### English translation (Claude)

Or did he declare the whole of knowledge in the testing? “And searches the storerooms of the belly”: again “comprehending” is not added. Then, if “comprehends” is not added to the text, shall I bring death on myself by weaving “does not comprehend” into the text, as you argue, foolish man?

### Scripture references

- Prov 20:27: quotation, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 15.4 (Holl GCS 25:23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-4).

## Ancoratus 15.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:23–24
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit's searching implies full knowledge.

### Greek text

οὕτως οὖν καὶ περὶ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου εἴρηται ὅτι ἐρευνᾷ καὶ οὐ χρεία ἦν εἰπεῖν ὅτι καὶ καταλαμβάνει. ἐπ αὐτοῦ ⟨γὰρ τοῦ⟩ λόγου δηλοῖ ὅτι ἔστιν ἐν τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ ἡ γνῶσις τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τῶν βαθέων τοῦ θεοῦ. κἄν τε μὴ εἴπῃ καταλαμβάνει, τὸ αὐτό μοι νόησον καὶ μὴ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχὴν ἀπόλλυε.

### English translation (Claude)

So also of the Holy Spirit it is said that he searches, and there was no need to say that he also comprehends. ⟨For⟩ by the word itself it shows that the knowledge of God and of the depths of God is in the Holy Spirit. Even if it does not say “comprehends,” understand the same, and do not destroy your own soul.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 15.5 (Holl GCS 25:23–24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-5).

## Ancoratus 15.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:24
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: As of the Father, so of the Spirit: searching means knowing.

### Greek text

ὡς γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ πατρὸς οὐ τολμητέον λέγειν τὸ ἐρευνᾷ καὶ οὐ καταλαμβάνει αὐτὸς γὰρ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἔκτισε σὺν υἱῷ υἱῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι· ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡ τριὰς τριὰς καὶ οὐδέποτε προσθήκην λαμβάνει), οὕτω δὴ καὶ περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος νοητέον.

### English translation (Claude)

For as one must not dare to say of the Father that he searches and does not comprehend (for he himself created man with the Son and the Holy Spirit; for the Trinity is always Trinity and never receives an addition), so indeed one must think also of the Holy Spirit.

### Translation notes

- A repeated word in the digital text seems to stand for a lost word; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 15.6 (Holl GCS 25:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-6).

## Ancoratus 15.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:24
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Let us make man” includes the Son and the Spirit.

### Greek text

ὄτταν γὰρ εἴπῃ ὅτι ποιήσωμεν τὸν ἄνθρωπον« ἐν ἀρχῇ γὰρ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν«), σημαίνει πατρὸς φωνὴν συγκαλοῦσαν εἰς δημιουργίαν καὶ τὸ ποιήσωμεν λέγων οὐ μόνον εἴποιμι ἂν περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ ⟨σημαίνει, ἀλλὰ⟩ καὶ ⟨περὶ τοῦ⟩ ἁγίου πνεύματος.

### English translation (Claude)

For when he says, “Let us make man” (for “in the beginning God made the heaven and the earth”), it signifies the voice of the Father calling to the work of creation; and in saying “Let us make” it ⟨signifies⟩, I would say, not only the Son ⟨but⟩ also the Holy Spirit.

### Scripture references

- Gen 1:26: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 1:1: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 15.7 (Holl GCS 25:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-7).

## Ancoratus 15.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:24
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Word and the Spirit create with the Father.

### Greek text

οὕτω γὰρ λέγει »τῷ λόγῳ κυρίου οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἐστερεώθησαν καὶ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμις αὐτῶν‘. συνδημιουργεῖ τοίνυν ὁ Λόγος τῷ πατρί, συνδημιουργεῖ καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα.

### English translation (Claude)

For thus it says: “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made firm, and all their host by the breath of his mouth.” So the Word creates together with the Father, and the Holy Spirit also creates together.

### Scripture references

- Ps 33:6 (32:6 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 15.8 (Holl GCS 25:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-8).

## Ancoratus 15.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:24
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God's searching expresses his full knowledge of man.

### Greek text

ὁ τοίνυν ποιήσας τὸν ἄνθρωπον παντοκράτωρ θεὸς οὐκ οἶδε τὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἐρευνῶν ταμιεῖα κοιλίας‘; ἀλλὰ τὸ πλεῖστον τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ γνώσεως ὁ λόγος ἐπιφέρει τοῦτο λέγων, ἴνα μή τις τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν ἁμαρτανόωτων νομίσῃ τι ἀπὸ θεοῦ κεκρύφθαι. αὐτὸς γὰρ οἶδε τὸν ἄν- θρωπον καὶ τὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.

### English translation (Claude)

Does then the almighty God who made man not know the things of man, “searching the storerooms of the belly”? Rather, the word adds this expressing the fullness of God's knowledge, so that none of those among us who sin may think anything is hidden from God. For he knows man and the things of man.

### Scripture references

- Prov 20:27: quotation, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 15.9 (Holl GCS 25:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-15-9).

## Ancoratus 16.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:24
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Father and Spirit both search and know.

### Greek text

16. Ἐρευνᾷ τοίνυν ὁ πατὴρ ταμιεῖα κοιλίας καὶ οἶδεν, ἐρευνᾷ τὸ πνεῦμα τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ οἶδεν. ἀποκαλύπτει γὰρ ἁγίοις τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ μυστήρια καὶ διδάσκει βαθέως τὸν θεὸν δοξάζειν καὶ τὴν τούτου ἀκαταληψίαν τοῖς αὐτοῦ ὑποδεικνύει.

### English translation (Claude)

So the Father searches the storerooms of the belly and knows; the Spirit searches the depths of God and knows. For he reveals the mysteries of God to the saints, and teaches them to glorify God deeply, and shows his own people God's incomprehensibility.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 2:10: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 16.1 (Holl GCS 25:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-1).

## Ancoratus 16.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:24
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Angels do not search God's depths; the saying about the day is introduced.

### Greek text

ἄρα γοῦν οὐκ ἀλλότρίον τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα. οὐ γὰρ εἶπε περὶ ἀγγέλων ἐρευνᾶν βάθη θεοῦ οὐδὲ περὶ ἀρχαγγέλων. »οὐδεὶς γὰρ οἶδε τὴν ἡμέραν οὐδὲ τὴν ὥραν‘. φησὶν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ οὔτε οἱ ἄγγελοι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οὔτε ὁ υἱός. εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ«.

### English translation (Claude)

So the Spirit is not foreign to God. For it did not say of angels that they search the depths of God, nor of archangels. “For no one knows the day or the hour,” says the Son of God, “neither the angels of heaven nor the Son, except the Father.”

### Scripture references

- Mark 13:32: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 24:36: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 16.2 (Holl GCS 25:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-2).

## Ancoratus 16.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:24
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Everything the Father has belongs to the Son.

### Greek text

νομίζουσι δὲ οἱ ἀνόητοι, οἱ μὴ κεκοσμημένοι πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, μὴ ἔστι τι ἐν τῷ πατρί, ὅπερ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῇ θεό- τητι τοῦ υἱοῦ. * »ὡς γὰρ ἔχει ὁ πατὴρ ζωὴν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, οὕτως ἔχει ὁ υἱὸς ςωὴν ἐν ἑαυτῷ« καί πάντα τὰ τοῦ πατρός μου ἐμά ἐστι« φησὶν ὁ αὐτὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἅγιος Λόγος.

### English translation (Claude)

But the foolish, who are not adorned with the Holy Spirit, think there is something in the Father that is not in the Godhead of the Son. * “For as the Father has life in himself, so the Son has life in himself,” and “All that is my Father's is mine,” says the same holy Word of God.

### Scripture references

- John 5:26: quotation, high confidence
- John 16:15: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 16.3 (Holl GCS 25:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-3).

## Ancoratus 16.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:24
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Godhead, life, light, immortality belong to Father and Son alike.

### Greek text

τίνα δέ ἐστι τὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀλλʼ ἢ ’ τὸ θεὸς τοῦ πατρός ἐστι, τοῦτο καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ· ἠ ζωὴ τοῦ πατρός ἐστι, τοῦτο καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ· τὸ φῶς τοῦ πατρός, δηλονότι καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ· τὸ ἀθάνατον τοῦ πατρός, ὡσαύτως καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ· τὸ ἀκα- τάληπτον τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

And what are the Father's things but these? That “God” belongs to the Father belongs also to the Son; the life that is the Father's is also the Son's; the light of the Father is clearly also the Son's; the immortality of the Father is likewise the Son's; the incomprehensibility is the Father's and the Son's.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 16.4 (Holl GCS 25:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-4).

## Ancoratus 16.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:24–25
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father's knowledge is also the Son's and the Spirit's.

### Greek text

πάντα τὰ τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ υἱοῦ έστιν. εἰ τοίνυν τὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐστι, καὶ ἡ ἐν τῷ πατρὶ γνῶσις καὶ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ καὶ ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι ὑπάρχει.

### English translation (Claude)

All that is the Father's is the Son's. If then the Father's things are his, the knowledge that is in the Father is also in the Son and in the Holy Spirit.

### Scripture references

- John 16:15: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 16.5 (Holl GCS 25:24–25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-5).

## Ancoratus 16.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:25
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Epiphanius begins his answer to those who say the Son does not know the day.

### Greek text

εἰ δέ τις νομίςει τὸν υἱὸν ἀγνοεῖν τὴν ἡμέραν, μαθέτω ὁ ἀμαθὴς καὶ μὴ βλασφημείτω. προτείνω γὰρ αὐτῷ γνῶσιν καὶ γνώσεται. λέγε μοι, ὦ ἀγαπητέ, — ἀγαπητὸν γάρ σε καλῶ· οὐδένα γὰρ μισῶ ἢ μόνον τὸν διάβολον καὶ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ διαβόλου καὶ τὴν κακοσιτίαν· ἐπὶ σοὶ δὲ εὔχομαι, ἕνα ἔλθῃς εἰς τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλήθειαν καὶ μὴ σεαυτὸν ἀπολέσῃς ἐν τῇ εἰς θεὸν βλασφημίᾳ.

### English translation (Claude)

And if anyone thinks that the Son does not know the day, let the ignorant man learn and not blaspheme. For I set knowledge before him and he will know. Tell me, beloved (for I call you beloved; for I hate no one except only the devil and the works of the devil and misbelief; for you I pray, that you may come to the truth of God and not destroy yourself in blasphemy against God):

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 16.6 (Holl GCS 25:25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-6).

## Ancoratus 16.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:25
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit distributes gifts as he wills, showing his authority.

### Greek text

βαθέα γάρ εἰσι τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ ἁγίου θεοῦ, πνεύματι δὲ ἁγίῳ ⟨ἠ γνῶσις⟩ διὰ τῶν χαρισμάτων δίδοται. »ᾡ μὲν γάρ« φησί »δίδοται λόγος σοφίας, ᾡ δὲ λόγος· διδασκαλίας« καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, τὸ δὲ αὐτὸ πνεῦμα τὸ διαιροῦν ἐκάοντο ὡς βού- λεται«, ἵνα σοι δείξῃ καὶ τὴν τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος αὐθεντίαν.

### English translation (Claude)

For the words of the holy God are deep, and ⟨knowledge⟩ is given through the gifts by the Holy Spirit. “For to one,” he says, “is given a word of wisdom, to another a word of teaching,” and so on, “but the same Spirit, distributing to each as he wills,” so as to show you also the sovereign authority of the Holy Spirit.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 12:8: quotation, medium confidence
- 1 Cor 12:11: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “A word of teaching” is Epiphanius's wording; 1 Cor 12:8 has “a word of knowledge.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 16.7 (Holl GCS 25:25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-7).

## Ancoratus 16.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:25
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Prayer to Father and Son brings the Spirit, who shows the Son is not ignorant.

### Greek text

ὅταν γὰρ τὸ αὐτὸ πνεῦμα τὰ τὰ χαρίσματα δίδωσιν ὡς βούλεται τοίνυν παρακάλεσον τὸν πατέρα, ἵνα ἀποκαλύψῃ σοι τὸν υἱόν, καὶ παρακάλεσον τὸν υἱόν, ἵνα ἀποκαλύψῃ σοι τὸν πατέρα, καὶ πάλιν παρακάλεσον τὸν ποτέρα, ἵνα σοι δῷ τὸν υἱὸν καὶ ἀποκαλύψῃ σοι τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα καὶ δῲη σοὶ αὐτὸ ἔχειν ἐν σοί, ἕνα δοθὲν ἐν σοὶ ⟨τὸ⟩ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἀποκαλύψῃ σοι τὴν πᾶσαν γνῶσιν πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος, ἕνα μάθῃς ὅτι ἐν τῷ υἱῷ οὐκ ἔνι οὐδεμία ἀγνωσία οὐδὲ έν τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι.

### English translation (Claude)

For since the same Spirit gives the gifts as he wills, ask the Father to reveal the Son to you, and ask the Son to reveal the Father to you, and again ask the Father to give you the Son and to reveal the Holy Spirit to you and grant you to have him in you, so that the Holy Spirit, given in you, may reveal to you all the knowledge of Father and Son and Holy Spirit, so that you may learn that there is no ignorance at all in the Son, nor in the Holy Spirit.

### Scripture references

- Matt 11:27: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 16.8 (Holl GCS 25:25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-16-8).

## Ancoratus 17.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-17-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:25
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Angels may fall short, but not the Son or the Spirit.

### Greek text

17. εἰ γὰρ καὶ ἄγγελοι λείπονται τῆς μείζονος ἐξουσίας καὶ γνώσεως, μὴ γἐνοιτο καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ πνεῦμα λείπεσθαι. πνευματικῶς δὲ λέγει ὁ υἱός, ὁ ἀπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐλθὼν πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἅγιος Λόγος· οἱ δὲ ψυχικοὶ ἀνακρίνονται μὴ νοοῦντες τοῦ υἱοῦ τὴν σοφίαν, μᾶλλον δὲ τῆς σοφίας τὸν λόγον — ἐπερωτῶ σε, καὶ λέγε μοι·

### English translation (Claude)

For even if angels fall short of the greater authority and knowledge, God forbid that the Son of God and his Holy Spirit should fall short. The Son, the holy Word who came to us from the Father, speaks spiritually; but the natural men are judged, not understanding the wisdom of the Son, or rather the word of wisdom. I ask you, then, tell me:

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 2:14: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 17.1 (Holl GCS 25:25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-17-1).

## Ancoratus 17.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-17-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:25
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Whoever knows the Father must know the lesser thing, the day.

### Greek text

τίς μείςων ἐστὶν ὁ πατὴρ ἢ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη περὶ ἡς λέγει; οὐ τολμήσεις λέγειν μὴ εἶναι τὸν πατέρα μείζονα. εἰ τοίνυν μείζων ὁ πατὴρ καὶ τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τῆς ὅρας καὶ πάντων τῶν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ γεγενημένων καὶ γενηθησομένων καὶ οὐδεὶς αὐτὸν ἐπιγινώσκει εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱός, ποῖον ἄρα μεῖζον τὸ τὸν πατέρα γινώσκειν ἢ ἐκείνην τὴν ἡμέραν; εὔδηλον ὅτι τὸ τὸν πατέρα γινώσκειν. πῶς οὐν ὁ τὰ μείζω εἰδὼς τῶν ἐλαττόνων ὑστερεῖ;

### English translation (Claude)

which is greater, the Father or that day of which he speaks? You will not dare to say that the Father is not greater. If then the Father is greater than the day and the hour and all that has been and will be made by him, and no one knows him except the Son, which is greater, to know the Father or that day? Clearly, to know the Father. How then does the one who knows the greater fall short in the lesser?

### Scripture references

- Matt 11:27: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 17.2 (Holl GCS 25:25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-17-2).

## Ancoratus 17.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-17-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:25
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son lacks no knowledge.

### Greek text

εἰ γινώσκει τοίνυν τὸν πατέρα, γινώσκει πάντως καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ οὐδέν ἐστιν οὑ λείπεται κατὰ γνῶσιν ὁ υἱός.

### English translation (Claude)

If then he knows the Father, he certainly knows the day too, and there is nothing in which the Son falls short in knowledge.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 17.3 (Holl GCS 25:25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-17-3).

## Ancoratus 17.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-17-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:25–26
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “The Father is greater” is the Son's honoring of the Father.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ ἐρεῖς ὅτι μείζων ὢν ὁ πατὴρ πάντων ἔχει τὴν γνῶσιν, ὁ δὲ υἱὸς οὐδαμῶς, καθὼς καὶ αὐτὸς λέγει ὁ πατήρ μου μείζων μού ἐστιν‘. ἀλλὰ τοῦτο τιμῶν τὸν κατέρα λέγει ὁ υἱὸς ὡς ἔπρεπεν, μειζόνως τετιμημένος ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρός. ἴδει γὰρ ἀληθῶς τὸν γνήσιον υἱὸν τιμᾶν τὸν ἴδιον πατέρα, ἴνα δείξῃ τὴν γνησιότητα.

### English translation (Claude)

But you will say that the Father, being greater than all, has the knowledge, but the Son in no way, as he himself says, “My Father is greater than I.” But the Son says this honoring the Father, as was fitting, being himself honored more greatly by the Father. For truly the genuine Son ought to honor his own Father, in order to show that he is genuine.

### Scripture references

- John 14:28: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 17.4 (Holl GCS 25:25–26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-17-4).

## Ancoratus 17.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-17-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:26
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father is not greater in any respect of Godhead.

### Greek text

χῶς δὲ σὺ νομίζεις μείζονα εἶναι αὐτόν; περιφερείᾳ ἢ ὄγκῳ ἢ χρόνῳ ἢ καιρῷ ἢ ἀξίᾳ ἢ θεότητι ἢ ἀθανασίᾳ ἢ ἀιδιότητι; μὴ ταῦτα νόμιζε. οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐν τῇ θεότητι ἄνισον ὑπάρχει πρὸς τὸν υἱόν, ἀλλὰ καθὸ πατὴρ ὁ πατήρ ἐστι καὶ καθὸ ὁ ⟩ υἱὸς γνήσιος, τιμᾷ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ ποτέρα.

### English translation (Claude)

But how do you think he is greater? In circumference, or bulk, or time, or season, or dignity, or Godhead, or immortality, or eternity? Do not think so. For nothing in the Godhead is unequal with respect to the Son; but because the Father is Father and because the Son is genuine, he honors his own Father.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 17.5 (Holl GCS 25:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-17-5).

## Ancoratus 17.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-17-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:26
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son's session at the right hand refutes both Sabellius and Arius.

### Greek text

οὔτε γὰρ ὄγκῳ φέρεται τὸ θεῖον, ἴνα ὑπέρογκος τοῦ υἱοῦ ᾖ ὁ πατήρ, οὐδὲ χρόνῳ ὑποπίπτει, ἴνα ὑπέρχρονός ὁ πατὴρ γένηται τοῦ υἱοῦ, οὔτε τῷ ὕψει μερικῶς τάττεται ὁ πατήρ πάντα γὰρ περιέχει, αὐτὸς ὑπʼ οὐδενὸς περιχόμενος), ἵνα ὁ υἱὸς ὑπερβεβηκὼς νοοῖτο. ἐκάθισε γὰρ ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν, εἰσῆλθεν εἰς τὸν πατέρα, ἴνα Σαβέλλιον παραλύσῃ καὶ Ἄρειον καθέλοι τῆς αὐτοῦ βλασφημίας.

### English translation (Claude)

For the divine is not borne along in bulk, so that the Father should exceed the Son in bulk; nor does it fall under time, so that the Father should be beyond the Son in time; nor is the Father placed in part in height (for he contains all things, being contained by nothing), so that the Son should be thought surpassed. For he sat at the right hand of the Father; and it did not say, “he went into the Father,” so as to undo Sabellius and bring down Arius from his blasphemy.

### Scripture references

- Mark 16:19: allusion, high confidence
- Heb 1:3: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 17.6 (Holl GCS 25:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-17-6).

## Ancoratus 18.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-18-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:26
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's saying “no one is good but God” does not deny his goodness.

### Greek text

18. Διὰ τοῦτο μὴ ζήτει τὰ μὴ ζητούμενα, ἀλλὰ τίμα τὸν υἱόν, ἵνα τὸν πατέρα τιμήσῃς ἀκούων δὲ περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐδεὶς ἀγαθὸς εἰ μὴ εἶς ὁ θεός‘ μὴ τολμήσῃς διὰ τὸ τὸν υἱὸν ὑπερβαλλόντως τιμᾶν τὸν πατέρα οὐκ ἀγαθὸν ἀποφῆναι τὸν υἱόν.

### English translation (Claude)

Therefore do not seek what is not to be sought, but honor the Son, so that you may honor the Father. And when you hear of God, “No one is good except one, God,” do not dare, because the Son honors the Father exceedingly, to declare the Son not good.

### Scripture references

- Mark 10:18: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 18.1 (Holl GCS 25:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-18-1).

## Ancoratus 18.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-18-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:26
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ refers honor to the Father, revealing his own goodness.

### Greek text

οὐδὲ γὰρ ἀρνούμενος ἑαυτὸν ἀγαθὸν εἶναι λέγει τὸν πατέρα ἀγαθόν, ἀλλὰ τοσούτῳ μει- ζόνως ἑαυτὸν ἀποκαλύπτει ἐν τῷ τὴν τιμὴν παρὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων μὴ βούλεσθαι, ἀλλʼ ⟨ἀναφέρει⟩ τὴν τιμὴν ἐπὶ τὸν ἴδιον αὐτοῦ ἴνα ἀπὸ τῆς ἀγαθότητος τοῦ πατρὸς γνωσθῇ ἡ γνῶσις τῆς τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀγαθότητος, ἀπὸ ἀγαθοῦ πατρὸς θεοῦ γεγεννημένου.

### English translation (Claude)

For he does not call the Father good in denying that he himself is good; rather, he reveals himself all the more greatly in not wanting honor from men, but ⟨refers⟩ the honor to his own ⟨Father⟩, so that from the goodness of the Father may be known the knowledge of the goodness of the Son of God, begotten from God the good Father.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 18.2 (Holl GCS 25:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-18-2).

## Ancoratus 18.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-18-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:26
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: It is feeble to deny the Son's goodness on this basis.

### Greek text

πολλὴ γὰρ ἀδράνεια τῶν τολμώντων λέγειν περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ τὸ τοιοῦτον, κἄν τε ἕπῃ »εἷς ἐστιν ἀγαθὸς ὁ θεός‘.

### English translation (Claude)

For great is the feebleness of those who dare to say such a thing about the Son, even if he says, “One is good, God.”

### Scripture references

- Mark 10:18: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 18.3 (Holl GCS 25:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-18-3).

## Ancoratus 18.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-18-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:26–27
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture calls many creatures and things “good.”

### Greek text

ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἐν πολλοῖς διδάσκει ἡμᾶς ἡ θεία γραφή, ἀγαθὸν καλοῦσα παῖδα πτωχὸν καὶ σοφόν, καί »ἀγαθὸς ἦν Σαμουὴλ μετὰ θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων« καί »ἀγαθὸς ἦν Σαοὺλ υἱὸς Κὶς ἐκ φυλῆς Βενιαμίν, ὑψηλότερος παντὸς Ἰσραὴλ ὑπὲρ ὠμίαν καὶ ἐπάνω« καί »ἀγαθὸν πορεύεσθαι εἰς οἶκον πότου« καί »ἄνοιξον, κύριε, τὸν οὐρανόν, τὸν θησαυρόν σου τὸν ἀγαθόν καί »ἀγαθὸς λόγος ὑπὲρ δόμἁ« καὶ »αγαθὸς ὁ κύων ὁ ζῶν ὑπὲρ τὸν λέοντα τὸν νεκρόν‘ καί »αγαθὸς δύο ὑπὲρ τὸν ἕνα« καί »ἀγαθή ἐσχάτη λόγων ὑπὲρ ἀρχήν‘ καί »εἰ ὑμεῖς πονηροὶ ὄντες οἴδατε δόματα ἀγθὰ διδόναι τοῖς τέκνοις ὑμῶν‘, περὶ ἰχθύος καὶ ἄρτου λέγων.

### English translation (Claude)

For see, in many places the divine Scripture teaches us, calling good “a poor and wise child,” and “Samuel was good with God and men,” and “Saul son of Kish from the tribe of Benjamin was good, taller than all Israel from the shoulder and upward,” and “It is good to go to a house of drinking,” and “Open, O Lord, the heaven, your good treasure,” and “A good word is better than a gift,” and “A living dog is better than a dead lion,” and “Two are better than one,” and “The end of words is better than the beginning,” and “If you, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children,” speaking about fish and bread.

### Scripture references

- Eccl 4:13: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Sam 2:26: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Sam 9:2: quotation, high confidence
- Eccl 7:2: allusion, low confidence
- Deut 28:12: allusion, medium confidence
- Eccl 9:4: quotation, high confidence
- Eccl 4:9: quotation, high confidence
- Eccl 7:8: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 7:11: quotation, high confidence

### Extrabiblical texts

- Sir 18:16 (Sirach): allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- Several quotations are loose. The saying about the house of drinking reverses Eccl 7:2, which prefers the house of mourning. “Better” renders ἀγαθός used comparatively, as in the Septuagint. “A good word is better than a gift” is Sir 18:16–17.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 18.4 (Holl GCS 25:26–27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-18-4).

## Ancoratus 18.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-18-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:27
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son ascribes goodness to the Father out of honor.

### Greek text

πῶς ⟨οὐν⟩ τολμᾶς διανοεῖσθαι ἀπαρνούμενον τὸν υἱὸν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀγαθότητα καὶ μὴ διʼ ὑπερβολὴν τῆς τιμῆς ⟨ἐπὶ⟩

### English translation (Claude)

How ⟨then⟩ do you dare to think that the Son is denying his own goodness, and not, out of the excess of honor, ascribing goodness ⟨to⟩

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 18.5 (Holl GCS 25:27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-18-5).

## Ancoratus 18.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-18-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:27
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ exposed the insincerity of the man who called him good.

### Greek text

πατρὸς φέρειν τὴν ἀγαθότητα; ἐώρα γὰρ τὸν λέγοντα αὐτῷ »διδάσκαλε ἀγαθέ« λέγοντα στόματι καὶ οὐ καρδίᾳ, καὶ ἐλέγξαι αὐτὸν βουλόμενος, ὅτι οὐ τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτοῦ ἐπείθετο, ἀλλὰ τὴν καρδίαν διήλεγχεν, ὡς καὶ ἐν ἄλλῳ τόπῳ λέγει »τί μοι λέγετε κύριε κύριε. καὶ οὐ ποιεῖτε τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους«, καὶ ὧδε ἐβούλετο αὐτὸν ἐλέγχειν. ἔλεγε γὰρ αὐτὸν ἀγαθὸν διδάσκαλον καὶ οὐκ ἔμενέν ἐν τῇ αὐτοῦ πίστει ⟨τοῦ⟩ πιστεύειν εἰς τὴν αὐτοῦ

### English translation (Claude)

the Father? For he saw that the one who said to him “Good teacher” was saying it with his mouth and not with his heart, and wishing to expose him, since he was not persuaded by his lips but examined the heart, as he says in another place, “Why do you call me ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do my words?”, so here too he wished to expose him. For he called him good teacher and did not remain in his faith, ⟨so as⟩ to believe in his

### Scripture references

- Mark 10:17: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 6:46: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 18.6 (Holl GCS 25:27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-18-6).

## Ancoratus 19.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:27
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Epiphanius begins a litany of the Word's titles.

### Greek text

19. Αὐτὸς τοίνυν ὁ ἅγιος Λόγος ὁ ζῶν ὁ ἐνυπόστατος, ὁ βασιλεὺς 15 ἐπουράνιος, ὁ υἱὸς ὁ γνήσιος, ὁ ἀεὶ ⟨ὤν⟩ σὺν πατρί, ὁ ἐκ προελθών, τὸ »ἀπαύγασμα τῆς δόξης, ὁ χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑποστάσεως«, ἡ εἰκὼν τοῦ πατρὸς‘ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, ὁ σύνθρονος τοῦ φύσαντος, »οὑ τῆς βασιλείας οὐκ ἔσται τέλος‘, »ὁ κριτὴς ζώντων καὶ νεκρῶν‘,

### English translation (Claude)

He himself, then, the holy Word, the living, the subsistent, the heavenly King, the genuine Son, who ⟨is⟩ always with the Father, who came forth from ⟨him⟩, “the radiance of the glory, the imprint of the hypostasis,” “the image of the Father” in truth, who shares the throne of him who begot him, “of whose kingdom there will be no end,” “the judge of the living and the dead,”

### Scripture references

- Heb 1:3: quotation, high confidence
- Col 1:15: allusion, high confidence
- Luke 1:33: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 10:42: allusion, medium confidence
- 2 Tim 4:1: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 19.1 (Holl GCS 25:27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-1).

## Ancoratus 19.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:27
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Word is Wisdom from Wisdom and the spring of life.

### Greek text

ὁ σοφία ὢν ἐκ σοφίας, ὁ πηγὴ ὢν ἐκ πηγῆς »ἐμέ«, γάρ φησιν »ἐγκταέλιπον πηγὴν ὕδατος ζωῆς καὶ ὤρυξαν ἑαυτοῖς λάκκους συντετριμμένους«), ὁ ποταμὸς ὁ ἀένναος, ὁ »εὐφραίνων τοῖς ὁρμήμασι τὴν πόλιν τοῦ θεοῦ«, ὁ ἐκ τῆς πηγῆς προελθών, ἐξ οὗπερ, ⟨ὤς⟩

### English translation (Claude)

who is Wisdom from Wisdom, who is a Spring from a Spring (for “Me,” he says, “they have forsaken, the spring of the water of life, and have dug for themselves broken cisterns”), the ever-flowing river, which “makes glad the city of God with its streams,” who came forth from the spring, from whom, ⟨as⟩

### Scripture references

- Jer 2:13: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 46:4 (45:5 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 19.2 (Holl GCS 25:27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-2).

## Ancoratus 19.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:27
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Word is the root of Jesse and lion of Judah.

### Greek text

ποταμοὶ ἐκ τῆς κοιλίας αὐτοῦ ῥεύσουσι«, τὸ σκῆπτρον Δαυίδ, ἡ ῥίζα τοῦ Ἰεσσαί, τὸ ἄνθος τὸ ἀπʼ αὐτῆς, ὁ λέων, ὁ βασιλεὺς ὁ ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα,

### English translation (Claude)

“rivers will flow from his belly”; the scepter of David, the root of Jesse, the flower from it, the lion, the King from the tribe of Judah,

### Scripture references

- John 7:38: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 49:10: allusion, medium confidence
- Isa 11:1: allusion, high confidence
- Rev 5:5: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 19.3 (Holl GCS 25:27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-3).

## Ancoratus 19.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:27–28
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He became truly man while remaining truly God.

### Greek text

τὸ πρόβατον τὸ λογικόν, ὁ λίθος ὁ ζῶν, ὁ »τῆς μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄγγελος‘, ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐν ἀληθείᾳ γεγονὼς καὶ θεὸς ἐν ἀλη- θείᾳ ὑπάρχων, μὴ τραπεὶς τὴν φύσιν, μὴ ἀλλοιώσας τὴν θεότητα, ὁ γεννηθεὶς ἐν σαρκί, ὁ σαρκωθεὶς Λόγος.

### English translation (Claude)

the rational Lamb, the living stone, “the Angel of great counsel,” who became man in truth and is God in truth, not changed in nature, not having altered the Godhead; who was born in the flesh, the Word made flesh.

### Scripture references

- 1 Pet 2:4: allusion, high confidence
- Isa 9:6 (9:5 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 19.4 (Holl GCS 25:27–28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-4).

## Ancoratus 19.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:28
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: John's word order shows the Word came from above and became flesh from Mary.

### Greek text

ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ γενόμενος, ὁ ἔχων μεταξὺ τοῦ γενόμενος τὸ σάρξ ὁ »ὁ Λόγος« οὐκ εἶπεν ὁ γενόμενος‘, ἀλλὰ μετὰ τὸ εἰλεῖν ὁ Λόγος ἀπαρεμφάτως τίθησι τὸ »σάρξ«, μετὰ δὲ τὸ σὰρξ λέγει »ἐγένετο«, ἵνα τὸ ἐγένετο ἐκ Μαρίας δοκιμασθῇ, ἵνα ὁ Λόγος ἄνωθεν παρὰ πατρὸς κατελθὼν νοηθῇ). — οὗτος ὁ ἅγιος ὁ ζῶν Λόγος ὁ πρὸς πατρὸς θεός,

### English translation (Claude)

the Word who became flesh (having “flesh” between ⟨“Word” and⟩ “became”: it did not say “the Word who became,” but after saying “the Word” it sets down “flesh” without a verb, and after “flesh” it says “became,” so that the “became” may be tested as from Mary, and so that the Word may be understood as having come down from above from the Father); this holy living Word, God with the Father,

### Scripture references

- John 1:14: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The parenthesis comments on the Greek word order of John 1:14 (ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο); the text is partly garbled and translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 19.5 (Holl GCS 25:28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-5).

## Ancoratus 19.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:28
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son spoke of the day in a figurative sense.

### Greek text

ὁ μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄγγελος«, ὁ ἀγγέλλων τὰ τῆς βουλῆς τοῦ πατρός, »⟨ὁ⟩ πατὴρ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος‘, αὐτὸς εἶπεν »οὐδεὶς οἶδε τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ τὴν ὥραν οὔτε οἱ ἄγγελοι οἱ ἐν τῷ οὐραῷ«· * καὶ γὰρ οὐκ οἴδασιν ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς νοηματικῶς λέγει εἰ μὴ μόνος ὁ πατήρ‘.

### English translation (Claude)

“the Angel of great counsel,” who announces the counsel of the Father, “the Father of the age to come,” himself said, “No one knows the day and the hour, not even the angels in heaven”; * for they indeed do not know; which the Son says in a figurative sense, “except the Father alone.”

### Scripture references

- Isa 9:6 (9:5 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Mark 13:32: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 24:36: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition; the clause is translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 19.6 (Holl GCS 25:28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-6).

## Ancoratus 19.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:28
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Knowing the Father, the Son cannot be ignorant of the lesser.

### Greek text

εἰ τοίνυν οἶδεν ὁ υἱὸς τὸν πατέρα, μείζων δὲ ὁ πατὴρ καὶ τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τῆς ὥρας, καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀμφιβάλλει, πῶς ἄρα ὁ τὸ μεῖζον εἰδὼς τὸ ᾖσσον ἀγνοεῖ; οὐδὲ γὰρ οἶδέ τις τὸν πατέρα εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱὸς καἰ οὐδεὶς οἶδε τὸν υἱὸν εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ. ὡς γὰρ μέγας ὁ πατήρ. ὅτι οἶδε τὸν υἱόν, οὕτως καὶ ὁ υἱὸς μέγας, ὅτι οἶδε τὸν πατέρα.

### English translation (Claude)

If then the Son knows the Father, and the Father is greater than the day and the hour, and no one doubts it, how then does the one who knows the greater not know the lesser? For no one knows the Father except the Son, and no one knows the Son except the Father. For as the Father is great because he knows the Son, so the Son too is great because he knows the Father.

### Scripture references

- Matt 11:27: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 19.7 (Holl GCS 25:28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-7).

## Ancoratus 19.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:28
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Search the Scriptures and the Spirit will teach you.

### Greek text

εἰ οἶδε τοίνυν τὸν πατέρα, τὸ μεἶζον, τὸ μικρὸν πῶς ἀγνοεῖ, τουτέστι τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ τὴν ὥραν; ἐρεύνησον τὰς γραφὰς καὶ μάθε τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος τὴν δύναμιν, καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ γινῶσκον τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὸν υἱὸν ἀποκαλύψει σοι τὴν τοῦ Λόγου τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ γνῶσιν, ἵνα μὴ πλανηθῇς τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ ἀπολέσῃς τὴν σεαυτοῦ ψυχήν.

### English translation (Claude)

If then he knows the Father, the greater, how is he ignorant of the small, that is, the day and the hour? Search the Scriptures and learn the power of the Holy Spirit, and the Spirit himself, who knows the Father and the Son, will reveal to you the knowledge of the Word, the Son of God, so that you may not stray from the truth and destroy your own soul.

### Scripture references

- John 5:39: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 19.8 (Holl GCS 25:28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-19-8).

## Ancoratus 20.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:28
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture uses “know” in two senses: by action and by awareness.

### Greek text

20. Δύο γὰρ γνώσεις ἐν τῇ θείᾳ γραφῇ. δύο εἰδήσεις, μία κατὰ ἐνέργειαν καὶ μία κατὰ εἴδησιν. ἵνα δὲ ἀπὸ παραπηγμάτων τὰ ὅμοια παραστήσω, εἰς τὸ διὰ πολλῶν ἐξομαλισθῆναι τὴν πεπλανημένην σου διάνοιαν καὶ τῶν τοῦτο φρονούντων,

### English translation (Claude)

For there are two kinds of knowing in divine Scripture, two kinds of knowledge: one by action and one by awareness. And to set out similar cases from examples, so that your wandering mind, and that of those who think this, may be smoothed out by many,

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 20.1 (Holl GCS 25:28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-1).

## Ancoratus 20.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:28
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Adam and Eve were naked and unashamed.

### Greek text

μάθε τί λέγει ἡ γραφὴ περὶ τοῦ Ἀδάμ· ἦσαν‘ φησί »γυμνοὶ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ καὶ οὐκ ᾐσχύνοντο«.

### English translation (Claude)

learn what Scripture says about Adam: “They were,” it says, “naked in paradise and were not ashamed.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:25: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 20.2 (Holl GCS 25:28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-2).

## Ancoratus 20.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:28–29
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: They were not blind, for they saw the tree.

### Greek text

τυφλοὶ δὲ οὐκ ἦσαν· ἔβλεπον γάρ· εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἔβλεπον, πῶς εἶδον τὸ ξύλον, ὅτι καλὸν εἰς βρῶσιν καὶ ὡραῖον τοῦ κατανοῆσαι«; καὶ λαβοῦσα« φησίν »ἡ γυνὴ ἔφαγε καὶ ἔδωκε καὶ τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς τῷ μετ αὐτῆς«.

### English translation (Claude)

But they were not blind; for they saw. For if they did not see, how did they see the tree, that it was “good for food and beautiful to contemplate”? And “taking,” it says, “the woman ate and gave also to her husband with her.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 3:6: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 20.3 (Holl GCS 25:28–29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-3).

## Ancoratus 20.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:29
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: They knew each other by sight, not by act.

### Greek text

ἄρα οὖν οὐκ ἦσαν τυφλοί, ἀλλʼ ἠνεῳγμένους εἶχον τοὺς ὀφθαλμούς· γυμνοὶ δὲ ὄντες οὐκ ᾐσχύνοντο βλέποντες, καὶ γυμνοὶ ὄντες ἑαυτοὺς ᾔδεισαν. ᾔδεισαν δὲ κατὰ εἴδησιν καὶ οὐ κατὰ πρᾶξιν.

### English translation (Claude)

So they were not blind, but had their eyes open; being naked they were not ashamed though they saw, and being naked they knew each other. But they knew by awareness and not by act.

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:25: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 20.4 (Holl GCS 25:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-4).

## Ancoratus 20.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:29
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Only after the expulsion did Adam “know” Eve.

### Greek text

μετὰ τὸ ἐκβληθῆναι τοῦ παραδείσου βεβρωκότας τοῦ ξύλου, μετὰ πολὺν χρόνον φησίν »ἔγνω ὁ Ἀδὰμ Εὔαν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ‘. Πῶς τοίνυν ἔσται τοῦτο;

### English translation (Claude)

After they were driven out of paradise, having eaten from the tree, after a long time it says, “Adam knew Eve his wife.” How then will this be?

### Scripture references

- Gen 4:1: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 20.5 (Holl GCS 25:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-5).

## Ancoratus 20.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:29
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture calls sexual union “knowing.”

### Greek text

καίτοι γε ἑώρων ἀλλήλους γυμνοὶ ὄντες καὶ ᾔδεισαν ἑαυτοὺς τῇ ὁράσει· ἀλλʼ οὐ τῇ πράξει. τὸ δὲ ἀλλήλοις συναφθήναι γνῶσιν εἶπεν ἡ γραφή.

### English translation (Claude)

And yet they saw each other being naked and knew each other by sight, but not by act. But Scripture called being joined with each other “knowledge.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 20.6 (Holl GCS 25:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-6).

## Ancoratus 20.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:29
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Jacob knew Leah first by sight, then by act.

### Greek text

οἶδε δὲ καλεῖν εἴδησίν καὶ εἴδησιν. πάλιν γὰρ οὕτω λέγει »ἔγνω Ἰακὼβ Λείαν τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ συλλαβοῦσα ἔτεκε« καὶ τὸ πρῶτον μὲν ᾔδει αὐτήν· σὺν αὐγῇ γὰρ ἐπτὰ ἔτη ἠν ποιμαίνων τὰ πρόβατα Λαβὰν τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῆς. εἴδησιν δὲ τὴν διʼ ὁράσεως καὶ διὰ γνώσεως ᾔδει, ⟨ᾔδει, ⟩

### English translation (Claude)

And it knows how to call both kinds knowledge. For again it says thus: “Jacob knew Leah his wife, and she conceived and bore”; and at first he knew her; for he was with her in daylight seven years, keeping the sheep of Laban her father. He knew her with the knowledge that comes through sight and through acquaintance; ⟨he knew her⟩

### Scripture references

- Gen 29:23: allusion, low confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation is a paraphrase of Genesis 29–30.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 20.7 (Holl GCS 25:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-7).

## Ancoratus 20.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:29
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: David lay with Abishag but did not “know” her.

### Greek text

δὲ καὶ διὰ πράξεως. καὶ ἔγνω Ραχὴλ τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ πάλιν ⟨ἐν⟩ ἑτέρῳ τόπῳ »καὶ ἐγήρασε Δαυίδ« φησί »καὶ ἔσκεπον ἱματίοις. καὶ οὐκ ἐθερμαίνετο, καὶ εἷπον τῷ βασιλεῖ ζητηθήτω παρθένος καλή«. καὶ εὑρέθη Ἀβισάκ ἡ Σουμανῖτις. καί φησιν »ἠνέχθη τῷ βασιλεῖ καὶ συνεκοιμᾶτο αὐτῷ καὶ συνέθαλπεν αὐτόν· καὶ οὐκ ἕγνω αὐτὴν Δαυίδ«, τὴν σὺν αὐτῷ. τὴν σύσσωμον καὶ σύμπλευρον.

### English translation (Claude)

also through act. And “he knew Rachel his wife.” And again ⟨in⟩ another place: “And David grew old,” it says, “and they covered him with garments and he was not warmed, and they said to the king, ‘Let a beautiful virgin be sought.’” And Abishag the Shunammite was found. And it says, “She was brought to the king and lay with him and warmed him; and David did not know her,” the woman who was with him, sharing his body and his side.

### Scripture references

- Gen 29:30: allusion, low confidence
- 1 Kgs 1:1: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Kgs 1:2: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Kgs 1:4: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 20.8 (Holl GCS 25:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-8).

## Ancoratus 20.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:29
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Know” in Scripture does not always mean awareness.

### Greek text

ἄρα ποίαν εἴδησιν λέγει; τὴν διʼ ὁράσεως ἢ τὴν διὰ πράξεως; καί »ἔγνω κύριος τοὺς οντας αὐτοῦ«· ἀρα οὐν τοὺς οὐκ όντας ἀγνοεῖ; καί »ἀπόστητε ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ. ἐργάται τῆς ἀνομίας· οὐδέποτε γὰρ ἔγνων ὑμᾶς«· ἆρα ἔστιν ἄγνοια ἐν τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ θεοῦ;

### English translation (Claude)

So which knowledge does it mean? That by sight, or that by act? And “The Lord knew those who are his”: does he then not know those who are not? And “Depart from me, workers of lawlessness; for I never knew you”: is there then ignorance in the Son of God?

### Scripture references

- 2 Tim 2:19: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 7:23: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 20.9 (Holl GCS 25:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-9).

## Ancoratus 20.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:29
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God “knew” Israel in a special sense, not in ignorance of others.

### Greek text

καὶ πάλιν »ὑμᾶς ἔγνων ἐκ πάντων τῶν ἐθνῶν«. ἆρα οὖν τὰ ἔθνη τὰ λοιπὰ ἀγνοεῖ; μὴ γένοιτο. ἀλλʼ οἶδε γνῶσιν ἡ θεία γραφή, ἄλλην μὲν κατὰ εἴδησιν. ἄλλην δὲ κατὰ πρᾶξιν.

### English translation (Claude)

And again, “You only have I known of all the nations.” Does he then not know the other nations? God forbid. But the divine Scripture knows of knowledge, one kind by awareness, another by act.

### Scripture references

- Amos 3:2: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 20.10 (Holl GCS 25:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-20-10).

## Ancoratus 21.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-21-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:29–30
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father knows the day both by awareness and by act, having committed judgment to the Son.

### Greek text

21. Ἐπεὶ οὖν τοῦ πατρὸς ὁ μονογενὴς πληρῶν τὸ θέλημα *, ἀπέ- δειξεν ἤδη τὰ πάντα τετελειωμένα, * ἔγνω γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ τὴν ὥραν καὶ τὴν ἡμέραν, ἔγνω αὐτὴν καὶ κατὰ γνῶσιν καὶ κατὰ πρᾶξιν· οἶδε γὰρ αὐτὸς πάντα καὶ ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν τὸν υἱόν ὁ πατὴρ πᾶσαν τὴν κρίσιν δέδωκε τῷ υἱῷ‘ καὶ μὴ κρίνων διὰ μὲν τοῦ δεδωκέναι τῷ υἱῷ αὐτὸς κρίνει· οὐ γὰρ ἠλλοτρίωται ὁ θεὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ κρίνειν τοὺς κρινομένους καὶ ἐν τῷ μὴ κρίνειν τὸν πατέρα ἤδη κέκρικεν.

### English translation (Claude)

Since, then, the Only-begotten, fulfilling the Father's will *, has already shown all things accomplished, * for the Father knew the hour and the day; he knew it both by knowledge and by act. For he knows all things; and in the Son's saying, “The Father has given all judgment to the Son,” though not judging, by having given it to the Son he himself judges. For God is not estranged from judging those who are judged, and in not judging, the Father has already judged.

### Scripture references

- John 5:22: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisks mark gaps in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 21.1 (Holl GCS 25:29–30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-21-1).

## Ancoratus 21.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-21-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:30
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son knows the day, for he brings it.

### Greek text

ὁ δὲ υἱὸς οἶδε πότε ἔρχεται· αὐτὸς γὰρ αὐτὴν φέρει τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ αὐτὸς ὁρίζει καὶ ἄλει καὶ τελεῖ. λέγει γάρ »ὡς κλέπτης ἐν νυκτὶ ἔρχεται ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη« καί φησιν οὐκ ἴστε ἐν νυκτί, ἴνα ἡ ἡμέρα ἐν σκότει ὑμᾶς καταλάβῃ«.

### English translation (Claude)

And the Son knows when he comes; for he himself brings the day, and he himself determines it and brings it and completes it. For he says, “That day comes like a thief in the night,” and he says, “You are not in the night, that the day should overtake you in darkness.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Thess 5:2: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Thess 5:4: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The sayings are from Paul (1 Thess 5), which Epiphanius treats as Christ's word.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 21.2 (Holl GCS 25:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-21-2).

## Ancoratus 21.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-21-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:30
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: It is absurd that the Son who brings the day should not know it.

### Greek text

εἰ οὐν οἱ δοῦλοι τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἡμέρας εἰσὶ τέκνα, ἀρα αὐτὸς ὁ υἱὸς ⟨ὁ⟩ φέρων τὴν ἡμἐραν ἀγνοεῖ. ἴνα καταλάβῃ ἡ ἡμέρα καὶ οὐχὶ αὐτὸς μᾶλλον τὴν ἡμέραν φέρῃ; τίς ταῦτα διανοούμενος οὐ βλασφημήσει, τὰ μὴ πρέποντα περὶ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ λογιζόμενος;

### English translation (Claude)

If then the servants of Christ are children of the day, is the Son himself, ⟨who⟩ brings the day, ignorant, so that the day should overtake him and not rather he bring the day? Who, thinking these things, will not blaspheme, reckoning what is unfitting about Father and Son?

### Scripture references

- 1 Thess 5:5: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 21.3 (Holl GCS 25:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-21-3).

## Ancoratus 21.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-21-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:30
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father knows the day in both senses.

### Greek text

καὶ ὁ πατὴρ μὲν οἶδε τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ τὴν ὥραν κατὰ δύο τρόπους, κατὰ εἴδησιν καὶ κατὰ πρᾶξιν. οἶδε γὰρ πότε ἔρχεται καὶ πάλιν ἤδη κέκρικεν ὁρίσας κρίνειν τὸν τὸν καὶ ἔγνω κατὰ πρᾶξιν.

### English translation (Claude)

And the Father knows the day and the hour in two ways, by awareness and by act. For he knows when it comes, and again he has already judged, having appointed the one who is to judge, and he knew it by act.

### Translation notes

- τὸν τὸν is probably a slip for τὸν υἱόν (“the Son”).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 21.4 (Holl GCS 25:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-21-4).

## Ancoratus 21.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-21-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:30
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son knows the day but has not yet “known” it by carrying it out.

### Greek text

ὁ δὲ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ οἶδε μὲν πότε ἔρχεται καὶ αὐτὸς φέρει αὐτὴν καὶ οὐκ ἀγνοεῖ, οὔπω δὲ αὐτὴν ἔπραξε κατὰ γνῶσιν, τουτέστι ⟨οὔπω ἔγνω⟩ κατὰ πρᾶξιν. ἔτι γὰρ ἀσεβεῖς ἀσεβοῦσι καὶ ἄπιστοι ἀπιστοῦσι καὶ κακόπλαστοι βλασφημοῦσι καὶ ὁ διάβολος ἐνεργεῖ καὶ ἁμαρτήματα γίνεται καὶ ἡ ἀδικία κρατεὶ καὶ ἡ κρίσις μακροθυμεῖ, ἴως ἂν ἔλθῃ καὶ γνῷ αὐτὴν κατὰ πρᾶξιν καὶ ποιήσῃ τὴν ἐκδίκησιν καὶ σώσῃ τοὺς ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ἐλπίζοντας ἐπʼ αὐτὸν καὶ μὴ. βλασφημοῦντας αὐτοῦ τὴν θεότητα καὶ πατρὸς καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος.

### English translation (Claude)

But the Son of God knows when it comes, and he himself brings it and is not ignorant, but he has not yet performed it in knowledge, that is, he has ⟨not yet known it⟩ by act. For the ungodly still act ungodly, the unbelieving disbelieve, the ill-formed blaspheme, the devil is at work, sins are committed, injustice prevails, and judgment is long-suffering, until he comes and knows it by act, and carries out vengeance, and saves those who truly hope in him and do not blaspheme his Godhead and that of the Father and the Holy Spirit.

### Translation notes

- This is Epiphanius's solution to Mark 13:32: the Son's “not knowing” means not yet having acted.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 21.5 (Holl GCS 25:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-21-5).

## Ancoratus 22.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-22-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:30
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Angels do not know the appointed times, but the Son shares the Father's authority.

### Greek text

22. Ἐξ ἁγίων δὲ ἀγγέλων λείπεται κατὰ δύο τρόπους ἡ τοιαύτη ἀξία. τίμιοι μὲν γάρ εἰσιν, ἀπὸ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος τοῦτο κεκτημένοι· λείπεται δὲ αὐτοῖς τοῦτο· οὐ γὰρ οἴδασι τὰ ὡρισμένα πότε γίνεται. ἐπὶ μὲν γὰρ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ ὁ πατὴρ ἔθετο τοὺς χρόνους. εἰ δὲ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν υἱῷ καὶ ὁ υἱὸς ἐν πατρί, ἄρα οὐ λείπεται ἡ ἐξουσία ἐξ υἱοῦ ἡ ἐν πατρί.

### English translation (Claude)

But among the holy angels such dignity is lacking in two ways. They are honored, having this from Father and Son and Holy Spirit; but this is lacking to them: they do not know when the things appointed will happen. For the Father has set the times by his own authority. But if the Father is in the Son and the Son in the Father, then the authority that is in the Father is not lacking to the Son.

### Scripture references

- Acts 1:7: quotation, high confidence
- John 14:10: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 22.1 (Holl GCS 25:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-22-1).

## Ancoratus 22.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-22-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:30–31
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Angels are created; Father, Son, and Spirit are uncreated.

### Greek text

λείπεται δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀγγέλων· κτιστοὶ γὰρ ἄγγελοι καὶ ἀρχάγγελοι καὶ δυνάμεις, πατὴρ δὲ ἄκτιστος, υἱὸς ἄκτιστος, πνεῦμα θεοῦ ἄκτιστον.

### English translation (Claude)

It is lacking to the angels; for angels, archangels, and powers are created, but the Father is uncreated, the Son uncreated, the Spirit of God uncreated.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 22.2 (Holl GCS 25:30–31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-22-2).

## Ancoratus 22.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-22-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:31
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Angels know the day in neither sense, for they have not yet been sent to reap.

### Greek text

οὐκ οἴδασιν οὐν οἱ ἄγγελοι οὔτε κατὰ εἴδησιν· οὔτε κατὰ πρᾶξιν τὴν ἡμέραν καὶ τὴν ὥραν. οὐκ οἴδασι γὰρ πότε βούλεται ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ὁ υἱὸς καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἐνεγκεῖν τὴν ἡμέραν, καὶ οὐκ οἴδασι κατὰ γνῶσιν πράξεως· οὔπω γὰρ ἐπετάχθησαν ἐξελθεῖν καὶ συναγαγεῖν δίκην ζιζανίων καὶ δῆσαι δεσμὰς εἰς τὸ καίειν πυρὶ ἀσβέστῳ.

### English translation (Claude)

So the angels know the day and the hour neither by awareness nor by act. For they do not know when the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit will bring the day, and they do not know it with the knowledge of action; for they have not yet been commanded to go out and gather ⟨people⟩ like tares and bind them in bundles to be burned with unquenchable fire.

### Scripture references

- Matt 13:30: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 13:41: allusion, medium confidence
- Mark 9:43: echo, low confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 22.3 (Holl GCS 25:31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-22-3).

## Ancoratus 22.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-22-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:31
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: This explains “only the Father” in Mark 13:32.

### Greek text

οὔπω τοίνυν οὐδὲ ἔπραξαν οὐδὲ οἴδασιν, ὁ δὲ πατὴρ οἶδε καὶ ἔπραξεν· ὁ δὲ υἱὸς οἶδε μέν, οὐδέπω ἔπραξε. τουτέστιν ⟨τό⟩ »εἰ μὴ ὁ πατὴρ μόνος, οὔτε οἱ οὔτε ὁ υἱός«.

### English translation (Claude)

So they have neither yet acted nor do they know; but the Father knows and has acted; the Son knows, but has not yet acted. That is ⟨the meaning of⟩ “except the Father alone; neither the ⟨angels⟩ nor the Son.”

### Scripture references

- Mark 13:32: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 22.4 (Holl GCS 25:31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-22-4).

## Ancoratus 22.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-22-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:31
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit opens the letter of Scripture.

### Greek text

νοήσωμεν τὴν δύναμιν τῆς γραφῆς, ἴνα μὴ γένηται ἡμῖν τὸ γράμμα θάνατος. »τὸ γράμμα, γάρ φησιν »ἀποκτένει, τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ζωοποιεῖ«. λάβωμεν τὸ πνεῦμα, ἵνα ὠφεληθῶμεν ἐκ τοῦ γράμματος. οὐ γὰρ τὸ γράμμα ἀποκτένει, ἐν γὰρ τῷ γράμματι ἠ ζωή· ἀποκτένει δὲ τὸν ἀσυνέτως τῷ γράμματι προσερχόμενον καὶ μὴ ἔχοντα τὸ φράζον πνεῦμα, τὸ ἀνοῖγον τὸ γράμμα καὶ ἀποκαλύπτον τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ.

### English translation (Claude)

Let us understand the force of Scripture, so that the letter may not become death to us. “For the letter,” he says, “kills, but the Spirit gives life.” Let us receive the Spirit so that we may be helped by the letter. For the letter does not kill, since life is in the letter; but it kills the one who approaches the letter without understanding and does not have the Spirit who explains, who opens the letter and reveals what is in it.

### Scripture references

- 2 Cor 3:6: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 22.5 (Holl GCS 25:31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-22-5).

## Ancoratus 22.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-22-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:31
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father gave the Son and the Spirit to the church, which is sealed in their name.

### Greek text

οὗτος οὖν ὁ πατὴρ ὁ ἅγιος τὸν μονογενῆ αὐτοῦ υἱὸν γνήσιον, γεγεννημένον ἐξ αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ πνεῦμα ἔδωκε τῇ ἁγίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐν μιᾷ γνώσει ὁμονοίας, ἐν ἐνὶ συνδέσμῳ τελειότητος, ὅπως ἐν ὀνόματι πατρὸς τελείου καὶ θεοῦ τὴν σφραγῖδας κομισώμεθα καὶ ἐν ὀνόματι υἱοῦ τελείου καὶ θεοῦ καὶ ἐν ὀνόματι πνεύματος θείου καὶ τελείου λάβωμεν τὴν σφραγῖδα.

### English translation (Claude)

This holy Father, then, gave his only-begotten genuine Son, begotten from him, and his Holy Spirit to his holy church in one knowledge of concord, in one bond of perfection, so that we may receive the seal in the name of the perfect Father and God, and receive the seal in the name of the perfect Son and God and in the name of the divine and perfect Spirit.

### Scripture references

- Col 3:14: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 22.6 (Holl GCS 25:31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-22-6).

## Ancoratus 22.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-22-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:31
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Trinity is a unity in Trinity and Trinity in unity.

### Greek text

ὡ τριὰς ἁγία ἀριθμουμένη, τριὰς ἐν ἑνὶ ὀνόματι ἀριθμουμένη. οὐ γὰρ λέγεται ἑνὰς καὶ δυὰς οὐδὲ μονὰς καὶ μονάς, ἀλλὰ μονὰς ἐν τριάδι καὶ τριὰς ἐν μονάδι, μονοειδῶς μονωνύμως εἷς θεός, πατὴρ ἐν υἱῷ, υἱὸς ἐν πατρὶ σὺν ἀγίῳ πνεύματι.

### English translation (Claude)

O holy Trinity counted, Trinity counted in one name! For it is not said “a unity and a duality,” nor “a unit and a unit,” but a unity in Trinity and a Trinity in unity, in one form, in one name, one God, Father in Son, Son in Father, with the Holy Spirit.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 22.7 (Holl GCS 25:31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/12-1/#p-22-7).

## Ancoratus 23.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-23-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:31–32
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The three youths in the furnace are called as witnesses.

### Greek text

23. Κάλει δὲ μοι μάρτυρας τῆς ἀληθείας, κάλει μοι τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς ἀπὸ τῆς καμίνου τῆς Βαβυλωνίας σωθέντας, τοὺς καταξιωθέντας ἐν πυρὶ καταβληθῆναι, μὴ ἀναλωθῆναι δὲ οὐ σβέσαι τὸ πῦρ, ἵνα μὴ ὑποληφθῶσι καινὰ ἔργα ἀντιμηχανησάμενοι, ἀλλʼ ἐν πυρὶ μὲν εἶναι, ἐν πυρὶ δὲ μὴ ἀναλωθῆναι διὰ τὴν ὀρθὴν πίστιν αὐτῶν, τοῦ θεοῦ διʼ αὐτῶν ἡμᾶς διδάσκοντος, τίνα μέν ἐστι τὰ κτιστὰ τίνα δὲ τὰ ἄκτιστa, τίνα ἐστὶ τὰ ποιητὰ τίνα τὰ μὴ γενόμενα, τίνα τὰ ἀεὶ ὄντα τίνα δὲ τὰ ἐξ αὐτῶν ὄντα, γενόμενα δέ.

### English translation (Claude)

Call me witnesses of the truth; call me the youths saved from the furnace of Babylon, who were counted worthy to be thrown into the fire and not consumed, though the fire was not quenched, so that they might not be supposed to have contrived some new device against it, but were in the fire and yet in the fire were not consumed because of their right faith, God teaching us through them which things are created and which uncreated, which are made and which did not come into being, which always are and which are from them, but came into being.

### Scripture references

- Dan 3:23: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 23.1 (Holl GCS 25:31–32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-23-1).

## Ancoratus 23.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-23-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:32
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The youths wished to give thanks to God.

### Greek text

οἱ τοιοῦτοι σωθέντες παὶδες ἠθέλησαν εὐχάριστο ἀποδέξαι γνώμην εἰς τὸν θεὸν τὸν σώσαντα αὐτούς. εἰς ὃν ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς ἤλπισαν καὶ οὐκ ἐδίστασαν καὶ οὐκ ἔκλιναν αὐχένα εἰκόνι καὶ θράσει βασιλέως καὶ τυραννίδι.

### English translation (Claude)

These youths, having been saved, wished to express a thankful mind toward the God who saved them, in whom they had hoped from the beginning, and did not hesitate, and did not bow the neck to the image and to the king's boldness and tyranny.

### Scripture references

- Dan 3:18: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 23.2 (Holl GCS 25:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-23-2).

## Ancoratus 23.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-23-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:32
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: They found nothing in creation worthy to offer God.

### Greek text

καὶ ὅτε ἡθέλησάν τι ἀπονεῖμαι θεῷ ἀνερευνήσαντες τα βάθη τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ, ἄγιοι ὄντες, διανοηθέντες τε τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ, τήν τε γῆν καὶ πάντα τὰ ὑπʼ αὐτὴν καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἔστι μὴ ἄξια εἶναι εἰς προσφορὰν θεῷ προενεχθῆναι οὔτε γὰρ εἶχον ἐξουσίαν τὰ ὑπὲρ ἑαυτοὺς θεῷ προσφέρειν),

### English translation (Claude)

And when they wished to render something to God, searching the depths by the Holy Spirit in their heart, being holy, and thinking over heaven and all that is in it, and the earth and all that is under it, and all that exists, as not worthy to be brought forward as an offering to God (for they had no power to offer God what was beyond themselves),

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 23.3 (Holl GCS 25:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-23-3).

## Ancoratus 23.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-23-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:32
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: They offered only praise, already anticipating the new covenant.

### Greek text

καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀξίαν μὲν καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἐξουσίαν θέλοντες μόνον ὕμνοις ὑμνεῖν τὸν θεόν τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι τὸ γεγραμμένον »θύσατε θυσίαν αἰνέσεως« καί »θυσία αἰνέσεως δοξάσει με«), ἤδη μεταβαλόντες τὴν παλαιὰν εἰς καινὴν διαθήκην πνεύματι ἁγίῳ ὑπονυττόμενοι, οὐ ζῴων θυσίας οὐδὲ ὁλοκαυτωμάτων χρείαν ἔχοντες φασὶ γάρ »οὐκ ἔστι τόπος τοῦ καρπῶσαι οὐδὲ θυσία οὐδὲ θυσιατήριον«, ὡς τῶν πάντων περιληφθέντων),

### English translation (Claude)

and wishing, according to their worth and their power, only to praise God with hymns (for this is what is written, “Offer a sacrifice of praise,” and “A sacrifice of praise will glorify me”), already changing the old into the new covenant, prompted by the Holy Spirit, having no need of sacrifices of animals or burnt offerings (for they say, “There is no place to make an offering, neither sacrifice nor altar,” as if everything had been taken away),

### Scripture references

- Ps 50:14 (49:14 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Ps 50:23 (49:23 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Extrabiblical texts

- Pr Azar 15 (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men): quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The last quotation is from the Prayer of Azariah (v. 15; Dan 3:38 LXX).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 23.4 (Holl GCS 25:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-23-4).

## Ancoratus 23.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-23-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:32
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: In humility they chose to offer praise.

### Greek text

βουλόμενοι δὲ τὴν τοιαύτην αἴνεσιν προσφέρειν καὶ ἐασαντες τὴν ἑαυτῶν σμικρότητα ταπεινοφρόνων φέρονται (»πᾶς γὰρ ὁ ὑψῶν ἑαυτὸν ταπεινωθήσεται ὁ δὲ ταπεινῶν ἑαυτὸν ὑψωθήσεται«· μετὰ ⟨γάρ⟩ τοῦ χαρίσματος τῆς αὐτῶν σωτηρίας λαμβάνουσι ταύτην τὴν δωρεὰν τῆν ταπεινοφροσύνης) καὶ βούλονται τὸν αἶνον θεῷ προσφέρειν καὶ μὴ ἐκκακεῖν.

### English translation (Claude)

and wishing to offer such praise, and ⟨seeing⟩ their own smallness, they are carried along humbly (“for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted”; for ⟨along⟩ with the gift of their salvation they receive this gift of humility), and they wish to offer praise to God and not lose heart.

### Scripture references

- Luke 14:11: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- ἐάσαντες (“letting go”) is read by sense as “seeing.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 23.5 (Holl GCS 25:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-23-5).

## Ancoratus 23.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-23-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:32
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: They summon all creation to join their praise.

### Greek text

καὶ ἑαυτοὺς δοκιμάσαντες πρὸς τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἄρρητον δοξολογίαν ἀξιοῦσι συμπαραλαβεῖν μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν τὴν κτίσιν εἰς δοξολογίαν καὶ ἄρχονται λέγειν συμπεριειληφότες πᾶσαν τὴν ποίησιν.

### English translation (Claude)

And having tested themselves for the unspeakable glorification of God, they think it right to take creation along with them into the glorification, and they begin to speak, embracing the whole of what was made.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 23.6 (Holl GCS 25:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-23-6).

## Ancoratus 24.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-24-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:32
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “All the works of the Lord” includes every creature.

### Greek text

24. Διελόντες δὲ τὰ ποιήματα ἀπὸ τοῦ ποιήσαντος καὶ τὰ κτιστὰ ἀπὸ τοῦ κτίσαντός φασιν »εὐλογεῖτε πάντα τὰ ἔργα κυρίου τὸν κύριον«. πάντα εἶπον καὶ οὐδὲν κατέλιπον.

### English translation (Claude)

Separating the things made from the Maker and the created from the Creator, they say, “Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord.” They said “all” and left out nothing.

### Extrabiblical texts

- Pr Azar 35 (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men): quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The Song of the Three Young Men (Dan 3:57 LXX).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 24.1 (Holl GCS 25:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-24-1).

## Ancoratus 24.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-24-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:32
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit enumerated all creatures to distinguish them from God.

### Greek text

ἵνα δὲ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄλγιον χαρακτηρίσῃ τὴν τελείαν γνῶσιν εἰς τὸ εἰδέναι, ποῖον τὸ θεῖον ποῖα δὲ τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ γενόμενα, ἕνα μὴ συμμείξωμεν τῷ ἀιδίῳ τὰ ἐξ οὐχ ὄντων γενόμενα. ἵνα μὴ ἀπολέσωμεν ἑαυτῶν τὴν διάνοιαν, ἀριθμῷ μὲν τὰ πάντα συνήγαγεν.

### English translation (Claude)

And so that the Holy Spirit might characterize the perfect knowledge, so as to know what the divine is and what the things made by God are, so that we might not mix with the Eternal the things made from nothing, so that we might not lose our understanding, he gathered all things by number.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 24.2 (Holl GCS 25:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-24-2).

## Ancoratus 24.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-24-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:32–33
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit revealed all creation to them.

### Greek text

ἀπεκάλυπτε γὰρ αὐτοῖς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ὡς καταξιωθῶσιν ἄμα ἀγγέλοις εἶναι γενομένοις ἀγγελων, τὰ ἐν οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ τὰ ὑποκάτω τῆς γῆς καὶ λοιπὸν οὐκ ἠγνόουν.

### English translation (Claude)

For the Holy Spirit revealed to them, as they were counted worthy to be with angels, having become like angels, the things in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and henceforth they were not ignorant.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 24.3 (Holl GCS 25:32–33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-24-3).

## Ancoratus 24.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-24-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:33
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: They distinguish works from Maker.

### Greek text

καί φασιν οἱ αὐτοὶ ἅγιοι ὡς προεῖπον· »εὐλογεῖτε πάντα τὰ ἔργα κυρίου τὸν κύριον« καὶ ἄρχονται ἀριθμεῖν τε καὶ διαιρεῖν ποῖα τὰ ἔργα ποῖα τὰ ποιήσαντα, ποῖα τὰ ἐργαζόμενα ποῖα δὲ τὰ ἐργασθέντα·

### English translation (Claude)

And the same saints say, as I said before, “Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord,” and they begin to count and distinguish which are the works and which the makers, which are working and which were worked.

### Extrabiblical texts

- Pr Azar 35 (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 24.4 (Holl GCS 25:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-24-4).

## Ancoratus 24.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-24-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:33
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Song lists all creatures, including angels and the youths themselves.

### Greek text

καὶ ἀριθμοῦσιν οὐρανὸν γῆν ὕδατα ἐπάνω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἀγγέλους (κτιστοὶ γὰρ οἱ ἄγγελοι) καὶ θρόνους καὶ δυνάμεις (κτιστὰ γὰρ ταῦτα), ἥλιον σελήνην (ποιητὰ γὰρ καὶ οὐκ ἄκτιστα), νέφη καὶ νιφετούς, ἀνέμους χιόνας ἀστραπὰς βροντὰς γῆν θάλασσαν πηγὰς ἀβύσσους ποταμοὺς πᾶσαν ἁνθρωπότητα ὄρη πετεινὰ οὐρανοῦ, κτήνη καὶ ζῷα, ψυχὰς ὁσίων πνεύ- ματα δικαίων, Ἀνανίαν Ἀζανίαν Μισαήλ, ἱερεῖς καὶ δούλους θεοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

And they count heaven, earth, the waters above the heaven, and angels (for angels are created), and thrones and powers (for these are created), sun, moon (for they are made and not uncreated), clouds and snowstorms, winds, snows, lightnings, thunders, earth, sea, springs, deeps, rivers, all humankind, mountains, birds of heaven, cattle and animals, souls of the devout, spirits of the righteous, Ananias, Azarias, Misael, priests and servants of God.

### Extrabiblical texts

- Pr Azar 36-66 (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men): allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- A summary of the Song of the Three Young Men (Dan 3:57–88 LXX). The digital text has Ἀζανίαν for Azarias.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 24.5 (Holl GCS 25:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-24-5).

## Ancoratus 24.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-24-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:33
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: All creatures were made by God through the Word and the Spirit.

### Greek text

πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα ποιητὰ ἐστι καὶ κτιστά, ὑπὸ θεοῦ γεγονότα διὰ τοῦ Λόγου καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος· »τῷ λόγῳ γὰρ κυρίου οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἐστερεώθησαν καὶ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ αὐτοῦ ἡ δύναμις αὐτῶν«.

### English translation (Claude)

For all these are made and created, having come into being by God through the Word and the Holy Spirit: “For by the word of the Lord the heavens were made firm, and all their host by the breath of his mouth.”

### Scripture references

- Ps 33:6 (32:6 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 24.6 (Holl GCS 25:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-24-6).

## Ancoratus 24.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-24-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:33
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The youths did not count the Son or the Spirit among creatures.

### Greek text

ὅρα δὲ, ἀγαπητὲ ἀδελφέ, πῶς τὰ πάντα ἠρίθμησαν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ φερόμενοι καὶ οὐκ ἠρίθμησαν υἱὸν ἐν τοῖς ποιήμασιν, ἀλλ οὔτε ἄλγιον πνεῦμα, ἀλλʼ ἔγνωσαν τὴν αὐτὴν θεότητα εἶναι ἐν τριάδι καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν τριάδα εἶναι ἐν μιᾷ θεότητι. καὶ ἐδόξασαν πατέρα ἐν υἱῷ καὶ υἱὸν ἐν πατρὶ σὺν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι, μίαν ἁγιστείαν μίαν λατρείαν μίαν θεότητα μίαν δοξολογίαν.

### English translation (Claude)

And see, beloved brother, how, carried by the Holy Spirit, they counted all things, and did not count the Son among the things made, nor the Holy Spirit; but they knew that the same Godhead is in Trinity and the same Trinity is in one Godhead. And they glorified the Father in the Son and the Son in the Father with the Holy Spirit: one sanctification, one worship, one Godhead, one glorification.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 24.7 (Holl GCS 25:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-24-7).

## Ancoratus 25.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-25-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:33
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Some claim the youths knew neither Son nor Spirit.

### Greek text

25. Ἀλλὰ πάντως καὶ τοῦτο τολμᾷ ὁ διάβολος κινεῖν ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, ἀπιστίας τολμηρίαν καταψεύσασθαι τῶν ἁγίων παίδων [πλάσαι] καὶ εἴπεῖν· οὐκ ᾔδεισαν εἴπεῖν ὅνομα ἁγίου πνεύματος· Ἰουδαῖοι γὰρ ἦσαν καὶ οὐδὲ υἱὸν ᾔδεισαν, Ἰουδοῖοι ὄντες.

### English translation (Claude)

But no doubt the devil dares to stir this too among people: the audacity of unbelief, to tell lies against the holy youths and say, “They did not know how to say the name of the Holy Spirit; for they were Jews, and, being Jews, they did not even know the Son.”

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes πλάσαι.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 25.1 (Holl GCS 25:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-25-1).

## Ancoratus 25.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-25-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:33
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Daniel knew the Son of God and was filled with the Spirit.

### Greek text

εὐθὺς δὲ οἱ λόγοι ἐλέγχουσι τῶν κακοδόξων τὴν ἀπιστίαν. φησὶ γάρ καὶ ἠν τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ τετάρτου ὡς πρόσωπον υἱοῦ θεοῦ«. ἰδοὺ ὄνομα υἱοῦ θεοῦ· ἄρα οὐκ ἔστιν ἄγνοια περὶ τούτου * καὶ πρὸ τοῦ χρόνου τοῦ τῆς καμίνου, ὅτι ἐπλήσθη Δανιὴλ πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ εἶπε καθαρὸς ἐγὼ ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματος αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν εἰς τὸ κριτήριον‘ καὶ ἔκρινε τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους πνεύματι ἁγίῳ ἐμφορούμενος.

### English translation (Claude)

But at once the words refute the unbelief of the wrong-thinking. For it says, “And the appearance of the fourth was like the appearance of a son of God.” See, the name of the Son of God! So there is no ignorance about this *; and even before the time of the furnace, Daniel was filled with the Holy Spirit and said, “I am clean of her blood,” and “they returned to the court,” and he judged the elders, filled with the Holy Spirit.

### Scripture references

- Dan 3:25 (3:92 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Extrabiblical texts

- Sus 46 (Susanna): quotation, high confidence
- Sus 49 (Susanna): allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The Daniel quotations are from Susanna 46 and 49.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 25.2 (Holl GCS 25:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-25-2).

## Ancoratus 25.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-25-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:33–34
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: They omitted Son and Spirit from the list of creatures deliberately.

### Greek text

ἄρα οὖν ᾔδεισαν τὸν υἱὸν καὶ ᾔδεισαν τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον καὶ οὐκ ἀγνοίας χάριν οὐκ εἷπον τὰ ὀνόματα, ἀλλʼ ἀσφαλείας ἕνεκα. »εὐλογεῖτε, γάρ ⟨φησιν⟩, πάντα τὰ ἔργα κυρίου τὸν κύριον« καὶ οὐκ εἰπον, υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τὸν κύριον οὐδʼ ἐπευλόγει ἅγιον πνεῦμα τὸν κὑριο, ἀλλʼ »εὐλογεῖτε πάντα τὰ ἔργα κυρίου τὸν κύριον..

### English translation (Claude)

So they knew the Son, and they knew the Father and the Holy Spirit; and it was not out of ignorance that they did not say the names, but for safety. For “Bless the Lord,” ⟨it says⟩, “all you works of the Lord,” and they did not say, “Son of God, ⟨bless⟩ the Lord,” nor did they call on the Holy Spirit to bless the Lord, but “Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord.”

### Extrabiblical texts

- Pr Azar 35 (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 25.3 (Holl GCS 25:33–34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-25-3).

## Ancoratus 25.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-25-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:34
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Song also covers Cherubim and Seraphim.

### Greek text

καὶ μή τις τῶν προφάσεις ἑαυτοῖς θηρωμένων εἴπῃ· ὅτι οὐκ εἶπον Χερουβὶμ ἢ Σεραφίμ· λοιπὸν οὐδὲ ταῦτά ἐστιν ἔργα τοῦ θεοῦ. προέλαβε γὰρ ὁ θεῖος λόγος ἀσφαλίσασθαι τὰ πάντα ⟩ τῶν τὰς μηχανὰς ἑαυτοῖς ἐπινοούντων, προγινώσκων τὴν εἰς αὐτοὺς καὶ] τοὺς παῖδας λύμην.

### English translation (Claude)

And let none of those who hunt for pretexts for themselves say, “They did not say Cherubim or Seraphim; so these too are not works of God.” For the divine word anticipated the devices of those who invent schemes for themselves, securing everything, foreknowing the harm ⟨they would do⟩ to the youths.

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes καί before τοὺς παῖδας.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 25.4 (Holl GCS 25:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-25-4).

## Ancoratus 25.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-25-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:34
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The youths' blessings mention the throne and the Cherubim.

### Greek text

τρισσῶς γὰρ τὸν ὕμνον ἐδιπλασίασαν οἱ ἅγιοι παῖδες οἱ αὐτοὶ τὰ κτιστὰ καὶ ποιητά εἰς ὕμνον θεοῦ προβαλλόμενοι καὶ πρῶτον φή- σαντες »εὐλογητὸς εἶ, κύριε ὁ θεὸς τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν, καὶ αἰνετὸν καὶ δεδοξασμένον τὸ ὄνομά σου εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας‘, εἶτα μεθʼ ἕτερα »εὐλογημένος εἶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ τῶν Χρουβίμ« καὶ πάλιν »εὐλογημένος εἶ ὁ καθήμενος ἐπὶ θρόνου δόξης τῆς βασιλείας σου« καί »εὐλογημένος εἶ ὁ βλέπων ἀβύσσους, καθήμενος ἐπὶ Χερουβίμ«·

### English translation (Claude)

For the holy youths, putting forward created and made things for the praise of God, redoubled the hymn threefold, saying first, “Blessed are you, O Lord, the God of our fathers, and praised and glorified is your name for ever,” then after other things, “Blessed are you who sit upon the Cherubim,” and again, “Blessed are you who sit on the throne of glory of your kingdom,” and “Blessed are you who look upon the deeps, sitting upon the Cherubim,”

### Extrabiblical texts

- Pr Azar 3 (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men): quotation, high confidence
- Pr Azar 31 (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men): quotation, high confidence
- Pr Azar 32 (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men): quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Prayer of Azariah 3 and Song of the Three Young Men 29–32 (Dan 3:26, 52–55 LXX), freely combined.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 25.5 (Holl GCS 25:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-25-5).

## Ancoratus 25.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-25-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:34
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Even the highest angels are among the works that bless God.

### Greek text

ἵνα ἀπὸ τοῦ εἰπεῖν τὸν θρόνον νοήσῃς Σεραφὶμ καὶ χερουβίμ, καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ὀνόματος τῶν Χερουβὶμ καὶ ἀβύσσων καὶ θρόνου ἡγιασμένου καὶ λοιπῶν πάντων όνομάτων νοήσῃς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ πάντων τῶν ὠνομασμένων ὅτι ἐκ τῶν ἔργων εἰσὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις συν-αριθμούμενα. καλέσαντες γὰρ εἰς ὕμνον ταῦτα πάντα εὐθὺς ἐπιφέρουσι λέοντες »εὐλογεῖτε πάντα τὰ ἔργα κυρίου τὸν κύριον‘, ἵνα Γαβριήλ καὶ Μιχαὴλ εὐλογήσῃ πατέρα καὶ υἱὸν καὶ ἅγιον πνεῦμα.

### English translation (Claude)

so that from mention of the throne you may understand Seraphim and Cherubim, and from the name of the Cherubim and the deeps and the hallowed throne and all the other names you may understand, from the count of all that are named, that they are among the works, counted together with the others. For having called all these to the hymn, they at once add, “Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord,” so that Gabriel and Michael may bless Father and Son and Holy Spirit.

### Extrabiblical texts

- Pr Azar 35 (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 25.6 (Holl GCS 25:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-25-6).

## Ancoratus 26.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:34
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The angels glorify the Trinity with the threefold Holy.

### Greek text

26. Σεμνοὶ δὲ ἄγγελοι ἐν οὐρανῷ τὸν ἐπινίκιον ὕμνον ᾄδουσι, σὺν Σεραφὶμ καὶ Χερουβὶμ Ι τὴν τριάδα ὁμοδόξως καὶ ὁμοστοίχως P31 καὶ ὁμοουσίως δοξάζοντες καὶ λέοντες τό »ἅγιος ἅγιος ἅγιος«, τρεῖς φωνὰς ἀποτελοῦντες, ἐν ἑνότητι δὲ λέοντες καὶ οὐ πολυωνύμως.

### English translation (Claude)

And the august angels in heaven sing the hymn of victory, with Seraphim and Cherubim glorifying the Trinity with equal glory, equal rank, and one substance, and saying “Holy, holy, holy,” making three cries, but saying them in unity and not with many names.

### Scripture references

- Isa 6:3: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- A stray page marker (P31) in the digital text is ignored.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 26.1 (Holl GCS 25:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-1).

## Ancoratus 26.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:34
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Three, not two or four, “holies” honor the Trinity.

### Greek text

οὐ γὰρ λέγουσιν ἅγιος τέταρτον, ἱνα μὴ προσθῶσι ⟩ τῇ τῆς τριάδος ὀνομασίᾳ· οὐ λέγουσι δὶς τὸ ἅγιος, ἵνακ μὴ ἐλλιπὴς εἴη ἡ δόξα τῆς τελειότητος, ἀλλὰ τρίς, ἵνα πατέρα καὶ υἱὸν καὶ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ τιμῇ ἁγιάσωσι.

### English translation (Claude)

For they do not say “holy” a fourth time, so as not to add to the naming of the Trinity; they do not say “holy” twice, so that the glory of perfection may not be deficient; but three times, so that they may hallow Father and Son and Holy Spirit in the same honor.

### Scripture references

- Isa 6:3: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 26.2 (Holl GCS 25:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-2).

## Ancoratus 26.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:34
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The three are equally holy.

### Greek text

καὶ οὐ λέγουσιν ἅγιος καὶ ἡμιάγιος, ἀλλ ἴσως λέγουσι τὸ ἅγιος, μιᾷ φωνῇ καὶ ἐνὶ λόγῳ καὶ μιᾷ τελειότητι τριὰδα δοξάζοντες ὁμοῦ ἐν ἑνότητι καὶ ἐνότητα ἐν τριάδι.

### English translation (Claude)

And they do not say “holy” and “half-holy,” but they say “holy” equally, glorifying with one voice, one word, one perfection, the Trinity together in unity and the unity in Trinity.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 26.3 (Holl GCS 25:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-3).

## Ancoratus 26.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:34–35
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Father, Son, and Spirit together gave this knowledge of God.

### Greek text

ταύτην γὰρ τὴν γνῶσιν ἦλθεν ὁ μονογενὴς ⟨υἱὸς⟩ τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμᾶς ταύτην τὴν σύνεσιν ἡμῖν ἐκήρυξε τὸ ἄγιον πνεῦμα, ταύτην τὴν τελειότητα ἀπεκάλυψεν ἡμῖν ὁ ποτήρ· ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ταύτην τὴν ζωὴν ἐχαρίσατο ἡμῖν σαρκωθεὶς ὁ Λὀγος, ταύτην τὴν οἰκοδομὴν ᾠκοδόμησεν ἡμῖν τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα.

### English translation (Claude)

For this knowledge the only-begotten ⟨Son⟩ of God came ⟨to teach⟩ us; this understanding the Holy Spirit proclaimed to us; this perfection the Father revealed to us in truth; this life the Word, made flesh, graciously gave us; this building the Holy Spirit built for us.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 26.4 (Holl GCS 25:34–35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-4).

## Ancoratus 26.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:35
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ is the eternal foundation of the church's building.

### Greek text

»εἴ τις γὰρ ἐποικοδομεῖ ἐπὶ τὸν θεμέλιον τοῦτον χρυσίον ἄργυρον λίθους τιμίους ξύλα χόρτον καλάμην‘ καὶ τὰ ⟩. οὐ γὰρ ἔστιν ἄλλος θεμέλιος· »θεμέλιον γὰρ ἄλλον οὐδεὶς δύναται θεῖναι παρὰ τὸν κείμενον, ὅς ἐστιν ἰησοῦς Χριστός‘, ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, »οὗ ἐσμεν οἰκοδομή, καὶ οὗ ἔσμεν γεώργιον«, »οἰκοδομηθντες ἐπὶ τὸν θεμέλιον προφητῶν τε καὶ ἀποστόλων‘, τοῦ εἰδέναι τὴν ἡμῶν οἰκοδομὴν στερεὰν οὐσαν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ τὸν ἡμῶν θεμέλιον ἀεὶ ὄντα καὶ μὴ ἀρξάμενον τοῦ εἶναι.

### English translation (Claude)

“For if anyone builds on this foundation gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw,” and so on. For there is no other foundation: “For no one can lay another foundation than the one laid, which is Jesus Christ,” the Son of God, “whose building we are, and whose field we are,” “built on the foundation of the prophets and apostles,” so that we may know that our building is firm in truth and that our foundation always is and did not begin to be.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 3:12: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 3:11: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 3:9: allusion, high confidence
- Eph 2:20: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 26.5 (Holl GCS 25:35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-5).

## Ancoratus 26.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:35
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Not all have knowledge, only those taught by the Spirit.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ »οὐκ ἐν πᾶσιν ἡ γνῶσις‘ κατὰ τὸν ἀποστολικὸν λόγον, άλλʼ ἐν τοῖς καταξιωθεῖσι πνεύματι ἁγίῳ τὰ τῆς ἀληθείας εἰδέναι μυστήρια.

### English translation (Claude)

But “knowledge is not in all,” according to the apostolic word, but in those counted worthy by the Holy Spirit to know the mysteries of the truth.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 8:7: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 26.6 (Holl GCS 25:35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-6).

## Ancoratus 26.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:35
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ rebuked ignorance in several sayings.

### Greek text

αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ ἀποκαλύψας ἑαυτὸν καὶ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ πατέρα καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἐπιμεμφόμενός τινας τῶν ἐν ἀγνωσίᾳ ἔλεγέν οὐκ οἴδατε τὰς γραφὰς οὐδὲ τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῶν« καὶ πάλιν ἀλλαχόθι »ὁ ἔχων ὠτα ἀκούειν ἀκουέτω« καὶ πάλιν »εἰ ᾔδεις τίς ἐστιν ὁ ζητῶν παρὰ σοῦ πιεῖν, σὺ ἂν ᾔτησας‘ τῇ Σαμαρείτιδι ἔλεγε, καὶ πάλιν »οὐκ οἴδατε οἵου πνεύματός ἐστε«.

### English translation (Claude)

For he himself, who revealed himself and his Father and the Holy Spirit, rebuking some who were in ignorance, said, “You know neither the Scriptures nor their power,” and again elsewhere, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear,” and again, “If you knew who it is who asks you for a drink, you would have asked,” he said to the Samaritan woman, and again, “You do not know of what spirit you are.”

### Scripture references

- Matt 22:29: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 11:15: quotation, high confidence
- John 4:10: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 9:55: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 26.7 (Holl GCS 25:35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-7).

## Ancoratus 26.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:35
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Gifts of knowledge differ among people.

### Greek text

ἄρα οὖν ἡ γνῶσις οὐκ ἐν πᾶσι«· »χαρίσματα γὰρ ἔχει ἐ̔καστος ἐκ θεοῦ διάφορα( καί φησιν ὁ ἅγιος λόγος »ᾧ δίδοται περισσότερον, περισσότερον ἀπαιτήσουσιν αὐτόν«, ὡς τινῶν μὲν λαμβανόντων βραχύ, τινῶν δὲ οὐδʼ ὅλως, ἄλλων δὲ περισσοτέρως εἰληφότων.

### English translation (Claude)

So “knowledge is not in all”; “for each has different gifts from God,” and the holy Word says, “From him to whom more is given, more will be demanded,” as though some receive little, some none at all, and others have received more abundantly.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 8:7: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 7:7: allusion, medium confidence
- Luke 12:48: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 26.8 (Holl GCS 25:35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-26-8).

## Ancoratus 27.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-27-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:35
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture's deeper words become stumbling blocks to those without knowledge.

### Greek text

27. Καὶ ὅτι μὲν ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν ἐν ταῖς θείαις γραφαῖς εἰρημένων ἔστιν εὑρεῖν. τῆς γὰρ θείας γραφῆς πνευμα- τικῶς ⟨δια⟩λεγομένης τὰ πλεῖστα, μάλιστα περὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας ζωῆς, γνώσεως δὲ φημι τοῦ κυρίου, ὅσα γὰρ] ἐστὶ βαθύτερα καὶ περισ- σοτέρως τὴν ἡμετέραν ψυχὴν ἀπασφαλιζόμενα ῥήματα, ταῦτα εἰς πρόσκομμα τοῖς τὴν γνῶσιν θεοῦ μὴ κατειληφόσι συμβέβηκεν,

### English translation (Claude)

And that these things are so can be found from what is said in the divine Scriptures themselves. For since the divine Scripture speaks spiritually for the most part, especially about our life, I mean the knowledge of the Lord, the words that are deeper and secure our soul more abundantly have become a stumbling block to those who have not grasped the knowledge of God,

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes γάρ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 27.1 (Holl GCS 25:35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-27-1).

## Ancoratus 27.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-27-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:35–36
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Hosea: the Lord's ways are straight, but the ungodly stumble.

### Greek text

ὥς φησιν Ὠσηὲ ὁ προφήτης »τἰς συνετὸς καὶ συνήσει ταῦτα « καί »ᾧ λόγος γνώσεως κυρίου δίδοται, καὶ γνώσεται αὐτά. ὅτι εὐθεῖα αἱ ὁδοὶ κυρίου, ἀσεβεῖς δὲ προσκόψουσιν ἐν αὐταῖς.«.

### English translation (Claude)

as Hosea the prophet says, “Who is wise, and will understand these things?” and “To whom a word of the knowledge of the Lord is given, he will also know them; for the ways of the Lord are straight, but the ungodly will stumble in them.”

### Scripture references

- Hos 14:9 (14:10 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The middle clause is not in Hosea; the verse is freely cited.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 27.2 (Holl GCS 25:35–36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-27-2).

## Ancoratus 27.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-27-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:36
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Some stumble over the stone of stumbling.

### Greek text

εὐθεῖαι μὲν γάρ εἰσιν, ἀλλʼ οἱ ἀσεβεῖς προσκόπτουσι ⟨ἐν⟩ ταῖς ὁδοῖς κυρίου, τούτων οὑσῶν ἀνθρώποις προσκόμματος. οἱ γοῦν προσκόπτοντες τῷ λίθῳ τοῦ προσκόμματος ἀδιαφόρως προσκόπτουσι· »προσέκοψαν γὰρ τῷ λίθῳ τοῦ προσκόμματος καὶ ἐσκανδαλίσθησαν.

### English translation (Claude)

For they are straight, but the ungodly stumble ⟨in⟩ the ways of the Lord, which become a stumbling block for people. At any rate those who stumble against the stone of stumbling stumble indiscriminately; “for they stumbled against the stone of stumbling and were offended.”

### Scripture references

- Rom 9:32: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Pet 2:8: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 27.3 (Holl GCS 25:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-27-3).

## Ancoratus 27.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-27-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:36
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Jews knew Christ only as a man.

### Greek text

εὐθὺς μὲν γὰρ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ὁρῶντες τὸν μονογενῆ υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν σαρκὶ ἐληλυ- θότα θεοσημείας ἐργαζομενον καὶ μὴ κατηξιωμένοι τῆς γνώσεως τῆς ἐπουρανίου ἔλεγον »τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὑτος. ὃς λαλεῖ βλασφημίας;« καὶ ἄλλοτε »εἰ ἠν ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος ἐκ θεοῦ, οὐκ ἂν ἔλυε τὸ σάββατον‘. ἄρα οὐν τὴν θεότητα ἠγνόουν, ἄνθρωπον δὲ ψιλὸν μόνον αὐτὸν ἐνόμιζον.

### English translation (Claude)

For at once the Jews, seeing the only-begotten Son of God come in the flesh and working divine signs, and not having been counted worthy of the heavenly knowledge, said, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemies?” and at another time, “If this man were from God, he would not break the sabbath.” So they did not know his Godhead, but thought him only a mere man.

### Scripture references

- Luke 5:21: quotation, high confidence
- John 9:16: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Epiphanius's statements about the Jews are translated as written.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 27.4 (Holl GCS 25:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-27-4).

## Ancoratus 27.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-27-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:36
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Others stumble over his Godhead because of the incarnation.

### Greek text

οἱ δὲ καὶ θεὸν αὐτὸν ἐγνωκότες, ἀγνοήσαντες ⟨δὲ⟩ τὴν τελείαν αὐτοῦ δόξαν, ἀκούσαντες τὰ ἐν βάθει περὶ αὐτοῦ εἰρημένα ῥήματα καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἰς ἡμῶν πραγματευθεῖσαν σωτηρίαν ⟨σαρκὸς⟩ οἰκονομίαν, σφαλλόμενοι εἰς τὴν αὐτοῦ θεότητα ἔσφαλλε γὰρ αὐτοὺς ἡ διάνοια.

### English translation (Claude)

Others, knowing him also as God, ⟨but⟩ not knowing his perfect glory, having heard the words spoken in depth about him and about the dispensation ⟨of the flesh⟩ carried out for our salvation, stumble concerning his Godhead; for their understanding tripped them up.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 27.5 (Holl GCS 25:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-27-5).

## Ancoratus 27.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-27-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:36
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Like the Jews, these misunderstand what was fulfilled in Christ.

### Greek text

ὡς γὰρ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι ἐσφάλησαν ἀκονήσαντες, οὕτω καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀκούοντες ἐφάλλοντο. ἐκεῖνοι γὰρ ἑώρων τὰ ἐν προφήταις προειρημένα, εἰς δὲ τὴν ἔνσαρκον Χριστοῦ παρουσίαν πληρωθέντα ἀγνοοῦντες ἐταράχθησαν.

### English translation (Claude)

For as the Jews tripped when they heard, so these too trip when they hear. For those saw what had been foretold in the prophets, but, not knowing that it was fulfilled in the incarnate coming of Christ, they were troubled.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 27.6 (Holl GCS 25:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-27-6).

## Ancoratus 27.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-27-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:36
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Arians cite “my God and your God” to make the Son a creature.

### Greek text

καὶ οὗτοι πáλιν διὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ οἰκονομίαν τὰ προειρημένα ἀκούοντες, φιλῶς δὲ αὐτὰ νοοῦντες ταράσσονται καὶ προβάλλονται εἰς τὴν ἑαυτῶν καταστροφὴν τὰ εἰς τὴν ἡμῶν οἰκοδομὴν ⟨εἰρημένα⟩ καὶ φασίν· εἶπεν »ἐγὼ ἀπέρχομαι πρὸς τὸν θεόν μου καὶ θεὸν ὑμῶν καὶ πατέρα μου καὶ ὑμῶν«· ὑμῶν‘· ὁρᾷς ὅτι καὶ αὐτὸς ἴν ἐστι τῶν κτισμάτων, βλασφημοῦντες τολμῶσι λέγειν.

### English translation (Claude)

And these again, hearing what was said beforehand about his dispensation, but understanding it in a merely human way, are troubled and put forward to their own ruin what was ⟨said⟩ for our upbuilding, and they say: “He said, ‘I am going to my God and your God, and to my Father and your Father.’ You see that he too is one of the creatures,” they dare to say, blaspheming.

### Scripture references

- John 20:17: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- φιλῶς is probably ψιλῶς, “merely.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 27.7 (Holl GCS 25:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-27-7).

## Ancoratus 28.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-28-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:36
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Before the incarnation the Father said “Let us make man.”

### Greek text

28. Βλέπεις τοίνυν ὅτι σφάλλει αὐτοὺς ἡ τῆς ἐνσάρκου παρουσίας οἰκονομία. ἀναλάβωσι γὰρ ἐξ ὑπαρχῆς καὶ ἐρωτήσωσι χρόνους ἢ καιρούς· αἱ γὰρ διέξοδοι αὐτοῦ‘ φησίν »ἀφʼ ἡμερῶν αἰῶνος«. ἴδωμεν τοίνυν τὰ πρὸ τούτων. φησὶν ὁ πατήρ »ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον κατ εἰκόνα ἡμετέραν καὶ καθʼ ὀμοίωσιν«, καὶ οὐκ εἶπε, ποιήσω ἄνθρωπον κατʼ εἰκόνα ἐμήν.

### English translation (Claude)

You see, then, that the dispensation of the incarnate coming trips them up. Let them start from the beginning and ask about times or seasons; for “his goings forth,” it says, “are from the days of eternity.” Let us see, then, what came before these things. The Father says, “Let us make man according to our image and likeness,” and he did not say, “I will make man according to my image.”

### Scripture references

- Mic 5:2 (5:1 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Gen 1:26: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 28.1 (Holl GCS 25:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-28-1).

## Ancoratus 28.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-28-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:36–37
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Let us make” shows the Son was with the Father.

### Greek text

ἐλέγχθητι ὁ ἔχων πεπωρωμένην τὴν καρδίαν κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον »ἀλλʼ ἐπωρώθη ἡ καρδία αὐτῶν‘ καὶ μάθε τὸν υἱὸν ὄντα ἀεὶ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα· τὸ τὰρ djielv ποιήσωμεν οὐχ ἑνός ἐστι σημαντικόν, ἀλλὰ πατρὸς λέγοντος πρὸς τὸν υἱόν.

### English translation (Claude)

Be refuted, you whose heart is hardened, as it is written, “But their heart was hardened,” and learn that the Son is always with the Father. For saying “Let us make” does not signify one, but the Father speaking to the Son.

### Scripture references

- Mark 6:52: quotation, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 28.2 (Holl GCS 25:36–37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-28-2).

## Ancoratus 28.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-28-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:37
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Our image” shows one Godhead, refuting the Anomoeans.

### Greek text

ἐλέγχθητι καὶ ὁ λέγων τὸν υἱὸν ἀνόμοιον τῷ πατρί· ἐν τῷ τὰρ εἰπεῖν αὐτὸν κατʼ εἰκόνα ἡμετέραν οὐ διέκρινεν ὁμοίωσιν υἱοῦ ἀπὸ πατρὸς οὐδὲ διεῖλέ τι τῆς ταυτότητος τοῦ πατρὸς πρὸς τὸν υἱόν. οὐ γὰρ εἶπε κατʼ εἰκόνα ἐμὴν ἢ κατʼ εἰκόνα σήν, άλλὰ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ πνεύματος πνεύματος μίαν οὐσίαν ἐδήλωσε καὶ θεότητα. φησὶ γάρ »κατʼ εἰκόνα ἡμετέραν καὶ καθʼ ὁμοίωσιν‘, ὡς εἶναι μὲν μίαν τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος τὴν θεότητα, ἄνθρωπον δὲ γεγονέναι κατʼ εἰκόνα τῆς μιᾶς θεότητος πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος.

### English translation (Claude)

Be refuted also, you who say the Son is unlike the Father. For in saying “according to our image” he did not distinguish the likeness of the Son from the Father nor divide anything of the Father's sameness with the Son. For he did not say “according to my image” or “according to your image,” but he showed one substance and Godhead of the Father and the Son and the ⟨Holy⟩ Spirit. For he says, “according to our image and likeness,” so that the Godhead of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit is one, and man was made according to the image of the one Godhead of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

### Scripture references

- Gen 1:26: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Aimed at the Anomoeans, who called the Son “unlike” the Father.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 28.3 (Holl GCS 25:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-28-3).

## Ancoratus 28.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-28-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:37
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son is fellow creator, not a mere instrument.

### Greek text

ἐλέγχθητι καὶ σύ, Ἄρειε, καὶ ἄκουε τὸν πατέρα λέγοντα τῷ υἱῷ ποιήσωμεν‘ συνδημιουργὸν καλοῦντα τὸν υἱόν. πολλάκις γὰρ ἀκήκοά τινας λέγοντας, ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς ἐποίησεν οὐδέν, ἀλλὰ »διʼ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο« τὰ γενόμενα. εἰ διʼ αὐτοῦ δὲ γέγονε, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐποίησεν, ὡς σαφῶς ἀποδέδεικται.

### English translation (Claude)

Be refuted you too, Arius, and hear the Father saying to the Son, “Let us make,” calling the Son a fellow creator. For I have often heard some say that the Son made nothing, but the things made came into being “through him.” But if they came into being through him, he too made them, as has been clearly shown.

### Scripture references

- Gen 1:26: quotation, high confidence
- John 1:3: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 28.4 (Holl GCS 25:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-28-4).

## Ancoratus 28.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-28-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:37
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Father and Son work together.

### Greek text

ὁ γὰρ ἀρχιτέχνης Λόγος πάντων ἐστὶ ποιητὴς καὶ διʼ αὐτοῦ πατὴρ ἐργάζεται. ἀκουέτωσαν γὰρ αὐτοῦ σαφῶς λέγοντος »ὁ πατήρ μου ἐργάζεται ἕως ἄρτι, κἀγὼ ἐργάζομαι«· καὶ ⟩ ὡδε τὸν πατέρα ἑαυτοῦ συνδημιουργὸν καλεῖ ἐν τῷ λέγειν τοῦτο.

### English translation (Claude)

For the Word, the master craftsman, is maker of all, and through him the Father works. Let them hear him saying clearly, “My Father is working until now, and I am working”; and ⟨so⟩ here he calls his Father fellow creator in saying this.

### Scripture references

- John 5:17: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 28.5 (Holl GCS 25:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-28-5).

## Ancoratus 28.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-28-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:37
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son took the form of a servant because he was God.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ πάλιν μή σε ἀπατάτω ἡ διάνοια καὶ προσέλθῃς τῷ υἱῷ ὡς δούλῳ καὶ μὴ ὡς ἀληθινῷ δεσπότῃ. εἰ γὰρ δοῦλος ἦν καὶ οὐκ ἀληθινὸς δεσπότης, πῶς μορφὴν δούλου ἀνέλαβεν ἐλθὼν ὁ ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων· πῶς δὲ ἐκένου ἑαυτόν, εἰ μὴ εἶχε τὸ τέλειον; ὡς θεῷ οὐν τελείῳ πρόσελθε τῷ υἱῶ καὶ ⟨ὡς⟩ υἱῷ ὄντι παρὰ πατρός.

### English translation (Claude)

But again, do not let your mind deceive you so that you approach the Son as a servant and not as the true Master. For if he were a servant and not the true Master, how did he who was in the form of God take the form of a servant when he came? And how did he empty himself, if he did not have the fullness? So approach the Son as perfect God, and ⟨as⟩ being Son from the Father.

### Scripture references

- Phil 2:6: allusion, high confidence
- Phil 2:7: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 28.6 (Holl GCS 25:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-28-6).

## Ancoratus 29.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:37
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: An objection: the Father always comes first.

### Greek text

29. Καὶ μὴ διὰ κακόνοιαν εἴπῆς· ἀλλὰ ὁ πατὴρ εἶπε τῷ υἱῷ ποιήσωμεν‘, ὸ δὲ υἱὸς οὐκ εἶπε τῷ πατρί »ποιήσωμεν« καὶ ὸ υἱὸς οὐ λέγει ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐργάζομαι καὶ ὁ πατήρ μου ἐργάζεται, ἀλλὰ τὸν πατέρα τάττει πρῶτον λέγοντα καὶ ἐργαζόμενον.

### English translation (Claude)

And do not say out of ill will, “But the Father said to the Son, ‘Let us make,’ and the Son did not say to the Father, ‘Let us make’; and the Son does not say, ‘I work and my Father works,’ but ranks the Father first as speaking and working.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 1:26: allusion, high confidence
- John 5:17: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 29.1 (Holl GCS 25:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-1).

## Ancoratus 29.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:37–38
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The order of Father and Son does not mean many principles.

### Greek text

τοῦτο γὰρ ἠλιθίως λέγεις καὶ πολλὰς ἀρχὰς θέλεις νοεῖν τὸ θεῖον. μία δέ έστιν ἀρχὴ καὶ ἡ αὐτὴ μία θεότης, οὐδαμοῦ δὲ ἐνταῦθα ὁ υἱὸς λέγει »θεός μου«. οὐκ ἀρνούμενος δὲ τοῦ υἱοῦ τὴν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα τιμὴν λέγω, ἀλλὰ πῶςἴχει ἡ τῆς θεότητος ἀκολουθία.

### English translation (Claude)

For you say this foolishly and want to think of the divine as many principles. But there is one principle and the same one Godhead; and nowhere here does the Son say “my God.” I do not say this denying the honor the Son gives the Father, but ⟨to show⟩ how the order of the Godhead holds.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 29.2 (Holl GCS 25:37–38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-2).

## Ancoratus 29.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:38
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Before the incarnation Scripture never has the Son say “my God.”

### Greek text

καὶ πάλιν »ἤκουσεν Αδάμ« φησί » τοῦ θεοῦ περιπατοῦντος ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ τὸ δειλιινόν«· καὶ οὐδαμοῦ φησιν ὁ υἱὸς θεόν μου καὶ θεὸν ὑμῶν, ἀλλὰ θεὸν αὐτοτελῆ ἐνταῦθα λέγει.

### English translation (Claude)

And again, “Adam heard,” it says, “⟨the voice⟩ of God walking in paradise in the evening”; and nowhere does the Son say “my God and your God,” but here it speaks of God complete in himself.

### Scripture references

- Gen 3:8: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 29.3 (Holl GCS 25:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-3).

## Ancoratus 29.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:38
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Likewise with Noah.

### Greek text

καὶ πάλιν καὶ ἐλάλησεν ὁ θεὸς τῷ Νῶε« καὶ οὐδαμοῦ ἐμφέρεται ἡ τοιαύτη λέξις.

### English translation (Claude)

And again, “And God spoke to Noah,” and nowhere does such an expression occur.

### Scripture references

- Gen 8:15: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 29.4 (Holl GCS 25:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-4).

## Ancoratus 29.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:38
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: At Mamre one of the three was God, the others angels.

### Greek text

»καὶ ὤφθη« «φησίν ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ἀβραάμ, καθερομένου αὐτοῦ πρὸς τῇ δρυΐ τῇ Μαμβρή· καὶ ἰδοὺ τρεῖς ἄνρες, καὶ ἔδραμεν εἰς συνάντησιν καὶ προσεκύνησεν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ εἶπεν· εἰ εὗρον χάριν ἐνώπιόν σου«, ἴνα τὸν ἕνα δείξῃ θεόν, τοὺς δὲ συνεπομένους αὐτῷ ἄλλοθς δύο ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

“And God appeared,” it says, “to Abraham as he sat by the oak of Mamre; and behold, three men; and he ran to meet them and bowed to the ground and said, ‘If I have found favor before you,’” so as to show the one as God and the two others following him as his angels.

### Scripture references

- Gen 18:1: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 18:2: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 18:3: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 29.5 (Holl GCS 25:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-5).

## Ancoratus 29.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:38
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God spoke to Abraham without “my God and your God.”

### Greek text

περὶ γὰρ τούτου καί ⟨φησιν⟩ »ἀνέβη ὁ θεὸς ἀπὸ Ἀβραάμ«· αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγει μὴ κρύψω τι ἀπὸ τοῦ παιδός μου Ἀβραάμ; κραυγή« φησί »Σοδόμων καὶ Γομόρρας πεπλήθυνται πρός με« καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς· καὶ οὐδαμοῦ ἐμφέρεται ἐν τοῖς χρόνοις τούτοις τὸ θεός μου καὶ θεὸς ὑμῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

For about him ⟨it says⟩ also, “God went up from Abraham”; and he himself says to him, “Shall I hide anything from my servant Abraham?” “The outcry,” he says, “of Sodom and Gomorrah has multiplied toward me,” and so on; and nowhere in these times does “my God and your God” occur.

### Scripture references

- Gen 17:22: quotation, medium confidence
- Gen 18:17: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 18:20: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 29.6 (Holl GCS 25:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-6).

## Ancoratus 29.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:38
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “The Lord rained … from the Lord” shows two persons.

### Greek text

»καὶ εἰσῆλθον οἱ δύο ἄνδρες εἰς Σόδομα«, ὡς τοῦ ἀναβεβηκότος ὑπεράνω τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ἀπολειφθέντος ἀπὸ τῶν δύο τῶν εἰσελθόντων εἰς Σόδομα ἐπὶ τῇ καταστροφῇ. περὶ δὲ τοῦ ἀναβεβηκότος φησὶν ἡ γραφή καὶ ἔβρεξε κύριος ἐπὶ Σόδομα καὶ Γόμρρα παρὰ κυρίου πῦρ καὶ θεῖον«· καὶ οὐκ ἠν τῆς λέξεως χρεία τοῦ εἰπεῖν θεόν μου καὶ θεὸν ὑμῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

“And the two men went into Sodom,” the one who had gone up above Abraham having separated from the two who went into Sodom for its overthrow. And of the one who had gone up Scripture says, “And the Lord rained on Sodom and Gomorrah fire and brimstone from the Lord”; and there was no need of the expression “my God and your God.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 19:1: allusion, high confidence
- Gen 19:24: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 29.7 (Holl GCS 25:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-7).

## Ancoratus 29.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:38
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Angels worship the Son, showing one kingdom of Father and Son.

### Greek text

καὶ Μωυσῆς φησιν ἐν τῇ ᾠδῇ καὶ προσκυνησάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντες ἄγγελοι θεοῦ«. ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃ »ἄγγελοι θεοῦ« καὶ πῦρ παρὰ κυρίου« καὶ μὴ εἴπῃ ἄγγελοι μόνον, ἵνα δείξῃ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ ἓν βασίλειον, τῶν ἀγγέλων μὴ μεριζομένων εἰς ἀρχάς, ἀλλὰ θεοῦ ὄντων, προσκυνούντων δὲ τῷ υἱῷ καὶ θεῷ· ἀγγελος γὰρ ἀγγέλῳ οὐ ποσκυνεῖ. καὶ οὐδαμοῦ ἐνταῦθα τὸ θεός μου καὶ θεὸς ὑμῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

And Moses says in the song, “And let all the angels of God worship him.” And if it says “angels of God” and “fire from the Lord,” and does not say only “angels,” it is to show the one kingdom of the Father and the Son, the angels not being divided among principalities but being God's, and worshiping the Son and God; for an angel does not worship an angel. And nowhere here is “my God and your God.”

### Scripture references

- Deut 32:43: quotation, high confidence
- Heb 1:6: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- Deut 32:43 LXX, also quoted in Heb 1:6.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 29.8 (Holl GCS 25:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-29-8).

## Ancoratus 30.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-30-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:38
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: David calls the Son Lord, before the incarnation.

### Greek text

30. Δαυὶδ δέ φησιν »εἶπεν ὁ κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου, κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου«. κύριος, φησί, τῷ κυρίω μου· ἡ γὰρ οἰκονομία τῆς σαρκὸς οὔπω ἠν, ἡς χάριν χρεία ἦν εἰπεῖν αὐτὸν θεόν μου καὶ θεὸν ὑμῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

And David says, “The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies the footstool of your feet.” “The Lord,” he says, “to my Lord”; for the dispensation of the flesh did not yet exist, for the sake of which he needed to say “my God and your God.”

### Scripture references

- Ps 110:1 (109:1 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 30.1 (Holl GCS 25:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-30-1).

## Ancoratus 30.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-30-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:38–39
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Isaiah's Emmanuel prophecy did not yet require “my God.”

### Greek text

»ἰδοὺ ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ λήψεται καὶ τέξεται υἱὸν καὶ καλέσεις τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἐμμανουήλ, ὅ ἐστιν ἑρμηνευόμενον μεθʼ ἡμῶν ὁ θεός‘· καὶ οὔπω ⟨χρεία⟩ ἠν εἰπεῖν θεόν μου καὶ θεὸν ὑμῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

“Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and you shall call his name Emmanuel, which means, God with us”; and there was not yet ⟨need⟩ to say “my God and your God.”

### Scripture references

- Isa 7:14: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 1:23: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 30.2 (Holl GCS 25:38–39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-30-2).

## Ancoratus 30.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-30-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:39
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Micah's prophecy of the eternal ruler.

### Greek text

καί »σὺ Βηθλεέμ, οἶκος τοῦ Ἐφραθᾶ, οὐκ ὀλιγοστὸς εἶ τοῦ εἶναι ἐν χιλιάσιν Ἰούδα· ἐκ σοῦ γάρ μοι ἐξελεύσεται εἰς ἄρχοντα έν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ αἱ αὐτοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς ἀφʼ ἡμερῶν αἰώνων«, καὶ κατὰ ἄλλα ἀντίγραφα καὶ σὺ Βηθλεὲμ οὐχὶ ἐλαχίστη ἐν τοῖς ἡγεμόσιν Ἰουδα· ἐκ σοῦ γὰρ ἐξελεύσεται ἡγούμενος καὶ ποιμανεῖ τὸν λαόν μου τὸν Ἰσραήλ«. καὶ ὁρᾷς ὅτι οὐδέπω χρεία ἠν εἰπεῖν θεόν μου καὶ θεὸν ὑμῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

And “You, Bethlehem, house of Ephrathah, are not least to be among the thousands of Judah; for from you shall come forth for me one to be ruler in Israel, and his ⟨goings forth⟩ are from the beginning, from the days of eternity”; and according to other copies, “And you, Bethlehem, are by no means least among the rulers of Judah; for from you shall come forth a leader who will shepherd my people Israel.” And you see that there was not yet need to say “my God and your God.”

### Scripture references

- Mic 5:2 (5:1 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Matt 2:6: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The “other copies” are the form quoted in Matt 2:6.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 30.3 (Holl GCS 25:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-30-3).

## Ancoratus 30.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-30-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:39
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Only after the incarnation does the Son say “my God.”

### Greek text

ὅτε δὲ ἡ προφητεία ἐπληροῦτο Ἰερεμίου καὶ Ἠσαΐου ὡσαύτως, τὸ ἐκ παρθένου γεννηθῆναι τὸν Λόγον καὶ σάρκα σχεῖν, καθάπερ Ἰερεμίας φησί »καὶ ἀνθρωπός ἐστι. καὶ τίς γνώσεται ἀυτόν;«, τότε μετασχὼν τῆς σαρκὸς καὶ εἰς ἑαυτὸν χωρὶς σπέρματος ἀνδρὸς ἀπὸ τῆς θεοτόκου Μαρίας ἀναπλάσας τὴν αὐτὴν ἁγίαν σάρκα κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον »γενόμενος ἐκ γυναικός«) καὶ μετασχὼν τοῦ ἡμετέρου διὰ τὸ ἡμέτερον φησὶ θεόν μου«·

### English translation (Claude)

But when the prophecy of Jeremiah and likewise of Isaiah was being fulfilled, that the Word should be born of a virgin and have flesh, as Jeremiah says, “And he is a man, and who will know him?”, then, having shared in flesh and having formed the same holy flesh for himself from Mary the God-bearer without the seed of a man (according to the saying, “born of a woman”), and having shared in what is ours, because of what is ours he says “my God”;

### Scripture references

- Jer 17:9: quotation, high confidence
- Gal 4:4: quotation, high confidence
- John 20:17: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The Jeremiah quotation is Jer 17:9 LXX. θεοτόκος is rendered “God-bearer.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 30.4 (Holl GCS 25:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-30-4).

## Ancoratus 30.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-30-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:39
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Epiphanius explains each phrase of John 20:17.

### Greek text

διὰ δὲ τὸ ἀίδιον αὐτοῦ τῆς γηνσιότητος κατὰ φύσιν λέγει πατέρα μου« καὶ διὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ πρὸς τοὺς αὐτοῦ μαθητὰς χάριν »πατέρα ὑμῶν«, διὰ δὲ τὸ κατὰ φύσιν αὐτῶν τῶν μαθητῶν πρὸς τὴν αὐτοῦ θεότητα καὶ τοῦ ἀιδίου αὐτοῦ πατρός θεὸν ὑμῶν«.

### English translation (Claude)

and because of the eternity of his genuine sonship by nature he says “my Father,” and because of his grace toward his disciples, “your Father,” and because of the nature of the disciples themselves in relation to his Godhead and that of his eternal Father, “your God.”

### Scripture references

- John 20:17: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 30.5 (Holl GCS 25:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-30-5).

## Ancoratus 30.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-30-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:39
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father is God of the Son by the flesh, Father by nature.

### Greek text

θεὸς γὰρ τῶν μαθητῶν, πατὴρ δὲ τοῦ κυρίου κατὰ φύσιν, τῶν δὲ μαθητῶν πατὴρ κατὰ χάριν· θεὸς δὲ τοῦ υἱοῦ ἐστιν ὁ πατὴρ διὰ τὴν σάρκα, πατὴρ δὲ διὰ τὸ ἀίδιον καὶ ἀκατάληπτον τῆς αὐτοῦ γεννήσεως καὶ γνησιότητος, ὅτι ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ἐστὶν αὐτοῦ πατήρ, γεννήσας αὐτὸν ἀχρόνως καὶ ἀνάρχως κατὰ τὴν θεότητα.

### English translation (Claude)

For he is God of the disciples, but Father of the Lord by nature, and Father of the disciples by grace; and the Father is God of the Son because of the flesh, but Father because of the eternal and incomprehensible character of his begetting and sonship, since he is truly his Father, having begotten him without time and without beginning according to the Godhead.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 30.6 (Holl GCS 25:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-30-6).

## Ancoratus 30.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-30-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:39
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He calls the Father God because of the incarnation.

### Greek text

θεὸν δὲ ἐδέησεν εἰπεῖν αὐτοῦ διʼ ἣν διʼ ἡμᾶς ἐποίησεν οἰκονομίαν, ὢν ἀεὶ πρὸς τῷ πατρί, γεννηθεὶς ἀνάρχως Λόγος, ἐν σαρκὶ δὲ ἀπὸ Μαρίας ἐπʼ ἐσχάτου τῶν ἡμερῶν γεννηθεὶς κατὰ σάρκα, ἐκ Μαρίας δὲ τῆς αὐτῆς ἁγίας παρθένου διὰ πνεύματος ἀγίου.

### English translation (Claude)

And he had to call him God because of the dispensation he carried out for us, being always with the Father, the Word begotten without beginning, but in the last days born in the flesh from Mary, born according to the flesh from the same holy virgin Mary through the Holy Spirit.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 30.7 (Holl GCS 25:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-30-7).

## Ancoratus 31.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:39
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Our salvation is no dishonor to God.

### Greek text

31. Νοείτωσαν τοίνυν τὰ βαθέα τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ πραγματείας καὶ μὴ τὴν χάριν εἰς ἀχαριστίαν τρέψωσιν, ἀδοξίαν λογιζόμενοι εἰς τὴν ἄφραστον καὶ ἀκατάληπτον τοῦ θεοῦ φύσιν τὴν εἰς ἡμᾶς σωτηρίαν.

### English translation (Claude)

Let them then understand the depths of God's work and not turn grace into ingratitude, reckoning our salvation as dishonor to the inexpressible and incomprehensible nature of God.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 31.1 (Holl GCS 25:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-1).

## Ancoratus 31.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:39–40
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Opponents contrast God's impassibility with Christ's hunger, weariness, and sleep.

### Greek text

ἀλλά, φασί, περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ γέγραπται »οὐ πεινάσει οὐδὲ διψήσει οὐδὲ ἔστιν ἐξεύρεσις τῆς φρονήσεως αὐτοῦ«, περὶ δὲ τοῦ υἱοῦ, ὅτι ἐπείνασεν ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ κατὰ τὸν πειρασμόν. καὶ φησιν ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν οὐ κοπιάσει«, ὁ δὲ κύριος Ἰησοῦς ἐκοπίασεν ἐν τῇ ὁδοιπορίᾳ· καί οὐ νυστάξει οὐδὲ ὑπνώσει ὁ φυλάσσων τὸν Ἰσραήλ«, ὕπνωσε δέ, φησίν, ὁ κύριος ἐν τῇ

### English translation (Claude)

“But,” they say, “it is written of God, ‘He will not hunger or thirst, and there is no searching out of his understanding,’ but of the Son, that he hungered in the wilderness at the temptation. And it says, ‘Our God will not grow weary,’ but the Lord Jesus grew weary on the journey; and ‘He who keeps Israel will not slumber or sleep,’ but the Lord,” they say, “slept in the

### Scripture references

- Isa 40:28: quotation, medium confidence
- Matt 4:2: allusion, high confidence
- John 4:6: allusion, high confidence
- Ps 121:4 (120:4 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Mark 4:38: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The first quotation adapts Isa 40:28.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 31.2 (Holl GCS 25:39–40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-2).

## Ancoratus 31.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:40
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Word truly bore human weakness and suffering.

### Greek text

νηΐ ὠ μάταιαι ὑπόνοιαι τῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα λογιζομένων. οὐ μόνον γὰρ τὰ ἡμῶν βάρη ἀνεδέξατο ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐλθὼν ὁ ἅγιος Λόγος, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὸ ἁφὴν ἐγένετο καὶ σάρκα ἔλαβε καὶ ἄνθρωπος εὑρέθη ὑπὸ τῶν γραμματέων συνελήξθη καὶ * ⟩ »τὸν νῶτον εἰς μάστι8γας ἔδωκα, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπόν μου οὐκ ἀπέστρεψα ἀπὸ αἰσχύνης ἐμπτυσμάτων‘.

### English translation (Claude)

boat.” O vain notions of those who reason so! For the holy Word, coming for our sake, not only took up our burdens, but also came under touch, took flesh, was found a man, was seized by the scribes, and *: “I gave my back to the whips, and I did not turn my face from the shame of spitting.”

### Scripture references

- Isa 50:6: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 31.3 (Holl GCS 25:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-3).

## Ancoratus 31.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:40
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Luke's “he wept,” removed from some copies, was cited by Irenaeus.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ καὶ »ἔκλαυσε«, ⟨ὡς⟩ κεῖται ἐν τῷ κατὰ Λουκᾶν εὐγγελίῶ ἐν τοῖς ἀδιορθώτοις ἀντιγράφοις, — καὶ κέχρηται τῇ μαρτυρίᾳ ὁ ἅγιος Εἰρηναῖος ἐν τῷ κατὰ αἱρέσεων πρὸς τοὺς δοκήσει τὸν Χριστὸν πεφηνέναι λέγοντας, ὀρθόδοξοι δὲ ἀφείλαντο τὸ ῥητόν, φοβηθέντες καὶ μὴ νοήσαντες αὐτοῦ τὸ τέλος καὶ τὸ ἰσχυρότατον —

### English translation (Claude)

But also “he wept,” ⟨as⟩ it stands in the Gospel according to Luke in the uncorrected copies (and the holy Irenaeus uses the testimony in his Against Heresies against those who say Christ appeared only in appearance; but orthodox people removed the saying, being afraid, and not understanding its purpose and its great strength),

### Scripture references

- Luke 19:41: allusion, low confidence

### Extrabiblical texts

- Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 3.22.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies): allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The passage is Luke 19:41 or, more probably given what follows, the text around Luke 22:43–44. Irenaeus's use is probably Haer. 3.22.2. Epiphanius's claim about the removal is his own report.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 31.4 (Holl GCS 25:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-4).

## Ancoratus 31.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:40
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's agony and sweat like blood.

### Greek text

καὶ »γενόμενος ἐν ἀγωνίᾳ ἵδρωσε, καὶ ἐγενετο ὁ ἱδρὼς αὐτοῦ ὡς θρόμβοι αἵματος, καὶ ὤφθη ἄΠελος ἐνισχύων αὐτόν«.

### English translation (Claude)

and “being in agony he sweated, and his sweat became like clots of blood, and an angel appeared strengthening him.”

### Scripture references

- Luke 22:44: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 22:43: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Luke 22:43–44, verses absent from some manuscripts.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 31.5 (Holl GCS 25:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-5).

## Ancoratus 31.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:40
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ asked questions as a man.

### Greek text

οὐ μόηον δὲ τοῦτο, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἐρωτᾶ »ποῦ τεθείκατε τὸν Λάζαρον· « καὶ περὶ τῆς αἱμορροούσης τίς μου ἥψατο;« καὶ περὶ τῶν ζητούντων αὐτόν τίνα ζητεῖτε;‘, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς μαθητὰς ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἐρωτᾷ τίνα με λέγουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι εἶναι τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου;‘, ἀλλὰ καί πόσους ἄρτους ἔχετε μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν;«

### English translation (Claude)

Not only this, but also as a man he asks, “Where have you laid Lazarus?” and about the woman with the flow of blood, “Who touched me?” and about those seeking him, “Whom do you seek?”; and he also asks the disciples as a man, “Who do people say that I, the Son of Man, am?” and also, “How many loaves do you have with you?”

### Scripture references

- John 11:34: quotation, high confidence
- Mark 5:30: quotation, high confidence
- John 18:4: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 16:13: quotation, high confidence
- Mark 6:38: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 31.6 (Holl GCS 25:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-6).

## Ancoratus 31.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:40
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ grew weary and grew as a child.

### Greek text

ἔλεγε, καὶ κεκοπιακὼς ἐκ τῆς ὁδοιπορίας ἐκάθισε παρὰ τὸ φρέαρ ἐν τῇ Σαμαρείᾳ, ἀλλὰ καί τὸ παιδίον ηὔξανε καὶ ἐκραταιοῦτο τῷ πνεύματι« καί »προέκοπτεν ἡλικίᾳ καὶ σοφίᾳ ὁ Ἰησοῦς«, ἀλλὰ καί πρὶν ἢ γνῶναι τὸ παιδίον καλεῖν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα, λήψεται δύναμιν Δαμασκοῦ καὶ τὰ σκῦλα Σαμαρείας«,

### English translation (Claude)

he said; and being weary from the journey he sat by the well in Samaria; and also “the child grew and became strong in spirit,” and “Jesus advanced in stature and wisdom,” and also “before the child knows how to call father or mother, he will take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria,”

### Scripture references

- John 4:6: allusion, high confidence
- Luke 2:40: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 2:52: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 8:4: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 31.7 (Holl GCS 25:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-7).

## Ancoratus 31.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:40–41
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Wisdom of God endured all human conditions to make the incarnation real.

### Greek text

ὁ σοφία ὢν καἲ »διδάσκων ἀνθρώπους γνῶσιν καὶ φυτεύσας τὸ οὖς τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ‘ καὶ ἐναρθρώσας λαλιὰν τοῖς υἱοῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ ποιήσας γλῶσσαν τρανὴν μογγιλάλων«. τὰ τοιαῦτα πάντα ὑπέμεινεν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, ἵνα τὴν πᾶσαν ἀκολουθίαν τῆς διʼ ἡμᾶς οἰκονομηθείσης ἐνανθρωπήσεως φυλάξας μὴ ἀφανίσῃ τὸν χαρακτῆρα τῆς ἀληθείας.

### English translation (Claude)

he who is Wisdom, and “teaches people knowledge, and planted the ear for man,” and articulated speech for the sons of men, and “made clear the tongue of stammerers.” All such things he endured for us, so that, preserving the whole sequence of the incarnation carried out for our sake, he might not obliterate the imprint of the truth.

### Scripture references

- Ps 94:10 (93:10 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Ps 94:9 (93:9 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Isa 35:6: allusion, medium confidence

### Extrabiblical texts

- Wis 10:21 (Wisdom of Solomon): allusion, low confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 31.8 (Holl GCS 25:40–41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-31-8).

## Ancoratus 32.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:41
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He will explain each saying the opponents misuse.

### Greek text

32. Ἀλλʼ ἵνα μὴ τὰς Μυρίας, ἂς παρηγάγομεν ὡς ἀπὸ προσώπου τῶν διʼ ἐναντίας πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἀντιλεγομένας ἐκ θείων γραφῶν συνάξαντες, κακῶς δὲ ὑπʼ αὐτῶν νοουμένας, οὕτως ἐάσωμεν ἀνερμηνεύτους, ἑάστης λέξω τὴν θεωρίαν τῆς ἐν αὐτῇ δυνάμεως, διʼ ἣν αἰτίαν ὡς ἀνθρωποπαθῶς εἴρηται·

### English translation (Claude)

But so that we may not leave unexplained the ⟨sayings⟩ which we brought forward as from the mouth of our opponents, gathered from the divine Scriptures against the truth but badly understood by them, I will state the meaning of the force in each, for what reason it was said in human terms.

### Translation notes

- Μυρίας is a digital slip; “sayings” is supplied by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 32.1 (Holl GCS 25:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-1).

## Ancoratus 32.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:41
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “My God and your God” was said with reason.

### Greek text

καὶ αὖθις πάλιν ἐροῦμεν, πολλὰ ⟨ἥδη⟩ εἰς τὸ θεός μου καὶ θεὸς ὑμῶν εἰρηκότες, ὡς ἔχει † τὸν νοῦν ἔχοντι γνῶναι ἀπʼ αὐτῆς τῆς ἀκολουθέας ἐυλόγως εἰρῆσθαι.

### English translation (Claude)

And we will speak again, having ⟨already⟩ said much on “my God and your God,” as it † is for one who has sense to know from the very sequence that it was said reasonably.

### Translation notes

- The dagger marks a corrupt word; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 32.2 (Holl GCS 25:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-2).

## Ancoratus 32.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:41
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Jeremiah's words show Christ's visible humanity and invisible Godhead.

### Greek text

»ἄνθρωπος γάρ ἐστι, καὶ τίς γνώσεται αὐτόν;‘ ἐν ταὐτῷ τὰ δύο ὑποφαίνει τὸ θεῖον γράμμα, ὁρατόν τε καὶ ἀόρατον, διὰ μὲν τὸ ὁρατὸν εὐλόπγως τὸ θεός μου εἰρῆσθαι, διὰ δὲ τὸ ἀόρατον ⟨τὸ⟩ μου λελέχθαι, μὴ ἀντιλεγομένης οὐθʼ ὁποτέρας ποιήσεως τῷ λόγῳ.

### English translation (Claude)

“For he is a man, and who will know him?” In the same place the divine letter indicates both, visible and invisible: because of the visible, “my God” is said reasonably, and because of the invisible, “my ⟨Father⟩” is said, neither of the two expressions contradicting the reasoning.

### Scripture references

- Jer 17:9: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- A word after τό is lost; “Father” is supplied by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 32.3 (Holl GCS 25:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-3).

## Ancoratus 32.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:41
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Man, yet unknown.

### Greek text

πῶς γάρ, εἰ ἦν ἄνθρωπος, οὐκ ἐγινώσκετο; εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἦν ἄνθρωπος, πῶς ἄνθρωπος ἐλέγετο;

### English translation (Claude)

For how, if he was a man, was he not known? And if he was not a man, how was he called a man?

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 32.4 (Holl GCS 25:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-4).

## Ancoratus 32.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:41
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Every ordinary man is known by those around him.

### Greek text

πάντως γὰρ πᾶς τις ὁ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων γενόμενος ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπων ἀπὸ τῆς γεννησάσης ἀπὸ τῶν συγγενῶν ἀπὸ τῶν οἰκείων ἀπὸ τῶν γειτόνων ἀπὸ τῶν συσκήνων ἢ συμπολιτῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

For certainly everyone born of human beings is ⟨known⟩ by human beings: by the one who bore him, by relatives, by household members, by neighbors, by those who share his dwelling or his city.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 32.5 (Holl GCS 25:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-5).

## Ancoratus 32.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:41
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The prophecy fits only the Word, man yet unknowable God.

### Greek text

καὶ ἀδύνατον τοῦτο πληροῦσθαι εἰς ἄνθρωπον ψιλόν· πληροῦται δὲ ἐν τῷ θεῷ Λόγῳ καὶ υἱῷ θεοῦ. ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν »ἄνθρωπός ἐστιν‘, ⟩ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ⟨καὶ τό⟩ δὲ γνώσεται αὐτόν;‘ « ὅτι θεός ἐστι· διότι συμμετέχει ἀνθρώπ0οις καὶ θεός ἐστιν ἄγνωστος ἀνθρώποις διὰ τὸ ἀκατάληπτον.

### English translation (Claude)

And this cannot be fulfilled in a mere man; but it is fulfilled in God the Word and Son of God. In saying “He is a man,” ⟨it shows he is man⟩ in truth, ⟨and⟩ “Who will know him?” shows that he is God; because he shares with human beings and is God unknown to human beings because of his incomprehensibility.

### Scripture references

- Jer 17:9: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The text is damaged; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 32.6 (Holl GCS 25:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-6).

## Ancoratus 32.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:41
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He was truly born of the virgin Mary.

### Greek text

ἄνθρωπος δὲ ἀπὸ Μαρίας ἐν ἀληθείᾳ δίχα σπέρματος ἀνδρὸς γεγεννημένος· καὶ ἡ παρθένος, ⟨φησί⟩, τὸ γὰρ μέλλον πρὸ τοῦ χρόνου ἐκήρυττεν ὁ προφήτης) ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει καὶ τὸ] τέξεται υἱόν«.

### English translation (Claude)

And he is man, truly born from Mary without the seed of a man; and “the virgin,” ⟨it says⟩ (for the prophet proclaimed the future before the time), “shall conceive and bear a son.”

### Scripture references

- Isa 7:14: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes τό before τέξεται.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 32.7 (Holl GCS 25:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-7).

## Ancoratus 32.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:41–42
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Ahaz declined to ask a sign in the depth or height.

### Greek text

εἰ τοίνυν παρθένος, οὐκ ἐξ ἀνδρῶν ἡ οἰκονομία τῆς κυήσεως διὰ τὸ πρὸ τούτου τοῦ χρόνου εἰρῆσθαι τῷ Ἄχαζ »αἴτησαι σεαυτῷ σημεῖον εἰς βάθος ἢ εἰς ὕψος‘· ὁ δὲ ταπεινοφρονῶν »οὐ μὴ αἰτήσω οὐδʼ οὐ μὴ πειράσω κύριον τὸν θεόν μου« φησί, παραιτησά- μενος τὸ αἰτήσασθαι σημεῖον.

### English translation (Claude)

If then she is a virgin, the dispensation of the pregnancy is not from men, because before this it had been said to Ahaz, “Ask a sign for yourself, in the depth or in the height”; and he, in humility, says, “I will not ask, and I will not test the Lord my God,” declining to ask for a sign.

### Scripture references

- Isa 7:11: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 7:12: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 32.8 (Holl GCS 25:41–42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-8).

## Ancoratus 32.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:42
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The sign came from the height (the Word) and the depth (the flesh).

### Greek text

εὐθὺς δὲ διὰ τὸ μὴ αἰτήσασθαι αὐτὸν σημεῖον δύο χαρίζεται ὁ τὰ μεγάλα δωρούμενος ἀνθρώποις θεὸς δῶρα, ἀπὸ ὕψους τὸν Λόγον ἰδίᾳ θελἡσει καὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Λόγου ἰδίᾳ θελήσει πέμψας, ἀπὸ βάθους δὲ τὴν σάρκα εὐδοκίᾳ ἰδίᾳ σὺν αὐτῶ̣ τῷ Λόγῳ οἰκονομήσας.

### English translation (Claude)

And at once, because he did not ask a sign, God who gives great gifts to people bestows two gifts: from the height he sent the Word, by his own will and by the Word's own will, and from the depth he arranged the flesh by his own good pleasure together with the Word himself.

### Scripture references

- Isa 7:11: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 32.9 (Holl GCS 25:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-9).

## Ancoratus 32.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:42
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “They shall call” shows people recognizing God among them.

### Greek text

φησὶ γὰρ ὕστερον καὶ καλέσουσι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἐμμανουήλ«. καὶ οὐκ εἶπε καλέσω, ἀλλὰ καλέσουσιν· ἀνθρώποις μὲν γὰρ ἀπεκαλύπτετο θεὸς ὁ ποτὲ παρʼ αὐτοῖς ἀγνοηθείς. λλ΄ ου΄ προσφάτως λαμβάνει τὸ ὄνομα· οὐ γὰρ εἶπε »καλέσω τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἐμμανουήλ«, ἀλλὰ καλέσουσι.

### English translation (Claude)

For afterward it says, “And they shall call his name Emmanuel.” And it did not say, “I will call,” but “they shall call”; for God, once unknown among them, was being revealed to people. But he does not take the name newly; for it did not say, “I will call his name Emmanuel,” but “they shall call.”

### Scripture references

- Isa 7:14: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- A stray fragment (λλ΄ ου΄) in the digital text is read as ἀλλʼ οὐ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 32.10 (Holl GCS 25:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-32-10).

## Ancoratus 33.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-33-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:42
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Born of a woman” refers to the flesh; hunger and thirst were necessary for us.

### Greek text

33. Τὸ δὲ »γενόμενος ἐκ γυναικός«, καθάπερ ἄνω μοι προδεδήλωται, ἵνα ἐν τῷ ἀπὸ γυναικὸς τὸ γενόμενος ⟨σὰρξ⟩ ὁ δὲ Λόγος ἀίδιος πᾶσι σαφῶς ἀποφανθῇ. εἰ δὲ καὶ τὸ οὐ διψήσει« περὶ θεοῦ λόγος, περὶ δὲ υἱοῦ, ὅτι ἐπείνασε καὶ ἐδίψησεν, ἀναγκαῖον ἡμῖν τοῦτο ᾠκονόμηται.

### English translation (Claude)

And “born of a woman,” as I showed above, is so that in “from a woman” the ⟨flesh⟩ that came to be, but the eternal Word, may be clearly shown to all. And if “he will not thirst” is said of God, but of the Son that he hungered and thirsted, this was arranged as necessary for us.

### Scripture references

- Gal 4:4: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 40:28: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 33.1 (Holl GCS 25:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-33-1).

## Ancoratus 33.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-33-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:42
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's human needs prove the reality of the incarnation.

### Greek text

πῶς γὰρ εὑρίσκετο ἡ οἰκονομία ἐν ἀληθείᾳ οὐσα, εἰ μὴ εἶχε τὴν ενανθρωπήσεως χρειώδη συνήθειαν; ἐν τούτῳ ἀπέδειξεν ἡμῖν πάντων τῶν ζητημάτων τῶν αἱρετικῶν τὰς λύσεις.

### English translation (Claude)

For how would the dispensation be found to be in truth, if it did not have the necessary habits of the incarnation? In this he showed us the answers to all the questions of the heretics.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 33.2 (Holl GCS 25:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-33-2).

## Ancoratus 33.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-33-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:42
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Eating and drinking refutes the Manichaeans; also the Lucianists and Arius.

### Greek text

εὐθὺς γὰρ ἔλυσεν ὑπόνοιαν Μανιχαίων· ἐν τῷ γὰρ εἰπεῖν ἐσθίειν καὶ πίνειν σάρκα ἀληθινὴν ὑποδείκνυσιν. ἔλυσε Λουκιανιστῶν τὸν τρόπον καὶ Ἀρείου τὴν δύναμιν·

### English translation (Claude)

For at once he undid the notion of the Manichaeans; for in saying that he ate and drank he shows true flesh. He undid the way of the Lucianists and the force of Arius.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 33.3 (Holl GCS 25:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-33-3).

## Ancoratus 33.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-33-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:42
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Lucianists deny Christ a soul so as to ascribe his passions to the Word.

### Greek text

Λουκιανὸς γὰρ καὶ πάντες Λουκιανισταὶ ἀρνοῦνται τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ψυχὴν εἰληφέναι, σάρκα δὲ μόνον φασὶν ἐσχηκέναι, ἵνα δῆθεν προσάψωσι τῷ θεῷ Λόγῳ ἀνθρώπινον πάθος, δίψαν καὶ πεῖναν καὶ κάματον καὶ κλαυθμὸν καὶ λύπην καὶ ταραχὴν καὶ ὅσαπερ ἐν τῇ ἐνσάρκῳ αὐτοῦ παρουσίᾳ ἐμφέρεται. εὔηθες δʼ ἂν εἴη ταῦτα εἰς τὴν θεότητα τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ λογίζεσθαι.

### English translation (Claude)

For Lucian and all the Lucianists deny that the Son of God took a soul, and say that he had only flesh, so that they may attach human passion to God the Word: thirst, hunger, weariness, weeping, grief, trouble, and all that is related of his incarnate coming. But it would be simple-minded to reckon these things to the Godhead of the Son of God.

### Translation notes

- Epiphanius's account of Lucian's views is his own polemical report.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 33.4 (Holl GCS 25:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-33-4).

## Ancoratus 33.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-33-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:42
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Flesh alone does not hunger or tire.

### Greek text

ἀλλά, φασί, σὰρξ καθʼ ἑαυτὴν οὖσα οὔτε ἐσθίει οὔτε πίνει οὔτε κάμνει οὔτε ⟨τὰ⟩ ἄλλα πράττει. καὶ αὐτὸς σύμφημι καθʼ ἑαυτὴν μὴ ἔχειν ταῦτα.

### English translation (Claude)

“But,” they say, “flesh by itself neither eats nor drinks nor grows weary nor does ⟨the⟩ other things.” And I agree that by itself it does not have these.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 33.5 (Holl GCS 25:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-33-5).

## Ancoratus 33.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-33-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:42
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Word took flesh and soul, to which the passions belong.

### Greek text

ἔσχε δὲ πᾶσαν τὴν οἰκονομίαν ἐλθὼν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ σάρκα καὶ ψυχὴν καὶ ὅσαπέρ ἐστιν ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ· τῆς δὲ ψυχῆς καὶ τῆς σαρκὸς ἦν μέρη ἡ πεῖνα καὶ ὁ κάματος, ἥ τε δίψα καὶ ἡ λύπη καὶ τὰ ἄλλα.

### English translation (Claude)

But the Word, when he came, had the whole dispensation: flesh and soul and all that is in a human being; and hunger and weariness, thirst and grief and the rest belonged to the soul and the flesh.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 33.6 (Holl GCS 25:42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-33-6).

## Ancoratus 33.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-33-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:42–43
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: His tears and thirst show a real body and a soul.

### Greek text

δακρύει μὲν γάρ, ἵνα ἐλέγξῃ τὴν πλάνην Μανιχαίου, ὅτι οὐ δοκήσει ἠμφίεστο τὸ σῶμα, ἀλλʼ ἀληθείᾶ· καὶ διψᾷ δέ, ἵνα δείξῃ μὴ μόνον τὴν σάρκα ἔχειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν ψυχήν. οὐ γὰρ ἡ αὐτοῦ θεότης ἐδίψησέ που, ⟨ἀλλὰ τῇ σαρκὶ⟩καὶ τῇ ἐδίψησε καὶ κεκοπίακεν ἀπὸ τῆς ὁδοιπορίας διὰ τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς καὶ ψυχῆς ἀκολουθίαν.

### English translation (Claude)

He weeps, to refute the error of Mani, that he did not put on the body in appearance but in truth; and he thirsts, to show that he has not only the flesh but also the soul. For his Godhead did not thirst anywhere, ⟨but⟩ in the flesh ⟨and the soul⟩ he thirsted and grew weary from the journey, because of the sequence of flesh and soul.

### Scripture references

- John 11:35: allusion, high confidence
- John 19:28: allusion, high confidence
- John 4:6: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 33.7 (Holl GCS 25:42–43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/23-1/#p-33-7).

## Ancoratus 34.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:43
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Psalm 16 and Acts 2 show Christ had a soul that went to Hades.

### Greek text

34. Ὅτι δὲ σῶμα ἔχων καὶ ψυχὴν ἠλθεν ὁ Λόγος, πεισάτωσαν αὐτοὺς αἱ θεῖαι γραφαὶ παλαιᾶς τε καὶ καινῆς. εὐθὺς γὰρ Δαυὶδ περὶ αὐτοῦ λέγει καὶ Πέτρος τῷ Δαυὶδ συνῳδὰ· οὐκ ἐάσεις τὴν ψυχήν μου εἰς Ἅιδην οὐδὲ δώσεις τὸν ὅσιόν σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν«, ἴνα τὸ σύνθετον τοῦ κυριακοῦ ἀνθρώπου νοοῖτο καὶ σαφῶς περὶ τούτου γνῶσις ἡμῖν γένηται, ἴνα συστήσῃ ψυχὴν μὲν σὺν θεότητι τῷ τριημέρῳ * συγκατατεθεῖσθαι, ἴνα τὴν σάρκα ὁσίαν ἀποδείξῃ, καὶ τὴν θεότητα σὺν τῇ ψυχῇ ἀκατασχέτως ἐν Ἅιδῃ τὸ μυστήριον τετελειωκέναι.

### English translation (Claude)

And that the Word came having a body and a soul, let the divine Scriptures of the Old and New ⟨Testaments⟩ persuade them. For at once David says about him, and Peter in agreement with David: “You will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will you let your holy one see corruption,” so that the composition of the Lord's manhood may be understood and knowledge about it may be clearly given us; so as to establish that the soul with the Godhead * on the third day was laid down together, so as to show the flesh holy, and that the Godhead with the soul accomplished the mystery in Hades without being held.

### Scripture references

- Ps 16:10 (15:10 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Acts 2:27: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. “The Lord's manhood” renders κυριακὸς ἄνθρωπος (literally “the Lord's man”), an expression Epiphanius uses for Christ's human nature.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 34.1 (Holl GCS 25:43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-1).

## Ancoratus 34.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:43
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ was free among the dead; Hades could not hold him.

### Greek text

ἔχει γάρ που καὶ ἄλλην μαρτυρίαν οὕτω λέγουσαν »ἐν νεκροῖς ἐλεύθερος«· τὸ ἐλεύθερος τοῦ μὴ κυριεύειν αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἅιδην σημανητικόν, τῇ δὲ ἰδίᾳ θελήσει ἔως Ἅιδου καταβεβηκέωαι σὺν τῇ ψυχῇ. φησὶ δὲ ὁ Πέτρος καθότι οὐκ ἠν δυνατὸν κρατεῖσθαι αὐτὸν ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ«, τουτέστιν ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἄιδου.

### English translation (Claude)

For there is somewhere another testimony that says, “free among the dead”: “free” signifies that Hades did not have mastery over him, but that he went down to Hades of his own will with the soul. And Peter says, “because it was not possible for him to be held by it,” that is, by Hades.

### Scripture references

- Ps 88:5 (87:6 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Acts 2:24: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 34.2 (Holl GCS 25:43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-2).

## Ancoratus 34.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:43
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ speaks of his own soul.

### Greek text

καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ σωτήρ φησιν »ἐξουσίαν ἔχω λαβεῖν τὴν ψυχήν μου θεῖναι αὐτήν‘ καί »ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός, ὁ τιθεὶς τὴν ψυχὴν ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων« καί ἡ ψυχή μου τετάρακται« φησί »καὶ τί εἴπω; ὡς ἐπʼ ἀμφιβόλῳ λέγων τί εἴπω;«) πάτερ, σῶσόν με ἀπὸ τῆς ὤρας ταύτης·

### English translation (Claude)

And the Savior himself says, “I have authority to take my soul, to lay it down,” and “I am the good shepherd, who lays down his soul for the sheep,” and “My soul is troubled,” he says, “and what shall I say?” (saying “what shall I say?” as though in doubt), “Father, save me from this hour;

### Scripture references

- John 10:18: quotation, high confidence
- John 10:11: quotation, high confidence
- John 12:27: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- ψυχή is rendered “soul” throughout to keep Epiphanius's argument visible.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 34.3 (Holl GCS 25:43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-3).

## Ancoratus 34.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:43
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He came willingly, and his trouble shows the reality of the incarnation.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ διὰ τοῦτο ἠλθον εἰς τὴν ὥραν ταύτην‘, ἴνα δείξῃ ὅτι ἑκοῦσα ἡ αὐτοῦ θεότης εἰς τοῦτο ἐλήλυθε· τὸ δὲ »τετάρακται«, ἵνα τὸ εἶδος τῆς ἀληθείας τῆς ἐνσάρκου αὐτοῦ παρουσίας μὴ χθῇ.

### English translation (Claude)

but for this I came to this hour,” to show that his Godhead came to this willingly; and “is troubled,” so that the form of the truth of his incarnate coming may not be ⟨denied⟩.

### Scripture references

- John 12:27: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- χθῇ is a damaged word; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 34.4 (Holl GCS 25:43; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-4).

## Ancoratus 34.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:43–44
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Like a king feigning retreat, Christ did not fear death.

### Greek text

οὐ γὰρ δοκήσει ἦν ἡ ἔνσαρκος παρουσία, ἀλλὰ δίκην βασιλέως μεγάλου πόλεμον ἔχοντος πρὸς ὑποδεέδστερον καὶ γινώσκοντος ὅτι ὁ ἐχθρὸς αὐτοῦ, εἴπερ ἴδῃ αὐτὸν ἐν δυνάμει ἐρχόμενον καὶ ἐσχύϊ πολλῇ, παραιτήσεται καὶ τραπήσεται πρὸς φυγὴν καὶ πολλὰς χώρας τῶν ὑποχειρίων ἀφανίσειν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο σχηματιζομένου τῇ ἰδίᾳ σοφίᾳ προφάσεις καὶ νῶτα διδόντος καὶ ἀποδιδράσκοντος, ἕως ὁ ἐχθρὸς λαβὼν θάρσος κατεπιθῆται ὡς δειλοῦ καὶ ἀδυνάτου τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ διώξῃ αὐτόν, ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς στραφεὶς ἀιφνιδίως μετὰ τῆς αὐτοῦ δυνάμεως ὅλον ὑποχείριον δέξηται τὸν ἀσθενῆ καὶ ὐπεναντίον, οὕτως ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν οὐκ ἐφοβήθη τὸν θάνατον,

### English translation (Claude)

For the incarnate coming was not in appearance; but it was like a great king at war with a weaker foe, who knows that his enemy, if he sees him coming in power and great strength, will decline battle and turn to flight and ravage many of the lands under his rule; and so, by his own wisdom, he makes a show of pretexts and turns his back and runs away, until the enemy takes courage and attacks as though the king were cowardly and weak and pursues him; and the king turns suddenly with his power and takes the weak adversary wholly into his hand. So our Lord did not fear death,

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 34.5 (Holl GCS 25:43–44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-5).

## Ancoratus 34.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:44
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ foretold his passion and rebuked Peter.

### Greek text

ὁ πρὸ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ παθεῖν σημάνας ἐν τῇ ὁδοιπορίᾳ ὅτι μέλλει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παραδίδοσθαι καὶ σταυρωθῆναι καὶ τῇ τρίτῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἀναστῆναι καὶ τοῦ Πέτρου λέγοντος »ἵλεώς σοι, κύριε· οὐ μὴ ἔσται σοι τοῦτο« ἐπιτιμήσας »ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου, σατανᾶ« εἰπών »ὅτι οὐ φρονεῖς τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων«.

### English translation (Claude)

he who before he came to suffer indicated on the way that the Son of Man was to be handed over and crucified and rise on the third day; and when Peter said, “Mercy on you, Lord; this shall not be for you,” he rebuked him, saying, “Get behind me, Satan, for you do not think the things of God but the things of men.”

### Scripture references

- Matt 16:21: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 16:22: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 16:23: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 34.6 (Holl GCS 25:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-6).

## Ancoratus 34.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:44
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's prayer about the cup was not fear.

### Greek text

ὁ οὖν ταῦτα προλέγων καὶ διὰ τοῦτο αὐτὸ ἥκων πῶς ὕστερον εὔχεται παρελθεῖν τὸ ποτήριον, ἴνα μὴ πίῃ; ὁ εἰπὼν πρὸ τοῦ θανεῖν περὶ τοῦ θανάτου κἂν διὰ τὸ μὴ ὑποληφθῆναι ψ· εύστην αὐτὸν οὐκ ἠδύνατο εὔξασθαι παρελθεὶν τὸ ποτήριον·

### English translation (Claude)

How then does he who foretold these things and came for this very purpose later pray that the cup may pass so that he may not drink it? He who spoke of his death before dying could not pray for the cup to pass, if only so as not to be taken for a liar;

### Scripture references

- Matt 26:39: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 34.7 (Holl GCS 25:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-7).

## Ancoratus 34.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:44
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The prayer drew the devil into bringing death upon him.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ προκαλεῖται διὰ τοῦ τοιούτου προσώπου τὸν ἀντίδικον, ἵνα ἐκείνου ὑπολαβόντος δεδιέναι τὸν σωτῆρα τὸν θάνατον ἐπαγάγῃ αὐτῷ τὸν θάνατον εἰς σωτηρίαν τοῖς θνῄσκουσι διὰ τῆς οἰκονομίας.

### English translation (Claude)

but by such a manner he challenges the adversary, so that, when he supposes that the Savior fears death, he may bring death upon him, for the salvation of those who die, through the dispensation.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 34.8 (Holl GCS 25:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-8).

## Ancoratus 34.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:44
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ died in the flesh; his Godhead remained impassible.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ κἂν ἀκούσῃς ὅτι τέθνηκεν ὁ κύριος, γνῶθι τὸ πάθος τοῦ θανάτου ποῦ πεπλήρωται. ἐρμηνεύει γάρ σοι ὁ κορυφαιότατος τῶν ἀποστόλων Πέτρος τὴν περὶ τοῦ θανατου αὐτοῦ ὑπόθεσιν λέγων θανατωθεὶς σαρκί, ζωοποιηθεὶς δὲ πνεύματι«. ἡ γὰρ αὐτοῦ θεότης ἀναδεξαμένη τὸ ἐν σαρκὶ παθεῖν ἀπαθής ἐστι καὶ ἀπαθὴς ἦν καὶ ἀπαθὴς διέμεινε, μὴ τραπείσης τῆς ἀπαθείας μηδὲ ἀλλοιωθείσης τῆς ἀιδιότητος.

### English translation (Claude)

But even when you hear that the Lord died, know where the suffering of death was fulfilled. For the chief of the apostles, Peter, interprets for you the matter of his death, saying, “put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit.” For his Godhead, having taken on suffering in the flesh, is impassible, was impassible, and remained impassible, its impassibility not changed nor its eternity altered.

### Scripture references

- 1 Pet 3:18: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 34.9 (Holl GCS 25:44; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-34-9).

## Ancoratus 35.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-35-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:44–45
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Opponents note that Scripture speaks of the Father's “soul.”

### Greek text

35. Πάλιν τε ἐὰν εἴπωσιν οἱ κενόδοξοι· οὐκ ἀπὸ τῶν τοιούτων ῥημάτων δύνασαι ἡμᾶς πεῖσαι τὸν Χριστὸν ψυχὴν ἐσχηκέναι. εὑρήκαμεν γὰρ ἄνω ἐν ταῖς θείαις γραφαῖς, ὥς φησιν Ἠσαΐας ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς περὶ τοῦ μονογενοῦς »οὑτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός. εἰς ὃν ἐγὼ εὐδόκησα, ὃν ἠγάπησεν ἡ ψυχή μου«.

### English translation (Claude)

And again, if the vainglorious say, “You cannot persuade us from such words that Christ had a soul. For we have found above in the divine Scriptures, as Isaiah says in the person of God the Father about the Only-begotten, ‘This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, whom my soul has loved.’

### Scripture references

- Matt 12:18: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 42:1: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation is Isa 42:1 in the form of Matt 12:18.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 35.1 (Holl GCS 25:44–45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-35-1).

## Ancoratus 35.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-35-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:45
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: They say “soul” is figurative.

### Greek text

τί νοήσομεν περὶ πατρός, ψυχὴν εἰληφέναι ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἢ ψυχὴν ἔχειν· τίς δὲ ληρῶν τοῦτο νοήσει περὶ τοῦ πατρός; τί οὐν φασι; τροπικώτερον εἰρῆσθαι τὸ ῥῆμα δηλονότι.

### English translation (Claude)

What shall we think of the Father, that he took a soul in himself or has a soul? Who but a babbler will think this of the Father?” What then do they say? That the word is evidently said figuratively.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 35.2 (Holl GCS 25:45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-35-2).

## Ancoratus 35.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-35-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:45
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: They claim Christ's “soul” is likewise figurative.

### Greek text

εἰ τοίνυν περὶ πατρὸς τροπικώτερον εἰρῆσθαι λέγουσιν, ἄρα καὶ περὶ υἱοῦ τὸ αὐτὸ λαμβάνειν χρή. κἄν τε γὰρ εἴπῃ ὄτι ἡ ψυχή μου τετάρακται« καί ⟨ἐξουσίαν ἔχω⟩ τὴν ψυχήν μου δοῦναι καὶ λαβεῖν αὐτήν‘, οὐκ εἶχε, φασί, ψυχήν, ἀλλὰ τροπικώτερον εἴρηται.

### English translation (Claude)

“If then they say it is said figuratively of the Father, the same must be taken of the Son. For even if he says, ‘My soul is troubled,’ and ‘⟨I have authority⟩ to lay down my soul and take it,’ he did not,” they say, “have a soul; it is said figuratively.”

### Scripture references

- John 12:27: quotation, high confidence
- John 10:18: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 35.3 (Holl GCS 25:45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-35-3).

## Ancoratus 35.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-35-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:45
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father had no flesh, but Christ did, so his soul is not figurative.

### Greek text

καὶ δοκεῖ τὸ συλλογιστικὸν αὐτῶν φρόνημα λέγειν τι, * τῆς ἀληθείας αὐτοσυστάτου ουσης ἐκ πολλῶν τεκμηρίων. ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ εἴδους λαμβάνεται ἔκαστος τρόπος. ἐπὶ μὲν γὰρ τῷ πατρὶ οὐ τολμητέον ἐστίν, διότι οὐδὲ σάρκα ἐφόρεσεν. ὁμολογουμένης δὲ τῆς σαρκὸς παρὰ τοῖς Λουκιανισταῖς εἴτουν Ἀρειανοῖς, οὐχ ἔνι ἀμφιβολία.

### English translation (Claude)

And their syllogizing mind seems to say something, * though the truth establishes itself from many proofs. For each figure of speech is taken from its kind. Of the Father one must not dare ⟨say it⟩, because he did not wear flesh. But since the flesh is acknowledged by the Lucianists, or Arians, there is no doubt.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 35.4 (Holl GCS 25:45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-35-4).

## Ancoratus 35.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-35-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:45
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Flesh” in John 1:14 includes the whole man, as “formed” does in Genesis.

### Greek text

ἀλλά, φησίν· »ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο«, καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν »ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ καὶ ψυχὴ ἐγένετο«. πρὸς δὲ τὴν αὐτῶν ἀμαθῆ οὖσαν ἀντιλογίαν κἀγὼ λέγω ὅτι »ἔπλασεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, χοῦν λαβὼν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς«, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ ἐπλασε τὰ πάντα συμπεριείληφε καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ »ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο« τὰ πάντα περιέχει.

### English translation (Claude)

“But,” he says, “‘the Word became flesh,’ and it did not say, ‘the Word became flesh and soul.’” To their ignorant objection I too say that “God formed man, taking dust from the earth,” and by “formed” he included everything; and by “the Word became flesh” he embraces everything.

### Scripture references

- John 1:14: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 2:7: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 35.5 (Holl GCS 25:45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-35-5).

## Ancoratus 35.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-35-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:45
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture's summary words include all parts, so the Savior took a soul.

### Greek text

κατὰ γὰρ τὸν αὐτὸν λόγον ἀνθυποφέρομεν αὐτοῖς καὶ αὐτοὶ λέγοντες· ἰδοὺ λέγει »ἔπλασεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον«, καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν· ἐποίησεν αὐτῷ ἡπαρ ἢ πνεύμονα ἢ καρδίαν ἢ φλέβας ἢ νεῦρα ἢ τὰ ἄλλα ὅσαπέρ ἐστιν έν τῷ σώματι. παρὰ τοῦτο νοήσομεν ἴν τι εἰναι ολοσφύρητον τὸν ἄνθρωπον, διὰ τὸ μὴ λεπτομερῶς τὴν σύνθεσιν τοῦ παντὸς ζῴου τὴν γραφὴν λεπτολογῆσαι; οὐ πάντως. ὡς γοῦν ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑνὸς εἴδους τὰ ὅλα συμπεριείληφεν, οὕτω καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς σαρκὸς τὴν ψυχὴν εἰληφέναι τὸν σωτῆρα εὐ ἐστι δῆλον.

### English translation (Claude)

For by the same reasoning we object to them in turn, saying: see, it says, “God formed man,” and did not say, “He made him a liver or lungs or heart or veins or nerves or the other things in the body.” Shall we therefore think man is some single solid lump, because Scripture did not describe the composition of the whole living being in detail? Not at all. So, as by one form it included the whole, so also from the flesh it is quite clear that the Savior took the soul.

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:7: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 35.6 (Holl GCS 25:45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-35-6).

## Ancoratus 36.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-36-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:45
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The passions belong to his humanity, not to a diminished Godhead.

### Greek text

36. Εἰ τοίνυν ψυχὴν εἴληφε καὶ σῶμα, καθάπερ ἀποδέδεικται, ἄρα οὐχ ἡ θεότης ἠν ἠλαττωμένη τῆς τοῦ πατρὸς οὐσίας, εἴσω παθῶν περιεχομένη, ὅπως διψήσῃ καὶ κοπιάσῃ καὶ πεινάσῃ καὶ ὅσαπερ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ εἰσὶ χρειώδη.

### English translation (Claude)

If then he took a soul and a body, as has been shown, then the Godhead was not diminished from the Father's substance, held within passions, so as to thirst and grow weary and hunger and whatever is necessary to a human being.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 36.1 (Holl GCS 25:45; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-36-1).

## Ancoratus 36.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-36-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:45–46
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ grew weary in the flesh, not in his Godhead.

### Greek text

καὶ ὅτι ⟩ »οὐ κοπιάσει οὐδʼ ἔστιν ἐξεύρεσις τῆς φρονήσεως αὐτοῦ«, κεκοπιακὼς δὲ ὁ σωτὴρ εὑρίσκεται, οὐ παρὰ τοῦτο οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τῆς τοῦ πατρὸς οὐσίας ἄνωθεν κατελθὼν ὁ Λόγος. οὐ γὰρ ἄνω κεκοπίακεν, ἀλλʼ ἐν σαρκί. ἴδει γὰρ τὴν σάρκα κοπιάσαι, ἴνα μὴ δοκήσει νομίζηται, ἀλλʼ ἀληθείᾳ·

### English translation (Claude)

And that ⟨God⟩ “will not grow weary, and there is no searching out of his understanding,” while the Savior is found to have grown weary, does not mean that the Word who came down from above is not from the substance of the Father. For he did not grow weary above, but in the flesh. For the flesh had to grow weary, so that it might not be thought ⟨to be⟩ in appearance, but in truth;

### Scripture references

- Isa 40:28: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 36.2 (Holl GCS 25:45–46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-36-2).

## Ancoratus 36.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-36-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:46
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Sleep and weariness show real humanity; he was “found” as man.

### Greek text

καὶ τὰ ἄλλα ὄσαπερ τοιαύτην ἔχει δύναμιν, τὸ νυστάξαι τὸ ὑπνῶσαι, ἀνθρώπου ἐστὶν ὑποφαντικὰ καὶ τὸ ὑπὸ ἁφὴν *. ἔλαβε γὰρ ταῦτα καὶ ᾶνθρωπος εὑρέθη. εὑρήκαμεν, γάρ ⟨φησιν⟩, Μεσσίαν, ὃν ἔγραψε Μωυσῆς«.

### English translation (Claude)

and the other things that have such force, to slumber, to sleep, indicate a man, and ⟨so does⟩ being subject to touch *. For he took these things and was found a man. “For we have found,” ⟨it says⟩, “the Messiah, of whom Moses wrote.”

### Scripture references

- John 1:45: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 36.3 (Holl GCS 25:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-36-3).

## Ancoratus 36.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-36-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:46
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Being found in the flesh, he could be seized and suffer.

### Greek text

οἱ δὲ εὑρόντες αὐτὸν * διὰ τῆς ἀκαταλήπτου φύσεως, * τουτέστι τῆς ἐνσάρκου. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῇ ἀκαταληψίᾳ οὐχ ηὐρίσκετο, διὰ τοῦτο ὑπὸ γραμματέων συλλαμβάνεται καὶ τὸν νῶτον αὐτοῦ ἔδωκεν εἰς μάστιγας καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀπέ⟨σ⟩τρεψεν ἀπὸ ἐμπτυσμάτων‘, ἔκλαυσε καὶ ὄσαπερ ἄλλα περὶ αὐτοῦ ᾄδεται.

### English translation (Claude)

And those who found him * through the incomprehensible nature, * that is, the incarnate one. For since in his incomprehensibility he was not found, for this reason he is seized by the scribes, and gave his back to whips and did not turn his face from spitting, he wept, and all the other things sung about him.

### Scripture references

- Isa 50:6: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisks mark gaps in the edition; the sentence is incomplete.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 36.4 (Holl GCS 25:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-36-4).

## Ancoratus 36.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-36-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:46
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: His sufferings were bodily, yet willingly his.

### Greek text

τίς δὲ ἠδύνατο τὸν θεὸν Λόγον ἐν οὐρανῷ μαστίζειν ἢ ῥαπίζειν ἢ καταπτύειν τοῦ τοιούτου ἀφράστου καὶ ἀκαταλήπτου; εἰ δὲ ταῦτα πέπονθεν ὁ ἀπαθὴς τοῦ θεοῦ Λόγος, ἄρα τὸ πάθος σωματικόν ἐστιν, ἐκτὸς τῆς αὐτοῦ ἀπαθείας καὶ οὐκ ἐκτὸς πάλιν διὰ τὸ εὐδοκῆσαι·

### English translation (Claude)

For who could whip or strike or spit upon God the Word in heaven, so inexpressible and incomprehensible? But if the impassible Word of God suffered these things, then the suffering is bodily, outside his impassibility, and yet again not outside, because he consented to it;

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 36.5 (Holl GCS 25:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-36-5).

## Ancoratus 36.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-36-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:46
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Like a stain on a garment, the flesh's suffering is ascribed to the Godhead.

### Greek text

καίτοι γε μὴ πάσχοντος αὐτοῦ εἰς ἑαυτὸν τὸ πάθος λελόγισται. καὶ καθάπερ ἐν ἱματίῳ σπῖλος τὸ σῶμα τοῦ φοροῦντος οὐ φθάνει, ὁ δὲ σπῖλος τοῦ ἱματίου εἰς τὸν φοροῦντα λογίζεται, οὕτως ὁ θεὸς πέπονθεν ἐν τῇ σαρκί, τῆς θεότητος αὐτοῦ μηδὲν παθούσης. εἰς δὲ τὴν θεότητα τὸ πάθος τῆς σαρκὸς ὑπὸ τῆς θεότητος φορουμένης ἐλογίσθη, ἵνα ἐν τῇ θεότητι ἡμῖν ἡ σωτηρία γένηται.

### English translation (Claude)

and although he did not suffer, the suffering was reckoned to himself. And just as a stain on a garment does not reach the body of the wearer, yet the stain on the garment is reckoned to the wearer, so God suffered in the flesh, while his Godhead suffered nothing. But the suffering of the flesh, borne by the Godhead, was reckoned to the Godhead, so that our salvation might come about in the Godhead.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 36.6 (Holl GCS 25:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-36-6).

## Ancoratus 37.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-37-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:46
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Epiphanius turns to Luke's account of the agony.

### Greek text

37. Μέμνημαι δὲ τοῦ ῥητοῦ τοῦ κατὰ Λουκᾶν εὐαγγελίου καὶ οὐ βούλομαι αὐτὸ ἐᾶσαι ἀνερμήνευτον, τὸ γεγραμμένον ὅτι »γενόμενος ἐν ἀγωνίᾳ ἱδρωσε καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ ὁ ἱδρὼς ὡς θρόμβοι αἵματος.

### English translation (Claude)

I remember the saying of the Gospel according to Luke, and I do not want to leave it unexplained, what is written: “Being in agony he sweated, and his sweat became like clots of blood.

### Scripture references

- Luke 22:44: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 37.1 (Holl GCS 25:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-37-1).

## Ancoratus 37.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-37-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:46
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Misunderstanding the deeper words harms the misreaders.

### Greek text

ὤφθη δὲ ἄγγελος κυρίου ἐνισχύων αὐτόν «. τὰ βαθύτερα δὲ τῶν λόγων ὡς εἰώθαμεν λέγειν καὶ τὰ ἀναγκαῖα οἱ μὴ τὴν δύναμιν νοοῦντες, ἀντὶ ἀγαθῶν τῇ κακίᾳ * ἀνατρέπουσιν ἑαυτού· οὐδὲν γὰρ τούτου καιριώτερον.

### English translation (Claude)

And an angel of the Lord appeared strengthening him.” Those who do not understand the force of the deeper and necessary words, as we are accustomed to say, * overturn themselves by their malice instead of good things; for nothing is more timely than this.

### Scripture references

- Luke 22:43: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 37.2 (Holl GCS 25:46; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-37-2).

## Ancoratus 37.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-37-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:46–47
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The agony and sweat show a true human body.

### Greek text

ἐν τῷ γὰρ εἰπεῖν »γέγονεν ἐν ἀγωνίᾳ« τὸν κυριακὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀληθινὸν ἄνθρωπον ὄντα δείκνυσι. καὶ ἴνα δείξῃ ὄτι ἀληθινὸς ἦν ἄνθρωπος καὶ οὐκ ἀπὸ τῆς θεότητος ἡ ἀγωνία γέγονε, φησίν »ἴδρωσε καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτῷ ὁ ἱδρὼς ὡς θρόμβοι αἵματος«. σωματικόν ἐστι τὸ εἶδος καὶ οὐχὶ πνευματικόν.

### English translation (Claude)

For in saying “he came into agony” it shows the Lord's manhood to be a true man. And to show that he was a true man and that the agony did not come from the Godhead, it says, “he sweated, and his sweat became like clots of blood.” The form is bodily, not spiritual.

### Scripture references

- Luke 22:44: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 37.3 (Holl GCS 25:46–47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-37-3).

## Ancoratus 37.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-37-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:47
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The angel's “strengthening” fulfills Moses' song, not a need of Christ.

### Greek text

»ὤφθη δὲ ἀγγελος κυρίου ἐνισχύων αὐτόν‘, οὐχ ὅτι τῆς ἰσχύος τοῦ ἀγγέλου ἐπεδέετο ὁ μείζων ἀγγέλων, »ᾧ κάμπτει πᾶν γόνυ ἐπουρανίων καὶ ἐπιγείων καὶ καταχθονίων‘, θεῷ ὄντι ἀεὶ Λόγῳ καὶ πρὸς τῷ πατρὶ ὄντι ἀεὶ καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ γεγεννημένῳ, ἀλλʼ ἵνα πληρώσῃ τὸ ἐν τῇ ᾠδῇ τῇ μεγάλῃ Μωυσέως ἐν τῇ ἐρήμω ᾀσθείσῃ, ἐν ᾗ ἔλεγε »προσκυνήσουσιν αὐτῷ πάντες υἱοὶ θεοῦ, καὶ ἐνισχυσάτωσαν αὐτὸν ἄγγελοι θεοῦ«.

### English translation (Claude)

“And an angel of the Lord appeared strengthening him,” not that he who is greater than the angels, “to whom every knee bows, of those in heaven and on earth and under the earth,” being always God the Word and always with the Father and begotten from him, needed the angel's strength, but so as to fulfill what is in the great song of Moses sung in the wilderness, in which he said, “Let all the sons of God worship him, and let the angels of God strengthen him.”

### Scripture references

- Luke 22:43: quotation, high confidence
- Phil 2:10: quotation, high confidence
- Deut 32:43: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Deut 32:43 LXX.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 37.4 (Holl GCS 25:47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-37-4).

## Ancoratus 37.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-37-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:47
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Strengthening” means ascribing strength in praise.

### Greek text

τό ἐνισχυσάτωσαν αὐτόν‘, οὐχ ὡς παρέχοντες αὐτῷ ἰσχύν· ἀλλʼ ἐπειδὴ ἴσχυεν ἡ δοξολογία ἐν τούτοις δοξάζειν τὸν θεόν, ὑπὸ] ἀγγέλων μὲν εὐθὺς ἄνω καὶ πνευματικῶν ζῴων βοώντων καὶ λεγόντων »σή ἐστιν ἡ δύναμις, σόν ἐστι τὸ κράτος, σή ἐστιν ἡ ἰσχύς‘ «, ἐν τούτῳ δείκνυσι τὸ προσκυνεῖν καὶ ἐνισχύειν, τουτέστι διδόναι αὐτῷ τὸ ἴδιον τῆς ἰσχύος κράτος, ὡς καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος ὤφθη ἐνώπιον τῶν μαθητῶν προσκυνῶν τὸν αὐτοῦ δεσπότην·

### English translation (Claude)

“Let them strengthen him,” not as supplying strength to him; but since the doxology in these words was strong to glorify God, with the angels above at once and the spiritual living creatures crying out and saying, “Yours is the power, yours is the might, yours is the strength,” by this it shows the worshiping and strengthening, that is, ascribing to him his own might of strength; as the angel too appeared before the disciples worshiping his Master,

### Scripture references

- 1 Chr 29:11: allusion, low confidence

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes ὑπό. The acclamation resembles 1 Chr 29:11 and liturgical doxologies. The angel's appearance “before the disciples” is Epiphanius's own reading of the scene.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 37.5 (Holl GCS 25:47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-37-5).

## Ancoratus 37.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-37-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:47
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The angel marveled at Christ's victory through meekness.

### Greek text

μὴ ἀγνοῶν τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς αὐτοῦ φιλανθρώπου οἰκονομίας, θαυμάζων δὲ τὴν τοσαύτην ἐν αὐτῷ γεγενημένην πραότητος πραγματείαν, τὴν τὸν διάβολον ἡττήσασαν, τὴν τὸ κέντρον τοῦ θανάτου συντρίψασαν, τὴν τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας θριαμβεύσασαν, τὴν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν θραύσασαν.

### English translation (Claude)

not ignorant of the excess of his loving dispensation, but marveling at the great work of meekness accomplished in him, which defeated the devil, broke the sting of death, triumphed over the principalities and powers, and shattered sin.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 15:55: allusion, high confidence
- Col 2:15: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 37.6 (Holl GCS 25:47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-37-6).

## Ancoratus 37.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-37-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:47
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The angel acclaims Christ's strength over death and the devil.

### Greek text

καὶ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τῆς θαυμασιότητος ἐν τῇ δοξολογίᾳ ὁ ἄγγελος ἔλεγε προσκυνῶν· σή ἐστιν ἡ ἰσχύς, δέσποτα· σὺ γὰρ ἴσχυσας κατὰ θανάτου καὶ κατὰ Ἅιδου καὶ κατὰ διαβόλου, συντρῖψαι τὸ κέντρον αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκβαλεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος.

### English translation (Claude)

And because of the excess of wonder, the angel, worshiping, said in doxology: “Yours is the strength, Master; for you have prevailed against death and Hades and the devil, to break his sting and cast him out from humankind.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 37.7 (Holl GCS 25:47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-37-7).

## Ancoratus 38.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:47
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's human questions concern his flesh and humanity.

### Greek text

38. Ἐὰν δὲ πάλιν εἴπῃ ποῦ τεθείκατε Λάζαρον;« ἀνθρωποπαθῶς ⟨λέγων⟩ καὶ περὶ τῆς αἱμορροούσης »τίς μου ἤψατο;« ἤ ζητεῖτε;‘ ἤ τίνα με λέγουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι εἶναι τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου;« ἤ »τὸ παιδίον ηὔξανε καὶ ἐκραταιοῦτο« ἤ »προέκοπτεν ἡλικίᾳ καὶ σοφίᾳ‘ ἤ »πρὸ τοῦ γνῶναι τὸ παιδίον καλεῖν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα«, οὐχ ὁρᾷς ἀπʼ αὐτῆς τῆς ὑποθέσεως τὸ ὑπερβάλλον τῆς γνώσεως, ὅτι ἐκ σαρκὸς καὶ ἀνθρωπότητος τὰ διηγήματα;

### English translation (Claude)

And if again he says, speaking in human fashion, “Where have you laid Lazarus?” and about the woman with the flow of blood, “Who touched me?” or “Whom do you seek?” or “Who do people say that I, the Son of Man, am?” or “The child grew and became strong,” or “He advanced in stature and wisdom,” or “Before the child knows how to call father or mother,” do you not see from the subject matter itself the surpassing knowledge, that the narratives concern the flesh and the humanity?

### Scripture references

- John 11:34: quotation, high confidence
- Mark 5:30: quotation, high confidence
- John 18:4: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 16:13: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 2:40: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 2:52: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 8:4: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 38.1 (Holl GCS 25:47; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-1).

## Ancoratus 38.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:47–48
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Questions in both Testaments are God's condescension, not ignorance.

### Greek text

ὅσα γὰρ ἐν τῇ παλαιᾷ διαθήκῃ ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς ὑπο- κατερχόμενά εἰσιν εἰς πειθὼ τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ἀγνωσίας ἐχόμενα, οὐκ οντα δὲ ἀγνωστα τῷ θεῷ, ταῦτα ἐλθὼν ὁ Λόγος πεπλήρωκεν, ἴνα πληρώσῃ τὸ εἰρημένον ὁ πατήρ μου ἴως ἄρτι ἐργάζεται, κἀγὼ ἐργάζομαι«. ποῦ τεθείκατε τὸν Λάζαρον;«

### English translation (Claude)

For whatever things in the Old Testament, spoken in the person of God the Father, come down to persuade people and seem to involve ignorance, though they are not unknown to God, these the Word fulfilled when he came, so as to fulfill the saying, “My Father is working until now, and I am working.” “Where have you laid Lazarus?”

### Scripture references

- John 5:17: quotation, high confidence
- John 11:34: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 38.2 (Holl GCS 25:47–48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-2).

## Ancoratus 38.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:48
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He knew of Lazarus's death from afar.

### Greek text

ἠρώτα ἐγγὺς τοῦ τόπου γενόμενος· πρὸ δὲ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν εἰς τὸν τόπον ὑπὸ μηδενὸς ἀκούσας ἔλεγε τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ »Λάζαρος ὁ φίλος ἡμῶν κεκοίμηται«. ὁ τοίνυν ἀπὸ τοσούτων τῆς ὀδοιπορίας διεστὼς τοῦ τόπου γνοὺς ὅτι τέθνηκε Λάζαρος, παρὼν ἐν τῷ τόπῳ ἠγνόει;

### English translation (Claude)

he asked when he had come near the place. But before coming to the place, having heard it from no one, he said to his disciples, “Lazarus our friend has fallen asleep.” Did he who, so far away on the journey, knew that Lazarus had died, not know when he was present at the place?

### Scripture references

- John 11:11: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 38.3 (Holl GCS 25:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-3).

## Ancoratus 38.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:48
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: His question showed forbearance to weak faith.

### Greek text

οὔκουν, ἄλλʼ ἤθελε δεῖξαι ὅτι ταῦτα πάντα ἐποίει, ἐπεὶ οὔπω οὐδεὶς τελείως αὐτὼ ἐπίστευεν, ἵνα ἐνδείξηται τῆς αὐτοῦ πρὸς ἡμᾶς φειδοῦς τὴν πολλὴν φιλανθρωπίαν.

### English translation (Claude)

Certainly not; but he wished to show why he was doing all these things, since no one yet believed in him perfectly, so as to display the great loving-kindness of his forbearance toward us.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 38.4 (Holl GCS 25:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-4).

## Ancoratus 38.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:48
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He wept at the hardness of their faith.

### Greek text

ἔδει γὰρ ἐκείνας μὴ εἰπεῖν »τεταρταῖός ἐστιν, ἤδη ὄζει« μηδὲ ἀπελθεῖν καὶ δεῖξαι, ἀλλʼ εἰπεῖν πάντα οἶδας καὶ ἐὰν θέλῃς, ζήσεται. διόπερ καὶ ἐδάκρυσεν ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων πωρώσει. οὐκ ἀγνοῶν τοίνυν ἠρώτα, ἀλλʼ ἐλέγχει πειράζων καὶ φιλανθρωπεύεται.

### English translation (Claude)

For they ought not to have said, “He has been dead four days, he already stinks,” nor to have gone and shown him, but to have said, “You know all things, and if you will, he will live.” For this reason he also wept at human hardness. So he asked not in ignorance, but he tests and reproves, and shows loving-kindness.

### Scripture references

- John 11:39: quotation, high confidence
- John 11:35: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 38.5 (Holl GCS 25:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-5).

## Ancoratus 38.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:48
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He asked who touched him so the woman would confess.

### Greek text

καί »τίς μου ἥψατο;« φησίν, οὐχ ὅτι οὐκ ᾔδει τίς αὐτοῦ ἤψατο ἀλλʼ ἵνα μὴ εἴπῃ διʼ ἑαυτοῦ τὸ γενόμενον θαῦμα, ἀλλʼ ὅπως ἐκείνη ἀκούσασα προσελθοῦσα εἴπῃ τὴν εἰς αὐτὴν γενομένην χάριν καὶ ὁμολογήσασα ἀκούσῃ· »ἡ πίστις σου σέσωκέ σε«, ὅπως προτρέψηται καὶ ἄλλους πιστεύειν, ἵνα ἰαθῶσι.

### English translation (Claude)

And “Who touched me?” he says, not because he did not know who touched him, but so as not to tell the miracle himself, but so that she, hearing, might come forward and tell the grace done to her, and, having confessed, hear, “Your faith has saved you,” so as to encourage others also to believe and be healed.

### Scripture references

- Mark 5:30: quotation, high confidence
- Mark 5:34: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 38.6 (Holl GCS 25:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-6).

## Ancoratus 38.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:48
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: As with Adam, God asks without ignorance.

### Greek text

»τίνα με« φησί »λέγουσιν εἶναι τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου;« ὡς καὶ ἐν τῇ παλαιᾷ ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ πατρὸς λέγει »Ἀδάμ, ποῦ εἶ;« ᾔδει δὲ αὐτὸν ποῦ ἐστιν· διὸ καὶ ἐλέγχει αὐτὸν μετέπειτα λέγων »ἐκ τοῦ ξύλου ἔφαγες«.

### English translation (Claude)

“Who,” he says, “do they say that I, the Son of Man, am?” just as in the Old Testament he says in the person of the Father, “Adam, where are you?” But he knew where he was; so he afterward reproves him, saying, “You have eaten from the tree.”

### Scripture references

- Matt 16:13: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 3:9: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 3:11: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 38.7 (Holl GCS 25:48; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-7).

## Ancoratus 38.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:48–49
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God asked Cain to give him room for repentance.

### Greek text

καὶ τῷ Κάϊν »ποῦ Ἄβελ ὁ ἀδελφός σου;« καὶ οὐκ ἀγνοῶν ἠρώτα. λέγει γὰρ »ἐπικατάρατος σὺ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἣ ἔχανε δέξασθαι τὸ αἷμα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου ἐκ τῆς χειρός σου. ἰδοὺ γὰρ τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ βοᾷ πρός με«. οὐκ ἠγνόει τοίνυ ὁ λέγων ὅτι τὸ αἷμα βοᾷ, ἀλλʼ ὅπως δῷ αὐτῷ τόπον μετανοίας εἰς ἀπολογίαν, διὰ τοῦτο ἠρώτα.

### English translation (Claude)

And to Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” And he asked not in ignorance. For he says, “Cursed are you on the earth, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand. For behold, his blood cries out to me.” So he who says that the blood cries out was not ignorant; but he asked in order to give him room for repentance, for a defense.

### Scripture references

- Gen 4:9: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 4:11: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 4:10: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 38.8 (Holl GCS 25:48–49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-38-8).

## Ancoratus 39.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:49
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The God who asked Moses a question is “He who is.”

### Greek text

39. Στρέφονται δὲ πάλιν εἰς τὴν τῆς ἀμαθίας φιλονεικίαν καί φασιν αὐτοῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ εἶναι ταύτας τὰς φωνὰς ἐν τῇ παλαιᾷ. εὐθὺς δὲ ἐλέγχεται αὐτῶν τὸ ἐπιτήδευμα. ὁ γὰρ εἰπὼν τῷ Μωυσῇ »τί τοῦτο τὸ ἐν τῇ χειρί σου;« αὐτὸς ἔλεγεν »ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν‘.

### English translation (Claude)

But they turn again to the contentiousness of ignorance and say that these words in the Old Testament are the Son's own. But at once their contrivance is refuted. For he who said to Moses, “What is this in your hand?” himself said, “I am he who is.”

### Scripture references

- Exod 4:2: quotation, high confidence
- Exod 3:14: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 39.1 (Holl GCS 25:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-1).

## Ancoratus 39.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:49
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ cites God's words to Moses on the resurrection.

### Greek text

καί φησιν ὁ κύριος τοῖς Σαδδουκαίοις περὶ ἀναστάσεως διηγούμενος ὅτι δὲ ἐγείρονται οἱ νεκροί, εἶπεν ὁ θεός· ἐγὼ ὁ θεὸς Ἀβραὰμ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ἰσαὰκ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ἰακώβ. θεὸς οὖν ἐστι ζώντων καὶ οὐ νεκρῶν«.

### English translation (Claude)

And the Lord says to the Sadducees, explaining the resurrection: “That the dead are raised, God said: I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob. So he is God of the living and not of the dead.”

### Scripture references

- Matt 22:31: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 22:32: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 39.2 (Holl GCS 25:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-2).

## Ancoratus 39.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:49
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Old Testament speaks in the person of each of the three.

### Greek text

καὶ πάλιν πολλὰ ἔστι δεῖξαι ὅτι ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ πατρός έστιν ἐν τῇ παλαιᾷ διαθήκῃ εἱρημένα· ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ υἱοῦ πολλάκις καὶ ἐκ προσώπου πάλιν τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος.

### English translation (Claude)

And again, it is possible to show many things said in the Old Testament in the person of the Father; but also often in the person of the Son, and again in the person of the Holy Spirit.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 39.3 (Holl GCS 25:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-3).

## Ancoratus 39.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:49
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: At Mamre the Son of God knew Sarah's name.

### Greek text

καί »ποῦ Σάρρα ἡ γυνή σου;« τῷ Ἀβραὰμ ἔλεγεν ὁ ἐλθὼν ἄνωθεν σὺν τοῖς δυσὶν ἀγγέλοις υἱὸς θεοῦ. εἰ γὰρ ἠγνόει ποῦ ἐστιν, οὐκ ἂν ἔλεγεν »Σάρρα«.

### English translation (Claude)

And “Where is Sarah your wife?” said to Abraham the Son of God, who came from above with the two angels. For if he did not know where she was, he would not have said “Sarah.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 18:9: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 39.4 (Holl GCS 25:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-4).

## Ancoratus 39.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:49
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Sarah's staying inside is a pattern of modesty.

### Greek text

* »ἐγέλασεν οὐν ἡ Σάρρα ἔνδον οὐσα« βούλεται αὐτῆς ὑποδεῖξαι τὴν σεμνότητα ὑπογραμμὸν τῶν θελουσῶν εὐσεβεῖν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, ἕνʼ ὅτε ἁποδέχονται ξένους ἐξ ἰδίων καμάτων ὑπηρετῶσι μέν, διὰ δὲ τὴν σεμνότητα τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῶν τοῖς ἀνδράσι μὴ ὐποδεικνύωσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

* “So Sarah laughed, being inside”: he wishes to point out her modesty as a pattern for women who wish to live piously in truth, so that when they receive guests they serve from their own labors, but because of modesty do not show their faces to the men.

### Scripture references

- Gen 18:12: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 39.5 (Holl GCS 25:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-5).

## Ancoratus 39.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:49
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Calling Sarah by name showed the guest's divine knowledge.

### Greek text

ἐκείνη γὰρ ἡ μακαρία πάντως ἐξήρτυσε καὶ ἐξαρτύσασα εἰς πρόσωπον ἀγγέλων οὐκ ὤφθη, σεμνότητος ὑπογραμμὸν ὑποβάλλουσα ταῖς μετὰ ταῦτα γενεαῖς. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἴνα δείξῃ ὁ παρὼν τίς ἐστιν, ⟩ ὄνομα τῆς γυναικὸς ἐκάλει ὁ ἐπιξενωθεὶς πρὸς τὴν ὥραν, * ὅτι οὔτε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτὸν λέληθεν οὔτε πλάσμα οὔτε διανόημα ἀνθρώπου.

### English translation (Claude)

For that blessed woman certainly prepared the meal, and having prepared it she was not seen face to face by the angels, setting a pattern of modesty for later generations. But also, to show who the one present was, the guest at that hour called the woman by name, * that neither the name nor the form nor the thought of man escapes him.

### Scripture references

- Gen 18:6: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 39.6 (Holl GCS 25:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-6).

## Ancoratus 39.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:49
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Peter's confession answered Christ's question.

### Greek text

»τίνα με« φησί λέγουσιν εἶναι οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου;« καὶ τὸν μὲν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου αὐτὸς φράζει ὁμολογῶν, ἵνα μὴ νομίσωσι περὶ τοῦ ἀοράτου αὐτὸν ἐρωτᾶν. οἱ δέ φασιν Ἠλίαν καὶ Ἰερεμίαν καὶ Ἰωάννην. »ὑμεῖς δὲ τίνα με λέγετε;«· »σὺ εἶ ὁ Χριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ζῶντος‘ φησὶ καὶ εὐθὺς μακαρίζεται.

### English translation (Claude)

“Who,” he says, “do people say that I, the Son of Man, am?” And he himself states and confesses “the Son of Man,” so that they may not think he is asking about the invisible one. And they say Elijah and Jeremiah and John. “But who do you say that I am?” “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God,” he says, and at once is called blessed.

### Scripture references

- Matt 16:13: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 16:14: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 16:15: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 16:16: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 39.7 (Holl GCS 25:49; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-7).

## Ancoratus 39.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:49–50
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The question drew out Peter's confession, taught by the Father.

### Greek text

οὐ γὰρ ἀγνοῶν ἠρώτα, ἀλλὰ δεῖξαι βουλόμενος ὄτα πατρός ἐστιν ἡ διδαχὴ ἡ τὸν υἱὸν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀληθινὸν ⟨θεὸν⟩ κηρύττουσα, ἴνα ὁ Πέτρος λέγειν ἃ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐδιδάχθη.

### English translation (Claude)

For he asked not in ignorance, but wishing to show that the teaching that proclaims the Son to the church as true ⟨God⟩ is the Father's, so that Peter might say what he had been taught by the Father.

### Scripture references

- Matt 16:17: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 39.8 (Holl GCS 25:49–50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-39-8).

## Ancoratus 40.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:50
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Father draws to the Son, Son leads to the Father: one Godhead.

### Greek text

40. Καὶ μὴ θαυμάσῃς ἐὰν εἴπῃ ὅτι »διʼ ἐμοῦ εἰσέρχονται πρὸς τὸν πατέρα« καὶ ἠλλοιωμένον τῆς τοῦ πατρὸς οὐσίας ὑπολάβῃς. αὐτὸς γὰρ πάλιν διδάσκει »οὐδεὶς ἔρχεται πρός με, ἐὰν μὴ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτὸν ἑλκύσῃ«. ὡς γοῦν ὁ πατὴρ πέμπει πρὸς τὸν υἱόν, καὶ ὁ υἱὸς εἰσφέρει πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, ἵνα δείξῃ μίαν καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν εἶναι θεότητα.

### English translation (Claude)

And do not be surprised if he says, “Through me they come in to the Father,” and suppose him altered from the Father's substance. For again he himself teaches, “No one comes to me unless the Father draws him.” So as the Father sends to the Son, the Son also brings in to the Father, to show that the Godhead is one and the same.

### Scripture references

- John 14:6: allusion, high confidence
- John 6:44: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 40.1 (Holl GCS 25:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-1).

## Ancoratus 40.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:50
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: His growth in wisdom reflects his self-emptying into humanity.

### Greek text

τὸ δὲ προέκοπτεν »προέκοπτεν καὶ σοφίᾳ‘, εἰ σοφία ἐστὶ τοῦ θεοῦ, οὐκ ἐνδέεται σοφίας. ἀλλʼ ἐπειδὴ ἐκένωσεν ἑαυτὸν μορφὴν δούλου λαβώ, οὐ τὸ πλήρωμα * ἠλαττώθη· * ἀλλʼ ἴνα δείξῃ ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ μετακενωθέντα εἰς ἀνθρωπότητα τουτέστιν εἰς ἐργαστήριον Μαρίας.

### English translation (Claude)

And “he advanced,” “advanced in wisdom”: if he is the Wisdom of God, he does not lack wisdom. But since he emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, the fullness * was not diminished; * but to show that he was emptied from heaven into humanity, that is, into the workshop of Mary.

### Scripture references

- Luke 2:52: quotation, high confidence
- Phil 2:7: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisks mark gaps in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 40.2 (Holl GCS 25:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-2).

## Ancoratus 40.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:50
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Like ointment emptied out, Christ passed from place to place.

### Greek text

»μύρον γὰρ ἐκκενωθὲν ὄνομά σοι«, φησίν· οὐκ εἶπεν ἐκχυθέν, ἀλλʼ ἐκκενωθὲν ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ εἰς γῆν, ἵνα ἀπὸ τῆς εἰς Μαρίαν ⟩. καὶ ἀπὸ Μαρίας σὰρξ γενόμενος κυίσκεται, εἰς Βηθλεὲμ γεννᾶται, ἀπὸ Βηθλεὲμ εἰς Ναζαρὲτ μεταβαίνει, ἀπὸ Ναζαρὲτ εἰς Καπερναούμ, ἀπὸ Καπερναοὺμ εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ θάλασσαν ἐν τῷ βαδίζειν αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῶν ὑδάτων καὶ τὰ μέρη Τύρου καὶ Ναΐν καὶ τὴν Ἰουδαίαν καὶ Ἱεριχὼ καὶ εἰς Βηθφαγὴ καὶ Βηθανίαν, εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ τε τὸν ναὸν καὶ τὸ ὄρος τῶν ἐλαιῶν καὶ Γεθσημανῆ, εἰς οἶκον Καϊάφα εἰς τὸ πραιτώριον καὶ πρὸς Ἡρῴδην, εἰς τόπον Γολγοθᾶ εἰς τὸ μνῆμα καὶ ἕως τοῦ Ἅιδου, εἰς γῆν μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν καὶ εἰς οὐρανούς.

### English translation (Claude)

For “Your name is ointment emptied out,” it says; it did not say “poured out,” but “emptied out,” from heaven to earth, so that from ⟨heaven⟩ into Mary. And from Mary, having become flesh, he is conceived, born in Bethlehem, passes from Bethlehem to Nazareth, from Nazareth to Capernaum, from Capernaum to Jerusalem and to the sea when he walked on the waters, and to the region of Tyre and Nain and Judea and Jericho, and to Bethphage and Bethany, to Jerusalem and the temple and the Mount of Olives and Gethsemane, to the house of Caiaphas, to the praetorium and to Herod, to the place Golgotha, to the tomb and as far as Hades, to earth after the resurrection, and into the heavens.

### Scripture references

- Song 1:3: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The Song of Songs verse (1:3) is read of Christ. A word after “from the” is lost.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 40.3 (Holl GCS 25:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-3).

## Ancoratus 40.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:50
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: His coming sanctified the earth like perfume.

### Greek text

μύρον γὰρ ἐκκενωθὲν ἀπὸ ἄγγους εἰς ἄγγος πάντα τὰ ἄγγη μυρίζει καὶ Χριστοῦ ἡ παρουσία ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ ὅλην τὴν γῆν ἡγίασε, τοὺς αὐτὸν λαμβάνοντας ἐν ἀληθείᾳ.

### English translation (Claude)

For ointment emptied from vessel to vessel perfumes all the vessels; and the coming of Christ from heaven sanctified the whole earth, those who receive him in truth.

### Scripture references

- Song 1:3: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 40.4 (Holl GCS 25:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-4).

## Ancoratus 40.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:50
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Daniel's stone that becomes a mountain is Christ.

### Greek text

ὁ ὄρος ὁ] ὤν, ὡς ἐν τῷ Δανιὴλ ⟩, καὶ μέγα ὄρος, »λίθος ⟨δὲ⟩ τεμνόμενος ἄνευ χειρῶν‘ * ἄνευ σπέρματος ἀνδρὸς ὑπαινιττόμενος, τὸ μεῖζον αὖθις μικρὸν εὑρισκόμενον· λίθος ⟨δὲ⟩ πάλιν ἀναλαμβάνων τὸ] μέγεθος καὶ γινόμενος αὖθις ὄρος μέγα καὶ ότι τὸ] ὄρος οὐκ ⟨ὅν ἐν⟩ ἑνὶ τόπῳ, πληρῶν ἅπασαν τὴν οἰκουμένην,

### English translation (Claude)

He who is the mountain, as in Daniel, and a great mountain, “a stone ⟨but⟩ cut without hands,” * hinting at “without the seed of a man”; the greater found small again; a stone ⟨but⟩ again taking on greatness and becoming again a great mountain; and a mountain ⟨not being in⟩ one place, filling the whole inhabited world;

### Scripture references

- Dan 2:34: quotation, high confidence
- Dan 2:35: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes several articles here; the text is damaged and translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 40.5 (Holl GCS 25:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-5).

## Ancoratus 40.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:50
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Wisdom made man “advanced” by spreading grace.

### Greek text

οὑτος ὁ σοφία σοφία καὶ γενόμενος ἄνθρωπος, ἐπεκτείνων ἑαυτοῦ τὴν δύναμιν τῷ κόσμῳ, ἵνα πληρώσῃ τὴν οἰκουμένην χάριτος, »προέκοπτεν ἡλικίᾳ καὶ σοφίᾶ«.

### English translation (Claude)

he who is Wisdom and became man, extending his power to the world so as to fill the inhabited world with grace, “advanced in stature and wisdom.”

### Scripture references

- Luke 2:52: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- A repeated word in the digital text seems to stand for a lost word; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 40.6 (Holl GCS 25:50; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-6).

## Ancoratus 40.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:50–51
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Wisdom itself cannot have been ignorant of how to speak.

### Greek text

ἐπεὶ σοφία ὥν τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ »διδάσκων ἀνθρώπους« λαλεῖν καὶ ἀνθρώποις διαρθρώσας γλῶσσαν καὶ »φυτεύσας τὸ οὐς« τοῖς ἀκούουσι, πῶς οὐκ ᾔδει καλεῖν πατέρα ἢ μητέρα; * »λήψεται δύναμιν Δαμασκοῦ καὶ τὰ σκῦλα Σαμαρείας‘ καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς;

### English translation (Claude)

Since he is the Wisdom of the Father, and “teaches people” to speak, and articulated the tongue for people, and “planted the ear” in those who hear, how did he not know how to call father or mother? * “He will take the power of Damascus and the spoils of Samaria,” and so on?

### Scripture references

- Ps 94:10 (93:10 LXX): allusion, high confidence
- Ps 94:9 (93:9 LXX): allusion, high confidence
- Isa 8:4: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 40.7 (Holl GCS 25:50–51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-7).

## Ancoratus 40.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:51
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He grew as a child so his incarnation would not seem illusory.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ ἐπειδή, γεννηθεὶς ἀπὸ κοιλίας εὐθὺς λαλῶν εἰ ἐδείκνυτο καὶ καθαρῶς οἷα δὴ ἀρτίπαις ἐφθέγγετο, φαντασία ἂν ἐνομίσθη καὶ οὐκ ἀληθὴς ⟨ἀλλʼ ⟩ ἢ μᾶλλον δόκησις ἡ ἔνσαρκος αὐτοῦ κύησις, διά τοι τοῦτο ὑπομένει τὸ ὀλίγον τῆς ἠλικίας, ἵνα μὴ ἀφανίσῃ τὸ ἀληθὲς τῆς ἀκολουθίας.

### English translation (Claude)

But since, if he had been shown speaking at once when born from the womb and uttering clearly like a grown child, his incarnate conception would have been thought an illusion and not true, or rather an appearance, for this reason he endures the littleness of age, so as not to obliterate the truth of the sequence.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 40.8 (Holl GCS 25:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-40-8).

## Ancoratus 41.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:51
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Opponents cite “made” in Hebrews and Acts.

### Greek text

41. Ἑτέρας δὲ πάλιν θηρῶνται * ματαίας ὑπολήψεις Παραπλέκοντες τοῖς θείοις λόγοις καὶ ἐναντίως διανοοῦνται καί φασιν· πῶς οὐν γέγραπται δέξασθε τὸν ἀρχιερέα τῆς ὁμολογίας ἡμῶν πιστὸν ὅντα τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτόν‘ καί »γνωστὸν ὑμῖν ἔστω πᾶς οἶκος Ἰσραήλ, ὅτι τοῦτον τὸν Ἰησοῦν, ὅν ὑμεῖς ἐσταυρώσατε, κύριον καὶ Χριστὸν αὐτὸν ὁ θεὸς ἐποίησε«.

### English translation (Claude)

But again they hunt for other * vain notions, weaving them into the divine words, and understand them contrarily, and say: “How then is it written, ‘Receive the high priest of our confession, being faithful to him who made him,’ and ‘Let all the house of Israel know that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ’?”

### Scripture references

- Heb 3:1: quotation, medium confidence
- Heb 3:2: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 2:36: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The Hebrews quotation is loose (Heb 3:1–2).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 41.1 (Holl GCS 25:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-1).

## Ancoratus 41.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:51
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Made” in Hebrews is not about the Godhead.

### Greek text

καὶ θαῦμά μοι μέγα ἐπέρχεται πῶς οἱ τῶν ἀκολουθιῶν ἐφαπτόμενοι τὴν ἐν αὐταῖς φραζομένην δύναμιν ἀγνοοῦσι. τὸ γὰρ εἰπεῖν »δέξασθε τὸν ἀρχιερέα πιστὸν ὄντα τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτόν« οὐ περὶ τῆς θεότητος εἴρηται.

### English translation (Claude)

And great wonder comes over me how those who handle the sequences do not know the force expressed in them. For saying “Receive the high priest, being faithful to him who made him” is not said about the Godhead.

### Scripture references

- Heb 3:2: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 41.2 (Holl GCS 25:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-2).

## Ancoratus 41.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:51
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture is plain to those who understand.

### Greek text

ὁ θεὸς γὰρ ἦλθε * καὶ εἰς πάντα ἡμῖν σαφηνίζουσιν αἱ θεῖαι γραφαί. οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐν αὐταῖς ἐστὶ σκολιὸν ἢ στραγγαλιῶδες, πάντα δὲ ἐνώπια τοῖς συνιοῦσι καὶ ὀρθὰ τοῖς εὑρίσκουσι γνῶσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

For God came *, and the divine Scriptures make everything clear to us. For nothing in them is crooked or tangled, but all are plain to those who understand and right to those who find knowledge.

### Scripture references

- Prov 8:8: allusion, high confidence
- Prov 8:9: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 41.3 (Holl GCS 25:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-3).

## Ancoratus 41.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:51
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Without God's instruction Scripture seems crooked.

### Greek text

»λάβετε« γάρ φησι Μίαν καὶ μὴ ἀργύριον«· ἐὰν γὰρ μή τις λάβῃ παιδείαν παρὰ θεοῦ τουτέστι τὴν πίστιν τῆς ἀληθείας, σκολιὰ αὐτῷ πάντα καὶ διεστραμμένα, τοῖς δὲ συνιοῦσιν ὀρθῶς καὶ εὑρίσκουσι γνῶσιν ὀρθὰ πάντα καὶ ἀδιάβλητα.

### English translation (Claude)

For “Receive instruction,” it says, “and not silver”; for unless someone receives instruction from God, that is, the faith of the truth, all things are crooked and perverse to him; but to those who understand rightly and find knowledge, all things are right and blameless.

### Scripture references

- Prov 8:10: quotation, high confidence
- Prov 8:9: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Μίαν is a digital slip for παιδείαν (“instruction”), as in Prov 8:10.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 41.4 (Holl GCS 25:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-4).

## Ancoratus 41.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:51
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Every high priest is taken from among men.

### Greek text

ἵνα δὲ αὐτοὺς ἐλέγξῃ, ὁ ἀπόστολός φησι· »πᾶς γὰρ ἀρχιερεὺς ἐξ ἀνθρώπων λαμβανόμενος τὰ ⟨πρὸς θεὸν⟩ ὑπὲρ ἀνθρώπων καθίσταται, εἰς τὸ προσφέρειν δῶρα καὶ θυσίας(..

### English translation (Claude)

And to refute them, the apostle says: “For every high priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men in things ⟨relating to God⟩, to offer gifts and sacrifices.”

### Scripture references

- Heb 5:1: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 41.5 (Holl GCS 25:51; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-5).

## Ancoratus 41.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:51–52
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Made” refers to his becoming high priest in the flesh.

### Greek text

διὰ τοῦτο καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ μονογενής, ἐπειδὴ ὑπὲρ ἀνθρώπων ἀρχιερεὺς ἦλθε γενέσθαι, ἔλαβεν ἐξ ἡμῶν τὴν σάρκα, ἴνα ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ὁ ἀφʼ ἡμῶν γενόμενος προσφορὰ τῷ ἰδίῳ πατρὶ θεῷ τοὺς μαθητὰς »ἀδελφοὺς καλέσῃ«. ποῦ οὐν τὸ γενόμενος πληροῦται; οὐχ ἄλλοθεν, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τοῦ άρχιερέως. »δέξασθε, γάρ ⟨φησιν⟩, τὸν ἀρχιερέα πιστὸν ὄντα τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτόν.

### English translation (Claude)

For this reason the Only-begotten himself too, since he came to become high priest on behalf of men, took flesh from us, so that he who came from us might become an offering on our behalf to his own Father, God, and might “call” the disciples “brothers.” Where then is “made” fulfilled? Nowhere else but in relation to the high priest. “For receive,” ⟨it says⟩, “the high priest, faithful to him who made him.”

### Scripture references

- Heb 2:11: allusion, high confidence
- Heb 3:2: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 41.6 (Holl GCS 25:51–52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-6).

## Ancoratus 41.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:52
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A king's son “made” king is still his son by nature.

### Greek text

Ἵνα δὲ καὶ παραδείγματι περισσοτέρῳ χρήσωμαι· ἐρωτήσειέ τις βασιλέα περὶ τοῦ ἰδίου υἱοῦ καὶ λέξει αὐτῷ τολμήσας· τίς οὗτός ἐστιν; 5 ἀκούσας δὲ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς δικαίαν ὁμολογίαν· υἱός μού ἐστι, πάλιν ἔροιτο· υἱός σου κατὰ φύσιν; καὶ ναί τοῦ βασιλέως εἰπόντος αὖθις ἐπάξει ὁ ἐρωτῶν· τί οὐν αὐτὸν ἐποίησας; πάντως ἂν ἐρεῖ· βασιλέα αὐτὸν ἐποίησα. ἀρα τὴν ἀξίαν εἰπὼν τὴν γηνσιότητα ἠρνήσατο;

### English translation (Claude)

And to use a further example: someone might ask a king about his own son and say to him boldly, “Who is this?” And hearing from the father the just acknowledgment, “He is my son,” he might ask again, “Your son by nature?” And when the king says yes, the questioner will go on, “What then have you made him?” He will certainly say, “I have made him king.” Has he, in stating the rank, denied the genuine sonship?

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 41.7 (Holl GCS 25:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-7).

## Ancoratus 41.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:52
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Eternal sonship and priestly appointment in the flesh coexist.

### Greek text

ἐὰν τὸ δεύτερον εἴπῃ, τὸ ἀρχαῖον ἠφάνισεν; οὐδαμῶς. οὕτως γοῦν καὶ ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ ἐγέννησε τὸν υἱὸν ἀνάρχως καὶ ἐν σαρκὶ πεπλήρωται τό ἐποίησεν αὐτὸν ἀρχιερέα«.

### English translation (Claude)

If he says the second, has he obliterated the first? Not at all. So also God the Father begot the Son without beginning, and in the flesh “he made him high priest” was fulfilled.

### Scripture references

- Heb 3:2: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 41.8 (Holl GCS 25:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-41-8).

## Ancoratus 42.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-42-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:52
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Proverbs 8:22 is proverbial speech, not literal.

### Greek text

42. Ἀλλά, φασί, γέγραπται κύριος ἔκτισέ με ἀρχην ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔργα αὐτοῦ‘. καὶ πρῶτα μὲν ἀγνοοῦσιν οἱ κενόδοξοι τὸ ὄνομα τῆς βίβλου. ἡ γὰρ βίβλος παροιμίαι καλεῖται Σολομῶντος. πᾶν δὲ τὸ παροιμιαζόμενον οὐ ταυτόν ἐστι τῇ τοῦ λόγου δυνάμει.

### English translation (Claude)

“But,” they say, “it is written, ‘The Lord created me as the beginning of his ways for his works.’” And first the vainglorious do not know the name of the book. For the book is called the Proverbs of Solomon. And everything spoken in proverbs is not the same as the force of the word.

### Scripture references

- Prov 8:22: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 42.1 (Holl GCS 25:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-42-1).

## Ancoratus 42.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-42-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:52
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Parables do not correspond literally to their subject.

### Greek text

ἰδοὺ γὰρ ἐν παραβολαῖς ἐλάλησεν ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς καὶ ὁρῶμεν τὰς παραβολὰς οὐχ οὕτως ἐχούσας πρὸς τὴν ὑπόθεσιν ἡμῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

For see, our Lord Jesus Christ spoke in parables, and we see that the parables do not correspond thus to the subject.

### Scripture references

- Matt 13:34: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 42.2 (Holl GCS 25:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-42-2).

## Ancoratus 42.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-42-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:52
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The mustard seed parable is not literal.

### Greek text

ὁμοία γάρ ἐστι« φησίν ἡ βασιλεία τῶν οὐρανῶν κόκκῳ σινάπεως«· καὶ εἰ κατὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον νοῦν θελήσομεν διανοήσασθαι τὸ ἀπὸ μέρους, δῆλον ὅτι βασιλεία οὐρανῶν εὐρυχωρίας ἐστὶ τόπος.

### English translation (Claude)

For “the kingdom of heaven,” he says, “is like a grain of mustard seed”; and if we want to understand the part according to our own mind, clearly the kingdom of heaven is a place of spaciousness.

### Scripture references

- Matt 13:31: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 42.3 (Holl GCS 25:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-42-3).

## Ancoratus 42.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-42-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:52
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Proverbial language is not to be taken literally.

### Greek text

εἰ ἄρα δεῖ λέγειν τόπον, ἐν ᾑπερ βασιλείᾳ ἐστὶ βασιλεὺς ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Λόγος καὶ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἄγγελοί τε καὶ ἀρχάγγελοι, στρατιαὶ πνευματικαί, Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακὼβ καὶ πάντες δίκαιοι, ποῦ τοίνυν τὰ τοσαῦτα ἐν κόκκῳ σινάπεως χωρηθήσεται; τὸ δὲ τροπικὸν τοῦ λόγου αἰνιγματωδῶς λέγεται. ἄρα οὐ ταυτόν ἐστι τὸ παροιμιαζόμενον.

### English translation (Claude)

If one must speak of a place, in which kingdom God the Father is King, and God the Word and Son of God, and the Holy Spirit of God, angels and archangels, spiritual hosts, Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the righteous, where then will so many be contained in a grain of mustard seed? But the figurative sense of the word is spoken in riddles. So what is said in proverbs is not the same.

### Scripture references

- Matt 8:11: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 42.4 (Holl GCS 25:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-42-4).

## Ancoratus 42.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-42-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:52
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Other parables are likewise figurative.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ καὶ γυναικὶ ἐχούσῃ δέκα δραχμὰς καὶ ἀπολεσάσῃ μίαν καὶ λύχνον ἁφάσῃ καὶ εὑρούσῃ αὐτήν, ἀλλὰ καὶ σαγήνῃ βληθείσῃ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ, ἀλλὰ καὶ σπόρῳ σπειρομένῶ ἐπὶ τῆς *. ταῦτα δὲ πάντα αἰνιγματωδῶς ⟨λέγεται⟩, οὐ ταυτὸν δέ ἐστι τῇ δυνάμει.

### English translation (Claude)

And also to a woman having ten drachmas who lost one and lit a lamp and found it; and also to a net cast into the sea; and also to seed sown on the *. All these ⟨are said⟩ in riddles, but are not the same in force.

### Scripture references

- Luke 15:8: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 13:47: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 13:3: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 42.5 (Holl GCS 25:52; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-42-5).

## Ancoratus 42.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-42-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:52–53
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: It is uncertain Proverbs 8 speaks of the Son.

### Greek text

καὶ οὐκ οἴδαμεν ὄντως τὸν παροι- μιαστὴν Σολομῶντα, εἰ περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ εἴρηκε τοῦτον τὸν λόγον. ἔστι γὰρ σοφία καὶ σοφία.

### English translation (Claude)

And we do not truly know whether Solomon, the speaker of proverbs, said this word about the Son of God. For there is wisdom and wisdom.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 42.6 (Holl GCS 25:52–53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-42-6).

## Ancoratus 42.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-42-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:53
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture uses “wisdom” in many senses.

### Greek text

οἶδεν οὖν ὁ ἀπόστολος λέγειν »οὐκ ἔγνω ὁ κόσμος διὰ τῆς σοφίας τοῦ θεοῦ τὸν θεόν« καί »ἐμώρανεν ὁ θεὸς τὴν σοφίαν τοῦ κόσμου« καὶ πάλιν λέγει »οὐκ ἐν σοφίᾳ σαρκικῇ, ἀλλʼ ἐν δυνάμει θεοῦς«, καὶ οἶδε Σολομὼν καλεῖν σοφίαν λέγων »ἠράσθην τοῦ κάλλους αὐτῆς καὶ νύμφην ἠγαγόμην ἐμαυτῷ‘, καὶ Ἰὼβ οἶδε σοφίαν καί φησιν »ἡ δὲ σοφία πόθεν εὑρέθη; ποῖος δὲ τόπος ἐστὶ τῆς φρονησεως;« καί σοφία τοῦ πένητός έστιν ἐξουδεινωμένη« καί »αὐτὸς τῆς σοφίας ἐστὶ διορθωτής‘ καί σοφία πατρὸς ὁ μονογενης«.

### English translation (Claude)

The apostle knows how to say, “The world through the wisdom of God did not know God,” and “God made foolish the wisdom of the world,” and again he says, “not in fleshly wisdom but in the power of God”; and Solomon knows how to call wisdom so, saying, “I loved her beauty and took her as a bride for myself”; and Job knows wisdom and says, “But where was wisdom found? And what is the place of understanding?” and “The wisdom of the poor man is despised,” and “He is the corrector of wisdom,” and “the Only-begotten is the Wisdom of the Father.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 1:21: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 1:20: quotation, high confidence
- 2 Cor 1:12: allusion, medium confidence
- Job 28:12: quotation, high confidence
- Eccl 9:16: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 1:24: allusion, medium confidence

### Extrabiblical texts

- Wis 8:2 (Wisdom of Solomon): quotation, high confidence
- Wis 7:15 (Wisdom of Solomon): quotation, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- “The wisdom of the poor man is despised” is Eccl 9:16; “the corrector of wisdom” is Wis 7:15; the last phrase echoes 1 Cor 1:24. The third quotation adapts 2 Cor 1:12.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 42.7 (Holl GCS 25:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-42-7).

## Ancoratus 43.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:53
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: If the Son is not from the Father, the Father would lack Wisdom.

### Greek text

43. Τί οὖν λέγομεν; εἰ σοφία πατήρ ἐστι καὶ ὁ υἱὸς δὲ κατὰ τὸν ἐκείνων νοῦν οὐ προῆλθεν ἐξ αὐτοῦ, Λόγος καὶ θεὸς ὤν καὶ σοφία ὤν, ἄρα ὁ πατὴρ λείπεται σοφίας ἐν ἑαυτῷ.

### English translation (Claude)

What then do we say? If the Father is wise, and the Son, according to their mind, did not come forth from him, being Word and God and Wisdom, then the Father lacks wisdom in himself.

### Translation notes

- σοφία (“wisdom”) with πατήρ is read as “the Father is wise.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 43.1 (Holl GCS 25:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-1).

## Ancoratus 43.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:53
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God alone is wise, and he gives wisdom to men.

### Greek text

πῶς οὐν »θεῷ μόνῳ σοφῷ ἀοράτῳ« * καὶ ταῦτα πάντα ἐστὶν ἀκατάληπτα καὶ ἄπειρα ἀνθρώποις; ἔδωκεν ὁ θεὸς σοφίαν τῷ Σολομῶντι καὶ ἐνέπλησε σοφίας τὸν Βεσελεὴλ καί »σοφοὶ ἄνθρωποι κρύπτουσιν αἰσχύνην.

### English translation (Claude)

How then “to God, the only wise, invisible” *, and all these things are incomprehensible and infinite to men? God gave wisdom to Solomon and filled Bezalel with wisdom; and “wise men hide shame.”

### Scripture references

- Rom 16:27: allusion, high confidence
- 1 Tim 1:17: allusion, high confidence
- 1 Kgs 4:29: allusion, high confidence
- Exod 31:3: allusion, high confidence
- Prov 10:14: allusion, low confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The last quotation is unidentified (compare Prov 10:14; 12:23).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 43.2 (Holl GCS 25:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-2).

## Ancoratus 43.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:53
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father's Wisdom is unique.

### Greek text

καὶ περὶ σοφίας πολλὰ ἔστι λέγειν. ἐκείνη δὲ ἡ σοφία τοῦ πατρὸς μονοειδής ἐστι, μὴ ἔχουσα ἀντιπαράθεσιν ἄλλην.

### English translation (Claude)

And there is much to say about wisdom. But that Wisdom of the Father is single in form, having no other counterpart.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 43.3 (Holl GCS 25:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-3).

## Ancoratus 43.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:53
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Epiphanius leaves open whether Proverbs 8 is about the Son.

### Greek text

ὅμως δὲ εἰ καὶ περὶ αὐτῆς ἦν ὁ λόγος ᾀδόμενος, οὔτε συντίθεμαι οὔτε ἀποτάσσομαι, θεῷ δὲ συγχωρῶ τὸ εἰδέναι· βεβιασμένως Τε ὁρῶ ἀντιπαράθετα τὰ λεγόμενα. »ἔκτισε, γάρ φησιν »ἀρχὴν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ εἰς ἔργα αὐτοῦ, πρὸ τοῦ αἰῶνος ἐθεμελίωσέ με· πρὸ δὲ πάντων βουνῶν γεννᾷ με«.

### English translation (Claude)

Yet even if the word sung was about it, I neither agree nor reject it, but leave the knowing to God; and I see that the things said are forced into opposition. For “He created,” it says, “the beginning of his ways for his works; before the age he founded me; and before all the hills he begets me.”

### Scripture references

- Prov 8:22: quotation, high confidence
- Prov 8:23: quotation, high confidence
- Prov 8:25: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 43.4 (Holl GCS 25:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-4).

## Ancoratus 43.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:53
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Created and begotten are incompatible.

### Greek text

πῶς οὖν τὸ γεννώμενον θεμελιοῦται; πῶς δὲ τὸ κτιζόμενον γεννᾶται; εἰ γὰρ κτιστόν, οὐ γεννητὸν ὄντως.

### English translation (Claude)

How then is what is begotten founded? And how is what is created begotten? For if it is created, it is not truly begotten.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 43.5 (Holl GCS 25:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-5).

## Ancoratus 43.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:53
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: In God, what is begotten is not created.

### Greek text

ἡμεῖς γὰρ ἃ γεννῶμεν οὐ κτίζομεν καὶ ἃ κτίζομεν οὐ γεννῶμεν· ἐσμὲν γὰρ κτιστοὶ καὶ τὰ ὑφʼ ἡμῶν γεννώμενα κτιστά. ἐν θεῷ δὲ τῷ άκτίστῳ τὸ γέννημα οὐ κτιστόν.

### English translation (Claude)

For what we beget we do not create, and what we create we do not beget; for we are created, and what is begotten by us is created. But in God, who is uncreated, the offspring is not created.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 43.6 (Holl GCS 25:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-6).

## Ancoratus 43.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:53
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Creating and begetting cannot both apply.

### Greek text

εἰ γὰρ ἐγέννησεν, οὐκ ἔκτισεν· εἰ δὲ μετὰ τὸ κτίσαι πάλιν γεγέννηκε, πῶς ἄρα τὸ πρῶτον κτισθὲν ὕστερον γεννᾶται;

### English translation (Claude)

For if he begot, he did not create; and if after creating he begot again, how is what was first created later begotten?

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 43.7 (Holl GCS 25:53; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-7).

## Ancoratus 43.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:53–54
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: If Proverbs 8 concerns the Son, “created” refers to the incarnation.

### Greek text

εἰ τοίνυν περὶ αὐτοῦ ἐστι τὰ λεγόμενα, εἰς τὴν ἔνσαρκον οἰκονομίαν πληροῦται. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὰ ἐγγύτερα πρῶτον λέγει καὶ τὰ ἀρχαιότερα υστερον διηγεῖται.

### English translation (Claude)

If, then, the things said are about him, they are fulfilled in the incarnate dispensation. And for this reason it says the nearer things first and relates the more ancient later.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 43.8 (Holl GCS 25:53–54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-8).

## Ancoratus 43.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:54
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Beginning of ways” and “founded” refer to the incarnation.

### Greek text

πεῖσαι γὰρ ἀνθρώπους τοὺς ἐγγυτάτω βουλόμενος ἀπὸ σαρκὸς ἄρχεται ἀρχὴ γὰρ οδῶν τῆς δικαιοσύνης τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ὅτι σὰρξ ἡμῖν ὁ Λόγος ἐν Μαρίᾳ ἐγένετο ψυχή τε ἐν τῇ αὐτῆς σαρκὶ τεθεμελίωται), ἵνα τὰ ἀνώτερα ὕστερα δείξῃ.

### English translation (Claude)

For wishing to persuade people, who are nearest, he begins from the flesh (for the beginning of the ways of the righteousness of the gospel is that the Word became flesh for us in Mary, and a soul was founded in her flesh), so as to show the higher things afterward.

### Scripture references

- Prov 8:22: allusion, high confidence
- Prov 8:23: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 43.9 (Holl GCS 25:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-9).

## Ancoratus 43.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:54
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Word is not created; Scripture is not crooked.

### Greek text

λέγομεν δὲ ἐκ κόλπων πατρῴων ἀπὸ τῶν οὐρανῶν γενέσθαι ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν, ἐπεὶ ἠλθεν ἡμῖν ὕστερον τὴν πᾶσαν οἰκονομίαν τελέσας. οὐκ ἄρα τοίνυν κτιστὸς ὁ Λόγος μὴ γένοιτο) καὶ οὐδὲν ἡμῖν σκολιὸν ἐνεγέννησεν ἡ θεία γραφὴ εἰς οὐδὲν το παραπαν.

### English translation (Claude)

And we say that he came from the Father's bosom, from the heavens to the earth, since he came to us later, having completed the whole dispensation. So the Word is not created (God forbid), and the divine Scripture has produced nothing crooked for us at all.

### Scripture references

- John 1:18: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 43.10 (Holl GCS 25:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-43-10).

## Ancoratus 44.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-44-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:54
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Aquila translates Proverbs 8:22 as “acquired,” not “created.”

### Greek text

44. Ἀλλὰ καὶ φύσει καὶ παρὰ τοῖς ἑρμηνευταῖς οὐχ οὕτως ἐκδέδοται ἡ λέξις. Ἀκύλας μὲν γάρ φησι κύριος ἐκτήσατό με«, ἐπειδήπερ ἐν τῷ Ἑβραϊκῷ λέγει »ἀδωναὶ κανανί· ὅπερ τοῦτο ἑρμηνεύεται ὅπερ εἰρήκαμεν. καὶ ἡμεῖς δὲ κατὰ τὴν συνήθειαν λέγομεν περὶ τῶν γεννωμένων »ἐκτήσατο τέκνα«.

### English translation (Claude)

But also, by nature and among the translators, the expression is not rendered thus. For Aquila says, “The Lord acquired me,” since in the Hebrew it says “Adonai qanani,” which is translated as we have said. And we too by custom say of those who are born, “he acquired children.”

### Scripture references

- Prov 8:22: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Aquila's Greek version rendered Hebrew qānānî as ἐκτήσατο (“acquired”).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 44.1 (Holl GCS 25:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-44-1).

## Ancoratus 44.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-44-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:54
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Acts 2:36 speaks of the flesh, not the Word from above.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ οὕτω τὴν δύναμιν τῆς ἑρμηνείας ἐσφράγισε. τὸ γὰρ ἀδωναῒ κανανὶ καὶ οὑτω δύναται ἑρμηνεύεσθαι κύριος ἐνόσσευσέ με«. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ὁ Πέτρος σαφῶς διαγορεύει λέγων τοῦτον τὸν Ἰησοῦν, ὂν ὑμεῖς ἐσταυρώσατε«. οὐκ εἶπε τὸν ἄνωθεν θεὸν Λόγον, ἀλλὰ τοῦτον τὸν Ἰησοῦν‘ ⟩ τὴν σάρκα τὴν σὺν τῷ ἄνωθεν Λόγῳ ἐν γαστρὶ Μαρίας συνειλημμένην, τοῦτον δὲ λεγομένην διὰ τὸν ἀπὸ Μαρίας κυριακὸν ἄνθρωπον.

### English translation (Claude)

But not even so did he seal the force of the translation. For “Adonai qanani” can also be translated thus: “The Lord nested me.” And for this reason Peter clearly declares, saying, “this Jesus whom you crucified.” He did not say “God the Word from above,” but “this Jesus,” ⟨meaning⟩ the flesh conceived together with the Word from above in Mary's womb, called “this” because of the Lord's manhood from Mary.

### Scripture references

- Acts 2:36: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- ἐνόσσευσε (“nested”) is Epiphanius's alternative sense of the Hebrew.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 44.2 (Holl GCS 25:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-44-2).

## Ancoratus 44.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-44-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:54
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture ascribes suffering and descent to Christ's flesh.

### Greek text

ἐν τούτῳ γὰρ καὶ τὸ † ἀποκτιζόμενον πληροῦται, ὥς φησι Πέτρος »θανατωθεὶς σαρκί, ζωοποιηθεὶς δὲ πνεύματι« καὶ πάλιν Χριστοῦ οὖν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν παθόντος σαρκί« καὶ πάλιν »ἐξ ὧν ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα«, ὥς φησι Παῦλος.

### English translation (Claude)

For in this † what is created is fulfilled, as Peter says, “put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,” and again, “Christ therefore having suffered for us in the flesh,” and again, “from whom is Christ according to the flesh,” as Paul says.

### Scripture references

- 1 Pet 3:18: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Pet 4:1: quotation, high confidence
- Rom 9:5: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The dagger marks a corrupt word (ἀποκτιζόμενον).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 44.3 (Holl GCS 25:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-44-3).

## Ancoratus 44.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-44-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:54
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ calls himself a man to locate his suffering.

### Greek text

καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ σωτὴρ ἔλεγεν ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῶ νῦν δέ με ζητεῖτε ἀποκτεῖναι ἄνθρωπον, ὃς τὴν ἀλήθειαν ὑμῖν λελάληκα, ἣν ἤκουσα παρὰ τοῦ πατρός‘, ἵνα δείξῃ τὸ πάθος ἀπὸ τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος καὶ ⟩ κατωτέρω, αὐτὸν δὲ εἶναι φυσικὸν υἱὸν τοῦ πατρὸς ἀπὸ τῶν ἄνωθεν.

### English translation (Claude)

And the Savior himself said in the Gospel, “But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from the Father,” to show the suffering from the humanity, ⟨which is⟩ below, but himself to be natural Son of the Father from the things above.

### Scripture references

- John 8:40: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 44.4 (Holl GCS 25:54; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-44-4).

## Ancoratus 44.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-44-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:54–55
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paul calls Christ the man who is mediator and who emptied himself.

### Greek text

συνᾴδει δὲ καὶ τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ Παῦλος ὁ ἅγιος ἀπόστολος φάσκων »εἷς θεός, εἷς καὶ μεσίτης θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων, ἄνθρωπος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός((, »ὃς οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ, ἀλλʼ ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσε, μορφὴν δούλου λαβών«.

### English translation (Claude)

And Paul the holy apostle agrees with this word too, saying, “One God, and one mediator of God and men, the man Christ Jesus,” who “did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Tim 2:5: quotation, high confidence
- Phil 2:6: quotation, high confidence
- Phil 2:7: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 44.5 (Holl GCS 25:54–55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-44-5).

## Ancoratus 44.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-44-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:55
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ mediates as true God and true man.

### Greek text

ὁρᾷς ὡς ἄνθρωπον αὐτὸν ἀπεφήνατο, ἀλλʼ οὐ ψιλόν. τὸ γάρ μεσίτης θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων«, ἐπειδὴ τοῖς ἑκατέροις μεσιτεύει, πρὸς τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ θεὸς ὣν φύσει γνήσιος γεγεννημένος, πρὸς δὲ τοὺς ἀνθρώπους ἄνθρωπος φυσικὸς γνήσιος ἐκ Μαρίας δίχα σπέρματος ἀνδρὸς γεγεννημένος. οὕτω γάρ ἐστι μεσίτης θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων, θεὸς ὢν καὶ ἄνθρωπος γεγονώς, οὐ τραπεὶς τὴν φύσιν, ἀλλὰ κατὰ ἑκάτερα πρὸς τὰ ἀμφότερα μεσιτεύων.

### English translation (Claude)

You see that he declared him a man, but not a mere man. For “mediator of God and men,” since he mediates to both: to his Father, being God by nature, genuinely begotten; to men, a natural and genuine man, born from Mary without the seed of a man. For thus he is mediator of God and men, being God and having become man, not changed in nature, but mediating to both through each.

### Scripture references

- 1 Tim 2:5: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 44.6 (Holl GCS 25:55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-44-6).

## Ancoratus 45.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-45-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:55
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Philippians 2:6 affirms he was God by nature.

### Greek text

45. Ἀλλὰ καὶ πάλιν ἀμαθάνοντές φασιν· ὁρᾷς ὅτι »οὐχ ἀρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ«. καὶ οὐδὲ τὴν κλῆσιν οἴδασιν οἱ φιλόνεικοι. οὐ γὰρ εἶπεν· οὐκ ἠθέλησε γενέσθαι ἴσος θεῷ διʼ ἀρπαγμοῦ, ἀλλ »οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἠγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ«, τὸ θεὸς εἶναι φύσει, ὅτι ἠν.

### English translation (Claude)

But again in their ignorance they say, “You see that ‘he did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped.’” And the contentious do not even know the wording. For it did not say, “He did not wish to become equal to God by robbery,” but “he did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped,” that is, being God by nature, which he was.

### Scripture references

- Phil 2:6: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 45.1 (Holl GCS 25:55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-45-1).

## Ancoratus 45.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-45-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:55
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Being equal to God, he took the servant's form to free us.

### Greek text

εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἠν, πῶς μορφὴν δούλου ἔλαβε; καὶ ⟨γὰρ τὸ πρόσφατον ἐσήμαινε καὶ ἐκ τούτου τὴν ὑπερβολὴν * θαυμάζων ἐδείκνυε, ὅτι καίπερ ὢν ἴσος θεῷ ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσε, μορφὴν δούλου λαβών, οὐχ ἴνα τὸ ἐλεύθερον δουλώσῃ, ἀλλʼ ⟨ἵνα⟩ ἐν ἧ μορφῇ ἕλαβε ὑπακούοντας δούλους ἐλευθερώσῃ.

### English translation (Claude)

For if he was not, how did he take the form of a servant? ⟨For⟩ it signified what was new, and from this, marveling at the excess *, it showed that although he was equal to God he emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, not to enslave the free, but ⟨so that⟩ in the form he took he might set free obedient servants.

### Scripture references

- Phil 2:7: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 45.2 (Holl GCS 25:55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-45-2).

## Ancoratus 45.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-45-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:55
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Jews testify that Christ claimed equality with God.

### Greek text

ὡς καὶ μαρτυροῦσιν Ἰουδαῖοι ὅτι οὐκ ᾐδεῖτο λέγειν ⟨ἑαυτὸν⟩ ἴσον θεῷ οὐδὲ ἐδίσταζεν, ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ * θαρραλεώτερον * οὕτω δεικνύειν ἐν τῷ λέγειν »ἐὰν μὴ εἴπω, ἔσομαι καθʼ ὑμᾶς ψεύστης«· καὶ διὰ τοῦτό φασι πρὸς αὐτόν »δι ἀγαθὸν ἔργον οὐκ ἀποκτένομέν σε, ἀλλʼ ὅτι ἄνθρωπος ὢν σεαυτὸν ποιεῖς ἴσον θεῷ«.

### English translation (Claude)

As the Jews also testify that he was not ashamed to call ⟨himself⟩ equal to God nor hesitated, but * boldly * to show it thus in saying, “If I do not say so, I shall be a liar like you”; and for this reason they say to him, “We do not kill you for a good work, but because, being a man, you make yourself equal to God.”

### Scripture references

- John 8:55: quotation, high confidence
- John 10:33: quotation, high confidence
- John 5:18: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisks mark gaps in the edition. The second quotation combines John 10:33 and 5:18.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 45.3 (Holl GCS 25:55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-45-3).

## Ancoratus 45.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-45-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:55
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture uses many figurative names for Christ.

### Greek text

ἀλλά φασιν· ὀφείλομεν τὰ τροπικὰ ⟩ αὐτοῦ ὁμολογεῖν. καὶ πολλὰ τροπικὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ εἴρηκεν ἡ γραφὴ καὶ οὐ δεῖ ἀρνεῖσθαι τὰ εἰς αὐτὸν αἰνιγματωδῶς εἰρημένα, ὅτι καὶ θύρα κέκληται καὶ λίθος εἴρηται καὶ στῦλος καὶ νεφέλη καὶ λέων καὶ πρόβατον καὶ λύχνος καὶ λαμπὰς καὶ ἥλιος καὶ ἄγγελος καὶ σκώληξ καὶ πέτρα καὶ ἀκρογωνιαῖος καὶ ὁδὸς καὶ ταῦρος καὶ μόσχος καὶ τἀ τοιαῦτα.

### English translation (Claude)

“But,” they say, “we must confess ⟨also⟩ the figurative things said of him.” Scripture has said many figurative things about him, and one must not deny what is said of him in riddles: that he is called a door, and said to be a stone, and a pillar and a cloud and a lion and a lamb and a lamp and a torch and a sun and an angel and a worm and a rock and a cornerstone and a way and a bull and a calf, and such things.

### Scripture references

- John 10:9: allusion, high confidence
- 1 Pet 2:6: allusion, medium confidence
- Rev 5:5: allusion, medium confidence
- Ps 22:6 (21:7 LXX): allusion, medium confidence
- 1 Cor 10:4: allusion, medium confidence
- John 14:6: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 45.4 (Holl GCS 25:55; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-45-4).

## Ancoratus 45.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-45-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:55–56
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Each figurative name has a reason.

### Greek text

δηλονότι καὶ ἡμεῖς οὐκ ἀρνούμεθα τὰ τὰ αὐτὸν αἰνιγματωδῶς πεπληρωμένα. οἴδαμεν δὲ διʼ ἣν αἰτίαν ταῦτα γέγραπται· ὁδὸς ὅτι διʼ αὐτοῦ βαδίζομεν πρὸς τὴν βασιλείαν, πρὸς αὐτὸν καὶ τὸν πατέρα· θύρα δὲ ὅτι διʼ αὐτοῦ εἰσερχόμεθα· στῦλος ὅτι αὐτός ἐστιν ἐδραίωμα τῆς ἡμετέρας πίστεως· πέτρα διὰ τὸ ἀμετακίνητον· λίθος ⟨διὰ⟩ τεθεμελιωμένον· ἤλιος δικαιοσύνης ὅτι καταυγάσας τὰς ἡμετέρας σκοτισθείσας διανοίας.

### English translation (Claude)

Clearly we too do not deny what has been fulfilled in him in riddles. But we know for what reason these things are written: a way, because through him we walk to the kingdom, to him and to the Father; a door, because through him we enter; a pillar, because he is the foundation of our faith; a rock, because he is immovable; a stone, ⟨because⟩ founded; the sun of righteousness, because he shone on our darkened minds.

### Scripture references

- John 14:6: allusion, high confidence
- John 10:9: allusion, high confidence
- 1 Tim 3:15: allusion, low confidence
- Mal 4:2 (3:20 LXX): allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- A repeated word in the digital text seems to stand for a lost word; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 45.5 (Holl GCS 25:55–56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/34-1/#p-45-5).

## Ancoratus 46.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-46-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:56
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Opponents insist on calling him a creature.

### Greek text

46. Εἶτά φασιν ὅτι ⟨εἰ⟩ γέγραπται περὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι κτίσμα ἐστίν, ὁμολογεῖν δεῖ καὶ τὸ κτίσμα. ἰδοὺ κἀγὼ διηγησάμην μέρος τι τῶν χρήσεων τῶν διὰ τῶν αἰνιγμάτων αὐτοῦ εἰς ἡμᾶς πεπληρωμένων.

### English translation (Claude)

Then they say, “⟨If⟩ it is written of him that he is a creature, one must confess ‘creature’ too.” See, I too have related some part of the uses fulfilled for us through his riddles.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 46.1 (Holl GCS 25:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-46-1).

## Ancoratus 46.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-46-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:56
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Figurative names benefit us; “creature” does not.

### Greek text

εἴπωσιν ⟨δὲ⟩ ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ λέγειν αὐτὸν κτίσμα τί χρησιμεύει; θύρα εἰκότως εἴρηται τροπικῶς, ἵνα γένηται εἴσοδος ἡμῶν καὶ ὠφέλεια. καὶ ὁδός, ἵνα διʼ αὐτοῦ βαδίζοντες μὴ πλανηθῶμεν· κτίσμα ⟨δὲ⟩

### English translation (Claude)

Let them tell us, ⟨then⟩, what use there is in calling him a creature. “Door” is fittingly said figuratively, so that he may become our entrance and benefit; and “way,” so that walking through him we may not go astray. But “creature,”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 46.2 (Holl GCS 25:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-46-2).

## Ancoratus 46.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-46-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:56
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Opponents say begetting would imply passion in the Father.

### Greek text

τί ἠμῖν γίνεται; τί ἡμᾶς ὠφελεῖ; ναί, φησὶν ὁ κενόδοξος φιλονεικῶν· εἰ μὴ γὰρ αὐτὸν εἴπῃς κτίσμα, τῷ πατρὶ πάθος περιτίθης. πᾶς γὰρ γεννῶν πάθει περιβέβληται· ἢ γὰρ συστέλλεται ἢ πλατύνεται ἢ ἁπλοῦται ἢ ἀπορρέει ἢ ὀγκοῦται ἤ τι· τῶν τοιούτων ⟨πάσχει⟩.

### English translation (Claude)

what does it become for us? How does it help us? “Yes,” says the vainglorious and contentious man; “for if you do not call him a creature, you attribute passion to the Father. For everyone who begets is clothed with passion: he contracts or expands or is spread out or flows away or swells, or ⟨suffers⟩ something of the kind.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 46.3 (Holl GCS 25:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-46-3).

## Ancoratus 46.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-46-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:56
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: No one should imagine God suffering in begetting.

### Greek text

φεῦ γε καὶ τῆς τοιαύτης διανοίας πονηρᾶς οὔσης καὶ οὐκ ἀληθεστάτης. τίς ταῦτα περὶ θεοῦ διανοηθήσεται; ποία δὲ ὑπόνοια τοιαῦτα τολμήσει; δηλονότι οὐδεὶς οὐδὲ τῶν δαμόνων τοιοῦτόν τι διανοηθήσεται.

### English translation (Claude)

Alas for such a mind, evil and not most true! Who will think these things about God? What notion will dare such things? Clearly no one, not even of the demons, will think such a thing.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 46.4 (Holl GCS 25:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-46-4).

## Ancoratus 46.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-46-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:56
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God is not a body that swells in begetting.

### Greek text

κἄν τις ὁμολογῇ τὸν πατέρα, πιστεύει αὐτὸν τὸν υἱὸν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ γεγεννηκέναι. * οὐ γὰρ ὄγκοις περιφέρεται τὸ θεῖον οὐδὲ σῶμά ἐστιν ἔγκυον, ἵνα ὑπομείνῃ τὰ προειρημένα.

### English translation (Claude)

And if someone confesses the Father, he believes that he truly begot the Son. * For the divine is not carried about in bulks, nor is it a pregnant body, so as to undergo the things mentioned.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 46.5 (Holl GCS 25:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-46-5).

## Ancoratus 46.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-46-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:56
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: As Spirit, the Father begot the Son without passion or time.

### Greek text

»πνεῦμα γὰρ ὁ θεός«, πνεῦμα δὲ ῥύσιν οὐχ ὑφίσταται οὐ τομὴν οὐ ⟨δυ⟩στολὴν οὐ μείωσιν ἅπλωσιν οὐδέ τι τῶν τοιούτων. καθὸ τοίνυν ὁ πατὴρ πνεῦμά ἐστι, τὸν υἱὸν θεὸν Λόγον γεγέννηκε πνευματικῶς ἀχρόνως ἀκαταλήπτως καὶ ἀνάρχως.

### English translation (Claude)

“For God is Spirit,” and Spirit undergoes no flowing, no cutting, no contraction, no diminution, no spreading out, nor anything of the kind. So, inasmuch as the Father is Spirit, he begot the Son, God the Word, spiritually, timelessly, incomprehensibly, and without beginning.

### Scripture references

- John 4:24: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 46.6 (Holl GCS 25:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-46-6).

## Ancoratus 47.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-47-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:56
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: An illustration from creatures will be offered.

### Greek text

47. Ἵνα δὲ τούτους πείσωμεν τοὺς ταῦτα νοοῦντας, οὐχ ὅμοια μὲν φάσκοντες, ἀφʼ ὁμοίων δὲ τὴν αὐτῶν ἀποστρέφοντες κακὴν ἀπολογίαν εἴπωμεν· κτίσμα ἐστὶ τὸ] ἀπείρως καὶ μυριονταπλοασίως τοῦ αὐτοῦ δεσπότου ἀποδέον.

### English translation (Claude)

And to persuade those who think this, let us speak, not saying that the things are alike, but turning back their bad defense from comparable things: a creature is what falls infinitely and ten thousand times short of its Master.

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes τό.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 47.1 (Holl GCS 25:56; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-47-1).

## Ancoratus 47.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-47-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:56–57
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The sun kindles fire through glass without being diminished.

### Greek text

καὶ πολλοί τινες ἐν ἐρήμῳ ἐνδεόμενοι πυρός, γεμίσαντες ὕδωρ έν ἄγγει ὑελίνῳ καὶ ὕλην προσενέγκαντες εὐθυφλόγιστον, ἐκ λίνου ἢ ἐκ στυπείου πεποιημένην, ἵστανται ἀντικρὺ τοῦ ἡλίου τῆς μαρμαρυγῆς ἀπὸ τῆς ὑέλου καταυγαζούσης εἰς τὴν ὑποκειμένην ὕλην καὶ εὐθὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ πυρὸς τοῦ ἡλίου λαμβάνεται καὶ ἐξάπτει τὸ πῦρ. ἀρα τέτμηται ὁ ἤλιος διὰ τῆς μετοχῆς τῆς οὐσίας; ἀρα ἐνέλειψεν; ἀρα μεμείωται; οὐχί, φασίν.

### English translation (Claude)

Many people in the desert, needing fire, fill a glass vessel with water and bring easily kindled material made of linen or tow, and stand facing the sun; as the glass casts the sun's gleam onto the material beneath, at once fire is taken from the sun and kindles. Is the sun then cut by the sharing of its substance? Has it failed? Has it been diminished? No, they say.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 47.2 (Holl GCS 25:56–57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-47-2).

## Ancoratus 47.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-47-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:57
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Much more does God beget the Word without loss.

### Greek text

εἰ τοίνυν κτίσμα ὢν οὐκ ἐμειώθη, πόσῳ γε μᾶλλον ὁ ἄπειρος καὶ ἀκατάληπτος καὶ ἄχραντος ὢν θεός, ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ γεννήσας πνεῦμα ὢν θεὸν Λόγον ἄφραστον καὶ ἀκατάληπτον καὶ ἄφθαρτον ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ ἐγέννησεν. οὐ διὰ πάθους οὐ διὰ τομῆς οὐ διʼ ἐλλείψεως, ἀλλὰ τέλειος τέλειον ἐν τελειότητι.

### English translation (Claude)

If then the sun, being a creature, was not diminished, how much more God, who is infinite, incomprehensible, and undefiled, begetting from himself, being Spirit, God the Word, inexpressible, incomprehensible, and incorruptible, begot him in incorruption: not through passion, not through cutting, not through loss, but perfect from perfect in perfection.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 47.3 (Holl GCS 25:57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-47-3).

## Ancoratus 47.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-47-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:57
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Fire lights many lamps, yet can be gathered from many.

### Greek text

καὶ ἡ μὲν τοῦ πυρὸς φύσις πολλοὺς λύχνους ἅπτει ἀπὸ ἑνὸς καὶ ὁ πρῶτος ὑπάρχων οὐκ ἐμειώθη· πάλιν δὲ δύναται ἡ αὐτὴ οὐσία ἐκ πολλῶν μερικῶν εἶναι, φημὶ δὲ λύχνων ἢ λαμπάδων.

### English translation (Claude)

And the nature of fire lights many lamps from one, and the first is not diminished; but again the same substance can be made up of many separate parts, I mean lamps or torches.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 47.4 (Holl GCS 25:57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-47-4).

## Ancoratus 47.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-47-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:57
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Unlike fire, the persons do not merge.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ οὐχ οὕτω τὸ θεῖον, μὴ γένοιτο· οὐ πάλιν γὰρ ῆλθεν ὁ Λόγος καὶ συναλοιφὴν τῷ πατρὶ εἰργάσατο, ἀλλʼ ὁ πατὴρ πατήρ ἐστι καὶ ὁ υἱὸς υἱὸς καὶ τὸ ἄγιον πνεῦμα πνεῦμα ἅγιον.

### English translation (Claude)

But the divine is not so, God forbid; for the Word did not come back again and bring about a merging with the Father; but the Father is Father, and the Son Son, and the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 47.5 (Holl GCS 25:57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-47-5).

## Ancoratus 48.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-48-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:57
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Manichaean view of souls merging into one column is foolish.

### Greek text

48. Μωρὸν γὰρ τὸ παρὰ τοῖς Μανιχαίοις εἰρημένον ὅτι ἐν † rm νοὶ· τοῦ Μάνη αἱ ψυχαὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ στύλου τοῦ φωτὸς γενόμεναι ἕν σῶμά εἰσι καὶ λυόμεναι ἀπὸ τῶν σωμάτων αὖθις ἀναπλάττονται τῇ μιᾷ οὐσίᾳ, ὡς εἰς τὸν ἕνα στῦλον ⟨συνγόμεναι⟩ κατὰ τὸ αὐτῶν τοῦ πλάσματος.

### English translation (Claude)

For foolish is what the Manichaeans say: that in † the mind of Mani the souls, having come from the column of light, are one body, and when released from bodies are refashioned again into the one substance, ⟨gathered⟩ as into the one column, according to their fiction.

### Translation notes

- The dagger marks corrupt letters (rm) in the digital text. Epiphanius's report of Manichaean teaching is translated as written.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 48.1 (Holl GCS 25:57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-48-1).

## Ancoratus 48.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-48-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:57
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The feeding of the five thousand is a counter-example.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ οὐχ οὕτως ἔδειξε τὸ εὐαγγέλιον, ἀλλʼ ἔκλασεν ἀπὸ πέντε ἄρτων καὶ ἐχόρτασε πεντακισχιλίους καὶ οὐκ ἀφῆκεν αὐτῶν τὰ περισσεύματα, ἀλλά »συναγάγετε« φησί »καὶ μηδὲν ἀπολίπητε τῶν κλασμάτων«, καὶ συνήγαγον δώδεκα κοφίνους·

### English translation (Claude)

But the Gospel did not show it so; rather he broke five loaves and fed five thousand, and did not leave the leftovers, but “Gather,” he says, “and let nothing of the fragments be lost,” and they gathered twelve baskets.

### Scripture references

- John 6:12: quotation, high confidence
- John 6:13: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 48.2 (Holl GCS 25:57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-48-2).

## Ancoratus 48.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-48-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:57
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The fragments were gathered but not merged back into loaves.

### Greek text

καὶ εἰς τὰς μὲν θήκας ὁμοῦ συνήγαγον, τὰ δὲ κλάσματα αὖθις οὐκ εἰς συνά- φειαν ἄρτων ὡς ἦσαν ἐποίησε. συνήγαγον μὲν τὸ πλῆθος, ἀλλʼ εἰς πολλὰ κλάσματα, εἰς μίαν δὲ συναγωγὴν ἔδειξε κοφίνων.

### English translation (Claude)

And they gathered them together into the containers, but he did not make the fragments again into the union of loaves as they had been. They gathered the quantity, but into many fragments, and showed it in one collection of baskets.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 48.3 (Holl GCS 25:57; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-48-3).

## Ancoratus 48.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-48-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:57–58
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The illustrations are not allegories or equations.

### Greek text

καὶ οὐ καθʼ ὑπόθεσιν θεωρίας ἡμεῖς τοῦτο ἠλληγορήσαμεν καὶ τὸ προειρη- μένον τοῦ ἡλίου ὑπόδειγμα. οὐ γὰρ τοὺς ἄρτους ψυχὰς λέγομεν οὔτε ⟨τὰ⟩ κλάσματα, μὴ γένοιτο, οὔτε τὸν θεὸν ἐξισοῦμεν τῷ ἡλίῳ ⟨τῷ⟩ αὐτοῦ ἐκτισμένῳ οὔτε τὸν μονογενῆ αἴγλῃ τῇ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου εἰς τὸ στυπεῖον πεμπομένῃ.

### English translation (Claude)

And we have not allegorized this as a theory, nor the example of the sun mentioned before. For we do not say the loaves or ⟨the⟩ fragments are souls, God forbid, nor do we make God equal to the sun created by him, nor the Only-begotten to the ray sent by the sun onto the tow.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 48.4 (Holl GCS 25:57–58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-48-4).

## Ancoratus 48.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-48-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:58
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Souls remain individual in God's many mansions.

### Greek text

κατὰ δὲ τὸ ὅμοιον καὶ ⟩ ψυχαὶ ⟨αἱ⟩ γεννηθεῖσαι οὐ συνάπτονται εἰς μίαν συναλοιφήν, μὴ γένοιτο, ἀλλʼ εἰς τὰς τοῦ θεοῦ μονὰς τὰς γεγραμμένας ὅτι πολλαὶ μοναὶ παρὰ τῷ πατρί«· οὐκ εἰς ἴνα δὲ βουνὸν γινόμεναι, ἀλλʼ ἑκάστου ἰδιαζόντως ἀριθμουμένου.

### English translation (Claude)

But in like manner the souls that are born are not joined into one merging, God forbid, but into the mansions of God, of which it is written, “There are many mansions with the Father”; not becoming one heap, but each counted individually.

### Scripture references

- John 14:2: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 48.5 (Holl GCS 25:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-48-5).

## Ancoratus 48.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-48-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:58
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Begetting does not attach passion to God.

### Greek text

οὐδὲ ἐν τῷ λέγειν γεγεννηκέναι τὸν θεὸν τὸν μονογενῆ αὐτοῦ υἱὸν πάθος αὐτῷ προσάπτομεν κατὰ τὴν ἐκείνων κακὴν βλασφημίαν. πᾶς γὰρ γεννῶν ἐμπαθῶς κάμνει καὶ οὐ χρὴ οὔτε κτίσμα λέγειν οὔτε γέννημα κατὰ τὸν ἐκείνων λόγον, ἴνα μὴ δῶμεν θεὸν κάμνοντα ἢ πάσχοντα. πόθεν οὖν εὕρομεν τὸν υἱὸν ἢ διὰ τί ὄνομα υἱοῦ ἔχει;

### English translation (Claude)

Nor, in saying that God begot his only-begotten Son, do we attach passion to him according to their evil blasphemy. “For everyone who begets labors with passion, and one must say neither ‘creature’ nor ‘offspring,’” according to their argument, “so that we may not present God laboring or suffering. From where, then, have we found the Son, or why does he have the name of Son?”

### Translation notes

- The quoted objection is the opponents' reasoning; its limits are uncertain in the Greek.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 48.6 (Holl GCS 25:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-48-6).

## Ancoratus 48.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-48-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:58
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Human passions must not be ascribed to God.

### Greek text

οὑτοι δὲ συλλογισμοὶ ἀνθρώπων καὶ ἀπὸ γηΐνων φρονημάτων ὁρμώμενοι. τὰ γὰρ ἡμῶν πάθη τῶν ἀνθρώπων εἰς θεὸν ἀθέμιτόν ἐστι λογίζεσθαι, σαφῶς τοῦ θεοῦ λέγοντος οὐχ ὡς αἱ διάνοιαι ὑμῶν ἡ διάνοιά μου« καὶ πάλιν οὐχ ὡς ἄνθρωπος, οὕτω καὶ θεός«.

### English translation (Claude)

These are human syllogisms, starting from earthly thoughts. For it is unlawful to reckon our human passions to God, when God clearly says, “My thought is not as your thoughts,” and again, “God is not as a man.”

### Scripture references

- Isa 55:8: quotation, high confidence
- Num 23:19: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 48.7 (Holl GCS 25:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-48-7).

## Ancoratus 49.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-49-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:58
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father calls the Son “chosen.”

### Greek text

49. Τοίνυν παυσάσθωσαν ἀπὸ τῆς βλασφημίας καὶ μαθέτωσαν παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ λέγοντος »οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν ᾧ εὐδόκησα«· πάλιν ⟨δὲ⟩ ὡς ἐπὶ μελλόντων λέγει σὺ γὰρ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ὃν ἐξελεξάμην«, καὶ τότε ἐν τοῖς ᾄσμασιν »ἐκλελοχισμένος ἀπὸ μυριάδων«. πόθεν οὖν ἐκλογὴ γίνεται λεγέτωσαν.

### English translation (Claude)

So let them cease from blasphemy and learn from the Father, who says, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased”; and again, as of things to come, he says, “For you are my beloved Son, whom I have chosen,” and then in the Song, “chosen out from ten thousands.” From where then the choosing comes, let them say.

### Scripture references

- Matt 3:17: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 9:35: allusion, medium confidence
- Isa 42:1: allusion, low confidence
- Song 5:10: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The second quotation resembles Luke 9:35 and Isa 42:1; “chosen out from ten thousands” is Song 5:10 LXX.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 49.1 (Holl GCS 25:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-49-1).

## Ancoratus 49.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-49-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:58
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Some say “chosen” means Son by grace.

### Greek text

νομίζουσι γὰρ οἱ ληρώδεις ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν‘ ἐξελεξάμην‘ κατὰ χάριν αὐτὸν υἱὸν καλεῖσθαι καὶ οὐ κατὰ φύσιν. δειξάτωσαν τίς αὐτῷ ὅμοιος, ἵνα τοὺς πάντας δοκιμάσας ἐκεῖνον ἐκλέξηται.

### English translation (Claude)

For the babblers think that in saying “I have chosen” he is called Son by grace and not by nature. Let them show who is like him, so that, having tested all, he chose that one.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 49.2 (Holl GCS 25:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-49-2).

## Ancoratus 49.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-49-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:58
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: No son by grace can equal the Son by nature.

### Greek text

εἰ γὰρ υἱός ἐστι μονογενής, οὐκ ἔστι τις ἴσος αὐτοῦ οὔτε ἀντιπαράθετος, ὅμοιος ὢν τῷ υἱῷ ἐν υἱοῖς θεοῦ«. τούτους γὰρ οἶδε κατὰ χάριν, ἐκείνῳ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενόν τινα ἐξισοῦσθαι τῷ εἶναι αὐτὸν φυσικῶς υἱόν.

### English translation (Claude)

For if he is only-begotten Son, there is no one equal to him or a counterpart, one “like the Son among the sons of God.” For it knows those as sons by grace, while no one can be made equal to him, because he is Son by nature.

### Scripture references

- Ps 89:6 (88:7 LXX): allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation adapts Ps 89:6 (LXX 88:7).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 49.3 (Holl GCS 25:58; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-49-3).

## Ancoratus 49.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-49-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:58–59
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The “choosing” refers to the flesh taken from Mary.

### Greek text

φανερὸν γὰρ πόθεν ἐκλελοχισμένος καὶ πόθεν ἐκλογή· ὅτι πολλαὶ μυριάδες ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἦσαν καὶ Μαρία μόνη »εὑρε χάριν‘ καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ ἐξελέξατο τὴν ἁγίαν σάρκα.

### English translation (Claude)

For it is clear from where he was “chosen out” and from where the choosing: there were many ten thousands on the earth, and Mary alone “found favor,” and in her he chose the holy flesh.

### Scripture references

- Luke 1:30: quotation, high confidence
- Song 5:10: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 49.4 (Holl GCS 25:58–59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-49-4).

## Ancoratus 49.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-49-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:59
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Psalm 47's “chosen inheritance” points to Christ's flesh.

### Greek text

διὰ τοῦτο ἔφη εὐδόκησα, ὡς καὶ Δαυὶδ λέγει ἐκ προσώπου τῶν ἀποστόλων τῶν εἰς τὸν κύριον πεπιστευκότων καὶ μετὰ χαρᾶς τοῖς ἔθνεσι τὴν αὐτοῦ χάριν ὑποδεικνυόντων, ὅτι »ὑπέταξε λαοὺς ἡμῖν καὶ ἔθνη ὑπὸ τοὺς πόδας ἡμῶν· ἐξελέξατο ἡμῖν τὴν κληρονομίαν ⟩ τὴν καλλονὴν Ἰακώβ, ἣν ἠγάπησε«, τουτέστι τὸ ἀκραιφνὲς τῆς καλλονῆς αὐτοῦ,

### English translation (Claude)

For this reason he said, “I was well pleased,” as David too says in the person of the apostles who believed in the Lord and joyfully showed his grace to the nations: “He subdued peoples under us and nations under our feet; he chose for us his inheritance, the beauty of Jacob, which he loved,” that is, the pure beauty of him,

### Scripture references

- Ps 47:3 (46:4 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Ps 47:4 (46:5 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 49.5 (Holl GCS 25:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-49-5).

## Ancoratus 49.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-49-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:59
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father's good pleasure concerns the incarnation.

### Greek text

ὅλου τοῦ Ἰακὼβ τὴν καλλονήν, τὴν σάρκα τὴν ἀπὸ Μαρίας διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου ἐκλελεγμένην. * τὸ γενόμενον τῆς οἰκονομίας τῆς σαρκὸς πρὸς Ἰωάννην τὸν βαπτιστὴν ἔδειξεν ἄνωθεν ὁ πατήρ. εὐδόκησε γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν τῇ ἐνσάρκῳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ παρουσίᾳ, ἡ δὲ θεότης ἀπείρως ἔχει τῆς φύσεως.

### English translation (Claude)

the beauty of all Jacob, the flesh from Mary chosen through the Holy Spirit. * The Father from above showed to John the Baptist what had come to be in the dispensation of the flesh. For the Father was well pleased in the incarnate coming of Christ, but the Godhead is infinitely beyond ⟨such⟩ nature.

### Scripture references

- Matt 3:17: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The last words appear in Latin letters in the digital text.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 49.6 (Holl GCS 25:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-49-6).

## Ancoratus 50.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-50-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:59
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paul calls him the Son of God's love.

### Greek text

50. Λέγει δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ ἀπόστολος καὶ »υἱὸν ἀγάπης«, »ὃς ἐρρύσατο ἡμᾶς‘ φησίν »ἐκ τῆς ἐξουσίας τοῦ σκότους καὶ μετέστησεν εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς ἀγάπης αὐτοῦ«.

### English translation (Claude)

And the apostle also calls him “the Son of love”: “who rescued us,” he says, “from the power of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the Son of his love.”

### Scripture references

- Col 1:13: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 50.1 (Holl GCS 25:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-50-1).

## Ancoratus 50.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-50-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:59
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Some say he became Son by advance in love.

### Greek text

καὶ οἱ ληροῦντες ἐνταῦθα μὴ νοοῦντες τὴν λέξιν, κατὰ προκοπὴν ἀγάπης θεοῦ εἶναι τὸν υἱόν φασι. καὶ οὐκ ἴσασιν οἱ ἀμαθεῖς τὴν ἀντιπαράθεσιν τοῦ λόγου· ἐν ἄλλῳ γὰρ τόπῳ φησὶν ὁ ἀπόστολος ὅτι »θεὸς ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς ἐν Χριστῷ«.

### English translation (Claude)

And the babblers here, not understanding the expression, say that the Son is God's by an advance in love. And the ignorant do not know the counterpart of the saying; for in another place the apostle says, “God loved us in Christ.”

### Scripture references

- Eph 2:4: allusion, low confidence

### Translation notes

- The second quotation is not exact; compare Eph 2:4–5.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 50.2 (Holl GCS 25:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-50-2).

## Ancoratus 50.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-50-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:59
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son is Love from Love.

### Greek text

ἀληθῶς γὰρ υἱὸς ἀγαπητὸς ὁ μονογενής, ἐπειδὴ ἀγάπη ὁ πατήρ, ἀγάπη ὁ υἱός, ἐπειδὴ ἀγάπη ἐξ ἀγάπης ἐστίν. υἱὸς οὐν ἐστιν ἀγάπης διʼ ἡμᾶς καὶ διʼ ἑαυτόν, ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ ἠγάπησεν ἡμᾶς καὶ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ παρέδωκεν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν. οὔτε οὐν κάμνει ἐργαζόμενος οὔτε πάσχει γεννῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

For the Only-begotten is truly the beloved Son, since the Father is love, the Son is love, since he is love from love. So he is Son of love because of us and because of himself, since in him he loved us and handed over his only-begotten Son for us. So he neither labors in working nor suffers in begetting.

### Scripture references

- 1 John 4:8: allusion, high confidence
- John 3:16: allusion, high confidence
- Rom 8:32: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 50.3 (Holl GCS 25:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-50-3).

## Ancoratus 50.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-50-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:59
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A created Son could not be worshiped.

### Greek text

καὶ μὴ μάτην ἐπισωρεύ- ωσιν ἑαυτοῖς βλασφημίας. εἰ γὰρ κτιστός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός, οὐ προσκυνητὸς κατὰ τὸν ἐκείνων λόγον. μωρὸν γάρ ἐστι κτίσιν προσκυνεῖν καὶ ἀθετεῖν τὴν πρώτην ἐντολὴν τὴν λέγουσαν »ἄκουε Ἰσραήλ, κύριος ὁ θεός σου κύριος εἷς ἐστιν«.

### English translation (Claude)

And let them not heap up blasphemies on themselves in vain. For if the Son is created, he is not to be worshiped, by their own reasoning. For it is foolish to worship a creature and set aside the first commandment, which says, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God is one Lord.”

### Scripture references

- Deut 6:4: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 50.4 (Holl GCS 25:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-50-4).

## Ancoratus 50.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-50-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:59
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Word is worshiped, so he is not created.

### Greek text

οὐ κτιστὸς τοίνυν ὁ ἅγιος Λόγος, ὅτι προσκυνητός. προσεκύνησαν αὐτῷ οἱ μαθηταί, προσκυνοῦσιν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄγγελοι ἐν οὐρανῷ· ⟨φησὶ γὰρ⟩ »καὶ προσκυνησάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντες ἄγγελοι θεοῦ« καί »προσκυνήσω σε, κύριε ἡ ἰσχύς μου«.

### English translation (Claude)

So the holy Word is not created, because he is worshiped. The disciples worshiped him; the angels in heaven worship him; ⟨for it says⟩, “And let all the angels of God worship him,” and “I will worship you, O Lord, my strength.”

### Scripture references

- Matt 28:17: allusion, high confidence
- Deut 32:43: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 18:1 (17:2 LXX): allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The last quotation adapts Ps 18:1 (LXX 17:2), which reads “I will love you.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 50.5 (Holl GCS 25:59; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-50-5).

## Ancoratus 50.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-50-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:59–60
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Nowhere in the four Gospels is the Son said to be created.

### Greek text

ἓν δὲ πρᾶγμά ἐστι ῥητὸν καὶ σύντομον καὶ ἀναντίθετον, ᾧ τις ἀντειπεῖν οὐ δύναται· εἰ ἔχουσι μαρτυρίαν οἱ ἐχθραίνοντες τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ θεοῦ δεῖξαι, ποῦ εἶπεν ὁ πατὴρ ὅτι ἔκτισά μοι υἱὸν ἐν παλαιᾷ καὶ ἐν καινῇ διαθήκῃ ἢ ποῦ εῑπεν ὁ υἱὸς ὅτι ἔκτισέ με ὁ πατήρ. τέσσαρα εἰσὶν εὐαγγέλια κεφαλαίων χιλίων ἑκατὸν ἑξήκοντα δύο καὶ ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς ἕως τέλους ἐλάλησεν ὁ υἱὸς καὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ πατὴρ καὶ οὐδαμοῦ εἶπεν· ἔκτισέ με ὁ πατήρ μου, οὐδὲ ὁ πατήρ· ἔκτισά μοι υἱὸν ἢ ἔκτισα τὸν υἱόν μου.

### English translation (Claude)

There is one matter that is plain, brief, and unanswerable, which no one can contradict: if those hostile to the Son of God have a testimony, let them show where the Father said, “I created a Son for myself,” in the Old or New Testament, or where the Son said, “The Father created me.” There are four Gospels of one thousand one hundred sixty-two chapters, and from beginning to end the Son spoke, and the Father to him, and nowhere did he say, “My Father created me,” nor the Father, “I created a Son for myself,” or “I created my Son.”

### Translation notes

- The count of 1,162 “chapters” refers to the ancient Gospel section numbering (the Ammonian sections).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 50.6 (Holl GCS 25:59–60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-50-6).

## Ancoratus 51.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-51-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:60
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The objection: worshiping Christ's body is worshiping a creature.

### Greek text

51. Ἀλλά φησιν ὁ φιλόνεικος καὶ φιλόδοξος· τί οὖν λέγεις τὸ σῶμα; ἀπὸ Μαρίας δηλονότι ἀνειλημμένον. Μα; ρία δὲ τί; φησίν, ἄκτιστος ἢ κτιστή; κτιστὴ δηονότι καὶ αὐτοὶ λέγομεν, γεννηθῖσα ἐξ ἀνδρὸς καὶ γυναικός. τὸ ἀπὸ Μαρίας οὖν τί λέγεις; προσκυνεῖν τὸν σωτῆρα ἐν σώματι ἢ οὐ προσκυνεῖς; πῶς οὖν μὴ προσκυνήσω; ἐὰν μὴ προσκυνήσω, οὐκ ἔχω ζωήν. ἰδοὺ οὐν, κτίσμα προσκυνεῖς τὸ σῶμα. πολλὴ δὲ φρενοβλάβεια τῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα λεγόντων.

### English translation (Claude)

But the contentious and glory-loving man says: “What then do you say of the body? Taken from Mary, clearly. And what of Mary? Uncreated or created?” Created, clearly, we too say, born of a man and a woman. “What then do you say of what is from Mary? Do you worship the Savior in the body or do you not worship?” How then should I not worship? If I do not worship, I have no life. “See then, you worship a creature, the body.” Great is the derangement of those who say such things.

### Scripture references

- John 6:53: allusion, low confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 51.1 (Holl GCS 25:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-51-1).

## Ancoratus 51.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-51-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:60
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The king's purple is honored together with the king.

### Greek text

καὶ γὰρ βασιλεὺς πορφύραν ἐνδεδυμένος ὑπὸ πάντων προσκυνεῖται. ἆρα ἡ πορφύρα προσκυνεῖται ἢ ὁ βασιλεύς; εὔδηλον ὅτι ὁ βασιλεύς. συμπροσκυνεῖται δὲ αὐτῷ καὶ ἡ πορφύρα φορουμένη· ἐκδυσαμένου δὲ ταύτην τοῦ βασιλέως καὶ εἰς τόπον θεμένου οὐκέτι προσκυνεῖται ἡ πορφυρίς.

### English translation (Claude)

For a king clothed in purple is worshiped by all. Is the purple worshiped, or the king? Clearly the king. But the purple he wears is worshiped together with him; and when the king takes it off and lays it in its place, the purple is no longer worshiped.

### Translation notes

- “Worship” (προσκυνεῖν) here includes the reverence paid to an emperor.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 51.2 (Holl GCS 25:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-51-2).

## Ancoratus 51.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-51-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:60
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: No one asks the king to leave his temple to be honored.

### Greek text

καθέζεται καὶ ἐν ναῷ πολλάκις βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ θρόνου ἰδίου καὶ οἱ προσκυνοῦντες προσκυνοῦσι τὸν βασιλέα ἐν τῷ ναῷ τῷ ἰδίῳ καὶ ἐν τῷ θρόνῳ, ἐξεγερθέντος δὲ τοῦ βασιλέως οὐδεὶς οὔτε τὸν ναὸν ναὸν τὸν θρόνον προσκυνεῖ. οὐδεὶς δὲ μεμηνὼς θέλων προσκυνῆσαι τὸν βασιλέα ἐν τῷ ναῷ αὐτοῦ ⟩ λέγει τῷ βασιλεῖ· ἔξελθε ἐκ τοῦ ναοῦ σου, ἵνα σε προσκυνήσω.

### English translation (Claude)

A king often sits in a temple on his own throne, and those who do obeisance do obeisance to the king in his own temple and on the throne; but when the king has risen, no one does obeisance to the temple or the throne. And no madman, wishing to do obeisance to the king in his temple, says to the king, “Come out of your temple, so that I may do obeisance to you.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 51.3 (Holl GCS 25:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-51-3).

## Ancoratus 51.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-51-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:60
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ is worshiped together with his body.

### Greek text

οὕτω γοῦν οὐδεὶς εἴπῃ τῷ μονογενεῖ· ἄφες τὸ σῶμα, ἵνα σε προσκυνήσω, ἀλλὰ προσκυνεῖ σὺν 25 τῷ σώματι τὸν μονογενῆ, ⟨τὸν⟩ ἀκτιστον σὺν ναῷ τῷ ἁγίῳ, ἔλαβεν ἐλθών.

### English translation (Claude)

So no one should say to the Only-begotten, “Leave the body, so that I may worship you”; but one worships the Only-begotten with the body, ⟨the⟩ uncreated with the holy temple which he took when he came.

### Scripture references

- John 2:21: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 51.4 (Holl GCS 25:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-51-4).

## Ancoratus 51.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-51-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:60
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ is worshiped with his buried and risen body.

### Greek text

καὶ οὐδεὶς λέγει τῷ βασιλεῖ· ἀνάστα ἐκ τοῦ θρόνου σου, ἴνα σε προσκυνήσω δίχα τοῦ θρόνου, ἀλλὰ προσκυνεῖ τὸν βασιλέα σὺν τῷ θρόνῳ. καὶ γοῦν καὶ ὁ Χριστὸς προσκυνεῖται σὺν τῷ σώματι τῷ ταφέντι καὶ ἐγηγερμένῳ.

### English translation (Claude)

And no one says to the king, “Get up from your throne, so that I may do obeisance to you without the throne,” but one does obeisance to the king with the throne. So also Christ is worshiped with the body that was buried and raised.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 51.5 (Holl GCS 25:60; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-51-5).

## Ancoratus 52.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-52-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:60–61
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Arian dilemma: did the Father beget willingly or not?

### Greek text

52. Ἀλλά, φασί, τί οὖν λέγεις; θέλων ἐγέννησεν ὁ πατὴρ τὸν υἱὸν ἢ μὴ θέλων; ἐπειδὴ λέγει⟨ς⟩, ἦν ἀεὶ ⟨ὁ⟩ Λόγος καὶ οὐκ χρόνος πρὸ τοῦ Λόγου; καίτοι γε καὶ αὐτῶν τῶν Ἀρειανῶν πρὸς ἀπάτην τινῶν ἀχρόνως τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ φασκόντων γεγεννῆσθαι, μὴ βουλομένων δὲ αὐτὸν ἀίδιον λέγειν, ἀλλὰ λεγόντων, ἦν ποτε ὄτε οὐκ ἦν· νομίζουσι δὲ τὸ ποτὲ μὴ εἶναι χρόνον.

### English translation (Claude)

“But,” they say, “what then do you say? Did the Father beget the Son willing or unwilling? Since you say the Word always was and there was no time before the Word.” And yet the Arians themselves, to deceive some, say that the Son of God was begotten timelessly, not wishing to call him eternal, but saying, “There was once when he was not”; and they think that “once” is not time.

### Translation notes

- “There was once when he was not” (ἦν ποτε ὅτε οὐκ ἦν) is the Arian formula condemned at Nicaea.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 52.1 (Holl GCS 25:60–61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-52-1).

## Ancoratus 52.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-52-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:61
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Once” implies time; the Arians use words deceptively.

### Greek text

ἀνεταζομένης δὲ τῆς λέξεως ἐλέγχεις τοὺς ἀμαθεῖς. τὸ ποτὲ γὰρ λεξικὼς λεγόμενον χρόνου ἐστὶ σημαντικόν. καὶ λέγοντες ⟨αὐ⟩τὸ μὴ λέγειν χρόνον ἀτοπίαν ἐμπίπτουσι τοῦ αὐτῶν φρονήματος έν κακοπιστίᾳ. εἰρωνείᾳ γὰρ ταῖς λέξεσι κέχρηνται, τῷ φρονήματι δεινῶς κατὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστρατευμένοι, ἀλλότριον παντάπασι τῆς τοῦ πατρὸς θεότητος ἀπηρυθριασμένως δοξάζοντες. θέλων οὐν ἐγέννησεν ἢ μὴ θέλων;

### English translation (Claude)

But when the expression is examined, you refute the ignorant. For “once,” said as a word, signifies time. And in saying that it does not mean time they fall into an absurdity of their own thinking in misbelief. For they use the words with irony, while in their thinking they campaign terribly against the Son of God, shamelessly holding him wholly foreign to the Father's Godhead. Did he then beget willing or unwilling?

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 52.2 (Holl GCS 25:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-52-2).

## Ancoratus 52.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-52-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:61
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Both answers to the dilemma seem to fail.

### Greek text

ἐὰν εἴπωμεν μὴ θέλων, ἀνάγκῃ περιβάλλομεν τὸ θεῖον, καὶ ἐὰν εἴπωμεν ὅτι θέλων, διδόαμεν ὅτι ἦν τὸ θέλημα πρὸ τοῦ Λόγου· κἄν τε ἄτομον καὶ ῥιπὴ ⟨ὀφθαλμοῦ ἤ⟩ πολλοστημόριον ὥρας εἴη, τὸ πολλοστημόριον χρόνου ἐστὶ σημαντικὸν πρὸ Λόγου καὶ πάλιν παρεμπίπτομεν τῷ λόγῳ αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐὰν εἴπωμεν ὅτι οὐ θέλων ἐγέννησεν, ἄρα ἀνάγκῃ φύσεως ἠκται τὸ θεῖον καὶ οὐκ ἐλευθεριότητι θελήματος.

### English translation (Claude)

If we say unwilling, we surround the divine with necessity; and if we say willing, we grant that the will was before the Word; and even if it were an instant and a blink ⟨of an eye or⟩ a tiny fraction of an hour, the fraction signifies time before the Word, and again we fall into their argument. And if we say he begot not willing, then the divine was led by necessity of nature and not by freedom of will.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 52.3 (Holl GCS 25:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-52-3).

## Ancoratus 52.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-52-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:61
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father begot by the transcendence of his nature, beyond will and necessity.

### Greek text

οὐκ ἔστι δὲ τούτων οὐδὲν εἰς θεόν, ὡς ὑπολαμβάνεις, ὦ κενόδοξε. παρὰ θεῷ γὰρ ταῦτα οὐκ ἕστιν. οὔτε θέλων τοίνυν ἐγέννησεν οὔτε μὴ θέλων, ἀλλʼ ὑπερβολῇ φύσεως. ὑπερβαίνει γὰρ ἡ θεία φύσις βουλὴν καὶ οὐχ ὑποπίπτει χρόνῳ οὔτε ἀνάγκῃ ἄγεται.

### English translation (Claude)

But none of these applies to God, as you suppose, vainglorious man. For these things do not exist with God. He begot, then, neither willing nor unwilling, but by the transcendence of his nature. For the divine nature transcends counsel, and does not fall under time, nor is it led by necessity.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 52.4 (Holl GCS 25:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-52-4).

## Ancoratus 52.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-52-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:61
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God begot the Word in his transcendent nature, not by deliberation.

### Greek text

ἐν ἡμῖν γὰρ οὐδέν ἐστιν ἕτοιμον, ὄτι οὐκ ἠμέν ποτε καὶ πρῶτόν τι βουλευόμεθα, ἔπειτα ποιοῦμεν ὃ πράττομεν, ἢ μὴ βουλευσαμένων ἡμῶν οὐκ ἔστιν ὃ μηδέπω παρʼ ἡμῶν πέπρακται· παρὰ δὲ θεῷ πάντα τέλεια καὶ λεῖα καὶ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ πεπλήρωται, καὶ ⟨οὔτε θέλων⟩ οὔτε μὴ θέλων ἐγέννησε τὸν ἀιδίως ὄντα, γεγεννημένον ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἅγιον Λόγον καὶ θεόν, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῇ ὑπερβολικῇ καὶ ἀφράστῳ αὐτοῦ φύσει.

### English translation (Claude)

For in us nothing is ready, since we once were not, and first we deliberate, then we do what we do; or, if we have not deliberated, there is nothing yet done by us. But with God all things are perfect and smooth, and all is fulfilled in him; and he begot, ⟨neither willing⟩ nor unwilling, the one who is eternally, the holy Word and God begotten from him, but in his transcendent and inexpressible nature.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 52.5 (Holl GCS 25:61; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-52-5).

## Ancoratus 53.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:61–62
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Opponents allegorize the literal and literalize the figurative.

### Greek text

53. Θαῦμα ⟨δέ⟩ μοι μέγιστον ἐπέρχεται, ὠ υἱοὶ τῆς πίστεως καὶ ἐκκλησίας, πῶς τὰ ἀληθινὰ ἐξέστρεψαν οἱ φιλόνεικοι εἰς ἀλληγορίαν καὶ τὰ τροπικῶς εἰρημένα εἰς τὰ ἀληθινὰ λαμβάνουσι σφαλλόμενοι. τὸ μὲν γὰρ γεγεννῆσθαι, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ⟨ἐν⟩ αὐτῷ κατὰ φύσιν, λέγοντες οὐχ ὡς ἐν τι τῶν γεννημάτων· τὸ τὸ ἐκτίσθαι, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἀλλότριον τῆς αὐτοῦ θεότητος, εἴ γε καὶ ἐν ἀλλοηγορίᾳ ποτὲ εἴρηται, ἐκεῖνο ἀληθινὸν λέγουσι, τὸ δὲ ἀληθινὸν ἀφανίζουσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

And the greatest wonder comes over me, children of the faith and of the church, how the contentious have turned the true things into allegory and, in error, take figurative sayings as literal truth. For the begetting, which is ⟨in⟩ him by nature, they say is not like any of the things begotten; but the being created, which is foreign to his Godhead, even if it was once said in allegory, they call true, while they obliterate the truth.

### Translation notes

- A repeated word in the digital text seems to stand for a lost word; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 53.1 (Holl GCS 25:61–62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-1).

## Ancoratus 53.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:62
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Some deny the prophets' visions of God.

### Greek text

ἐν τῷ γὰρ εἰπεῖν Ἠσαΐαν »εἶδον τὸν κύριον σαβαώθ‘ καί ὤφθη κύριος τῷ Μωυσῇ« καί ὤφθη κύριος Ἀβραάμ« καί »εἶδεν ὅρασιν Δαυιήλ, παλαιὸν ἡμερῶν‘ καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα, καὶ ὤφθη κύριος Ἰεζεκιὴλ καὶ εἶπεν »εἶδον εἶδος θεοῦ«, φασὶ ταῦτα μὴ εἶναι, ὡς τῶι, προφητῶν καταψευδόμενοι·

### English translation (Claude)

For when Isaiah says, “I saw the Lord of hosts,” and “The Lord appeared to Moses,” and “The Lord appeared to Abraham,” and “Daniel saw a vision, the Ancient of Days,” and such things, and the Lord appeared to Ezekiel and he said, “I saw the appearance of God,” they say these things did not happen, as if falsely accusing the prophets,

### Scripture references

- Isa 6:5: quotation, high confidence
- Exod 3:2: allusion, medium confidence
- Gen 12:7: quotation, medium confidence
- Dan 7:9: allusion, high confidence
- Ezek 1:1: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 53.2 (Holl GCS 25:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-2).

## Ancoratus 53.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:62
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: They set John 1:18 against the prophets.

### Greek text

δῆθεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥητοῦ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου, οὗ εἶπεν ὁ σωτὴρ διδάσκων ὅτι θεὸν οὐδεὶς πώποτε ἑώρακε«. καί φασιν· εἰ τοίνυν ὁ μονογενὴς εἶπεν, ὅτι οὐδεὶς ἑώρακεν, προφῆται δὲ λέγουσιν ἑωρακέναι, ἀνάγκη ψεύδεσθαι ἢ τὸν μονογενῆ ἢ τοὺς προφήτας.

### English translation (Claude)

evidently on the basis of the saying of the Gospel, where the Savior, teaching, said, “No one has ever seen God.” And they say: “If then the Only-begotten said that no one has seen, but the prophets say they have seen, either the Only-begotten or the prophets must be lying.”

### Scripture references

- John 1:18: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 53.3 (Holl GCS 25:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-3).

## Ancoratus 53.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:62
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Since the prophets are truthful, the matter needs understanding.

### Greek text

καὶ κατὰ τὸν λόγον τῶν οὕτω λεγόντων καὶ τῶν Μανιχαίων ἔσται τὰ ἐν προφήταις ψευδῆ. εἰ δὲ οὐ ψεύδονται οἱ προφῆται, ἀλλʼ ἀληθεύουσι, κατὰ τὸν τοῦ σωτῆρος λόγον ὅτι ὁ λαλῶν ἐν προφήταις, ἰδοὺ πάρειμι«, νοήσεώς ἐστι τὸ πρᾶγμα καὶ ἀλληγορίας χρεία.

### English translation (Claude)

And by the reasoning of those who speak so, and of the Manichaeans, the things in the prophets will be false. But if the prophets do not lie but speak the truth, according to the Savior's word, “I who speak in the prophets, behold, I am here,” the matter calls for understanding and needs interpretation.

### Scripture references

- Isa 52:6: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation is Isa 52:6, attributed to the Savior as the speaker in the prophets.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 53.4 (Holl GCS 25:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-4).

## Ancoratus 53.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:62
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: One can truly see the sea and yet not see it whole.

### Greek text

καὶ γὰρ οὕτω πολλάκις τοῦτο πληροῦται· ὁρῶμεν τὴν θάλασσαν ἐκ μέρους τινὸς ⟨ἐξ⟩ ὄρους ἢ πεδιάδος καὶ ἀληθεύομεν ἐν τῷ ⟨λέγειν⟩ κἂν δέ τις εἴπῃ ὄτι οὐχ ἑώρακεν, οὐ ψεύδεται, ἀλλʼ ἀληθεύει. οὐκ οἶδε γὰρ ποῦ τὸ βάθος ποῦ τὸ μῆκος, οὐκ οἶδε τὸν ὄγκον οὐκ οἶδε τὸ κύτος.

### English translation (Claude)

For so this is often fulfilled: we see the sea from some part, ⟨from⟩ a mountain or a plain, and we speak the truth in ⟨saying so⟩; and if someone says he has not seen it, he does not lie but speaks the truth. For he does not know where its depth is, where its length, he does not know its bulk, he does not know its expanse.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 53.5 (Holl GCS 25:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-5).

## Ancoratus 53.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:62
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: We see the sky truly but partially.

### Greek text

καὶ ἀπὸ ὀπῆς τινος θεωροῦμεν οὐρανόν, τὴν δὲ ἐπέκτασιν οὐκ ἐπιστάμεθα. κa̓̀ν εἴπῃ τις εῖδον, εἶδεν· κἂν ἄλλος εἴπῃ οὐκ εῖδον, οὐκ εῑδεν. εἴδομεν γὰρ ἀληθῶς ὡς χωροῦμεν. οὐκ εἴδομεν δὲ καθό ἐστιν.

### English translation (Claude)

And through some opening we look at the sky, but we do not know its extent. If someone says, “I saw,” he saw; and if another says, “I did not see,” he did not see. For we saw truly as far as we have capacity, but we did not see it as it is.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 53.6 (Holl GCS 25:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-6).

## Ancoratus 53.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:62
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The prophets saw through the narrow opening of the body.

### Greek text

οὕτω καὶ οἱ προφῆται ὡς διʼ ὀπῆς ⟨διὰ⟩ τοῦ στενωποῦ τοῦ ἰδίου σώματος κατηξιώθησαν ἰδεῖν καὶ ⟨ἐν⟩

### English translation (Claude)

So too the prophets, as through an opening, ⟨through⟩ the narrow passage of their own body, were counted worthy to see, and ⟨in⟩

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 53.7 (Holl GCS 25:62; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-7).

## Ancoratus 53.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:62–63
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Prophets and Gospel agree: God was truly but not fully seen.

### Greek text

εἶδον, ⟨ἀλλ᾿⟩ οὐχ ὡς ἔχει τὸ ἄπειρον τῆς θεωρίας. καὶ οὕτω πεπλήρωνται συνᾴδουσαι πρὸς ἀλλήλας αἱ θεῖαι γραφαί, τό τε τοὺς προφήτας λέγειν ἑωρακέναι εἶδον γὰρ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ) καὶ τὸ τὸν σωτῆρα λέγειν θεὸν οὐδεὶς πώποτε τεθέαται«· οὐκ εἶδον δὲ καθό ἐστιν). ἀλλὰ καὶ] αὐτὸς εἶδεν ἀοράτως τὴν φύσιν, δέδωκε δὲ τῷ μὴ δυναμένῳ ὁρᾶν δύναμιν χαρίσματος εἰς τὸ ἰδεῖν τὴν δύναμιν τῆς θεωρίας.

### English translation (Claude)

truth they saw, ⟨but⟩ not as the infinity of the vision is. And so the divine Scriptures are fulfilled in harmony with each other: that the prophets say they have seen (for they saw in truth), and that the Savior says, “No one has ever beheld God” (for they did not see him as he is). But he himself saw the nature invisibly, and gave to one who cannot see the power of grace to see the power of the vision.

### Scripture references

- John 1:18: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes καί.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 53.8 (Holl GCS 25:62–63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-53-8).

## Ancoratus 54.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-54-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:63
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Isaiah saw with his eyes, truly but not fully.

### Greek text

54. Ἀλλὰ μὴ πάλιν δραματουργῶν λέγῃς· εἶδον μὲν οἱ προφῆται οὐκ ὀφθαλμοῖς, ἀλλὰ διανοίᾳ, συνιέντες μονονουχὶ καὶ ⟨μὴ⟩ διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ ἀκριβῶς λέγει Ἠσαίας τάλας ἐγώ, ὅτι κατανένυγμαι, ὅτι ἀνθρωπος ὢν καὶ ἀκάθαρτα χείλη ἔχων ἐν λαῷ ἀκάθαρτα χείλη ἔχοντι ἐγὼ οἰκῶ καὶ κύριον σαβαὼθ εἶδον«· καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν, εἶδον τῇ διανοίᾳ, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς μου«. εἶδον οὖν καὶ οὐκ εἶδον, ἀλλʼ ὡς ἠδύνατο, ἐν ἀληθείᾳ δὲ εἶδον, οὐκ εἶδον δὲ ὡς ἔχει τὸ ἄπειρον τῆς ἀκαταληψίας.

### English translation (Claude)

But do not again stage a drama and say, “The prophets saw not with the eyes but with the mind, all but understanding”; for precisely for this reason Isaiah says, “Wretched am I, for I am pierced to the heart, for being a man and having unclean lips, I dwell among a people with unclean lips, and I have seen the Lord of hosts”; and he did not say, “I saw with my mind,” but “with my eyes.” So they saw and did not see: as they could, but they saw in truth; yet they did not see as the infinity of incomprehensibility is.

### Scripture references

- Isa 6:5: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 54.1 (Holl GCS 25:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-54-1).

## Ancoratus 54.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-54-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:63
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Origen allegorized paradise.

### Greek text

οὕτως καὶ περὶ παραδείσου πολλοὶ ἀλληγοροῦσιν, ὡς ὁ θεήλατος Ὠριγένης ἠθέλησε φαντασίαν μᾶλλον ἤπερ ἀλήθειαν τῷ βίῳ συνεισενέγκασθαι. καί φησιν· οὐκ ἔστι παράδεισος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·

### English translation (Claude)

So also many allegorize about paradise, as the god-stricken Origen wished to bring fantasy rather than truth into life. And he says, “There is no paradise on the earth,”

### Translation notes

- Epiphanius's hostile epithet for Origen is translated as written.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 54.2 (Holl GCS 25:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-54-2).

## Ancoratus 54.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-54-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:63
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paul's “third heaven” means three heavens, not part of the air.

### Greek text

δῆθεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥητοῦ τοῦ παρὰ τοῦ ἁγίου ἀποστόλου εἰρημένου ὅτι »οἶδα ἄνθρωπον πρὸ ἐτῶν δεκατεσσάρων, εἴτε ἐν σώματι οὐκ οἶδα, εἴτε ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώματος οὐκ οἶδα, ὁ θεὸς οἶδεν, ἁρπαγέντα τὸν τοιοῦτον ἕως τρίτου οὐρανοῦ«. ἀλλὰ μὴ παρα⟨να⟩γίνωσκε λέγε ὅτι τὸ τρίτον τοῦ ἀέρος ⟨σημαίνει⟩ οὐ γὰρ εἰπὼν »ἕως οὐρανοῦ‘ περὶ μέρους τρίτου λέγει, ἀλλὰ περὶ τριῶν ἀριθμῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

evidently from the saying of the holy apostle: “I know a man fourteen years ago, whether in the body I do not know, or out of the body I do not know, God knows, such a one caught up to the third heaven.” But do not misread and say that “third” ⟨means⟩ the third part of the air; for in saying “to the heaven” he does not speak of a third part, but of three in number.

### Scripture references

- 2 Cor 12:2: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 54.3 (Holl GCS 25:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-54-3).

## Ancoratus 54.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-54-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:63
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paul was also caught up into paradise.

### Greek text

καί φησιν »οἶδα τὸν τοιοῦτον ἄνθρωπον ἁρπαγέντα εἰς τὸν παράδεισον καὶ ἀκούσαντα ῥήματα ἅ οὐκ ἐξὸν ἀνθρώπῳ εἰπεῖν«.

### English translation (Claude)

And he says, “I know such a man caught up into paradise and hearing words which it is not lawful for a man to speak.”

### Scripture references

- 2 Cor 12:3: quotation, high confidence
- 2 Cor 12:4: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 54.4 (Holl GCS 25:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-54-4).

## Ancoratus 54.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-54-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:63
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paul distinguishes the third heaven from paradise.

### Greek text

δόξα τῷ παντοκράτορι θεῷ, τῷ κατὰ πάντα τρόπον διατρανοῦντι καὶ λεπτολογοῦντι, ἴνα οἱ ἀληθινοὶ * μὴ σφάλλωνται. οὐ γὰρ ἐν μιᾷ συντομίᾳ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὸν παράδεισον συνῆψεν, ἀλλὰ »οῑδα ἄνθρωπον« φησίν »ἁρπαγέντα ἕως τρίτου οὐρανοῦ‘ καὶ πάλιν »ἁρπαγέντα εἰς τὸν παράδεισον«. τὸ δὲ μετὰ τοῦ ἄρθρου ἑτέρου προσώπου ἐστὶ διαληπτικὸν καὶ ἑτέρου τόπου μεταστατικόν.

### English translation (Claude)

Glory to God almighty, who makes all things clear in every way and in fine detail, so that the true * may not err. For he did not join heaven and paradise in one brief phrase, but “I know a man,” he says, “caught up to the third heaven,” and again, “caught up into paradise.” And the phrase with the article distinguishes another person and indicates a transfer to another place.

### Scripture references

- 2 Cor 12:2: quotation, high confidence
- 2 Cor 12:4: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 54.5 (Holl GCS 25:63; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-54-5).

## Ancoratus 54.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-54-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:63–64
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: An illustration: two routes to the same place.

### Greek text

ὡς εἵ τις ἔχοι ὄρος καὶ πεδιάδα, τὴν δὲ πεδιάδα ἐγκυκλεύουσαν τὸ ὅρος, βουληθείη δὲ εἰς τὸ πέραν τοῦ ὄρους ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ πεδιάδι παραγενέσθαι, καὶ ὄτε μὲν θελήσει διὰ τῆς πεδιάδος τὴν ὁδοιπορίαν ποιήσασθαι εἰς τὸν τόπον, ὅπου δἂν ἐθέλοι ⟨ἐπέκεινα⟩ τοῦ ὄρους ἀπελθεὶν, δυνατὸν αὐτῷ τοῦτο· εἰ δὲ θελήσει πρῶτον μὲν ἐμβῆναι εἰς τὸ ὄρος καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ ορους πἀλιν εἰς τὸν τόπον τῆς πεδιάδος τῆς ἐπέκεινα τοῦ ὄρους γενέσθαι, καὶ οὕτως ἀυτῷ δυνατόν.

### English translation (Claude)

As if someone had a mountain and a plain, the plain encircling the mountain, and wished to reach the far side of the mountain in the same plain: when he wishes to make the journey through the plain to the place ⟨beyond⟩ the mountain where he wants to go, he can; and if he wishes first to climb the mountain, and from the mountain again to reach the place in the plain beyond the mountain, he can do this too.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 54.6 (Holl GCS 25:63–64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-54-6).

## Ancoratus 54.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-54-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:64
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paul rose to heaven, then went down into paradise.

### Greek text

οὕτω μοι νόει καὶ τὸ παρὰ τοῦ ἀποστόλου εἰρημένον· πρῶτον μὲν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀναβεβηκέναι, ἔπειτα δὲ εἰς τὸν παράδεισον καταβεβηκέναι⟩,, κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον »κατέβη ὁ ἀδελφιδοῦς μου εἰς κῆπον αὐτοῦ‘. * καὶ ὁ σωτήρ φησι »σήμερον μετʼ ἐμοῦ ἔσῃ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ«.

### English translation (Claude)

So understand also what the apostle said: first he went up into heaven, then went down into paradise, according to the saying, “My beloved went down into his garden.” * And the Savior says, “Today you will be with me in paradise.”

### Scripture references

- Song 6:2: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 23:43: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 54.7 (Holl GCS 25:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-54-7).

## Ancoratus 55.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:64
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: If paradise is allegory, all of Genesis would be.

### Greek text

55. Εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπὶ γῆς ὁ παράδεισος καὶ οὐκ ἀληθινὰ τὰ ἐν Γενέσει γεγραμμένα, ἀλλὰ ἀλληγορεῖται, οὐδὲν ἀληθεύει τῆς ἀκολουθίας, ἀλλὰ πάντα ἀλληγοροῦνται.

### English translation (Claude)

But if paradise is not on earth, and what is written in Genesis is not true but allegorized, then nothing in the sequence is true, but everything is allegorized.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 55.1 (Holl GCS 25:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-1).

## Ancoratus 55.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:64
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Creation in Genesis is real and visible.

### Greek text

»ἐν ἀρχῇ, γάρ φησι, ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν «· καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἀλληγορούμενα, ἀλλʼ ὁρατά. καὶ στερέωμα, φησί, καὶ θάλασσαν, βλαστήματά τε καὶ ξύλα καὶ βοτάνας χόρτον ζῷα ἰχθύας ὄρνεα, πάντα τὰ ὁρώμενα ἐν ἀληθείᾳ γεγονότα. ἄνθρωπον ⟨τε⟩ ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ὄντα ἐποίησεν.

### English translation (Claude)

For “In the beginning,” it says, “God made the heaven and the ⟨earth⟩”; and these are not allegorized but visible. And the firmament, it says, and the sea, sprouts and trees and plants, grass, animals, fish, birds: all the things seen came into being in truth. And he made man, ⟨who⟩ truly exists.

### Scripture references

- Gen 1:1: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 55.2 (Holl GCS 25:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-2).

## Ancoratus 55.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:64
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God placed man, made in his image, in paradise.

### Greek text

ἔθηκε τοίνυν τοῦτον ὃν ἔπλασεν ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ, κατʼ εἰκόνα ποιήσας τὸν αὐτὸν ἂνθρωπον, κατʼ εἰκόνα θεοῦ δέ.

### English translation (Claude)

So he put the one whom he had formed in paradise, having made the same man according to the image, according to the image of God.

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:8: allusion, high confidence
- Gen 1:27: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 55.3 (Holl GCS 25:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-3).

## Ancoratus 55.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:64
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: All humans bear God's image.

### Greek text

μὴ περιεργάζου δὲ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ δωρήματα τὰ κατὰ χάριν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ δεδομένα. οὐκ ἀρνόυμεθα γὰρ πάντας ἀνθρώπους εἶναι κατʼ εἰκόνα θεοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

But do not pry into the gifts of God given to man by grace. For we do not deny that all human beings are according to the image of God.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 55.4 (Holl GCS 25:64; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-4).

## Ancoratus 55.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:64–65
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The image cannot be identified with body, soul, mind, or virtue.

### Greek text

τὸ τὸ πῶς οὐ περιεργαζόμεθα τοῦ κατʼ εἰκόνα. οὔτε γὰρ τὸ πλάσμα νοοῦμεν κατʼ εἰκόνα οὔτε τὴν ψυχὴν οὔτε τὸν νοῦν οὔτε τὴν ἀρετήν. πολλὰ γάρ ἐστι τὰ κωλύοντά με οὔτως λέγειν.

### English translation (Claude)

But we do not pry into how the image is. For we do not understand the image to be the body, nor the soul, nor the mind, nor virtue. For many things prevent me from speaking so.

### Translation notes

- A repeated word in the digital text seems to stand for a lost word; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 55.5 (Holl GCS 25:64–65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-5).

## Ancoratus 55.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:65
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The image is in man; how, God knows.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ οὔτε λέγομεν τὸ σῶμα μὴ εἶναι κατʼ εἰκόνα οὔτε τὴν ψυχήν. πιστῶν γὰρ τὸ ὁμολογεῖν τὴν γραφὴν καὶ μὴ ἀπίστων ἀπίστων δὲ τὸ »ἀθετεῖν τὴν χάριν( ἔστιν οὖν ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τὸ κατʼ εἰκόνα, αὐτὸς δὲ οἶδεν ὁ θεὸς πῶς ἐστιν.

### English translation (Claude)

But neither do we say that the body is not according to the image, nor the soul. For it belongs to the faithful to confess Scripture, and not the unfaithful; and to the unfaithful it belongs “to set aside the grace.” So the image is in man, but God himself knows how it is.

### Scripture references

- Gal 2:21: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 55.6 (Holl GCS 25:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-6).

## Ancoratus 55.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:65
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The visible body cannot image the invisible God.

### Greek text

ἐὰν γὰρ εἴπῃς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐποίησε κατʼ εἰκόνα καὶ νομίσῃς εἶναι τὸ σῶμα, ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἀόρατος ἀκατάληπτος ἀπερινόητος,· πῶς τὸ ὁρατὸν καὶ καταληπτὸν καὶ ὑπὸ ἁφὴν ἐμπῖπτον εἰκὼν ἔσται τοῦ ἀοράτου καὶ ἀκαταλήπτου;

### English translation (Claude)

For if you say, “He made man according to the image,” and think it is the body, while God is invisible, incomprehensible, inconceivable, how will what is visible and comprehensible and subject to touch be an image of the invisible and incomprehensible?

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 55.7 (Holl GCS 25:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-7).

## Ancoratus 55.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:65
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture calls both body and soul “man.”

### Greek text

καὶ ἐὰν εἴπῃς, οὐκ ἔστι τὸ σῶμα κατʼ εἰκόνα, »ἔλαβε« φησί »χοῦν ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς καὶ ἔπλασε τὸν ἄνθρωπον«. καὶ ἄνθρωπον καλεῖ τὸ χοϊκόν, καὶ ἄνθρωπον καλεῖ τὸ ψυχικόν· »ἐνεφύσησε« γάρ φησιν »εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ πνοὴν ζωῆς καὶ ἐγένετο ὁ ἄνθρωπος εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν«.

### English translation (Claude)

And if you say the body is not according to the image, “He took,” it says, “dust from the earth and formed man.” And it calls the earthly part “man,” and it calls the animated part “man”: for “he breathed,” it says, “into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:7: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 55.8 (Holl GCS 25:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-8).

## Ancoratus 55.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:65
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The soul is created, not a part of God.

### Greek text

κτιστὴν δὲ τὴν ψυχὴν καὶ τὸ σῶμα νοοῦμεν. πῶς κτιστήν; »ἐνεφύσησε« γάρ φησιν· καὶ οὔτε μέρος θεοῦ λέγομεν εἶναι τὴν ψυχὴν οὔτε ἀλλοτρίαν τοῦ ἐμφυσήματος. πῶς δὲ κατὰ λεπτὸν τοῦτο νοεῖται, θεῷ μόνῳ ἔγνωσται.

### English translation (Claude)

We understand the soul and the body to be created. How created? For “he breathed,” it says; and we say neither that the soul is a part of God nor that it is foreign to the breathing. How this is understood in detail is known to God alone.

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:7: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 55.9 (Holl GCS 25:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-55-9).

## Ancoratus 56.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-56-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:65
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The soul is divisible, as Hebrews says.

### Greek text

56. Ἡμεῖς δὲ ἀπεριέργως καὶ ἀκακουργήτως πιστεύομεν θεῷ τῷ ἀληθεύοντι ἐν πᾶσι. καὶ ἐὰν ἔιπῃς ὅτι ἡ ψυχή ἐστι τὸ κατʼ εἰκόνα, ⟩ λέγοντος τοῦ ἀποστόλου ὅτι »ζῶν ὁ λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἐνεργὴς καὶ τομώτερος ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν μάχαιραν δίστομον καὶ διικνούμενος ἄχρι μερισμῶν ψυχῆς‘.

### English translation (Claude)

We, without prying and without guile, believe God, who speaks truly in everything. And if you say that the soul is what is according to the image, ⟨consider⟩ the apostle saying, “The word of God is living and active and sharper than any two-edged sword, and piercing to the division of soul.”

### Scripture references

- Heb 4:12: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 56.1 (Holl GCS 25:65; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-56-1).

## Ancoratus 56.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-56-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:65–66
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The soul is limited, so it cannot simply be the image.

### Greek text

εἰ τοίνυν μερισμοὺς ἔχει ἡ ψυχή, ὁ θεὸς δὲ ἀμέριστός ἐστι, πῶς δύναται ἡ ψυχὴ εἶναι τὸ κατʼ εἰκόνα; οὐ γὰρ οἶδε τὸ μέλλον ἡ ψυχή, ὁ θεὸς δὲ πάντως οἶδε. καὶ βλέπομεν τὰ ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ σώματος, τὰ κατόπιν ἀγνοοῦντες. καὶ ἐὰν εἴπῃς ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ἡ ψυχή, πάντως ὅτι καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἄνθρωπον κέκληκεν, καὶ ψυχὴ καὶ σῶμά ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος.

### English translation (Claude)

If then the soul has divisions, but God is indivisible, how can the soul be the image? For the soul does not know the future, but God certainly knows it. And we see what is in front of the body, not knowing what is behind. And if you say it is not the soul, certainly he has also called the soul “man,” and man is soul and body.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 56.2 (Holl GCS 25:65–66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-56-2).

## Ancoratus 56.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-56-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:66
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The mind can be captive, so it is not simply the image.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ εἴποις τὸν νοῦν εἶναι τὸ κατʼ εἰκόνα. λέγει ⟩ ἡ γραφή »ὁρῶ νόμον ἕτερον ἀντιστρατευόμενον ἐν τοῖς μέλεσί μου καὶ ἀιχμαλωτίζοντά με ἐν τῷ νοΐ μου τῷ νόμῳ τῆς ἀμαρτίας τῷ οντι ἐν τοῖς μέλεσί μου«. πῶς οὐν αἰχμαλωτιζόμενος ⟩ ἔσται κατʼ εἰκόνα; * ὅτι ψαλῶ τῷ νοΐ, ψαλῶ τῷ πνεύματι«.

### English translation (Claude)

But you might say the mind is the image. ⟨But⟩ Scripture says, “I see another law waging war in my members and taking me captive in my mind to the law of sin that is in my members.” How then will what is taken captive be the image? * that “I will sing with the mind, I will sing with the spirit.”

### Scripture references

- Rom 7:23: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 14:15: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The first quotation adapts Rom 7:23.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 56.3 (Holl GCS 25:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-56-3).

## Ancoratus 56.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-56-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:66
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Virtue cannot be the image, since Adam was made before any virtue.

### Greek text

καὶ ἐὰν εἴπῃς ἀρετὴν εἶναι τὸ κατʼ εἰκόνα, ἐρῶ σοι· εἰπέ μοι περὶ τοῦ Ἀδάμ, ποίαν ἀρετὴν εἰργάσατο πρὸ τοῦ αὐτὸν πλασθῆναι; οὐ γὰρ ἦν ⟩ ἐν ἀρχῇ, ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς δὲ ἐπλάσθη κατʼ εἰκόνα. καὶ ἐὰν εἴπῃς μὴ εἶναι τὴν ἀρετήν, οὐ καλῶς λέγεις. τίνι γὰρ πρέπει εἶναι κατʼ εἰκόνα ἀλλʼ ἢ τῇ ἀρετῇ; πρὶν δὲ ἀρετὴς κατʼ εἰκόνα ἐπλάσθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος. οὔπω γὰρ ἦν ὁ Ἀδὰμ ἐν ἀρετῇ πολιτευσάμενος, δηλον- ⟩ ουτε ἐκτισμένος.

### English translation (Claude)

And if you say virtue is the image, I will say to you: tell me about Adam, what virtue did he practice before he was formed? For ⟨virtue⟩ was not in the beginning, but from the beginning he was formed according to the image. And if you say it is not virtue, you do not speak well. For to what does being according to the image befit, if not to virtue? But man was formed according to the image before virtue. For Adam had not yet lived in virtue, clearly, not ⟨yet⟩ having been created.

### Translation notes

- The last clause is damaged; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 56.4 (Holl GCS 25:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-56-4).

## Ancoratus 56.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-56-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:66
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Baptism cannot be the image; the righteous before it bore the image.

### Greek text

καὶ ἐὰν εἴπῃς τὸ βάπτισμα εἶναι κατʼ εἰκόνα, ἀρα οἱ μὴ λαβόντες βάπτισμα δίκαιοι οὐκ ἠσαν κατʼ εἰκόνα; ἀπὸ γὰρ Μωυσέως καὶ θαλάσσης ἤρξατο ὁ τύπος, ἀπὸ Ἰωάννου ἠνοίγη ἡ χάρις, ἐν δὲ Χριστῷ ἐτελειώθη τὸ δῶρον.

### English translation (Claude)

And if you say baptism is the image, were then the righteous who did not receive baptism not according to the image? For the type began from Moses and the sea, grace was opened from John, and the gift was perfected in Christ.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 10:2: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 56.5 (Holl GCS 25:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-56-5).

## Ancoratus 57.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-57-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:66
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: All bear the image by grace, not by equality with God.

### Greek text

57. Ἔχουσιν οὖν πάντες τὸ κατʼ εἰκόνα, ἀλλ οὐ κατὰ φύσιν. οὐ γὰρ κατὰ ἰσότητα θεοῦ ἔχουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸ κατʼ εἰκόνα. ὁ θεὸς γὰρ ἀκατάληπτος ἀπερινόητος, πνεῦμα ὢν καὶ πνεῦμα ὑπὲρ πᾶν πνεῦμα καὶ φῶς ὑπὲρ πᾶν φῶς.

### English translation (Claude)

So all have what is according to the image, but not by nature. For human beings do not have the image according to equality with God. For God is incomprehensible, inconceivable, being Spirit, and Spirit beyond every spirit, and light beyond every light.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 57.1 (Holl GCS 25:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-57-1).

## Ancoratus 57.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-57-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:66
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God truly gave the image, as a comparison shows.

### Greek text

ἃ δὲ αὐτὸς ἐδωρήσατο οὐκ ἀποστεροῦμεν ⟨τὸν ἄνθρωπον⟩·· ἀληθὴς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ μετὰ χάριτος τὸ κατ εἰκόνα τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ δωρησάμενος. καὶ νοὴσαί ἐστιν ἀπὸ τῶν ὁμοίων·

### English translation (Claude)

But what he bestowed we do not take away ⟨from man⟩; for he is true who graciously bestowed the image on man. And it can be understood from comparable things:

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 57.2 (Holl GCS 25:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-57-2).

## Ancoratus 57.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-57-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:66
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: At the supper Christ said of what he held, “This is my …”.

### Greek text

ὁρῶμεν γὰρ ὅτι ἔλαβεν ὁ σωτὴρ εἰς τὰς χεῖρας αὐτοῦ, ὡς ἔχει ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ, ὅτε ἀνέκειτο ἐν τῷ δείπνῳ καὶ ἔλαβε τάδε καὶ εὐχαριστήσας εἶπε τοῦτό μού ἐστι τάδε« καὶ ἔδωκε τοῖς αὐτοῦ μαθηταῖς καὶ εἶπε τοῦτό μού ἐστι τάδε.«

### English translation (Claude)

for we see that the Savior took into his hands, as it is in the Gospel, when he reclined at the supper, such-and-such, and having given thanks said, “This is my such-and-such”; and he gave to his disciples and said, “This is my such-and-such.”

### Scripture references

- Matt 26:26: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Epiphanius deliberately avoids naming the bread and the body (τάδε, “such-and-such”), a reticence about the mysteries common in the fourth century. The Eucharistic passage is translated exactly as written.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 57.3 (Holl GCS 25:66; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-57-3).

## Ancoratus 57.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-57-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:66–67
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: What he held does not look like his body.

### Greek text

καὶ ὁρῶμεν ὅτι οὐκ ἴσον ἐστὶν οὐδὲ ὅμοιον οὐ τῇ ἐνσάρκῳ εἰκόνι οὐ τῇ ἀοράτῳ θεότητι οὐ τοῖς χαρακτῆρσι τῶν μελῶν. τὸ μὲν γάρ ἐστι στρογγυλοειδὲς * καὶ ἀναίσθητον.

### English translation (Claude)

And we see that it is not equal nor alike, neither to the incarnate image, nor to the invisible Godhead, nor to the features of the limbs. For the one is round in shape * and without sensation.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 57.4 (Holl GCS 25:66–67; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-57-4).

## Ancoratus 57.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-57-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:67
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's word is to be believed; disbelief forfeits grace.

### Greek text

* ὡς πρὸς τὴν δύναμιν καὶ ἠθέλησεν χάριτι εἰπεῖν τοῦτό μού ἐστι τάδε« καὶ οὐδεὶς ἀπιστεῖ τῷ λόγῳ. ὁ γὰρ μὴ πιστεύων εἶναι αὐτὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐν ᾡ εἰπεν, ἐκπίπτει τῆς χάριτος καὶ τῆς σωτηρίας.

### English translation (Claude)

* as to its power; and he willed by grace to say, “This is my such-and-such,” and no one disbelieves the word. For whoever does not believe that he is true in what he said falls away from grace and salvation.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 57.5 (Holl GCS 25:67; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-57-5).

## Ancoratus 57.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-57-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:67
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: We believe it is his, though the Lord is wholly beyond it.

### Greek text

ὅταν δὲ ἀκούσωμεν, καὶ πιστεύσωμεν· πιστεύομεν ὄτι ἔστιν αὐτοῦ *, τὸν δὲ κύριον ἡμῶν οἴδαμεν ὅλον αἴσθησιν ὅλον αἰσθητικὸν ὅλον θεὸν ὄλον κινοῦντα ὅλον ἐνεργοῦντα ὅλον φῶς ὅλον Λόγον, ἀκατάληπτον, ἀλλὰ μετὰ χάριτος ἡμῖν τοῦτο δεδωρημένον.

### English translation (Claude)

And when we hear, we also believe; we believe that it is his *; and we know our Lord to be wholly sensation, wholly sensing, wholly God, wholly moving, wholly working, wholly light, wholly Word, incomprehensible, but having bestowed this on us with grace.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition; the missing word is probably “body.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 57.6 (Holl GCS 25:67; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-57-6).

## Ancoratus 58.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-58-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:67
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Eden is on earth: its spring goes up, not down.

### Greek text

58. Οὗτος τοίνυν ὁ Ἀδὰμ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ ἐτέθη καὶ ἔφαγεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου. ὁ δὲ παράδεισος, φησίν »ἐν Ἐδὲμ κατὰ ἀνατολάς‘· πηγὴ δὲ ἀνέβαινεν ἐξ Ἐδέμ«, καὶ οὐκ εἶπε »κατέβαινεν«, ἱνα μὴ νομίσωμεν ἐν οὐρανῷ εἶναι τὴν Ἐδέμ. εἰ γὰρ ἐν οὐρανῷ ἠν, ἄνωθεν ἂν εἶπε »κατέρχεται« πηγή. ἀλλὰ ⟨καί⟩ φησι ποταμὸς ἐκπορεύεται Ἐδέμ«· καὶ οὐκ εἶπε κατέρχεται.

### English translation (Claude)

This Adam, then, was placed in paradise and ate from the tree. And paradise, it says, is “in Eden, toward the east”; and “a spring went up out of Eden,” and it did not say “came down,” so that we might not think Eden is in heaven. For if it were in heaven, it would have said a spring “comes down” from above. But it ⟨also⟩ says, “A river goes out from Eden,” and it did not say “comes down.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:8: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 2:6: quotation, medium confidence
- Gen 2:10: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 58.1 (Holl GCS 25:67; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-58-1).

## Ancoratus 58.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-58-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:67–68
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Pishon is identified with the Ganges or Indus.

### Greek text

οὑτος »ἀφορίζεται εἰς τέσσαρας ἀρχάς. ὄνομα τῷ ἑνὶ φεισών«, καὶ ὁρῶμεν τὸν Φεισὼν ἐπʼ ὄφεσιν ἡμῶν. καὶ Φεισὼν μέν ἐστιν ὁ Γάγγης παρὰ τοῖς Ἰνδοῖς καλούμενος καὶ Αἰθίοψιν, Ἕλληνες δὲ τοῦτον καλοῦσιν Ἰνδὸν ποταμόν. πᾶσαν γὰρ τὴν Εὐιλὰτ περικυκλοῖ«, τὴν μικρὰν Αἰθιοπίαν καὶ τὴν μεγάλην, τὰ μέρη τῶν Εὐιλαίων, διαπερᾷ δὲ τὴν μεγάλην Αἰθιοπίαν καὶ πίπτει εἰς τὸν νότον καὶ δύνει ἔσωθεν Γαδείρων εἰς τὸν μέγαν Ὠκεανόν.

### English translation (Claude)

This “is divided into four heads. The name of the one is Pishon,” and we see the Pishon before our eyes. The Pishon is the river called Ganges among the Indians and Ethiopians, and the Greeks call it the Indus river. For “it encircles all the land of Havilah,” lesser and greater Ethiopia, the regions of the Havilites, and it crosses great Ethiopia and falls toward the south and sinks inside Gadeira into the great Ocean.

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:10: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 2:11: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The geography is Epiphanius's own.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 58.2 (Holl GCS 25:67–68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-58-2).

## Ancoratus 58.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-58-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:68
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Gihon is the Nile.

### Greek text

δεύτερος ποταμὸς »Γεών«. καὶ αἰσθητὸν ὁρῶμεν τὸν ποταμὸν καὶ οὐκ ἀλληγορούμενον· οὑτος γὰρ ὁ κατὰ τὴν Αἰθιοπίαν κατερχόμενος καὶ διαπερῶν τὴν μικρὰν Αἰθιοπίαν, Ἀνουβῖτίν τε καὶ Βλεμμύαν καὶ Αʼξωμῖτιν καὶ ἐπικλύζων τὰ μέρη Θηβαΐδος καὶ Αἰγύπτου εἰς τὴν θάλασσαν ταύτην ἐκπίπτει. εἰ τις ἀπιστεῖ, ἀκουέτω τοῦ Ἰερεμίου λέγοντος »ἵνα τί ὑμῖν καὶ τῇ γῇ Αἰγύπτου τοῦ πιεῖν ὕδωρ Γεὼν τὸ τεθολωμένον«;

### English translation (Claude)

The second river is “Gihon.” And we see the river as perceptible and not allegorized; for it is the one that comes down through Ethiopia and crosses lesser Ethiopia, the Anubitis, the Blemmyes, and Axumitis, and flooding the regions of the Thebaid and Egypt falls into this sea. If anyone disbelieves, let him hear Jeremiah saying, “What have you and the land of Egypt to do with drinking the muddy water of Gihon?”

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:13: quotation, high confidence
- Jer 2:18: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Jer 2:18 LXX names the Gihon (Hebrew: Shihor, the Nile).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 58.3 (Holl GCS 25:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-58-3).

## Ancoratus 58.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-58-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:68
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Tigris is the third river.

### Greek text

τρίτος‘ φησί »ποταμὸς Τίγρης, ὁ πορευόμενος κατέναντι τῶν Ἀσσυρίων‘ «· διατέμνει γὰρ τὰ μέρη τῆς Ἀνατολῆς καὶ δύνει ὑπὸ τὴν γῆν καὶ ἀνίσχει ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀρμενίας κατὰ μέσον Καρδυαίων καὶ Ἀρμενίων καὶ ἀναπηγάζει πάλιν καὶ διατέμνεται εἰς τὴν τῶν Ἀσσυρίων γῆν.

### English translation (Claude)

“The third river,” it says, “is the Tigris, which flows opposite the Assyrians”; for it cuts through the regions of the East and sinks under the earth and rises from Armenia between the Carduaeans and Armenians and springs up again and is divided into the land of the Assyrians.

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:14: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 58.4 (Holl GCS 25:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-58-4).

## Ancoratus 58.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-58-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:68
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Denying paradise undoes the rivers too.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ καὶ ὁ ποταμὸς ὁ τέταρτος Εὐφράτης, ὡσαύτως ὁμοίως τῷ αὐτῷ τρόπῳ δύνων ὑπὸ τὴν γῆν ἀνέρχεται ἀπὸ τῆς Αρμενίας καὶ οὕτως ἐπικλύζει τὴν Περσίδα. εἰ τοίνυν οὐκ ἔνι παράδεισος αἰσθητός, οὐκ ἐνι πηγή· εἰ οὐκ ἔνι πηγή, οὐκ ἔνι ποταμός· εἰ οὐκ ἔνι ποταμός, οὐκ εἰσὶ τέσσαρες ἀρχαί· εἰ οὐκ ἔνι Φεισών, οὐκ ἔνι Γεών, οὐκ ἔνι Τίγρης· εἰ οὐκ ἔνι Τίγρης, οὐκ ἔνι Εὐφράτης·

### English translation (Claude)

And also the fourth river, the Euphrates, likewise in the same way sinks under the earth, comes up from Armenia, and so floods Persia. If then there is no perceptible paradise, there is no spring; if there is no spring, there is no river; if there is no river, there are no four heads; if there is no Pishon, there is no Gihon, no Tigris; if there is no Tigris, there is no Euphrates;

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:14: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 58.5 (Holl GCS 25:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-58-5).

## Ancoratus 58.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-58-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:68
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The chain continues to Adam and Eve.

### Greek text

εἰ οὐκ ἔνι Εὐφράτης, οὐκ ἔνι συκῆ, οὐκ ἔνι φύλλα, οὐκ ἔνι Ἀδάμ, οὐκ ἔνι ⟩ φαγεῖν, οὐκ ἔνι Εὔα· εἰ οὐκ ἔνι Εὔα, οὐκ ἔφαγεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου· εἰ οὐκ ἔφαγεν ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου, οὐκ ἔνι Ἀδάμ·

### English translation (Claude)

if there is no Euphrates, there is no fig tree, no leaves, no Adam, no ⟨eating⟩, no Eve; if there is no Eve, he did not eat from the tree; if he did not eat from the tree, there is no Adam;

### Translation notes

- There is no section 58.6 in the digital text.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 58.7 (Holl GCS 25:68; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-58-7).

## Ancoratus 58.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-58-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:68–69
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Adam is real, for we are his descendants.

### Greek text

εἰ οὐκ ἔνι Ἀδάμ, οὐκ εἰσὶν ἄνθρωποι, ἀλλὰ μῦθος λοιπὸν ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ἀλληγορεῖται τὰ πάντα. ἔστι τοίνυν Ἀδάμ· ἔσμεν γὰρ ἐξ αὐτοῦ, τὸ γένος αὐτοῦ ὄντες πάντες κατὰ διαδοχήν, καὶ ὁρῶμεν αὐτὸν διὰ τοῦ πλήθους ἐν τῇ διαδοχῇ.

### English translation (Claude)

if there is no Adam, there are no human beings, but truth is henceforth a myth and everything is allegorized. So there is an Adam; for we are from him, all being his race by succession, and we see him through the multitude in the succession.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 58.8 (Holl GCS 25:68–69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-58-8).

## Ancoratus 59.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-59-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:69
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The generations from Adam to Noah and the flood are real.

### Greek text

59. Ἀδὰμ γὰρ γεννᾷ κατὰ τὴν ἰδέαν αὐτοῦ καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ τὸν Σήθ. ἵνα ⟨γὰρ⟩ μή τις νομίσῃ τὸν πεπλασμένον καὶ τοὺς γεγεννημένους ἄλλους, διὰ τοῦτό φησιν ἡ γραφή »κατὰ τὴν ἰδέαν αὐτοῦ καὶ κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα αὐτοῦ( Σὴθ δὲ γεννᾷ τὸν Ἐνώς, Ἐνὼς τὸν Καϊνάν, Καϊνὰν τὸν Μαλελεήλ, Μαλελεὴλ τὸν Ἰάρετ καὶ Ἰάρετ τὸν Ἐνώχ, Ἐνὼχ τὸν Μαθουσάλα, Μαθουσάλα τὸν Λάμεχ, Λάμεχ τὸν Νῶε, καὶ γέγονε κατακλυσμός, οὐκ ἀλληγορίᾳ ἀλλʼ ἀληθείᾳ, καὶ ἀπώλετο πᾶσα ψυχή, ἔμειναν δὲ »ὀκτὼ ψυχαὶ« ἀνθρώπων.

### English translation (Claude)

For Adam begets Seth according to his form and according to his image. ⟨For⟩ so that no one might think the one formed and those begotten are different, Scripture says “according to his form and according to his image.” And Seth begets Enosh, Enosh Kenan, Kenan Mahalalel, Mahalalel Jared, and Jared Enoch, Enoch Methuselah, Methuselah Lamech, Lamech Noah; and the flood came, not in allegory but in truth, and every soul perished, and “eight souls” of men remained.

### Scripture references

- Gen 5:3: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 5:6: allusion, high confidence
- 1 Pet 3:20: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 59.1 (Holl GCS 25:69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-59-1).

## Ancoratus 59.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-59-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:69
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Souls” in Scripture means whole persons.

### Greek text

ψυχὰς πάλιν ἐὰν ἀκούσῃς, μὴ νομίσῃς πλάσματα μὴ ἔχειν. ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ ἑνὸς εἴδους ὁ ἄνθρωπος ὅλος καλεῖται. »κατέβη«, γάρ φησιν ἡ γραφή, »Ἰακὼβ εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἐν ψυχαῖς ἐβδομήκοντα πέντε«, οὐχ ὅτι αἱ ψυχαὶ εἵποντο ἄνευ σωμάτων, ἀλλὰ σὺν σώμασι· ὅλον ⟨οὖν⟩ τὸν ἄνθρωπον κέκληκεν. καί »ἠμεν ἐν τῷ πλοίῳ ὡς ὀγδοήκοντα ψυχαί«, φησὶν ὁ Λουκᾶς, ὁ συγγραψάμενος τὰς πράξεις τῶν ἀποστόλων.

### English translation (Claude)

And if you hear “souls” again, do not think they have no bodies. For from one form the whole man is named. For “Jacob went down,” says Scripture, “into Egypt with seventy-five souls,” not that the souls followed without bodies, but with bodies; ⟨so⟩ it called the whole man. And “we were in the ship about eighty souls,” says Luke, who wrote the Acts of the Apostles.

### Scripture references

- Acts 7:14: allusion, high confidence
- Gen 46:27: allusion, medium confidence
- Acts 27:37: quotation, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- Seventy-five souls is the Septuagint count (Gen 46:27 LXX; Acts 7:14). Acts 27:37 reads 276 in most manuscripts; Epiphanius's “about eighty” is his own reading.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 59.2 (Holl GCS 25:69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-59-2).

## Ancoratus 59.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-59-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:69
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Slaves are called “bodies” though they have souls.

### Greek text

καὶ ἡ συνήθεια τοὺς δούλους σώματα εἴωθε καλεῖν. δεσπότης ἐστί, φησίν, ἐκατὸν σωμάτων· ἀλλὰ καὶ ψυχὰς ἐχόντων. ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἡ δεσποτεία τῶν ἀνθρώπων σωμάτων κυριεύει ἀλλʼ οὐ ψυχῶν, διὰ τοῦτο τοὺς δούλους εὐλόγως σώματα ἐκάλεσαν σὺν ψυχαῖς, ἕνα δείξῃ τὴν χρῆσιν τῶν σωμάτων.

### English translation (Claude)

And custom is used to call slaves “bodies”: “He is master,” they say, “of a hundred bodies,” yet they have souls. But since human mastery rules over bodies but not souls, for this reason they reasonably called slaves “bodies,” with their souls, to show the use of the bodies.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 59.3 (Holl GCS 25:69; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-59-3).

## Ancoratus 59.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-59-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:69–70
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The genealogy from Noah to Joseph.

### Greek text

ἐξῆλθε δὲ Νῶε ἐκ τῆς κιβωτοῦ γεννήσας τὸν Σὴμ τὸν Χὰρ τὸν Ἰάφεθ. Σὴν δὲ γεννᾷ τὸν Ἀρφαξάδ, Ἀρφαξὰδ γεννᾷ τὸν Καϊνάν, Καϊνὰν τὸν Σάλα, Σάλα τὸν Ἔβερ, Ἔβερ τὸν Φαλέκ, Φαλὲκ τὸν Ῥαγαῦ, Ῥαγαῦ τὸν Σερούχ, Σεροὺχ τὸν Ναχώρ, Ναχὼρ τὸν Θάρρα, Θάρρα τὸν Ἀβραάμ, Ἀβραὰμ τὸν Ἰσαάκ, Ἰσαὰκ τὸν Ἰακώβ, Ἱακὼβ τὸν Ἱούδαν, Ἰούδας τὸν Φαρές, Φαρὲς τὸν Ἑσρώμ, Ἐσρὼμ τὸν Ἀρὰμ Ἀρὰμ τὸν Ἀμιναδάμ, Ἀμιναδὰμ τὸν ναασώμ, Ναασὼμ τὸν Σαλμών, Σαλμὼν τὸν Βοόζ, Βοὸζ τὸν Ἰωβὴδ ἐκ τῆς Ῥούθ, Ἰωβὴσ τὸν Ἰεσσαί, Ἰεσσαὶ τὸν Δαυὶδ τὸν βασιλέα, Δαυὶδ τὸν Σολομῶντα ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Οὐρίου, Σολομῶν τὸν Ῥοβοάμ, Ῥοβοὰμ τὸν Ἀβιά, Αβιὰ τὸν Ασάφ, Ἀσὰφ τὸν Ἰωσαφάτ, Ἰωσαφὰτ τὸν Ἰωράμ, Ἰωρὰμ τὸν Ὀχοζίαν, Ὀχοζίας τὸν Ἰωάς, Ἰωὰς τὸν Ἀμεσίαν, Ἀμεσίας τὸν Ὀζίαν, τὸν κληθέντα Ἀζαρίαν, Ὀζίας τὸν Ἰωάθαμ, Ἰωάθαμ τὸν Ἄχαζ, Αχαζ τὸν Ἐζεκίαν, Ἐζεκίας τὸν Μανασσῆ, Μανασσῆς τὸν Ἀμώς, Ἀμὼς τὸν Ἰωσίαν, Ἰωσίας τὸν Ἰεχονίαν, Ἰεχονίας πάλιν τὸν Σαλαθιήλ, Σαλαθιὴλ τὸν Ζοροβάβελ, Ζοροβάβελ τὸν Ἀβιούδ, Ἀβιοὺδ τὸν Ἐλιακείμ, Ἐλιακεὶμ τὸν Ἀσώρ, Ἀσὼρ τὸν Σαδώκ, Σαδὼκ τὸν Ἀχείμ, Ἀχεὶμ τὸν Ἐλιούδ, Ἐλιοὺδ τὸν Ἐλεάζαρ, Ἐλεάζαρ τὸν Ματθίαν, Ματθίας τὸν Ἰακώβ, Ἰακὼβ τὸν Ἰωσήφ.

### English translation (Claude)

And Noah came out of the ark, having begotten Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And Shem begets Arphaxad, Arphaxad begets Cainan, Cainan Shelah, Shelah Eber, Eber Peleg, Peleg Reu, Reu Serug, Serug Nahor, Nahor Terah, Terah Abraham, Abraham Isaac, Isaac Jacob, Jacob Judah, Judah Perez, Perez Hezron, Hezron Ram, Ram Amminadab, Amminadab Nahshon, Nahshon Salmon, Salmon Boaz, Boaz Obed by Ruth, Obed Jesse, Jesse David the king, David Solomon by the wife of Uriah, Solomon Rehoboam, Rehoboam Abijah, Abijah Asaph, Asaph Jehoshaphat, Jehoshaphat Joram, Joram Ahaziah, Ahaziah Joash, Joash Amaziah, Amaziah Uzziah, who was called Azariah, Uzziah Jotham, Jotham Ahaz, Ahaz Hezekiah, Hezekiah Manasseh, Manasseh Amos, Amos Josiah, Josiah Jechoniah, Jechoniah again Shealtiel, Shealtiel Zerubbabel, Zerubbabel Abiud, Abiud Eliakim, Eliakim Azor, Azor Zadok, Zadok Achim, Achim Eliud, Eliud Eleazar, Eleazar Matthan, Matthan Jacob, Jacob Joseph.

### Scripture references

- Gen 11:10: allusion, high confidence
- Luke 3:36: allusion, medium confidence
- Matt 1:2: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 1:16: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The list follows Gen 11 (with Cainan, as in the Septuagint and Luke 3:36) and Matt 1:2–16, with Matthew's spellings Asaph and Amos. Epiphanius adds Ahaziah and Joash, whom Matthew omits. Names are given in their usual English forms.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 59.4 (Holl GCS 25:69–70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/46-1/#p-59-4).

## Ancoratus 60.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:70
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Joseph was an elderly widower with children from a first marriage.

### Greek text

60. Ἰωσὴφ γέρων ὢν ⟩ χῆρος μετὰ τὸ λαβεῖν πρώτην γυναῖκα καὶ ποιῆσαι ἐξ αὐτῆς παῖδας ἄρρενας μὲν τέσσαρας, Ἰάκωβον τὸν ἀδελφὸν τοῦ κυρίου καλούμενον διὰ τὸ συνανατραφῆναι αὐτῷ καὶ Σίμωνα καὶ Ἰούδαν καὶ Ἰωσῆν, δύο δὲ θυγατέρας,. † Ἄνναν καὶ Σαλώμην,

### English translation (Claude)

Joseph, being old ⟨and⟩ a widower, after taking a first wife and having by her four sons, James, called the brother of the Lord because he was brought up with him, and Simon and Judas and Joses, and two daughters, † Anna and Salome,

### Scripture references

- Mark 6:3: allusion, high confidence
- Gal 1:19: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- This is Epiphanius's view of the Lord's brothers and sisters (compare Mark 6:3); it is translated as written. The dagger marks a doubtful name; elsewhere Epiphanius calls the daughters Mary and Salome.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 60.1 (Holl GCS 25:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-1).

## Ancoratus 60.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:70–71
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Joseph received Mary by lot from the temple.

### Greek text

οὗτος ὁ Ἰωσὴφ γέρων ὢν καὶ χῆρος κατὰ ἀνάγκην τῶν κλήρων βαλλομένων ἐπὶ χήρους καὶ ἀγάμους καθʼ ἑκάστην φυλὴν εἰς τὰς ἀπὸ ναοῦ παρθένους διὰ τὸ ἀφιεροῦσθαι ἐν τῷ ναῶ τοὺς πρωτοτόκους παῖδας, ἄρρενάς τε καὶ θηλείας) ἔλαβε κατὰ κλῆρον τὴν ἁγίαν παρθένον Μαρίαν, »ἐξ ἡς« κατὰ σάρκα »ἐγεννήθη« ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου, οὐκ ἀπὸ σπέρματος ἀνδρὸς οὔτε συναφείᾳ σώματος.

### English translation (Claude)

this Joseph, being old and a widower, by necessity, when lots were cast among widowers and unmarried men of each tribe for the virgins from the temple (because the firstborn children, male and female, were dedicated in the temple), received by lot the holy virgin Mary, “of whom” according to the flesh “was born” our Lord Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit, not from the seed of a man nor by union of body.

### Scripture references

- Matt 1:16: quotation, high confidence

### Extrabiblical texts

- Prot. Jas. 8-9 (Protevangelium of James): allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The story of the lot resembles the Protevangelium of James 8–9.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 60.2 (Holl GCS 25:70–71; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-2).

## Ancoratus 60.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:71
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ was born in the forty-second year of Augustus.

### Greek text

γεννᾶται τοίνυν ὁ κύριος ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα, ἐκ σπέρματος Δαυὶδ καὶ Ἀβραὰμ κατὰ σάρκα, θεὸς ὤν, ἐν τῷ τεσσαρακοστῷ ⟨δευτέρῳ⟩ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας

### English translation (Claude)

So the Lord is born of the tribe of Judah, of the seed of David and Abraham according to the flesh, being God, in the forty-⟨second⟩ year of the reign ⟨of Augustus⟩.

### Scripture references

- Rom 1:3: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The sentence breaks off; “of Augustus” is supplied from what follows.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 60.3 (Holl GCS 25:71; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-3).

## Ancoratus 60.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:71–72
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A list of Roman emperors from Augustus to Diocletian.

### Greek text

Αὔγουστος δὲ ἐβασίλευσεν πεντήκοντα ἓξ ἴτη καὶ μῆνας ἕξ μετʼ αὐτὸν δὲ παῖς αὐτοῦ Τιβέριος διαδέχεται τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔτη ݲ μετὰ Τιβέριον Γάϊος ἔτη τρία καὶ μῆνας θ καὶ ἡμέρας κβ μετὰ Γάϊον Κλαύδιος ἔτη ݲ μετὰ Κλαύδιον Νέρων ἴτη ݲ μετὰ Νέρωνα Οὐεσπασιανὸς ἴτη θ μετὰ Οὐεσπασιανὸν Τίτος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη β μετὰ Τίτον Δομετιανὸς ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη ݲ καὶ μῆνας ݲ μετὰ Δομετιανὸν Νερούας ἔτος ݲ μῆνας δ μετὰ Νερούσν Τραϊανὸς ἔτη ιθ μετὰ Τραϊανὸν Ἀδριανὸς ݲ μετὰ Ἀδριανὸν Ἀντωνῖνος εὐσεβὴς ἔτη κβ μετὰ Ἀντωνῖνον Μάρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνὶνπος, ὁ καὶ Οὐῆρος, ἴτη ιθ Κόμοδος ἴτη ݲ Περτίναφ μῆνας ζω Σευῆρος ἴτη ݲ Ἀντωνῖνος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη ζ Μακρῖνος ἔτος ἴν Ἀντωνῖνος ἄλλος ἴτη ݲ Ἀλέξανδρος, οὐχ ὁ Μακεκδών, ἴτη ݲ Μαξιμῖνος ἴτη ݲ Γορδιανὸς ἴτη ζ Φίλιππος ἴτη ἔτη ζ Δέκιος ἔτος ݲ Γάλλος ὁ * καὶ Oὐολουσιανὸς ἴτη ηνὸς ἴτη ݲ Κλαύδιος ἄλλος ἔτος ἴν Αὐρηλιανὸς ἴτη ι]δ Τάκιτος μῆνας ζ Πρόβος ἴτη ξ οἱ περὶ Κᾶρον καὶ Καρῖνον καὶ Νουμεριανὸν ἴτη β Διοκλητιανὸς ἔτη ݲ

### English translation (Claude)

Augustus reigned fifty-six years and six months; after him his son Tiberius succeeds to the rule, … years; after Tiberius, Gaius, three years, nine months, and twenty-two days; after Gaius, Claudius, … years; after Claudius, Nero, … years; after Nero, Vespasian, nine years; after Vespasian, Titus his son, two years; after Titus, Domitian his brother, … years and … months; after Domitian, Nerva, … year, four months; after Nerva, Trajan, nineteen years; after Trajan, Hadrian, …; after Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, twenty-two years; after Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, also called Verus, nineteen years; Commodus, … years; Pertinax, … months; Severus, … years; Antoninus his son, seven years; Macrinus, one year; another Antoninus, … years; Alexander, not the Macedonian, … years; Maximinus, … years; Gordian, seven years; Philip, seven years; Decius, … year; Gallus * and Volusianus, … years; …nus, … years; another Claudius, one year; Aurelian, … years; Tacitus, seven months; Probus, … years; Carus with Carinus and Numerian, two years; Diocletian, … years.

### Translation notes

- Many numerals are lost in the digital text (shown as …), and some that survive are doubtful (e.g., Pertinax, Aurelian, Probus); the reign lengths are Epiphanius's figures, not modern ones. Garbled names are given in their usual forms.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 60.4 (Holl GCS 25:71–72; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-4).

## Ancoratus 60.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:72–73
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The work is dated to the consulship of Gratian and Equitius (AD 374).

### Greek text

μετὰ Διοκλητιανὸν Μαξιμανὸς Λικίννιος Κωνστάντιος Κωνσταντῖνος Κώνστας Κωνστάντιος καὶ κωνσταντῖνος Ἰουλιανὸς Ἰοβιανὸς Οὐαλεντινιανὸς Οὐάλης Γρατιανὸς ἴως τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ τούτου μετὰ τὸ τελευτῆσαι Διοκλητιανὸν ἴτη ݲ. τὸ ἔτος γὰρ τοῦτό ἐστιν ἐνενηκοστὸν Διοκλητιανοῦ, Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ καὶ Οὐάλεντος ݲ, Γρατιανοῦ δὲ ἔτος ξ, ὑπατείᾳ Γρατιανοῦ Αὐγούστου τὸ τρίτον καὶ Ἐκουιτίου λαμπροτάτου, Ἰνδικτιῶνος β.

### English translation (Claude)

After Diocletian: Maximian, Licinius, Constantius, Constantine, Constans, Constantius and Constantine, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian, Valens, Gratian, up to this year, … years after the death of Diocletian. For this year is the ninetieth of Diocletian, the … of Valentinian and Valens, the … of Gratian, in the consulship of Gratian Augustus for the third time and of Equitius, most illustrious, in the second indiction.

### Translation notes

- The consulship of Gratian III and Equitius is AD 374. Several numerals are lost in the digital text (shown as …); “the ninetieth of Diocletian” counts from the era of Diocletian (284).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 60.5 (Holl GCS 25:72–73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-5).

## Ancoratus 61.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:73
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The unbroken line from Adam shows Genesis is history.

### Greek text

61. Ἡμεῖς τοίνυν ἀπὸ τοῦ προειρημένου Ἀδὰμ πάντες κατὰ ἀκολουθίαν· καὶ οὐκ ἀπώλετο ἡ τάξις οὐδὲ τὰ ὑπὸ θεοῦ γινόμενα ἀλληγοροῦνται.

### English translation (Claude)

So we are all from the aforementioned Adam in sequence; and the order has not perished, nor are the things made by God allegorized.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 61.1 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-1).

## Ancoratus 61.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:73
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The elements of the Eden story are real.

### Greek text

ἔστι τοίνυν Ἀδὰμ καὶ ἔστι φύλλα συκῆς καὶ συκῆ καὶ ξύλον τοῦ εἰδέναι γνωστὸν καλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ καὶ ξύλον ζωῆς ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παραδείσου καὶ οφις καὶ παρακοὴ καὶ ὑπακοὴ καὶ εἰσὶ ποταμοὶ καὶ ἔστιν Εὕα καὶ τὸ πλάσμα·

### English translation (Claude)

So there is an Adam, and there are fig leaves and a fig tree, and the tree for knowing what is known of good and evil, and the tree of life in the midst of paradise, and a serpent, and disobedience and obedience; and there are rivers, and there is Eve, and the formed body.

### Scripture references

- Gen 3:7: allusion, high confidence
- Gen 2:9: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 61.2 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-2).

## Ancoratus 61.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:73
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God can make earthly things incorruptible.

### Greek text

πάντα γὰρ δυνατὰ τῷ θεῷ« καὶ τὰ φθαρτὰ μεταβαλεῖν εἰς ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ποιῆσαι ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ διατελεῖν.

### English translation (Claude)

For “all things are possible with God,” both to change corruptible things into incorruption and to make things on earth continue in incorruption.

### Scripture references

- Matt 19:26: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 61.3 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-3).

## Ancoratus 61.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:73
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ showed that corruptible flesh can become incorruptible.

### Greek text

καὶ μὴ θαυμαζέτω τις· τοῦτο γὰρ ἠλθε καὶ ἔδειξε λαβὼν σάρκα φθαρτὴν καὶ ἐνδυσάμενος ἐν τῇ θεότητι καὶ ἀποδείξας ἄφθαρτον. »τίς γὰρ ἐγκαλέσει« θεῷ;

### English translation (Claude)

And let no one be amazed; for he came and showed this, taking corruptible flesh and clothing it in the Godhead and showing it incorruptible. “For who will bring a charge” against God?

### Scripture references

- Rom 8:33: quotation, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 61.4 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-4).

## Ancoratus 61.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:73
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Adam dwelt opposite a real paradise.

### Greek text

ἴδωμεν δὲ καὶ ἄλλην θεωρίαν. ἐξέβαλεν ἀυτούς, φησίν, ἔξω τοῦ παραδείσου καὶ ἔθετο τὰ Χερουβὶμ καὶ τὴν φλογίνην ῥομφαίαν τηρεῖν τὴν εἴσοδον τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς. καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀδὰμ ᾤκησαν ἀπέναντι τοῦ παραδίσου. μηδεὶς μύθοις ἀπατάσθω κενοῖς.

### English translation (Claude)

Let us look at another consideration too. He drove them, it says, out of paradise and placed the Cherubim and the flaming sword to guard the entrance to the tree of life. And Adam and those with him went out and dwelt opposite paradise. Let no one be deceived by empty myths.

### Scripture references

- Gen 3:23: allusion, high confidence
- Gen 3:24: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 61.5 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-5).

## Ancoratus 61.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:73
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God can make an earthly paradise.

### Greek text

»δύναται γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα« καὶ δύναται ὁ θεὸς καὶ τὰ φθαρτὰ μεταβαλεῖν εἰς ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ δύναται ἐπὶ γῆς ποιῆσαι ἀνάπαυσιν παραδείσου, ὅτε ἠθέλησεν.

### English translation (Claude)

“For God is able from the stones to raise up children,” and God is able to change corruptible things into incorruption, and able to make the rest of paradise on earth when he wished.

### Scripture references

- Matt 3:9: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 61.6 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-6).

## Ancoratus 61.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:73
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Earth and heaven belong to the same God.

### Greek text

οὐ γὰρ ἡ γῆ ἄλλου θεοῦ καὶ ὀ οὐρανὸς ἄλλου, ἀλλὰ πάντα τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐστι καὶ ὡς θέλει χαρίζεται ἑκάστῳ τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν.

### English translation (Claude)

For the earth is not of one god and heaven of another, but all belong to the same, and he grants incorruption to each as he wills.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 61.7 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-7).

## Ancoratus 61.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:73
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Our earthly bodies share the hope shown in Christ's body.

### Greek text

καὶ γὰρ καὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἀδὰμ οἴδαμεν ἐκ τῆς γῆς πεπλασμένον, ἐξ ἡσπερ καὶ ἡμῶν τὰ σώματα, καὶ ἐλπίδα ἔχομεν ζωῆς αἰωνίου καὶ ἀφθάρτου κληρονομίας. καὶ γὰρ τοῦ σωτῆρος τὸ σῶμα ἀπὸ Μαρίας ἠν καὶ συνήνωται πνευματικῶς τῇ τοῦ Λόγου ἐν οὐρανῷ ἀφθαρσίᾳ.

### English translation (Claude)

For we know that Adam's body was formed from the earth, from which our bodies also come, and we have hope of eternal life and an incorruptible inheritance. For the Savior's body too was from Mary and has been spiritually united to the incorruption of the Word in heaven.

### Scripture references

- 1 Pet 1:4: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 61.8 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-8).

## Ancoratus 61.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:73–74
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: We accept all of Scripture simply and leave the incomprehensible to God.

### Greek text

ταῦτα δὲ πάντα συνηγάγομεν καὶ ἐνταῦθα παρεθέμεθα μηθὲν παραρρῖψαι τῶν γεγραμμένων θέλοντες, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ἁπλότητι φέρεσθαι πιστοί τε εὑρίσκεσθαι πρὸς τὸν θεόν, ἐν οἷς ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ἔγραψεν ἡμῖν καὶ ἐδωρήσατο τὴν τῆς ἀληθείας ὀδὸν εἰς ἡμῶν σωτηρίαν· συγχωρεῖν ⟨δὲ⟩ αὐτῷ μόνῳ πρέπον εἰδέναι τὰ ἀκατάληπτα.

### English translation (Claude)

We have gathered all these things and set them out here, wishing to cast aside nothing of what is written, but rather to be carried along in simplicity and be found faithful toward God in what he wrote for us in truth, and he granted the way of truth for our salvation; and it is fitting ⟨to⟩ concede to him alone the knowing of incomprehensible things.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 61.9 (Holl GCS 25:73–74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-9).

## Ancoratus 62.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:74
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Origen allegorized the garments of skin.

### Greek text

62. Ἀλλην δὲ πάλιν μυθώδη θεωρίαν οὑτος ὁ Ὠριγένης, ᾡ ὁ θεὸς συγχωρήσειε φαντασίας τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἀλληγοροῦντι, παρεισήγαγε φάσκων οὓς εἶπεν ἡ θεία γραφὴ χιτῶνας δερματίνους πεποιηκέναι τὸν θεὸν τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἀδὰμ μὴ εἶναι χιτῶνας δερματίνους·

### English translation (Claude)

Again this Origen (may God forgive him for allegorizing fantasies for people) introduced another mythical consideration, saying that the garments of skin which the divine Scripture says God made for Adam and Eve are not garments of skin;

### Scripture references

- Gen 3:21: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 62.1 (Holl GCS 25:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-1).

## Ancoratus 62.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:74
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Origen held that the garments were bodies given after the fall.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ τοῦτό φησι χιτῶνα δερμάτινον τὸ σαρκῶδες τοῦ σώματος ἢ αὐτὸ τὸ σῶμα· μετὰ γὰρ τὴν παρακοήν, φησίν, καὶ μετὰ τὸ βεβρωκέναι τοῦ ξύλου ἐνέδυσε τὰς ψυχάς ταῦτα τὰ σώματα τουτέστιν ταύτην τὴν σάρκα. καὶ ἔστιν εὔηθες τὸ ὄλον εἰπεῖν.

### English translation (Claude)

but this, he says, the garment of skin, is the fleshliness of the body or the body itself; for after the disobedience, he says, and after eating of the tree, he clothed the souls with these bodies, that is, with this flesh. And the whole thing is simple-minded to say.

### Translation notes

- Epiphanius's report of Origen is his own; compare his fuller account in Panarion 64.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 62.2 (Holl GCS 25:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-2).

## Ancoratus 62.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:74
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Origen scoffed at God as tanner.

### Greek text

σοφίζεται γὰρ αὐτὸς ὁ Ὠριγένης δῆθεν καὶ φησί· μὴ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς βυρσοδέψης ἠν, ἴνα βυρσεύσας δέρματα χιτῶνας ἐργάσηται τῷ Ἀδὰμ καὶ τῇ Εὔᾳ; πολὺ δὲ κτηνωδέστερον τὸ τοιοῦτον.

### English translation (Claude)

For Origen himself argues cleverly, as it seems, and says: “Was God then a tanner, that he tanned hides and made garments for Adam and Eve?” But such a thing is much more brutish.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 62.3 (Holl GCS 25:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-3).

## Ancoratus 62.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:74
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God, who made all from nothing, could make garments.

### Greek text

τί εὐχερέστερον ἠν, οὐρανὸν καὶ γῆν ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων ποιῆσαι τὸν θεὸν ἤ χιτῶνας δερματινους; πότε γὰρ τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ θέλων οὐκ εἰργάσατο καὶ ἄψυχα εἰς ἔμψυχα μετεβαλεῖν πότε οὐ δεδύνηται;

### English translation (Claude)

Which was easier, for God to make heaven and earth from nothing, or garments of skin? When did he, wishing it, not work his wonders, and when was he unable to change lifeless things into living?

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 62.4 (Holl GCS 25:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-4).

## Ancoratus 62.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:74–75
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God's wonders with Moses and Israel were real.

### Greek text

τὴν μὲν ῥάβδον Μωυσέως, ξηρὰν οὐσαν καὶ ξυλίνην, ὄφιν ἔμψυχον ἐποίησε Μωυσέα καταδιώκοντα ἀφʼ οὑ Μωυσῆς εἰς φυγὴν ἐτρέπετο, ἵνα δείξῃ ὅτι οὐκ ἠν φάντασμα, ἀλλ ἀληθὲς τὸ γενόμενον. πῶς δὲ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη τοῦ λαοῦ τὰ ἰμάτια οὐκ ἐρρικνώθη καὶ τρίχες οὐκ ἐκόμων καὶ τὰ ὑποδήματα οὐκ ἐπαλαιοῦντο;

### English translation (Claude)

He made the rod of Moses, which was dry and wooden, a living serpent pursuing Moses, from which Moses turned to flight, to show that what happened was not an apparition but true. And how were the people's garments not worn out for forty years, their hair not overgrown, and their sandals not grown old?

### Scripture references

- Exod 4:3: allusion, high confidence
- Deut 29:5: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The detail about hair is Epiphanius's addition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 62.5 (Holl GCS 25:74–75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-5).

## Ancoratus 62.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:75
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Did the risen Christ appear naked?

### Greek text

εἰπάτωσαν δέ μοι οἱ ἠλίθιοι οἱ τῇ φρενοβλαβείᾳ Ὠριγένους κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος ἀκολουθήσαντες· ἀναστάντος τοῦ σωτῆρος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν καὶ καταλείψαντος τὰς ὀθόνας ἐν τῷ μνήματι, ὡς γέγραπται, γυμνὸς ἀρα ἐφαίνετο τοῖς μαθηταῖς· ἀναστὰς ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν σὺν σώματι καὶ ψυχῇ;

### English translation (Claude)

And let the foolish who in this matter have followed the derangement of Origen tell me: when the Savior rose from the dead and left the linen cloths in the tomb, as it is written, did he then appear naked to the disciples, having risen from the dead with body and soul?

### Scripture references

- John 20:5: allusion, high confidence
- John 20:6: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 62.6 (Holl GCS 25:75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-6).

## Ancoratus 62.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:75
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The risen Christ was clothed; who made his garments?

### Greek text

ὁπηνίκα δὲ ἐδείκνυε τοῖς περὶ τὸν Θωμᾶν τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς σάρκας χεῖράς τε καὶ τὴν πλευράν, δηλονότι οὐκ ἦν γυμνός. τοίνυν τὰ ἱμάτια τίς αὐτῷ ὕφανε τὰ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν;

### English translation (Claude)

When he showed Thomas and those with him his bones and flesh, hands and side, clearly he was not naked. Who then wove him the garments after the resurrection?

### Scripture references

- Luke 24:39: allusion, high confidence
- John 20:27: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 62.7 (Holl GCS 25:75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-7).

## Ancoratus 62.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:75
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: If Christ could make his clothes, God could make the garments of skin.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ ἐρεῖς μοι πάντως, ἐνδύματα ἦν πνευματικά, ⟨ἄἠν θελήματι ἑαυτῷ ποιήσας. καὶ εἰ τοιαῦτα ἐνδύματα ἠδύνατο ἑαυτῷ ποιεῖν, ἐκείνους τοὺς δερματίνους χιτῶνας οὐκ ἠδύνατο ποιῆσαι τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἀδὰμ οἰκείῳ θελήματι; ὄντως ⟩

### English translation (Claude)

But you will surely tell me, “They were spiritual clothes, ⟨which⟩ he made for himself by his will.” And if he could make such clothes for himself, could he not make those garments of skin for Adam and Eve by his own will? Truly

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 62.8 (Holl GCS 25:75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-8).

## Ancoratus 62.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:75
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Adam had flesh before the fall, as the rib shows.

### Greek text

ἐκπίπτει τοῦ Ὠριγένους ἡ ἀλληγορία. εἰ γὰρ μετὰ τὸ βεβρωκέναι τοῦ ξύλου ἐκτίσθη τῷ Ἀδὰμ ἡ σάρξ, πόθεν ἄρα ἔλαβεν θεὸς τὴν πλευρὰν πρὸ τοῦ αὐτὸν βεβρωκέναι; ὡς διεγερθεὶς ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκστάσεώς φησιν »ὀστοῦν ἐκ τῶν ὀστῶν μου καὶ σὰρξ ἐκ τῆς σαρκός μου τοῦτο«.

### English translation (Claude)

Origen's allegory falls. For if the flesh was created for Adam after eating of the tree, from where did God take the rib before he had eaten? As, waking from the trance, he says, “This is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 2:21: allusion, high confidence
- Gen 2:23: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 62.9 (Holl GCS 25:75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-9).

## Ancoratus 63.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:75
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The church's faith stands; Origen will not help on judgment day.

### Greek text

63. Τοῦ λοιποῦ τοίνυν μηδεὶς ἡμῖν κόπους παρεχέτω.« οὕτω γὰρ δοξάζει ἡ ἁγία τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκλησία ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνέκαθεν· οὐ παραστήσεται γὰρ ἡμῖν Ὠριγένης ἐν ἠμέρᾳ κρίσεως.

### English translation (Claude)

“Henceforth let no one trouble us.” For so the holy church of God has believed from the beginning; for Origen will not stand by us on the day of judgment.

### Scripture references

- Gal 6:17: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 63.1 (Holl GCS 25:75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-1).

## Ancoratus 63.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:75–76
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Readers of Origen's On First Principles should see his errors.

### Greek text

θαυμάζω γὰρ ὡς ἀληθῶς, πῶς τινες ἀνέχονται τοῦ βλασφημήσαντος τὸν ἑαυτοῦ δεσπότην. ἀναγνώτωσαν Ὠριγένους τὰ περὶ ἀρχῶν οἱ τοιοῦτοι καὶ μαθέτωσαν οἱ δοκοῦντες εἶναι υἱοὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς καθολικῆς * καὶ μὴ τὸν τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ πατρὸς θεότητος χωρίζειν τολμάτωσαν·

### English translation (Claude)

For I truly marvel how some tolerate the one who blasphemed his own Master. Let such people read Origen's On First Principles, and let those who seem to be sons of the catholic church learn *, and let them not dare to separate the ⟨Son⟩ from the Father's Godhead;

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The article is doubled where “Son” seems to be lost.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 63.2 (Holl GCS 25:75–76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-2).

## Ancoratus 63.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:76
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Epiphanius cites Origen's view on what each rank can see.

### Greek text

* πῶς οὐ κατηξίωσεν Ὠριγένης εἰπεῖν κἂν ὅτι ὁρᾷ τὸν πατέρα ὁ υἱός. ἀλλά φησιν· »ὡς οὐ δύναται ἰδεῖν τὸν πατέρα ὁ υἱός, καὶ τὸ ἄγιον πνεῦμα οὐ δύναται ἰδεῖν τὸν υἱόν « καὶ πάλιν οἱ ἄγγελοι οὐ δύνανται ἰδεῖν τὸ ἄγιον πνεῦμα καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι οὐ δύνανται ἰδεῖν τοὺς ἀγγέλους.«

### English translation (Claude)

* how Origen did not deign to say even that the Son sees the Father. But he says: “As the Son cannot see the Father, so the Holy Spirit cannot see the Son,” and again, “The angels cannot see the Holy Spirit, and human beings cannot see the angels.”

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The quotation corresponds to Origen, On First Principles 1.1.8 (as cited by opponents); the work is not yet in the site's list.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 63.3 (Holl GCS 25:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-3).

## Ancoratus 63.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:76
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Origen deceived only himself and his followers.

### Greek text

καὶ ἐφαντασίασεν ἑαυτὸν μᾶλλον καὶ οὕς ἠπάτησεν, ἀλλʼ οὐ τὸν συνετὸν καὶ πιστὸν καὶ πιστεύοντα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ καὶ τῇ

### English translation (Claude)

And he rather deluded himself and those he deceived, but not the one who is understanding and faithful and believes the truth and the

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 63.4 (Holl GCS 25:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-4).

## Ancoratus 63.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:76
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Origen's disciples should yield to the apostles and prophets.

### Greek text

πνευματικῇ διδασκαλίᾳ. παῦσαι τοίνυν, Ὠρίγενες, καὶ παύσασθε οἱ τοῦ Ὠριγένους μαθηταί· ἀληθεύουσι γὰρ οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ προφῆται ἤπερ ὑμεῖς καὶ ὁ ὑμῶν διδάσκαλος·

### English translation (Claude)

spiritual teaching. Stop, then, Origen, and stop, you disciples of Origen; for the apostles and prophets speak the truth rather than you and your teacher.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 63.5 (Holl GCS 25:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-5).

## Ancoratus 63.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:76
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A call to the heresies to cease.

### Greek text

παυσάσθωσαν οἱ Γνωστικοί, κατάγνωστοι δὲ ὄντες τὸν τρόπον, καὶ παυσάσθωσαν Οὐαλεντινιανοὶ καὶ Μανιχαῖοι καὶ Μαρκιωνισταὶ οἱ κατὰ πάντα πεπλανημένοι καὶ παυσάσθωσαν Ἀρειανοὶ καὶ Ἀνόμοιοι καὶ Σαβέλλιοι καὶ Πνευματῖται, οἱ καὶ Πνευματομάχοι, καὶ Διμοιρῖται οἱ ἀνοήτως τὸν νοῦν παρεκβάλλοντες.

### English translation (Claude)

Let the Gnostics stop, who are blameworthy in their way of life; let the Valentinians and Manichaeans and Marcionites stop, who have gone astray in everything; and let the Arians and Anomoeans and Sabellians and Pneumatites, also called Pneumatomachi, stop, and the Dimoerites, who foolishly cast out the mind.

### Translation notes

- “Cast out the mind” refers to the Apollinarian denial of a human mind in Christ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 63.6 (Holl GCS 25:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-6).

## Ancoratus 63.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:76
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture is true; heresies lack the Spirit of the church's tradition.

### Greek text

πάντα γὰρ ἀληθεύει ἡ θεία γραφή· συνέσεως δὲ χρεία ἐστὶ τοῦ εἰδέναι ⟨ἀληθεύειν⟩ τὸν θεὸν πιστεύειν ⟨τε⟩ αὐτῷ καὶ τοῖς αὐτοῦ λόγοις καὶ ⟨γνῶναι⟩ τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κεχαρισμένα δεδομένα καὶ ἐσόμενα καὶ εἰδέναι κατὰ τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν τὴν τῶν νεκρῶν ἀνάστασιν ἐν τελειότητι. πᾶσα γὰρ αἵρεσις ψεύδεται μὴ λαβοῦσα πνεῦμα ἄγιον κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πατέρων ἐν τῇ ἁγίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ καθολικῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ.

### English translation (Claude)

For divine Scripture speaks truly in everything; but understanding is needed to know ⟨that⟩ God ⟨speaks truly⟩, ⟨and⟩ to believe him and his words, and ⟨to know⟩ the things graciously given by God, both given and to come, and to know according to the promise the resurrection of the dead in perfection. For every heresy lies, not having received the Holy Spirit according to the tradition of the fathers in the holy catholic church of God.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 63.7 (Holl GCS 25:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-7).

## Ancoratus 64.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:76
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Epiphanius will set out the church's teaching for those who seek life.

### Greek text

64. Καὶ περὶ τούτων πάντων αὖθις πάλιν ἐροῦμεν κατὰ τὸ ἠμέτερον ἀσθενές· ἀλλʼ ἐκ Μοῦ καταξιωθέντες τῆς ἁγίας τοῦ θεοῦ καθολικῆς ἐκκλησίας οἱ ἐλάχιστοι καὶ ταπεινοὶ ἔχειν καὶ ταύτης τὸ ἑδραίωμα κατὰ τὸ δυνατὸν τῆς ἡμῶν βραχύτητος παρατιθέμεθα ἀπὸ μέρους περὶ πάντων τοῖς βουλομένοις τῆς ἑαυτῶν ζωῆς ἐπιμελεῖσθαι.

### English translation (Claude)

And about all these things we will speak again according to our weakness; but having been counted worthy by ⟨God⟩, we the least and lowly, to belong to the holy catholic church of God and to have its foundation, we set out in part, as far as our littleness allows, about all things for those who wish to care for their own life.

### Translation notes

- Μοῦ is a digital slip, probably for θεοῦ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 64.1 (Holl GCS 25:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-1).

## Ancoratus 64.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:76–77
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He will gather more testimonies that the Trinity is consubstantial.

### Greek text

καὶ ἤρκει μὲν ἱκανῶς τὰ περὶ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος εἰρημενα· ἵνα δὲ περισσότερον εἰς εὐφρασίαν καὶ περι- ποίησιν καὶ πληροφορίαν τῶν πιστῶν σαφηνίσαι σπουδάσωμεν, ποίησιν συνάγοντες τῆς θείας γραφῆς τὰς μαρτυρίας εἰς πλάτος εὐωχίας καὶ ἀγαλλίασιν τοῖς ἐντυγχάνουσι πιστοῖς πάλιν οὐκ ὀκνήσαιμεν ὑποδεῖξαι ὡς ἀσφαλῆ καὶ βεβαίαν ἐν θεῷ τὴν ἡμετέραν ἐλπίδα, οὐδὲν παρήλλακται ἐν πατρὶ καὶ υἱῷ καὶ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι, ἀλλʼ ὁμόστοιχος καὶ ὁμοούσιός ἐστιν ἡ ἀγία τριάς.

### English translation (Claude)

And what has been said about Father and Son and Holy Spirit would have been enough; but so that we may take pains to make things clearer, for the delight, gain, and full assurance of the faithful, gathering the testimonies of divine Scripture into a broad feast and gladness for the faithful who read, we would not hesitate to show again how safe and firm our hope in God is, that nothing differs in Father and Son and Holy Spirit, but the holy Trinity is of equal rank and consubstantial.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 64.2 (Holl GCS 25:76–77; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-2).

## Ancoratus 64.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:77
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The teaching comes from the prophets and Christ's coming.

### Greek text

οὐκ ἀλλαχόθεν δέ ποθεν οὐδὲ ἀπὸ ἰδίων διανοημάτων ποιούμεθα τὴν διδασκαλιαν, ἀλλʼ ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμετέρας ζωῆς τουτέστιν ἐκ προφητῶν καὶ ἐκ τῆς τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν παρουσίας καὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ φιλανθρωπίας.

### English translation (Claude)

And we do not make our teaching from somewhere else, nor from our own thoughts, but from our life, that is, from the prophets and from the coming of our Savior and his loving-kindness.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 64.3 (Holl GCS 25:77; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-3).

## Ancoratus 64.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:77
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ our life came when we were lost in sin and idolatry.

### Greek text

ἦλθε γάρ, ἦλθεν ἡ ζωὴ ἡμῶν καὶ τὸ φῶς αὐθις ἡμῖν ὑπέδειξεν εὑρὼν ἡμᾶς πεπλανημένους. ἠμεν γάρ, ἠμεν ἐν ὑπερηφανίᾳ καὶ βλασφημίαις, εἰδώλων ὁμοιώσεσι, πνευμάτων ἀθεΐαις, κακῶν πάντων ἐπιταγαῖς βεβαπτισμένοι.

### English translation (Claude)

For he came, our life came and showed us the light again, finding us astray. For we were, we were in arrogance and blasphemies, in likenesses of idols, in godlessness of spirits, steeped in the commands of every evil.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 64.4 (Holl GCS 25:77; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-4).

## Ancoratus 64.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:77
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father sent the Son to save him from sin.

### Greek text

τούτων τοίνυν προσόντων μοι ἀκουσίως ⟩ ἤθελον ἔπραττον, ἀλλʼ ὅ ἐμίσουν ἠπειγόμην ποιεῖν‘, ἁμαρτίας διακονούσης μοι οὕτως), ὁ ἅγιος πατὴρ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν ἅγιον ἀπέστειλε καὶ ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ ἐλέει ἔσωσέ με καὶ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν διαφθορῶν μου ἐρρύσατό με.

### English translation (Claude)

While these things were upon me (for I did not do what I wished, but what I hated I was driven to do, sin thus serving me), the holy Father sent his holy Son and in his mercy saved me and delivered me from all my corruptions.

### Scripture references

- Rom 7:15: allusion, high confidence
- Ps 107:20 (106:20 LXX): allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The first part adapts Rom 7:15; the last clause echoes Ps 107:20 (LXX 106:20).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 64.5 (Holl GCS 25:77; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-5).

## Ancoratus 65.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:77
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The grace of God has appeared in Christ.

### Greek text

65. ἐπεφάνη γὰρ ἡ χάρις τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν καὶ σωτῆρος, διδάσκουσα ἡμᾶς ἵνα ἀρνησάμενοι τὴν ἀσέβειαν καὶ τὰς κοσμικὰς ἐπιθυμίας σωφρόνως καὶ εὐσεβῶς καὶ δικαίως ζήσωμεν ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι, προσδεχόμενοι τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς δόξης τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὃς ἔδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, λυτρώσηται λυτρώσηται ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἀνομίας, καὶ καθαρίσῃ ἑαυτῷ λαὸν περιούσιον, ζηλωτὴν καλῶν ἕργων«·

### English translation (Claude)

For the grace of our Lord and Savior has appeared, “teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly and piously and justly in the present age, awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people of his own, zealous for good works”;

### Scripture references

- Titus 2:11: quotation, high confidence
- Titus 2:12: quotation, high confidence
- Titus 2:13: quotation, high confidence
- Titus 2:14: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- A repeated word in the digital text seems to stand for a lost word; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 65.1 (Holl GCS 25:77; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-1).

## Ancoratus 65.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:77
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ canceled our debt and triumphed over the powers.

### Greek text

»ἐξαλείψας, τὸ καθʼ ἠμῶν χειρόγραφον, τοῖς δόγμασιν ὃ ἦν ὑπεναντίον ἡμῶν, ἦρκεν ἐκ μέσου προσηλώσας αὐτὸ τῷ σταυρῷ, ἀπεκδυσάμενος τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας, ἐδειγμάτισεν ἐν παρρησίᾳ, θριαμβεύσας αὐτοὺς ἐν αὐτῷ «· »πύλας συντρίψας καὶ μοχλοὺς σιδηροῦς συνθλάσας« τὸ φῶς αὖθις ὑπέδειξε τῆς τῆς χεῖρα ὀρέγων, ὁδοποιῶν, ὐποβάθρας οὐρανῶν ὑποδεικνύς, παράδεισον αὖθις οἰκεῖν ἀξιῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

“having wiped out the handwriting against us in the ordinances, which was contrary to us, he took it out of the way, nailing it to the cross; having stripped off the principalities and powers, he made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it”; “having shattered gates and broken iron bars,” he showed the light again, stretching out a hand, making a road, showing the steps to heaven, counting us worthy to dwell in paradise again.

### Scripture references

- Col 2:14: quotation, high confidence
- Col 2:15: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 107:16 (106:16 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 65.2 (Holl GCS 25:77; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-2).

## Ancoratus 65.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:77–78
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ dwelt among us and became the law of the Spirit.

### Greek text

τοίνυν κατῴκησεν ἐν ἠμῖν« καὶ »τὸ δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου« δοὺς ἡμῖν τοῦ πνεύματος εἰς τὸ γνῶναι αὐτὸν ⟨καὶ⟩ ὄτι τὰ περὶ ἐστιν ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος ζωῆς, νόμος δικαιοσύνης‘ γέγονενε ἡμῖν, νόμος πίστεως« νόμος πνεύματος«, ἐλεύθερος ἐκ νόμου σαρκὸς ἁμαρτίας«.

### English translation (Claude)

So “he dwelt among us,” and, giving us “the righteous requirement of the law” of the Spirit, so that we may know him ⟨and⟩ that he is the beginning and end of life, he has become for us “a law of righteousness,” “a law of faith,” “a law of the Spirit,” free “from the law of the flesh of sin.”

### Scripture references

- John 1:14: quotation, high confidence
- Rom 8:4: quotation, high confidence
- Rom 9:31: allusion, medium confidence
- Rom 3:27: allusion, high confidence
- Rom 8:2: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The text is partly damaged; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 65.3 (Holl GCS 25:77–78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-3).

## Ancoratus 65.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:78
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ is the inner man dwelling in us.

### Greek text

διὸ »συνήδομαι τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ θεοῦ κατὰ τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον«· ἔσω δὲ ἡμῶν ὁ Χριστός, εἴπερ οἰκεῖ ἐν ἡμῖν.

### English translation (Claude)

Therefore “I delight in the law of God according to the inner man”; and Christ is within us, if he dwells in us.

### Scripture references

- Rom 7:22: quotation, high confidence
- Rom 8:10: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 65.4 (Holl GCS 25:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-4).

## Ancoratus 65.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:78
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ died so we might live for him; God reconciled the world in him.

### Greek text

αὐτὸς γὰρ θανὼν ὁδὸς ζωῆς ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν γέγονεν, ἴνα οἱ ζῶντες μηκέτι ἑαυτοῖς ζῶσιν, ἀλλὰ τῷ ὐπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀποθανόντι καὶ ἐγερθέντι« αἰτίῳ ζωῆς· τοῦ πρὸ πολλῶν γενεῶν ὅρκου μνησθείς« κατὰ τὸν Δαυίδ, θεὸς ἠν ἐν Χριστῷ κόσμον καταλλάσσων ἑαυτῷ μὴ λογιζόμενος ἀυτοῖς τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν.,

### English translation (Claude)

For he, by dying, became for us the way of life, “so that those who live might no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for us and was raised,” the cause of life; “remembering the oath of many generations ago,” according to David, “God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them.”

### Scripture references

- 2 Cor 5:15: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 105:8 (104:8 LXX): allusion, medium confidence
- 2 Cor 5:19: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 65.5 (Holl GCS 25:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-5).

## Ancoratus 65.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:78
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: All fullness dwells in Christ, who reconciles all.

### Greek text

»ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ εὐδόκησε πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα κατοικῆσαι καὶ δί αὐτοῦ ἀποκαταλλάξαι τὰ πάντα εἰς αὐτόν, εἰρηνοποιήσας διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ σταυροῦ‘.

### English translation (Claude)

“For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile all things to him, making peace through the blood of the cross.”

### Scripture references

- Col 1:19: quotation, high confidence
- Col 1:20: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 65.6 (Holl GCS 25:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-6).

## Ancoratus 65.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:78
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ came to sum up all things.

### Greek text

παρεγένετο τοίνυν »εἰς οἰκονομίαν τοῦ πληρώματος τῶν καιρῶν‘, καθὼς ἐπήγγελται Ἀβραὰμ καὶ λοιποῖς ἁγίοις, »ἀνακεφαλαιώσασθαι τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ, τὰ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς«.

### English translation (Claude)

So he came “for the dispensation of the fullness of the times,” as promised to Abraham and the other saints, “to sum up all things in him, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth.”

### Scripture references

- Eph 1:10: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 65.7 (Holl GCS 25:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-7).

## Ancoratus 65.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:78
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ made Jews and Gentiles one and calls all to himself.

### Greek text

διάστασις δὲ ἠν καὶ ἔχθρα ἐν τῇ ἀνοχῇ τοῦ θεοῦ«, »ἀποκατήλλαξε δὲ ἐν τῷ σώματι τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ‘, »δι αὐτοῦ ποιήσας τὰ ἀμφότερα ἕν«, ἠλθε γὰρ ἡ εἰρήνη ἡμῶν‘) καὶ τὸ μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ λύσας, τὴν ἔχθραν ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ αὐτοῦ τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δόγμασι καταργήσας, ἵνα τοὺς δύο κτίσῃ εἰς ἴνα καινὸν ἄνθρωπον«, εἶναί τε τὰ ἔθνη σύσσωμα καὶ συμμέτοχα καὶ συγκληρονόμα τῆς ἀπαγγελίας« ἐκέλευσεν εἰπών »δεῦτε πρός με πάντες οἱ κοπιῶντες καὶ πεφορτισμένοι, κἀγὼ ἀναπαύσω ὑμᾶς‘.

### English translation (Claude)

There was separation and enmity “in the forbearance of God,” but “he reconciled in the body of his flesh,” “having made both one through himself” (for “our peace” came), and having broken down the dividing wall of the fence, the enmity, abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments in ordinances, “so that he might create the two into one new man,” and that the nations should be “fellow members of the body, sharers and fellow heirs of the promise,” he commanded, saying, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”

### Scripture references

- Rom 3:26: allusion, medium confidence
- Col 1:22: quotation, high confidence
- Eph 2:14: quotation, high confidence
- Eph 2:15: quotation, high confidence
- Eph 3:6: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 11:28: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 65.8 (Holl GCS 25:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-8).

## Ancoratus 65.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:78
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Savior came in the likeness of flesh to redeem me.

### Greek text

τοίνυν ἐν ᾦ ἐγὼ ἠσθένουν διὰ τῆς σαρκός‘, ἀπεστάλη μοι σωτὴρ ἐν ὁμοιώματι σαρκὸς ἁμαρτίας«, οἰκονομίαν τοιαύτην πληρῶν, ἵνα με δουλείας »ἐξαγοράσῃ«, ἵνα με φθορᾶς, ἵνα με θανάτου, καὶ ἐγένετό μοι δικαιοσύνη καὶ ἁγιασμὸς καὶ ἀπολύτρωσις«·

### English translation (Claude)

So when “I was weak through the flesh,” a Savior was sent to me “in the likeness of sinful flesh,” fulfilling such a dispensation so as to “redeem” me from slavery, from corruption, from death; and he became for me “righteousness and sanctification and redemption”:

### Scripture references

- Rom 8:3: quotation, high confidence
- Gal 4:5: allusion, high confidence
- 1 Cor 1:30: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 65.9 (Holl GCS 25:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-9).

## Ancoratus 65.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:78–79
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: How Christ is righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.

### Greek text

δικαιοσύνη μέν, διὰ πίστεως αὐτοῦ ἁμαρτίαν λύσας· ἁγιασμὸς δέ, διʼ ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος καὶ ἐν ῥήματι αὐτοῦ ἐλευθερώσας· ἀπολύτρωσις δέ, τὸ αἶμα αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀμνοῦ ἀληθοῦς ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ἑαυτὸν παραδούς, ἱλαστήριον καθάρσεως κόσμου, καταλλαγῆς ἁπάντων οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς, »μυστήριον τὸ ἀπόκρυφον πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων καὶ γενεῶν‘ πληρῶν καιροῖς τοῖς ὡρισμένοις.

### English translation (Claude)

righteousness, having undone sin through faith in him; sanctification, having set free through water and Spirit and in his word; redemption, handing himself over for me, his blood the ransom of the true Lamb, the propitiation for the cleansing of the world, for the reconciliation of all things in heaven and earth, fulfilling in the appointed times “the mystery hidden from the ages and generations.”

### Scripture references

- John 3:5: allusion, medium confidence
- Rom 3:25: allusion, medium confidence
- Col 1:26: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 65.10 (Holl GCS 25:78–79; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-10).

## Ancoratus 65.11

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-11
- Source: Holl GCS 25:79
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ will transform our bodies; in him dwells all the Godhead.

### Greek text

ὁ αὐτὸς »μετασχηματίσει τὸ σῶμα τῆς ταπεινώσεως ἡμῶν εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι σύμμορφον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τοῦ δύνασθαι καὶ ὑποτάξαι αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα«, »ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ κατοικεῖ πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος σωματικῶς«.

### English translation (Claude)

The same one “will transform the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself,” “for in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.”

### Scripture references

- Phil 3:21: quotation, high confidence
- Col 2:9: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 65.11 (Holl GCS 25:79; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-11).

## Ancoratus 66.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:79
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ, God and man, mediates and gives the Spirit.

### Greek text

66. Τὸ δοχεῖον τοίνυν τῆς σοφίας καὶ τῆς θεότητος, ὁ Χριστὸς μεσιτεύων »καταλλάσσει τὰ πάντα τῷ θεῷ ἐν αὐτῷ, μὴ λογιζόμενος ἁμαρτίας«, ἀπόκρυφα μυστήρια πληρῶν πίστει διαθήκης αὐτοῦ τῆς προεπηγγελμένης ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν, υἱὸς θεοῦ κηρυσσόμενος, υἱὸς Δαυὶδ λεγόμενος· ἄμφω γάρ, θεὸς καὶ ἄνθρωπος, μεσίτης θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων‘, ἀληθινὸς »οἰκος θεοῦ«, »ἱεράτευμα ἅγιον‘, ἁγίου πνεύματος δοτὴρ τοῦ ἀναγεννῶντος καὶ ἀνακαινίζοντος αὖθις τὰ πάντα τῷ θεῷ· ὅτι »ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο, καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν« καὶ »εἴδομεν τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ ὡς δόξαν μονογενοῦς παρὰ πατρός«.

### English translation (Claude)

So Christ, the vessel of wisdom and Godhead, mediating, “reconciles all things to God in himself, not counting sins,” fulfilling hidden mysteries by faith in his covenant promised beforehand by the law and the prophets, proclaimed Son of God, called Son of David; for he is both, God and man, “mediator of God and men,” the true “house of God,” “a holy priesthood,” giver of the Holy Spirit who regenerates and renews all things again for God; for “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,” and “we saw his glory, glory as of the only-begotten from the Father.”

### Scripture references

- 2 Cor 5:19: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Tim 2:5: quotation, high confidence
- Heb 10:21: allusion, medium confidence
- 1 Pet 2:5: allusion, high confidence
- John 1:14: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 66.1 (Holl GCS 25:79; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-1).

## Ancoratus 66.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:79
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Rain takes the nature of each plant it feeds.

### Greek text

ὁ ὑετὸς δένδρεσι καὶ φυτοῖς συμφυσιούμενος σῶμα ἀπεργάζεται καὶ τῶν καρπῶν καθʼ ὁμοιότητα ἕκαστον, καὶ ἐν μὲν τῇ ἐλαίᾳ ἔλαιον πῖον γίνεται προσλαμβανόμενος ἐξ αὐτῆς τὸ οὐσιῶδες, ἐν δὲ ἀμπέλῳ οἶνος ἡδὺς χροΐζεται, ἐν δὲ συκῇ σῦκον γλυκαίνεται καὶ ἐν ἑκάστῳ τῶν σπερμάτων πρὸς τὸ εἶδος αὐτοῦ αὔξει φυήν.

### English translation (Claude)

Rain, growing together with trees and plants, produces a body and each of the fruits after its likeness: in the olive it becomes rich oil, taking its substance from it; in the vine it is colored as sweet wine; in the fig it is sweetened as a fig; and in each of the seeds it increases growth according to its kind.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 66.2 (Holl GCS 25:79; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-2).

## Ancoratus 66.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:79–80
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Word came down on Mary like rain on a fleece.

### Greek text

οὕτως οἶμαι ὁ Λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν Μαρίᾳ σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐν σπέρματι Ἀβραὰμ ἄνθρωπος εὑρίσκετο κατὰ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν. »εὑρήκαμεν γὰρ Μεσσίαν, ὃν ἔγραψε Μωυσῆς«. ὡς δὲ Μωυσῆς ἔφη »καταβήτω ὡς ὑετὸς τὸ ἀπόφθεγμά μου« καὶ ὁ Δαυίδ καταβήτω ὡς ὑετὸς ἐπὶ πόκον καὶ ὡς σταγόνες στάζουσαι ἐπὶ τὴν « ἔριον τοίνυν δεχόμενον τὴν δρόσον αὔξει πόκου γονήν,

### English translation (Claude)

So, I think, the Word of God became flesh in Mary and was found a man in the seed of Abraham according to the promise. “For we have found the Messiah, of whom Moses wrote.” And as Moses said, “Let my utterance come down like rain,” and David, “Let him come down like rain on a fleece and like drops dripping on the ⟨earth⟩”: wool, receiving the dew, increases the growth of the fleece,

### Scripture references

- John 1:45: quotation, high confidence
- Deut 32:2: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 72:6 (71:6 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 66.3 (Holl GCS 25:79–80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-3).

## Ancoratus 66.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:80
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The earth receiving rain yields fruit.

### Greek text

γῆ δὲ δεχομένη τὸν ὑετὸν αυξει καρπὸν ἐλπίδος γεωργῶν τῷ δέχεσθαι προστάγματι τοῦ δεσπότου προσδιδοῦσα τὴν φύσιν προθύμως τῷ τε λαμβάνειν παρʼ αὐτοῦ πλέον ἔχει⟨ν⟩ σπουδήν),

### English translation (Claude)

and the earth, receiving the rain, increases the fruit of the farmers' hope, by receiving it at the Master's command readily giving its nature, and by taking more from him having eagerness,

### Translation notes

- The Greek of the last clause is loose; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 66.4 (Holl GCS 25:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-4).

## Ancoratus 66.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:80
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Mary received the Word at the annunciation.

### Greek text

οὕτω δὴ καὶ ἡ παρθένος Μαρία κατὰ τί γνώσομαι« ὅτε φησίν »ὅτι ἔσται μοι τοῦτο«, ηκουσε πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ δύναμις ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι· διὸ καὶ τὸ γεννώμενον ἐκ σοῦ ἅγιον ἔσται καὶ υἱὸς ὑψίστου κληθήσεται«.

### English translation (Claude)

so too the virgin Mary, when she says, “How shall I know that this will be for me?”, heard, “The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore also the one born of you will be holy and will be called Son of the Most High.”

### Scripture references

- Luke 1:34: allusion, high confidence
- Luke 1:35: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation of Luke 1:34–35 is free.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 66.5 (Holl GCS 25:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-5).

## Ancoratus 66.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:80
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Mary received the Word as earth draws up rain.

### Greek text

Χριστὸς ἐν ἀγγέλῳ λαλεῖ, ἀναπλάττει δὲ ἑαυτὸν ἐν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ πλάσει ὁ δεσπότης μορφὴν δούλου λαβών«, καὶ Μαρία μὲν ἀνιμᾶται τὸν Λόγον εἰς σύλληψιν, ὡς ὑετὸν ἡ γῆ, ἑαυτὸν δὲ καρπὸν ἅγιον ἀποδείκνυσιν ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ Λόγος, προσλαμβανόμενος θνητοῦ φύσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

Christ speaks in the angel, and the Master fashions himself anew in his own creature, “taking the form of a servant”; and Mary draws up the Word for conception, as the earth draws up rain, while the Word of God shows himself a holy fruit, taking on the nature of a mortal.

### Scripture references

- Phil 2:7: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 66.6 (Holl GCS 25:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-6).

## Ancoratus 66.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:80
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ is the fruit of Mary's womb.

### Greek text

οὗτος ἠν ἐξ αὐτῆς ἀνιμώσης ὡς γῆ καὶ πόκος, ὁ τῆς ἀληθοῦς ἐλπίδος καρπός, ἁγίοις ἐν προσδοκίᾳ· καθὼς Ἐλισάβετ ἔλεγεν »εὐλογημένη σὺ ἐν γυναιξὶ καὶ εὐλογημένος ὁ καρπὸς τῆς κοιλίας σου«, ὃν προσελάβετο ἐξ ἀνθρωπότητος παθὼν ἀπαθὴς ὣν ὁ Λόγος·

### English translation (Claude)

He was from her, who drew up like earth and fleece, the fruit of true hope, awaited by the saints; as Elizabeth said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb,” which the Word took on from humanity, suffering while being impassible;

### Scripture references

- Luke 1:42: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 66.7 (Holl GCS 25:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-7).

## Ancoratus 66.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:80
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ is the living bread, true olive, and true vine.

### Greek text

οὗτος ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ζῶν. ὁ καταβὰς ἐξ οὐρανοῦ‘ καὶ ζωὴν διδούς· οὗτος ὁ τῆς ἀληθοῦς ἐλαίας καρπός, τὸ ἔλαιον τῆς χρίσεως καὶ τῆς συνθέσεως, ὃ προετύπωσε Μωυσῆς· οὗτος ἡ ἀληθινὴ ἄμπελος‘, ἣν γεωργεῖ μόνος ὁ πατήρ, βότρυν χαρᾶς γεννήσας ἡμῖν·

### English translation (Claude)

this is “the living bread that came down from heaven” and gives life; this is the fruit of the true olive, the oil of anointing and of compounding, which Moses prefigured; this is “the true vine,” which the Father alone tends, having produced for us a cluster of joy;

### Scripture references

- John 6:51: quotation, high confidence
- Exod 30:25: allusion, medium confidence
- John 15:1: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 66.8 (Holl GCS 25:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-8).

## Ancoratus 66.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:80–81
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ is the living water; the new farmers shared it.

### Greek text

οὗτος τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ζῶν, ⟨ὁ⟩ διψῶν ἄνθρωπος λαβὼν οὐ διψήσει πάλιν, ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἁλλόμενον εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον‘. ἐκ τούτου λαβόντες μετέδωκαν οἱ νέοι γεωργοὶ εἰς τὸν κόσμον, παλαιοὶ δὲ γεωργοὶ ἐξήραναν καὶ ἔφθειραν διὰ ἀπιστίαν.

### English translation (Claude)

this is the living water, which a thirsty man who takes it will not thirst again; it is in his belly “springing up to eternal life.” From him the new farmers received and shared it with the world, but the old farmers dried it up and destroyed it through unbelief.

### Scripture references

- John 4:10: allusion, high confidence
- John 4:14: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 21:41: allusion, low confidence

### Translation notes

- The “old farmers” allude to the tenants of the parable (Matt 21:33–41).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 66.9 (Holl GCS 25:80–81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-9).

## Ancoratus 66.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:81
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Those led by his Spirit live to God.

### Greek text

αἵματι μὲν ἑαυτοῦ ἁγιάζει τὰ ἔθνη, πνεύματι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἰδίῳ ἀνάγει τοὺς κλητοὺς εἰς οὐρανούς. »οσοι γοῦν πνεύματι αὐτοῦ ἄγονται, οὑτοι« ζῶσι θεῷ· ὅσοι δὲ μή, ἔτι θανάτῳ λελογισμένοι εἰσί, ψυχικοὶ ἤτοι σαρκικοὶ καλοῦνται.

### English translation (Claude)

With his own blood he sanctifies the nations, and by his own Spirit he leads the called up to heaven. “As many as are led by his Spirit, these” live to God; but those who are not are still reckoned to death and are called natural or fleshly.

### Scripture references

- Rom 8:14: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 66.10 (Holl GCS 25:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-10).

## Ancoratus 66.11

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-11
- Source: Holl GCS 25:81
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: We must put to death the flesh and receive the Spirit.

### Greek text

τοίνυν ἀθετεῖν τὰ ἔργα τῆς σαρκός, ὀχυρώματα ὄντα τῆς ἁμαρτίας, νεκροῦν δὲ τὰ μέλη τοῦ θανάτου διὰ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν τε πνεῦμα ἅγιον ὃ οὐκ εἴχομεν προστάσσει, τὸ ζωοποιοῦν ἐμὲ τὸν πάλαι τεθνηκότα, ὅπερ μὴ λαβὼν τεθνήξομαι·

### English translation (Claude)

So he commands us to set aside the works of the flesh, which are strongholds of sin, to put to death the members of death through his grace, and to receive the Holy Spirit, which we did not have, who gives life to me who was long dead; if I do not receive him I shall die;

### Scripture references

- Rom 8:13: allusion, high confidence
- 2 Cor 10:4: allusion, medium confidence
- Col 3:5: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 66.11 (Holl GCS 25:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-11).

## Ancoratus 66.12

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-12
- Source: Holl GCS 25:81
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ and his Spirit dwell in the righteous.

### Greek text

δίχα γὰρ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ πᾶς νεκρός. »εἰ τοίνυν τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν, ὁ ἐγείρας αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν ζωοποιήσει τὰ θνητὰ σώματα ἡμῶν διὰ τοῦ ἐνοικοῦντος αὐτοῦ πνεύματος έν ἡμῖν( ἀλλʼ, οἶμαι, ἀμφότερα κατοικεῖ ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ δικαίῳ, ὁ Χριστὸς καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

for without his Spirit everyone is dead. “If then his Spirit is in us, he who raised him from the dead will give life to our mortal bodies through his Spirit dwelling in us.” But both, I think, dwell in the righteous man: Christ and his Spirit.

### Scripture references

- Rom 8:11: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 66.12 (Holl GCS 25:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-12).

## Ancoratus 67.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:81
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The mystery of the Trinity is grasped by faith and hearing.

### Greek text

67. Εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς πιστεύεται θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἐκ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἢ παρʼ ἀμφοτέρων ὥς φησιν ὁ Χριστός, »ὃ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκπορεύεται« καί »οὗτος ἐκ τοῦ ἐμοῦ λήψεται«), ὁ δὲ Χριστὸς ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου »τὸ γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ« φησίν »ἐκ πνεύματος « ἀγγέλου φωνή), συνίω τὸ λυτρούμενόν με μυστήριον Πίστει ἀκοῇ μόνῃ φιλίᾳ τῇ πρὸς τὸν ἐλθόντα πρὸς ἐμέ.

### English translation (Claude)

And if Christ is believed to be from the Father, God from God, and the Spirit from Christ or from both (as Christ says, “who proceeds from the Father,” and “he will receive from what is mine”), and Christ from the Holy Spirit (“for what is in her,” it says, “is from the Spirit,” the voice of the angel), I understand the mystery that redeems me by faith, by hearing alone, by love for the one who came to me.

### Scripture references

- John 15:26: quotation, high confidence
- John 16:14: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 1:20: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “From both” is Epiphanius's wording; it predates the later filioque controversy.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 67.1 (Holl GCS 25:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-1).

## Ancoratus 67.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:81
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God reveals himself; the Trinity is believed from Scripture.

### Greek text

ἑαυτὸν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς γινώσκει, ἑαυτὸν Χριστὸς κηρύσσει, ἑαυτὸ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον δηλοῖ τοῖς ἁγίοις· ἐν γραφαῖς δὲ ἁγίαις τριὰς ἡμῖν καταγγέλλεται καὶ πιστεύεται ἀπεριέργως ἀφιλονείκως ⟨ἐκ⟩

### English translation (Claude)

For God knows himself, Christ proclaims himself, the Holy Spirit reveals himself to the saints; and in the holy Scriptures a Trinity is announced to us and believed without prying, without contention, ⟨from⟩

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 67.2 (Holl GCS 25:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-2).

## Ancoratus 67.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:81
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Salvation comes from faith through hearing.

### Greek text

ἀκοῆς. ἐκ πίστεως δὲ ταύτης ἡ σωτηρία τῆς χάριτος, »ἐκ πίστεως ἡ δικαιοσύνη χωρὶς ἔργων νόμου«· γέγραπται ⟨γὰρ⟩ ἐξ ἀκοῆς τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ δίδοσθαι τοῖς σῳζομένοις.

### English translation (Claude)

hearing. And from this faith comes the salvation of grace, “righteousness from faith apart from works of the law”; ⟨for⟩ it is written that the Spirit of Christ is given to those being saved from hearing.

### Scripture references

- Rom 3:28: allusion, high confidence
- Gal 3:2: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 67.3 (Holl GCS 25:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-3).

## Ancoratus 67.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:81–82
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A rhythmic confession of three persons, one Godhead.

### Greek text

πίστις δὲ ἡ Μόλ· οι κηρυκων φο. ναῖς αυτη σημαίνεται, ὡς ἔγωγε οἶμαι κατηχούμενος ἐκ γραφῶν· τρία ἄγια τρία συνάγια, τρία ὑπαρκτὰ τρία συνύπαρκτα, τρία ἔμμορφα τρία σύμμορφα, τρία ἐνεργὰ τρία συνεργά, τρία ἐνυπόστατα τρία συνυπόστατα ἀλλήλοις συνόντα· τριὰς αὕτη ἀγία καλεῖται, τρία οντα μία συμφωνία μία θεότης τῆς αὐτῆς οἰέας τῆς αὐτῆς θεότητος τῆς αὐτῆς ὑποστάσεως, ὁμοία ἐξ ὁμοίου, ἰσότητα χάριτος ἐργαζομένη πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος.

### English translation (Claude)

And the faith signified by the voices of the heralds is this, as I think, being instructed from the Scriptures: three holy, three holy together; three existing, three coexisting; three with form, three of the same form; three active, three working together; three subsistent, three subsisting together, being with one another. This is called the holy Trinity: being three, one harmony, one Godhead, of the same substance, of the same Godhead, of the same hypostasis, like from like, producing equality of grace of Father and Son and Holy Spirit.

### Translation notes

- The opening words are garbled in the digital text; translated by sense. οἰέας is read as οὐσίας (“substance”). “Of the same hypostasis” uses ὑπόστασις in the older sense equal to substance.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 67.4 (Holl GCS 25:81–82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-4).

## Ancoratus 67.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:82
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Only the Son reveals the Father, through the Spirit.

### Greek text

τὸ δὲ χῶς αὐτοῖς ἀπολείπεται διδάσκειν. οὐδεὶς γὰρ οἶδε τὸν πατέρα εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱός, οὐδὲ τὸν υἱὸν εἰ μὴ ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ᾧ ἐὰν ὁ υἱὸς ἀποκαλύψῃ«· ἀποκαλύπτει διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου.

### English translation (Claude)

But the “how” is left to them to teach. For “no one knows the Father except the Son, nor the Son except the Father, and he to whom the Son reveals him”; and he reveals through the Holy Spirit.

### Scripture references

- Matt 11:27: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 67.5 (Holl GCS 25:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-5).

## Ancoratus 67.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:82
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The three reveal themselves in various likenesses.

### Greek text

οὐκοῦν ταῦτα τρία ὄντα ἣ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἢ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἢ πρὸς αὐτόν, ἑκάστῳ ἀξίως νοούμενα καθὼς ἑαυτὰ ἀποκαλύπτει, φῶς πῦρ πνεῦμα καὶ ἄλλαις οἶμαι ὁράσεων ὁμοιώσεσι, καθὼς ἄξιος ὁ διακονούμενος ἄνθρωπος.

### English translation (Claude)

So these three, being either from him, or with him, or toward him, are understood by each worthily as they reveal themselves: light, fire, spirit, and, I think, in other likenesses of visions, as the man who is served is worthy.

### Translation notes

- The Greek is compressed; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 67.6 (Holl GCS 25:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-6).

## Ancoratus 67.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:82
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture shows three persons at work in light and Spirit.

### Greek text

αὐτὸς τοίνυν ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἐν ἀρχῇ εἰπών »γενηθήτω φῶς, καὶ ἐγένετο φῶς« τὸ ὁρώμενον, αὐτὸς ὁ φωτίσας ἡμᾶς τὸ φῶς« ἰδεῖν τὸ ἀληθινὸν τὸ φωτίζον πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον‘, ἐξαπόστειλον τὸ φῶς σου καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου« ὁ Δαυίδ φησιν) αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ κύριος ὁ εἰπών «ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα καὶ προφητεύσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ νεανίσκοι αὐτῶν ὁράσεις ὄψονται«, τρία πρόσωπα ἀγίας λειτουργίας δεικνὺς ἡμῖν ἐξ ὑποστάσεως οὔσης τριττῆς.

### English translation (Claude)

He himself, then, God who in the beginning said, “Let there be light, and there was light,” the visible light, he who enlightened us to see “the true light, which enlightens every man coming into the world” (“Send out your light and your truth,” David says), he is the Lord who said, “In the last days I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh, and their sons and their daughters will prophesy, and their young men will see visions,” showing us three persons of holy ministry from a threefold hypostasis.

### Scripture references

- Gen 1:3: quotation, high confidence
- John 1:9: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 43:3 (42:3 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Joel 2:28 (3:1 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Acts 2:17: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “Three persons … from a threefold hypostasis” is Epiphanius's wording.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 67.7 (Holl GCS 25:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-7).

## Ancoratus 68.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:82–83
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ and the Spirit do the same works.

### Greek text

68. Λέγω οὖν Χριστὸν διάκονον γεγενῆσθαι περιτομῆς ὑπὲρ ἀληθείας θεοῦ εἰς τὸ πληρῶσαι τὰς ἐπαγγελίας«, συνδιακονεῖν δὲ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον. παρειλήφαμεν ⟨γὰρ⟩ ἐκ θείων γραφῶν ἀποστέλλεται ὁ Χριστὸς ἀπὸ πατρὸς ἀποστέλλεται τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· λαλεῖ ἐν ἁγίοις Χριστὸς λαλεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· ἰᾶται Χριστὸς ἰᾶται τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· ἁγιάζει Χριστὸς ἁγιάζει τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· βαπτίζει Χριστὸς ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ βαπτίζει τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον.

### English translation (Claude)

I say, then, that Christ became “a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, to fulfill the promises,” and that the Holy Spirit serves together with him. ⟨For⟩ we have received from the divine Scriptures: Christ is sent from the Father, the Holy Spirit is sent; Christ speaks in the saints, the Holy Spirit speaks; Christ heals, the Holy Spirit heals; Christ sanctifies, the Holy Spirit sanctifies; Christ baptizes in his name, the Holy Spirit baptizes.

### Scripture references

- Rom 15:8: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.1 (Holl GCS 25:82–83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-1).

## Ancoratus 68.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:83
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Parallel sayings about the Spirit and the Word.

### Greek text

οὕτως λέγουσιν αἱ γραφαί· »ἀποστελεῖς τὸ πνεῦμά σου καὶ ἀνακαινιεῖς τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς « ὅμοιον τῷ λέγειν »ἐξαποστελεῖς τὸν λόγον σου καὶ τήξεις αὐτά«·

### English translation (Claude)

So the Scriptures say: “You will send your Spirit and renew the face of the ⟨earth⟩,” like saying, “You will send out your word and melt them.”

### Scripture references

- Ps 104:30 (103:30 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Ps 147:18 (147:7 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.2 (Holl GCS 25:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-2).

## Ancoratus 68.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:83
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit and the Lord both direct the apostles.

### Greek text

»λειτουργούντων δὲ αὐτῶν, φησί, τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ νηστευόντων εἶπε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· ἀφορίσατε δή μοι Βαρνάβαν καὶ Σαῦλον εἰς τὸ ἔργον ὃ προσκέκλημαι ἀυτούς« ὅμοιον τῷ λέγειν »ὁ δὲ κύριος εἶπεν, εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν πόλιν κἀκεῖ λαληθήσεταί σοι τί σε δεῖ ποιεῖν«·

### English translation (Claude)

“While they were serving the Lord,” it says, “and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them,’” like saying, “And the Lord said, ‘Go into the city, and there you will be told what you must do.’”

### Scripture references

- Acts 13:2: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 9:6: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.3 (Holl GCS 25:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-3).

## Ancoratus 68.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:83
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit sends, as Christ sends.

### Greek text

»αὐτοὶ μὲν οὖν ἐκπεμφθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος κατῆλθον εἰς Σελεύκειαν‘ ὡς ἂν εἴποι Χριστός »ἰδοὺ ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς πρόβατα ἐν μέσῳ λύκων«·

### English translation (Claude)

“So they, sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia,” as Christ might say, “Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves.”

### Scripture references

- Acts 13:4: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 10:16: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.4 (Holl GCS 25:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-4).

## Ancoratus 68.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:83
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit legislates as the Lord does.

### Greek text

»ἔδοξε γὰρ τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ μηθὲν ἄλλο ἐπιτίθεσθαι βάρος πλὴν τῶν ἐπάναγκες« ὡς ἂν εἴποι »λέγω δὲ οὐκ ἐγώ, ἀλλʼ ὁ κύριος, γυναῖκα ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς μὴ χωρισθῆναι«·

### English translation (Claude)

“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit to lay no other burden than these necessary things,” as one might say, “I command, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband.”

### Scripture references

- Acts 15:28: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 7:10: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.5 (Holl GCS 25:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-5).

## Ancoratus 68.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:83
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit directs missions as Christ did.

### Greek text

Διῆλθον δὲ τὴν Φρυγίαν καὶ τὴν Γαλατικὴν χώραν, κωλυθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἀγίου λαλῆσαι τὸν λόγον ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ· ἐλθόντες δὲ εἰς τὴν Μυσίαν ἐπείραζον εἰς τὴν Βιθυνίαν πορεύεσθαι καὶ οὐκ εἴασεν αὐτοὺς τὸ πνεῦμα« ὡς ἂν ἔποι Χριστός »πορευθέντες, βαπτίσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη« ⟩ »μὴ βαστάζετε πήραν μὴ ῥάβδον μηδὲ ὑποδήματα«.

### English translation (Claude)

“They went through Phrygia and the Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia; and coming to Mysia they attempted to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit did not allow them,” as Christ might say, “Go, baptize all the nations,” ⟨and⟩ “Carry no bag, no staff, nor sandals.”

### Scripture references

- Acts 16:6: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 16:7: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 28:19: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 10:10: quotation, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.6 (Holl GCS 25:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-6).

## Ancoratus 68.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:83–84
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit speaks as Christ speaks.

### Greek text

»οἵτινες, φησίν, ἔλεγον τῷ Παύλῳ διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος μὴ ἀναβαίνειν εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ« ἢ Ἄγαβος »τάδε λέγει τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, τὸν ἄνδρα οὗ ἐστιν ἡ ζώνη αὔτη« ὅμοιον ὡς εἶπε Παῦλος »εἰ δοκιμὴν ζητεῖτε τοῦ ἐν ἐμοὶ λαλοῦντος Χριστοῦ; | ἤ μνημονεύετε τῶν λόγων κυρίου, ὅτι αὐτὸς εἶπεν, ἀγαθὸς διδόναι μᾶλλον ἢ λαμβάνειν‘·

### English translation (Claude)

“Who,” it says, “told Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem,” or Agabus, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘The man whose belt this is,’” similar to Paul's saying, “Do you seek proof of Christ speaking in me?” or “Remember the words of the Lord, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

### Scripture references

- Acts 21:4: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 21:11: quotation, high confidence
- 2 Cor 13:3: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 20:35: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.7 (Holl GCS 25:83–84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-7).

## Ancoratus 68.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:84
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Bound by the Spirit, prisoner of Christ.

### Greek text

»καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐγὼ τῷ πνεύματι πορεύομαι« ὡς ἂν εἴποι Παῦλος δέσμιος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ«·

### English translation (Claude)

“And now, behold, I go bound in the Spirit,” as Paul might say, “a prisoner of Jesus Christ.”

### Scripture references

- Acts 20:22: quotation, high confidence
- Eph 3:1: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- A repeated word in the digital text seems to stand for a lost word; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.8 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-8).

## Ancoratus 68.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:84
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit testifies as the Lord does.

### Greek text

πλὴν τὸ πνευμά μοι διαμαρτύρεται κατὰ πόλιν λέγον« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν ⟩ κύριος μαρτυρεῖ τῇ ἐμῇ ψυχῇ ὅτι οὐ ψεύδομαι«·

### English translation (Claude)

“Except that the Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying,” similar to saying, “The Lord testifies to my soul that I do not lie.”

### Scripture references

- Acts 20:23: quotation, high confidence
- Rom 9:1: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The second saying is loose; compare Rom 9:1 and 2 Cor 1:23.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.9 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-9).

## Ancoratus 68.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:84
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit of holiness and the Holy One.

### Greek text

»ἐν δυνάμει κατὰ πνεῦμα ἁγιωσύνης« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ἅγιος ὁ ἐν ἁγίοις ἀναπαυόμενος«·

### English translation (Claude)

“In power according to the Spirit of holiness,” similar to saying, “the Holy One resting among the holy.”

### Scripture references

- Rom 1:4: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 57:15: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.10 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-10).

## Ancoratus 68.11

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-11
- Source: Holl GCS 25:84
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Circumcision in the Spirit is circumcision of Christ.

### Greek text

καί περιτομὴ καρδίας ἐν πνεύματι« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »καὶ περιετμήθητε περιτομῇ ἀχειροποιήτῳ ἐν τῇ ἀπεκδύσει τοῦ σώματος τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, ἐν τῇ περιτομῇ τοῦ Χριστοῦ‘·

### English translation (Claude)

And “circumcision of the heart in the Spirit,” similar to saying, “And you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of sins, in the circumcision of Christ.”

### Scripture references

- Rom 2:29: quotation, high confidence
- Col 2:11: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.11 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-11).

## Ancoratus 68.12

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-12
- Source: Holl GCS 25:84
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit dwells as Christ does.

### Greek text

»εἴπερ πνεῦμα θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν καθὼς ἐλάβετε Χριστόν, ἐν αὐτῷ περιπατεῖτε« καί »πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐλάλησεν ἐν ἐμοὶ καὶ λόγος αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ στόματί μου«·

### English translation (Claude)

“If indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you,” similar to saying, “As you received Christ, walk in him,” and “The Spirit of the Lord spoke in me, and his word was on my tongue.”

### Scripture references

- Rom 8:9: quotation, high confidence
- Col 2:6: quotation, high confidence
- 2 Sam 23:2: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.12 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-12).

## Ancoratus 68.13

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-13
- Source: Holl GCS 25:84
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Firstfruits of the Spirit and Christ the firstfruits.

### Greek text

καί τὴν ἀπαρχὴν τοῦ πνεύματος ἔχοντες« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ἀπαρχὴ Χριστός«·

### English translation (Claude)

And “having the firstfruits of the Spirit,” similar to saying, “Christ the firstfruits.”

### Scripture references

- Rom 8:23: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 15:23: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.13 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-13).

## Ancoratus 68.14

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-14
- Source: Holl GCS 25:84
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Spirit and Christ both intercede.

### Greek text

»ἀλλʼ αὐτὸ τὸ πνεῦμα ὑπερεντυγχάνει ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν‘ ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ὅς ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὃς καὶ ἐντυγχάνει ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν‘·

### English translation (Claude)

“But the Spirit himself intercedes for us,” similar to saying, “who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.”

### Scripture references

- Rom 8:26: quotation, high confidence
- Rom 8:34: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.14 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-14).

## Ancoratus 68.15

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-15
- Source: Holl GCS 25:84
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Spirit and Lord both sanctify.

### Greek text

»ἵνα γένηται ἡ προσφορὰ τῶν Μνῶν εὐπρόσδεκτος, ἁγιασθεῖσα ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ὁ δὲ κύριος ἁγιάσαι ὑμᾶς, ἵνα ἦτε εἰλικρινεῖς καὶ ἀπρόσκοποι εἰς ἡμέραν Χριστοῦ«·

### English translation (Claude)

“So that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified in the Holy Spirit,” similar to saying, “May the Lord sanctify you, so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.”

### Scripture references

- Rom 15:16: quotation, high confidence
- Phil 1:10: quotation, medium confidence
- 1 Thess 5:23: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- Μνῶν is a digital slip for ἐθνῶν (“Gentiles”). The second quotation combines Phil 1:10 and 1 Thess 5:23.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.15 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-15).

## Ancoratus 68.16

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-16
- Source: Holl GCS 25:84
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God reveals through the Spirit and the Son.

### Greek text

»ἡμῖν δὲ ἀπεκάλυψεν ὁ θεὸς διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ‘ ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ὅτε εὐδόκησεν ὁ ἀφορίσας με ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός μου διὰ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ ἀποκαλύψαι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐμοί«·

### English translation (Claude)

“But God has revealed to us through his Spirit,” similar to saying, “When he who set me apart from my mother's womb was pleased through his grace to reveal his Son in me.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 2:10: quotation, high confidence
- Gal 1:15: quotation, high confidence
- Gal 1:16: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.16 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-16).

## Ancoratus 68.17

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-17
- Source: Holl GCS 25:84
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Receiving the Spirit and having Christ within.

### Greek text

»ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ κόσμου ἐλάβομεν, ἀλλὰ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἐκ θεοῦ« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ἐαυτοὺς δοκιμάζετε εἰ ὁ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν‘·

### English translation (Claude)

“But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God,” similar to saying, “Test yourselves, whether Christ is in you.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 2:12: quotation, high confidence
- 2 Cor 13:5: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.17 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-17).

## Ancoratus 68.18

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-18
- Source: Holl GCS 25:84–85
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit's indwelling is God's indwelling.

### Greek text

ναὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστε καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν‘ ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω, καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν θεὸς καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μοι λαός«.

### English translation (Claude)

“You are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you,” similar to saying, “I will dwell in them and walk among them, and I will be their God and they shall be my people.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 3:16: quotation, high confidence
- 2 Cor 6:16: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 68.18 (Holl GCS 25:84–85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-18).

## Ancoratus 69.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:85
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Justification comes from both Christ and the Spirit.

### Greek text

69. Ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν δικαίωσιν ἐξ ἀμφοῖν λέγει καὶ τὴν χάριν· »δικαιωθέντες δὲ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ὁ καὶ ἐν τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »δικαιωθέντες δὲ ἐκ πίστεως εἰρήνην ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ‘ «·

### English translation (Claude)

But it also speaks of justification and grace from both: “But you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God,” similar to saying, “Having been justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 6:11: quotation, high confidence
- Rom 5:1: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 69.1 (Holl GCS 25:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-1).

## Ancoratus 69.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:85
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Spirit, Lord, and God work together.

### Greek text

οὐδεὶς δύναται εἰπεῖν κύριον Ἰησοῦν, εἰ μὴ ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ‘ καὶ οὐδεὶς δύναται πνεῦμα πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἢ παρὰ κυρίου »διαιρέσεις δὲ χαρισμάτων εἰσί, τὸ δὲ αὐτὸ πνεῦμα, καὶ διαιρέσεις διακονιῶν εἰσιν, ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς κύριος, καὶ διαιρέσεις ἐνεργημάτων εἰσίν, ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς θεὸς ὁ ἐνεργῶν τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσι« καί »ἀπὸ δόξης εἰς δόξαν, καθάπερ ἀπὸ κυρίου πνεύματος«·

### English translation (Claude)

“No one can say ‘Lord Jesus’ except in the Holy Spirit,” and no one can ⟨have⟩ the Holy Spirit except from the Lord. “There are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all,” and “from glory to glory, as from the Lord, the Spirit.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 12:3: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 12:4: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 12:5: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 12:6: quotation, high confidence
- 2 Cor 3:18: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The second clause is damaged (πνεῦμα is repeated); translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 69.2 (Holl GCS 25:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-2).

## Ancoratus 69.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:85
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Grieving the Spirit is provoking the Lord.

### Greek text

καί μὴ λυπεῖτε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, ἐν ᾡ ἐσφραγίσθητε εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπολυτρώσεως« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ἢ παραζηλοῦμεν τὸν κύριον, μὴ ἰσχυρότεροι αὐτοῦ ἐσμεν‘·

### English translation (Claude)

And “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption,” similar to saying, “Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?”

### Scripture references

- Eph 4:30: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 10:22: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 69.3 (Holl GCS 25:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-3).

## Ancoratus 69.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:85
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit speaks as the Lord Almighty.

### Greek text

»τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ῥητῶς λέγει« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »τάδε λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ«·

### English translation (Claude)

“But the Spirit expressly says,” similar to saying, “Thus says the Lord Almighty.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Tim 4:1: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 69.4 (Holl GCS 25:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-4).

## Ancoratus 69.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:85
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit dwells as Father and Son do.

### Greek text

καί »τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐφέστηκεν ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν « ἐάν τις ἐμοὶ ἀνοίξῃ, εἰσέλθω ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ καὶ μονὴν παρʼ αὐτῷ ποιησόμεθα«·

### English translation (Claude)

And “My Spirit stands in your midst,” ⟨similar to saying⟩, “If anyone opens to me, I will come in, I and the Father, and we will make our dwelling with him.”

### Scripture references

- Hag 2:5: quotation, high confidence
- Rev 3:20: allusion, high confidence
- John 14:23: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The second saying combines Rev 3:20 and John 14:23.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 69.5 (Holl GCS 25:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-5).

## Ancoratus 69.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:85
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit rests on Christ and sends him.

### Greek text

Ησαΐας δέ καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτὸν πνεῦμα θεοῦ«, ὁ δὲ Χριστός πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐπʼ ἐμέ, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέ με« καί Ἰησοῦν τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ, ὃν ἔχρισεν ὁ θεὸς πνεύματι ἁγίῳ« ἤ κύριος ἀπέσταλκέ με καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ‘.

### English translation (Claude)

And Isaiah: “And the Spirit of God upon him”; and Christ: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because of which he anointed me”; and “Jesus of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit”; or “The Lord has sent me, and his Spirit.”

### Scripture references

- Isa 11:2: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 61:1: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 4:18: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 10:38: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 48:16: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 69.6 (Holl GCS 25:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-6).

## Ancoratus 69.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:85
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Seraphim's threefold cry.

### Greek text

φανερὰ δὲ καὶ ἡ φωνὴ τῶν Σεραφίμ, κράζουσα »ἅγιος ἅγιος ἅγιος κύριος Σαβαώθ«.

### English translation (Claude)

And clear too is the voice of the Seraphim crying, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts.”

### Scripture references

- Isa 6:3: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 69.7 (Holl GCS 25:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-7).

## Ancoratus 69.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:85–86
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A catena of texts on the Spirit culminating in his deity.

### Greek text

ἐὰν δὲ ἀκούσῃς ὅτι »τῇ δεξιᾷ τοῦ θεοῦ ὑψωθεὶς τήν τε ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πνεύματος λαβὼν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός‘ ἤ περιμένειν τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρὸς ἣν ἠκούσατε« ἢ ὅτι τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτὸν ἐκβάλλει εἰς τὴν ἔρημον« ἢ ὅτι αὐτὸς λέγει »μὴ μεριμνήσητε τί εἴπητε, ὅτι τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ πατρός μου τὸ λαλοῦν ἐν ὑμῖν« ἤ εἰ δὲ ἐν πνεύματι θεοῦ ἐκβάλλω τὰ δαιμόνια ἤ ὁ δὲ βλασφημῶν εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ‘ καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, ἤ πάτερ, εἰς χεῖράς σου παραθήσομαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου« καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς] ἤ τὸ παιδίον ηὔξανε καὶ ἐκραταιοῦτο τῷ πνεύματι« ἤ » Ἰησοῦς δὲ πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου ὑπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου« ἤ »ὑπέστρεψεν Ἰησοῦς τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ πνεύματος‘ ἤ τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος πνεῦμά ἐστιν‘ ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν» ὃ γέγονεν ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἠν«) ἤ »κἀγὼ παρακαλέσω τὸν πατέρα καὶ ἄλλον παράκλητον δώσει ὑμῖν, τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας‘ ἤ »διὰ τί ἐπλήρωσε τὴν καρδίαν σου ὁ Σατανᾶς τῷ Ἀνανίᾳ Πέτρος) ψεύσασθαί σε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ αγιον;« καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα οὐκ ἄνθρώποις ἐψεύσω, ἀλλὰ τῷ θεῷ. ἄρα θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ καὶ θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄγιον, ᾡ ἐψεύσαντο οἱ τοῦ τιμήματος τοῦ χωρίου νοσφισάμενοι) ἤ »ὃς ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκί, ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι « — τούτου μεῖζον οὐκ ἔχω λέγειν.

### English translation (Claude)

And if you hear that “being exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the Father the promise of the Spirit,” or “to wait for the promise of the Father which you heard,” or that “the Spirit drives him into the wilderness,” or that he himself says, “Do not be anxious what you will say, for it is the Spirit of my Father who speaks in you,” or “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God,” or “But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven,” and so on, or “Father, into your hands I will commit my spirit,” or “The child grew and became strong in spirit,” or “And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan,” or “Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit,” or “What is born of the Spirit is spirit” (similar to saying, “What came to be in him was life”), or “And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Paraclete, the Spirit of truth,” or “Why has Satan filled your heart,” (Peter to Ananias), “to lie to the Holy Spirit?” and after this, “You have not lied to men but to God” (so the Holy Spirit is God from God and God, to whom those who kept back part of the price of the field lied), or “who was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit”: I have nothing greater than this to say.

### Scripture references

- Acts 2:33: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 1:4: quotation, high confidence
- Mark 1:12: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 10:19: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 10:20: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 12:28: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 12:31: quotation, medium confidence
- Luke 23:46: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 2:40: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 4:1: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 4:14: quotation, high confidence
- John 3:6: quotation, high confidence
- John 1:3: quotation, high confidence
- John 1:4: quotation, high confidence
- John 14:16: quotation, high confidence
- John 14:17: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 5:3: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 5:4: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Tim 3:16: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes “and so on” after the Luke 23:46 quotation.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 69.8 (Holl GCS 25:85–86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-8).

## Ancoratus 69.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:86–87
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Texts showing that the Son is God.

### Greek text

θεὸς δὲ ⟩ ὁ υἱός· »ἐξ ὧν« φησίν »ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα, ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων θεός‘, πίστευσον‘, φησίν. »εἰς τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν καὶ σωθήσῃ‘ καί »ἐλάλησε«, φησίν, »αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου«, »ἀναγαγών τε αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν οἶκον παρέθηκεν αὐτοῖς τράπεζαν καὶ ἠγαλλιάσατο πανοικὶ πεπιστευκὼς τῷ θεῷ« ἢ ὅτι ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος« ἤ »ἵνα τὴν διδασκαλίαν τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν θεοῦ κοσμήσωσιν« ἤ ἐπεφάνη γὰρ ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις, παιδεύουσα ἡμᾶς‘ ἤ »προσδεχόμενοι τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς δόξης τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ«.

### English translation (Claude)

And the Son is God: “From whom,” it says, “is Christ according to the flesh, who is God over all”; “Believe,” it says, “in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved”; and “He spoke,” it says, “the word of the Lord to them,” “and bringing them into his house he set a table before them and rejoiced with all his household, having believed in God”; or that “in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”; or “so that they may adorn the teaching of our Savior God”; or “For the grace of God and Savior has appeared to all men, training us”; or “awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.”

### Scripture references

- Rom 9:5: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 16:31: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 16:32: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 16:34: quotation, high confidence
- John 1:1: quotation, high confidence
- Titus 2:10: quotation, high confidence
- Titus 2:11: quotation, high confidence
- Titus 2:13: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- In Acts 16:31–34 Epiphanius reads “believed in God” as referring to the Lord Jesus.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 69.9 (Holl GCS 25:86–87; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-9).

## Ancoratus 69.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:87
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Both the Spirit and Christ appoint ministers.

### Greek text

ή αὐτὴ δὲ ή διακονία τοῦ πνεύματος καὶ τοῦ Λόγου· »προσέχετε«, φησίν, »ἑαυτοῖς καὶ παντὶ τῷ ποιμνίῳ, ἐν ᾠ ὑμᾶς ἔθετο τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄγιον ἐπισκόπους ποιμαίνειν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ« ὃμοιον τᾠ εἰπεῖν »χάριν ἔχω τῷ ἐνδυναμώσαντί με Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἠμῶν, ὃτι πιστόν με ἡγήσατο θέμενος εἰς διακονίαν«.

### English translation (Claude)

And the ministry of the Spirit and of the Word is the same: “Take heed,” it says, “to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you bishops, to shepherd the church of God,” similar to saying, “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who strengthened me, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to ministry.”

### Scripture references

- Acts 20:28: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Tim 1:12: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- ἐπίσκοποι is rendered “bishops” per the site's glossary; in Acts 20:28 the word is often rendered “overseers.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 69.10 (Holl GCS 25:87; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-10).

## Ancoratus 70.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:87
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Son and Spirit create with the Father; the Spirit is worshiped.

### Greek text

70. Συνεργεῖ τοίνυν, ὡς ἀποδέδεικται, τᾠ πατρὶ ὁ μἱὸς καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἃγιον· »τᾠ λόγω γὰρ κυρίου οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἐστερεώθησαν καὶ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμις αὐτῶν«. προσκυνητὸν δὲ τὸ | πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· »τοὺς γὰρ προσκυνοῦντας D169 θεῷ ἐν πνεύματι δεῖ προσκυνεῖν καὶ ἀληθείᾳ.«

### English translation (Claude)

So, as has been shown, the Son and the Holy Spirit work together with the Father: “For by the word of the Lord the heavens were made firm, and all their host by the breath of his mouth.” And the Holy Spirit is to be worshiped: “For those who worship God must worship in Spirit and truth.”

### Scripture references

- Ps 33:6 (32:6 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- John 4:24: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- A stray page marker (D169) in the digital text is ignored.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 70.1 (Holl GCS 25:87; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-1).

## Ancoratus 70.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:87
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Co-creators cannot be creatures.

### Greek text

εἰ δὲ συνεργεῖ ταῦτα, κτίσις κτίσιν οὐκ ἐργάζεται οὐδὲ κτιστὴ ἡ θεότης γίνεται οὐδὲ ἐν μέτρῳ ἢ περιοχῇ θεὸς γινώσκεται. ἔστι γὰρ ἀπερίγραφος ἀχώρητος ἀπερινόητος, πάντα περιέχων τὰ ποιήματα τοῦ θεοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

And if these work together, a creature does not make a creature, nor does the Godhead become created, nor is God known in measure or containment. For he is uncircumscribed, uncontained, inconceivable, containing all the works of God.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 70.2 (Holl GCS 25:87; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-2).

## Ancoratus 70.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:87
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Worshiping a creature breaks the first commandment.

### Greek text

οὐδὲ λατρευτὴ ἡ κτίσις· »ἐλάτρευσαν, γάρ ⟨φησιν⟩, τῇ κτίσει παρὰ τὸν καὶ ἐμωράνθησαν«. πῶς γὰρ οὐ μωρὸν κτίσιν θεολογεῖν ἀθετεῖν τε ⟨τὴν⟩ πρώτην ἐντολὴν τὴν λέγουσαν »ἄκουε Ισραήλ, κύριος θεός σου κύριος εἶς ἰστιν«· »οὐκ ἔσται ἐν σοὶ θεὸς πρόσφατος«.

### English translation (Claude)

Nor is creation to be worshiped: “For they served the creature rather than the ⟨Creator⟩,” ⟨it says⟩, “and became fools.” For how is it not foolish to call a creature God and set aside the first commandment, which says, “Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God is one Lord”; “There shall be no new god among you”?

### Scripture references

- Rom 1:25: quotation, high confidence
- Rom 1:22: allusion, high confidence
- Deut 6:4: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 81:9 (80:10 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The first quotation combines Rom 1:25 and 1:22.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 70.3 (Holl GCS 25:87; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-3).

## Ancoratus 70.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:87
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The names of Father, Son, and Spirit in Scripture.

### Greek text

ἐν γραφαῖς δὲ ἀγίαις διάφορα ὀνόματα καλεῖται πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ 20 αγίου πνεύματος, πατρὸς μὲν πατὴρ παντοκράτωρ πατὴρ ἁπάντων πατὴρ Χριστοῦ· υἱοῦ δὲ Λόγος Χριστὸς φῶς ἀληθινόν· τοῦ δὲ ἁγίου πνεύματος παράκλητος πνεῦμα ἀληθείας πνεῦμα θεοῦ πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

In the holy Scriptures Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are called by various names: the Father, Father Almighty, Father of all, Father of Christ; the Son, Word, Christ, true light; and the Holy Spirit, Paraclete, Spirit of truth, Spirit of God, Spirit of Christ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 70.4 (Holl GCS 25:87; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-4).

## Ancoratus 70.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:87
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son is light from light.

### Greek text

ἔτι τοίνυν ὸ θεὸς νοεῖται καὶ πατὴρ φῶς, ἀλλʼ ὡς ὺπέρλαμπρον, δύναμις σοφία ⟨ζωή⟩ εὶ δὲ φῶς ό θεὸς καὶ πατήρ, φῶς ἐκ φωτὸς ὸ υἱὸς καὶ τοῦτο »φῶς οἰκῶν τὸ ἀπρόσιτον«.

### English translation (Claude)

Further, God and Father is understood as light, but as surpassingly bright, power, wisdom, ⟨life⟩. And if God and Father is light, the Son is light from light, and this is “dwelling in unapproachable light.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Tim 6:16: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 70.5 (Holl GCS 25:87; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-5).

## Ancoratus 70.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:87–88
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son is power, wisdom, and life from the Father.

### Greek text

δύναμις δὲ ὃλος ὁ θεὸς καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ⟨ὁ υἱὸς⟩ »κύριος τῶν δυνάμεων«· σοφία ὃλος ὁ θεός, οὐκοῦν σοφία ὁ υἱὸς ἐκ σοφίας, ἐν ᾦ πάντες οἱ θησαυροὶ τῆς σοφίας ἀπόκρυφοι«· ζωὴ δὲ ὃλος ὁ θεός, οὐκοῦν ζωὴ ἐκ ζωῆς ὁ υἱός· »ἐγὼ γάρ εἰμι ἡ ἀλήθεια καὶ ἡ ζωή‘.

### English translation (Claude)

And God is wholly power, and for this reason ⟨the Son⟩ is “Lord of powers”; God is wholly wisdom, so the Son is wisdom from wisdom, “in whom all the treasures of wisdom are hidden”; God is wholly life, so the Son is life from life: “For I am the truth and the life.”

### Scripture references

- Ps 24:10 (23:10 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Col 2:3: quotation, high confidence
- John 14:6: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 70.6 (Holl GCS 25:87–88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-6).

## Ancoratus 70.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:88
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit is Spirit from Spirit, giver of gifts.

### Greek text

τὸ δὲ ἃγιον πνεῦμα παρὰ ἀμφοτέρων, πνεῦμα ἐκ πνεύματος. πνεῦμα γὰρ ὁ θεός‘, † θεότης χαρισμάτων ἐστὶ δοτήρ, ἀληθέστατον φωτιστικὸν παράκλητον βουλευμάτων τοῦ πατρὸς ἀγγελτικόν.

### English translation (Claude)

And the Holy Spirit is from both, Spirit from Spirit. For “God is Spirit”; † the Godhead is giver of gifts, most true, enlightening, a Paraclete, announcing the counsels of the Father.

### Scripture references

- John 4:24: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The dagger marks a corrupt passage. “From both” is Epiphanius's wording.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 70.7 (Holl GCS 25:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-7).

## Ancoratus 70.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:88
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit, like the Son, announces God's counsel.

### Greek text

ὡς γὰρ ὁ υἱός »μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄΠελος‘, οὓτω καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἃγιον. ἀλλʼ ἐλάβομεν« φησἰ πνεῦμα Νοῦ, ἳνα ἴδωμεν τὰ χαρισθέντα ἠμῖν ὑπὸ θεοῦ, ἃ καὶ λαλοῦμεν, οὐκ ἐν πειθοῖ σοφίας λόγοις, ἀλλʼ ἐν ἀποδείξει πνεύματος θεοῦ, πνευματικοῖς πνευματικὰ συγκρίνοντες«.

### English translation (Claude)

For as the Son is “the Angel of great counsel,” so also the Holy Spirit. “But we have received,” it says, “the Spirit of God, that we may know the things given us by God, which we also speak, not in persuasive words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit of God, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.”

### Scripture references

- Isa 9:6 (9:5 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 2:12: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 2:13: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 2:4: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Νοῦ is a digital slip for θεοῦ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 70.8 (Holl GCS 25:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-70-8).

## Ancoratus 71.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:88
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit's procession does not make two sons.

### Greek text

71. Αλλʼ ἐρεῖ τις· οὐκοῦν φαμὲν δύο εἶναι υἱούς, καὶ πῶς μονογενής; μενοῦν γε. σὺ τίς εἶ ὁ ἀντιλογιζόμενος τῷ θεῷ;« δὲ γὰρ τὸν μὲν υἱὸν καλεῖ τὸν ἐξ αὐτοῦ, τὸ δὲ ἃγιον πνεῦμα τὸ παρʼ ἀμφοτέρων, ἃ μόνον πίστει νοούμενα ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων φωτεινὰ φωτοδότα φωτεινὴν τὴν ἐνέργειαν ἔχει συμφωνίαν τε πρὸς αὐτὸν τὸν »πατέρα« ποιεῖται φωτός‘), πίστει ἄκουε, ὡ οὗτος,

### English translation (Claude)

But someone will say, “Then we say there are two sons; and how is he only-begotten?” Indeed rather, “who are you who argue against God?” For if he calls the one Son, who is from him, and the Holy Spirit, who is from both, which, understood by the saints by faith alone, being luminous and light-giving, have a luminous activity and make harmony with the very “Father” (of light), hear by faith, sir,

### Scripture references

- Rom 9:20: quotation, high confidence
- Jas 1:17: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The Greek of this sentence is loose; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 71.1 (Holl GCS 25:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-1).

## Ancoratus 71.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:88
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Father, Son, and Spirit are true light, not by name only.

### Greek text

ὃτι ὁ πατὴρ ἀληθοῦς υἱοῦ ἐστι πατήρ, φῶς ὃλος, καὶ ⟨ὁ⟩ υἱὸς ἀληθοῦς πατρὸς ⟨υἱός⟩ φωτός, οὐχ ὡς τὰ ποιητὰ ἤ κτιστὰ προσηγορίᾳ μόνῃ· καὶ πνεῦμα ἃγιον πνεῦμα ἀληθείας ἐστί, φῶς τρίτον παρὰ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

that the Father is Father of a true Son, wholly light, and ⟨the⟩ Son is ⟨Son⟩ of a true Father, light, not like made or created things, by name only; and the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of truth, a third light from Father and Son.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 71.2 (Holl GCS 25:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-2).

## Ancoratus 71.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:88
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Creatures are sons or offspring only by adoption or figure.

### Greek text

τὰ δʼ ἄλλα πάντα θέσει ἢ κλήσει, οὐχ ὃμοια τούτοις ἐνεργείᾳ ἢ δυνάμει ἢ φωτὶ ἤ ἐννοίᾳ· ὡς ἂν εἴποι τις υἱοὺς ἐγέννησα καὶ ὓψωσα« ἢ ὡς ἂν εἴποι τις »ἐγὼ εἶπα, θεοί ἐστε καὶ υἱοὶ ὑψίστου πάντες‘ ἢ ὡς ἄν εἴποι τις ὁ τετοκὼς βώλους δρόσου« ἢ ὡς ἂν εἴποι τις »ἐξ οὖ πᾶσα πατριὰ ἐν οὐρανοῖς καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς« ἢ ὡς ἂν εἴποι τις ἐγὼ ὁ στερεῶν βροντὴν καὶ κτίζων πνεῦμα«.

### English translation (Claude)

But all other things are so by adoption or calling, not like these in activity or power or light or thought: as one might say, “I have begotten sons and raised them up,” or as one might say, “I said, You are gods, and all sons of the Most High,” or as one might say, “Who has begotten the drops of dew?” or as one might say, “from whom every fatherhood in heaven and on earth,” or as one might say, “I who make firm the thunder and create wind.”

### Scripture references

- Isa 1:2: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 82:6 (81:6 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Job 38:28: quotation, high confidence
- Eph 3:15: quotation, high confidence
- Amos 4:13: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 71.3 (Holl GCS 25:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-3).

## Ancoratus 71.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:88–89
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The true Father never began to be Father.

### Greek text

οὐ γὰρ ὡς οἱ λοιποὶ πατέρες ἢ πατριαρχαι ὁ ἀληθινὸς πατὴρ ἀρξάμενος τοῦ εἰναι πατὴρ ἢ ἐκλείπων ποτὲ τῷ χρόνῳ τοῦ εἶναι πατήρ. εἰ γὰρ ἄρχεται τοῦ εἶναι πατήρ, υἱὸς ἄρα ἠν ποτε ἑτέρου πατρὸς πρὸ τοῦ εἶναι αὐτὸν πατέρα μονογενοῦς· καθʼ ὸμοιότητα δὲ πατέρες πατέρων νοοῦνται τέκνα καὶ εἰς ἄπειρον τὸν ἀληθῶς πατέρα τῆς ἀρχαιολογίας εὑρεῖν ἔστιν.

### English translation (Claude)

For the true Father is not like other fathers or patriarchs, having begun to be father or at some time ceasing to be father. For if he begins to be father, then he was once son of another father before being Father of the Only-begotten; and by likeness fathers of fathers are understood as children, and to infinity one could search for the true father of antiquity.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 71.4 (Holl GCS 25:88–89; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-4).

## Ancoratus 71.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:89
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The true Son is not newly a son.

### Greek text

οὐδὲ ὡς τὰ λοιπὰ τέκνα θέσει ό υἱὸς ὸ ἀληθινός, νέος τοῦ εἶναι υἱός. εἰ γὰρ νέος τοῦ εἶναι υἱός, ἠν ποτε χρόνος ὅτε οὐκ ἦν ὁ πατὴρ πατὴρ μονογενοῦς.

### English translation (Claude)

Nor is the true Son, like other children, a son by adoption, new in being son. For if he is new in being son, there was once a time when the Father was not Father of the Only-begotten.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 71.5 (Holl GCS 25:89; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-5).

## Ancoratus 71.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:89
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Spirit and Son are not creatures like spirits and angels.

### Greek text

οὐδὲ ὡς τὰ λοιπὰ πνεύματα τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας κτιστὸν ἢ ποιητόν, οὐδὲ ὡς οἱ λοιποὶ ἄγγελοι »ὁ τῆς μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄγγελος« καλεῖται.

### English translation (Claude)

Nor is the Spirit of truth created or made like other spirits, nor is “the Angel of great counsel” so called like the other angels.

### Scripture references

- Isa 9:6 (9:5 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 71.6 (Holl GCS 25:89; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-6).

## Ancoratus 71.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:89
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Contrasts between the uncreated three and creatures.

### Greek text

ἃ μὲν γὰρ ἀρχὴν καὶ τέλος ἔχει, ἃ δʼ ἀνεπινόητον ἒχει τὴν ἀρχὴν καὶ τὸ κράτος· καὶ ἃ μὲν κτίζει τὰ πάντα εἰς ἀπείρους αἰῶνας, συνεργοῦντα τῷ πατρί, ἃ δὲ κτίζεται ὑπὸ τούτων, ὡς ἂν ἐθέλοιεν· καὶ ἃ μὲν λατρεύει τούτοις, ἃ δὲ λατρευτὰ ὑπὸ τῶν ὅλων κτισμάτων· καὶ ἃ μὲν ἐᾶται τὰ ποιήματα, ἃ δὲ τὴν ἔασιν λαμβάνει παρʼ αὐτῶν· καὶ ἃ μὲν κρίνεται κατʼ άξίαν, ἃ δὲ τὴν κρίσιν ἔχει τὴν δικαίαν·

### English translation (Claude)

For some things have beginning and end, while others have a beginning and dominion beyond conceiving; and the ones create all things for boundless ages, working with the Father, while the others are created by them, as they will; and the ones are served by these, while the others serve; the ones are worshiped by all creatures; the ones heal the things made, while the others receive healing from them; and the ones are judged according to worth, while the others hold the just judgment;

### Translation notes

- The contrasts are partly garbled in the digital text; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 71.7 (Holl GCS 25:89; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-7).

## Ancoratus 71.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:89
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: More contrasts between Creator and creatures.

### Greek text

καὶ ἃ μὲν ⟨ἐν⟩ χρόνω̣ ἐστίν, ἃ δὲ οὐκ ἐν χρόνῳ τυγχάνει· καὶ ἃ μὲν φωτίζει τὰ πάντα, ἃ δὲ φωτίζεται ὑπὸ τούτων· καὶ ἃ μὲν καλεῖ νηπίους εἰς ὕψος, ἃ δὲ καλεῖται ὑπὸ τοῦ τελείου· καὶ ἃ μὲν χαρίζεται πᾶσιν, ἃ δὲ χαρίσματα λαμβάνει· καὶ καθάπαξ εἰπεὶν, ὃ μὲν ἐξυμνεῖ τὴν ὰγιότητα ἐν οὐρανοῖς οὐρανῶν καὶ λοιποῖς ὀοράτοις τόποις, ἃ δὲ ἐξυμνούμενα τὰ δῶρα ἀξίως παρέχει τοῖς ἀξίοις.

### English translation (Claude)

and the ones are ⟨in⟩ time, while the others are not in time; and the ones enlighten all things, while the others are enlightened by them; and the ones call infants to the height, while the others are called by the Perfect One; and the ones give grace to all, while the others receive gifts; and in short, the one sings the praise of holiness in the heavens of heavens and the other invisible places, while the others, being praised, worthily grant gifts to the worthy.

### Translation notes

- As in 71.7, the relative pronouns are confused in the digital text; the sense is clear.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 71.8 (Holl GCS 25:89; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-71-8).

## Ancoratus 72.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:89
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture speaks of many spirits.

### Greek text

72. Πνεύματα δὲ πλεῖστά φησιν ἡ γραφή· »ὁ ποιῶν τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ πνεύματα καὶ τοὺς λειτουργοὺς αὐτοῦ πυρὸς φλόγα« καί »πάντα τὰ πνεύματα αἰνεῖτε τὸν κύριον‘.

### English translation (Claude)

Scripture speaks of very many spirits: “who makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire,” and “All spirits, praise the Lord.”

### Scripture references

- Ps 104:4 (103:4 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Ps 150:6: allusion, low confidence

### Extrabiblical texts

- Pr Azar 42 (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men): allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The second quotation is close to the Song of the Three Young Men (Dan 3:65 LXX); compare Ps 150:6.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 72.1 (Holl GCS 25:89; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-1).

## Ancoratus 72.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:89–90
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Spirits are heavenly, earthly, or infernal.

### Greek text

χάρισμα δὲ ἀξίοις διδοται »διακρίσεως πνευμάτων‘. ἃ μὲν γὰρ ἐπουράνιά ἐστι, »χαίροντα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ«, ἃ δὲ ἐπίγεια, ἀπάτης καὶ πλάνης ἐπιτήδεια, ἃ δὲ ὑπόγεια, ἀβύσσου καὶ σκότους τέκνα· »παρεκάλει« γὰρ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν φησιν ἴνα μὴ πέμψῃ αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον ἀπελθεῖν«· ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τοῖς πνεύμασιν ἀπέτασσε καὶ πνεύματα δὲ ἐξεδίωκε λόγῳ καὶ »οὐκ εἴα αὐτὰ λαλεῖν«.

### English translation (Claude)

And to the worthy is given the gift of “discernment of spirits.” For some are heavenly, “rejoicing in the truth,” others earthly, suited to deceit and error, others underground, children of the abyss and darkness; for “they begged,” the Gospel says, “that he would not send them away into the abyss”; likewise he rebuked the spirits and drove out spirits with a word and “did not allow them to speak.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 12:10: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 13:6: allusion, medium confidence
- Luke 8:31: quotation, high confidence
- Mark 1:34: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 72.2 (Holl GCS 25:89–90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-2).

## Ancoratus 72.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:90
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture's many uses of “spirit.”

### Greek text

λέγεται δὲ πνεῦμα κρίσεως καὶ πνεῦμα καύσεως«, λέγεται καὶ πνεῦμα κόσμου (»ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ κόσμου ἐλάβομεν« φησί) καὶ πνεῦμα δὲ ἀνθρώπου »τίς γὰρ οἶδεν ἀνθρώπων τὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου;« καὶ »πνεῦμα πορευόμενον καὶ οὐκ επιστρέφον«· »ὃτι πνεῦμα διῆλθεν ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ οὐχ ὐπάρξει« καί »ἀντανελεῖς τὸ πνεῦμα αύτῶν καὶ ἐκλείψουσι«, καὶ πνεῦμα προφητῶν·

### English translation (Claude)

And there is said to be a “spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning”; there is said also to be a spirit of the world (“But we have not received the spirit of the world,” it says), and a spirit of man (“For who among men knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man?”), and “a spirit that goes and does not return”; “for a spirit passed through him and he will not be,” and “You will take away their spirit and they will fail”; and a spirit of prophets:

### Scripture references

- Isa 4:4: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 2:12: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 2:11: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 78:39 (77:39 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Ps 103:16 (102:16 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Ps 104:29 (103:29 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 72.3 (Holl GCS 25:90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-3).

## Ancoratus 72.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:90
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Spirits of prophets and a lying spirit.

### Greek text

»πνεύματα δὲ προφητῶν ⟨φησί⟩ προφήταις ὑποτάσσεται« καί »ἰδοὺ πνεῦμα ψευδὲς ἔστη ἐνώπιον κυρίου καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, ἐν τίνι ἀπατήσεις τὸν Αχαάβ; καὶ ἔσομαι, φησί, πνεῦμα ψευδὲς ἐν τῷ στόματι τῶν προφητῶν‘,

### English translation (Claude)

“The spirits of prophets,” ⟨it says⟩, “are subject to prophets,” and “Behold, a lying spirit stood before the Lord, and he said to him, ‘By what will you deceive Ahab?’ ‘And I will be,’ he says, ‘a lying spirit in the mouth of the prophets.’”

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 14:32: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Kgs 22:21: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Kgs 22:22: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 72.4 (Holl GCS 25:90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-4).

## Ancoratus 72.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:90
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Evil and other spirits named in Scripture.

### Greek text

λέγεται δὲ »πνεῦμα κατανύξεως« εἰναι ⟨καὶ⟩ »πνεῦμα δειλίας« καὶ »πνεῦμα Πύθωνος‘ »πνεῦμα πορνείας‘ καὶ πνεῦμα καταιγίδος« καὶ »πνεῦμα πολυρρῆμον« καὶ »πνεῦμα ἀσθενείας‘ καὶ »πνεῦμα ἀκάθαρτον« καὶ πνεῦμα κωφόν. καὶ πνεῦμα αλαλον« καὶ πνεῦμα μογγιλάλον« καὶ πνεῦμα χαλεπὸν λίαν«, ὃ καλεῖται λεγεών, καὶ τὰ πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας«.

### English translation (Claude)

And there is said to be ⟨also⟩ “a spirit of stupor” and “a spirit of cowardice” and “a spirit of Python,” “a spirit of fornication,” and “a spirit of storm,” and “a spirit of many words,” and “a spirit of infirmity,” and “an unclean spirit,” and a deaf spirit and “a mute spirit,” and a stammering spirit, and a spirit “exceedingly fierce,” which is called Legion, and “the spiritual forces of wickedness.”

### Scripture references

- Rom 11:8: quotation, high confidence
- 2 Tim 1:7: quotation, high confidence
- Acts 16:16: quotation, high confidence
- Hos 4:12: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 11:6 (10:6 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Luke 13:11: quotation, high confidence
- Mark 1:23: quotation, high confidence
- Mark 9:25: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 8:28: allusion, medium confidence
- Mark 5:9: allusion, high confidence
- Eph 6:12: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “A spirit of many words” and “a stammering spirit” are unidentified.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 72.5 (Holl GCS 25:90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-5).

## Ancoratus 72.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:90
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Only the Holy Spirit is Spirit of Father and Son.

### Greek text

ἄπειρα δὲ τὰ περὶ πνευμάτων λόγια σοφοῖς. ἀλλʼ ὣσπερ οἱ πολλοὶ υἱοὶ θέσει ἢ κλήσει οὐκ ἀληθείᾳ δέ, διὰ τὸ ἀρχὴν ἔχειν καὶ τέλος * άμαρτητικῶς, οὓτω καὶ πνεύματα πλεῖστα θέσει ἤ κλήσει, κἅν ἁμαρ- τητικὰ ᾐ, τὸ δὲ ἄγιον πνεῦμα μόνον καλεῖται πνεῦμα πατρὸς καὶ υὶοῦ, »πνεῦμα ἀληθείας‘ καὶ πνεῦμα Νοῦ. καὶ »πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ‘ καὶ »πνεῦμα χάριτος‘.

### English translation (Claude)

Endless to the wise are the sayings about spirits. But just as the many sons are sons by adoption or calling but not in truth, because they have beginning and end * sinfully, so also very many spirits are so by adoption or calling, even if they are sinful; but the Holy Spirit alone is called the Spirit of the Father and of the Son, “the Spirit of truth,” and the Spirit of God, and “the Spirit of Christ,” and “the Spirit of grace.”

### Scripture references

- John 14:17: quotation, high confidence
- Rom 8:9: quotation, high confidence
- Heb 10:29: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. Νοῦ is a digital slip for θεοῦ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 72.6 (Holl GCS 25:90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-6).

## Ancoratus 72.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:90–91
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The one Spirit distributes many gifts.

### Greek text

χαρίζεται γὰρ ἑκάστῳ διαφόρως τὸ άγαθόν, »ᾠ μὲν πνεῦμα σοφίας, ᾠ δὲ πνεῦμα γνώσεως, ᾠ δὲ πνεῦμα ἰσχύος, ᾠ δὲ πνεῦμα ἰαμάτων, ᾠ δὲ πνεῦμα προφητείας, ᾠ δὲ πνεῦμα διακρίσεως, ᾧ δὲ γλωσσῶν, ᾠ δὲ ἑρμηνειῶν« καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ χαρίσματα, ὥς φησιν »ἓν δὲ καὶ τὸ αὐτὸ πνεῦμα διαιροῦν ἑκάστῳ ὡς βούλεται«·

### English translation (Claude)

For he gives the good to each differently: “to one a spirit of wisdom, to another a spirit of knowledge, to another a spirit of strength, to another a spirit of healings, to another a spirit of prophecy, to another a spirit of discernment, to another tongues, to another interpretations,” and the other gifts, as it says, “but one and the same Spirit, distributing to each as he wills.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 12:8: quotation, medium confidence
- 1 Cor 12:10: quotation, medium confidence
- 1 Cor 12:11: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 11:2: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The list blends 1 Cor 12:8–10 with Isa 11:2.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 72.7 (Holl GCS 25:90–91; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-7).

## Ancoratus 72.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:91
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit leads, blows where he wills, and gives new birth.

### Greek text

ὃτι τὸ πνεῦμά σου τὸ ἀγαθὸν όδηγήσει με, ὁ θεός« φησὶν ὁ Δαυίδ, ἤ »τὸ πνεῦμα ὅπου θέλει πνεῖ« τὸ ἐνυπόστατον διὰ τῶν τοιούτων τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος δεικνὺς ἡμῖν) »καὶ τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ ἀκούεις, ἀλλʼ οὐκ οἶδας πόθεν ἔρχεται καὶ ποῦ ὑπάγει« καί »ἐὰν μὴ γεννηθῆτε ἐξ ὕδατος· καὶ πνεύματος« ὃμοιον ὡς εἶπε Παῦλος »ἐν γὰρ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ ἐγὼ ὑμᾶς ἐγέννησα«.

### English translation (Claude)

“For your good Spirit will lead me, O God,” says David; or “The Spirit blows where he wills” (showing us by such words the subsistence of the Holy Spirit), “and you hear his voice, but you do not know where he comes from and where he goes”; and “Unless you are born of water and Spirit,” similar to Paul's saying, “For in Christ Jesus I begot you.”

### Scripture references

- Ps 143:10 (142:10 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- John 3:8: quotation, high confidence
- John 3:5: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 4:15: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The Greek of John 3:8 (πνεῦμα) is translated “Spirit,” as Epiphanius reads it.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 72.8 (Holl GCS 25:91; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-8).

## Ancoratus 72.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:91
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's promises of the Paraclete.

### Greek text

περὶ τούτου ὸ κύριος ὅταν ἔλθῃ ό παράκλητος, ὃν ἐγὼ πέμψω ὐμῖν, τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ΄αληθείας, ὃ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκπορεύεται, ἐκεῖνος μαρτυρήσει περὶ ἐμοῦ« καί »ἔτι πολλὰ ἔχω λέγειν, ἀλλʼ οὐ δύνασθε βαστάζειν ἄρτι. ὃταν ἔλθῃ ἐκεῖνος, τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας, ὁδηγήσει ὑμᾶς εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν. οὐ γὰρ λαλήσει ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ, ἀλλʼ ὃσα ἀκούσει λαλήσει καὶ τὰ ἐρχόμενα ἀναγγελεῖ ὑμῖν. ἐκεῖνός με δοξάσει, ὅτι ἐκ τοῦ ἐμοῦ λήψεται καὶ ἀναγγελεῖ ὑμῖν πάντα«.

### English translation (Claude)

Of him the Lord says, “When the Paraclete comes, whom I will send you, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me,” and “I have yet many things to say, but you cannot bear them now. When he comes, the Spirit of truth, he will guide you into all the truth. For he will not speak from himself, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will announce to you the things to come. He will glorify me, for he will receive from what is mine and announce all things to you.”

### Scripture references

- John 15:26: quotation, high confidence
- John 16:12: quotation, high confidence
- John 16:13: quotation, high confidence
- John 16:14: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 72.9 (Holl GCS 25:91; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-72-9).

## Ancoratus 73.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:91
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Only Father and Son know the Spirit, and only the Spirit knows them.

### Greek text

73. Εἰ τοίνυν παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκπορεύεται καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἐμοῦ, ⟨ὥς⟩ φησιν ὸ κύριος, λήψεται, ὃν τρόπον »οὐδεὶς ἔγνω τὸν εἰ μὴ ὸ οὐδὲ οὐδὲ τὸν υἱὸν εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ«, οὓτως τολμῶ λέγειν ὃτι οὐδὲ τὸ πνεῦμα εἰ μὴ ό υἱὸς ἐξ οὗ λαμβάνει καὶ ό πατὴρ παρ οὑ ἐκπορεύεται καὶ οὐδὲ τὸν υἱὸν καὶ τὸν πατέρα,

### English translation (Claude)

If then he proceeds from the Father and, ⟨as⟩ the Lord says, “will receive from what is mine,” in the same way that “no one has known the ⟨Father⟩ except the ⟨Son⟩, nor the Son except the Father,” so I dare to say that no one ⟨knows⟩ the Spirit except the Son, from whom he receives, and the Father, from whom he proceeds; and no one ⟨knows⟩ the Son and the Father

### Scripture references

- John 15:26: allusion, high confidence
- John 16:14: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 11:27: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The Matthew quotation is garbled in the digital text; words are supplied by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 73.1 (Holl GCS 25:91; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-1).

## Ancoratus 73.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:91
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A litany of the Holy Spirit's titles.

### Greek text

εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἃγιον, τὸ δοξάζον ἀληθῶς τὸ διδάσκον τὰ πάντα τὸ μαρτυ- ροῦν περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ, ὃ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ὃ ἐκ τοῦ υἱοῦ, μόνος ὁδηγὸς ἀληθείας, νόμων ἐξηγητὴς ἁγίων, πνευματικοῦ νόμου ὑφηγητής, προφητῶν καθηγητής, ἀποστόλων διδάσκαλος, εὐαγγελικῶν δογμάτων φωστήρ ἁγίων ἐκλογεύς, φῶς τὸ ἀληθινὸν ἐξ ἀληθινοῦ φωτός.

### English translation (Claude)

except the Holy Spirit, who truly glorifies, who teaches all things, who bears witness about the Son, who is from the Father and from the Son, the only guide of truth, interpreter of holy laws, instructor in the spiritual law, teacher of the prophets, master of the apostles, luminary of the doctrines of the Gospel, chooser of the saints, true light from true light.

### Scripture references

- John 14:26: allusion, high confidence
- John 15:26: allusion, high confidence
- John 16:13: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “From the Father and from the Son” is Epiphanius's wording.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 73.2 (Holl GCS 25:91; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-2).

## Ancoratus 73.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:91–92
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son is Son by nature; the Spirit is not a son.

### Greek text

υἱὸς φυσικὸς υἱὸς ἀληθὴς υἱὸς γνήσιος, μόνος ἐκ μόνου, σὺν αὐτῷ ⟨δὲ⟩ καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα, ⟨οὐχ υἱὸς⟩ ἀλλὰ πνεῦμα ὀνομαζόμενον.

### English translation (Claude)

The Son is Son by nature, true Son, genuine Son, only from only; ⟨and⟩ with him is also the Spirit, named ⟨not Son⟩ but Spirit.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 73.3 (Holl GCS 25:91–92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-3).

## Ancoratus 73.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:92
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The eternal Trinity is glorified in the church.

### Greek text

οὖτος ὁ θεὸς δοξαζόμενος ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ πατὴρ ἀεί, υἱὸς ἀεὶ καὶ πνεῦμα ἃγιον ἀεί, ὑψηλὸς ⟨ἐξ⟩ ὑψηλοῦ καὶ νοερός, δόξαν ἔχων ᾠ ὑποβέβηκε τὰ κτιστὰ καὶ τὰ ποιητά, ἁπαξαπλῶς τὰ σύμπαντα μετρούμενα καὶ περιεχόμενα ἓκαστα.

### English translation (Claude)

This is God glorified in the church: Father always, Son always, and Holy Spirit always; exalted ⟨from⟩ exalted, and intellectual, having glory beneath which created and made things lie, in short the whole universe, each thing measured and contained.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 73.4 (Holl GCS 25:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-4).

## Ancoratus 73.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:92
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Moses proclaims one God, the prophets a duality, the Gospels the Trinity.

### Greek text

θεότης δὲ μία ἐν Μωυσῇ μάλιστα καταγγέλεται, δυὰς δὲ ἐν προφήταις σφόδρα κηρύττεται, τριὰς δὲ ἐν εὐαγγελίοις φανεροῦται, πλεῖον κατὰ καιροὺς καὶ γενεὰς ἁρμόζουσα τῷ δικαίῳ εἰς γνῶσιν καὶ πίστιν. γνῶσις δὲ αὐτῆς ἀθανασία, ἐκ πίστεώς τε αὐτῆς υἱοθεσία γίνεται.

### English translation (Claude)

One Godhead is proclaimed above all in Moses, a duality is strongly preached in the prophets, and the Trinity is made manifest in the Gospels, fitting the righteous more and more through the times and generations for knowledge and faith. And the knowledge of it is immortality, and from faith in it comes adoption.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 73.5 (Holl GCS 25:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-5).

## Ancoratus 73.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:92
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Revelation advances like the courts of the temple.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ πρῶτον δικαιώματα σαρκὸς ἐκφράζει, ὡς περίβολον ναοῦ τὸν ἔξω διεγείρουσα ἐν Μωυσῇ· δεύτερον δὲ δικαιώματα ψυχῆς ἐκδιηγεῖται, ὡς τὰ ἅγια κοσμοῦσα ἐν λοιπαῖς προφητείαις· τρίτον δὲ δικαιώματα πνεύματος, ὡς τὸ ἱλαστήριον καὶ τὰ ἅγια τῶν ἁγίων ῥυθμίζουσα ἐν εὐαγγελικοῖς πρὸς κατοίκησιν ἑαυτῆς· σκηνὴν δὲ] ἁγίαν, ναὸν ἃγιον, ⟨ὃς⟩

### English translation (Claude)

But first it expresses ordinances of the flesh, raising up the outer enclosure of the temple as it were, in Moses; second, it relates ordinances of the soul, adorning the holy place as it were, in the other prophecies; third, ordinances of the spirit, ordering the mercy seat and the holy of holies in the Gospels for its own dwelling; a holy tabernacle, a holy temple, ⟨which is⟩

### Scripture references

- Heb 9:2: allusion, low confidence

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes δέ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 73.6 (Holl GCS 25:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-6).

## Ancoratus 73.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:92–93
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The one Godhead dwells in the righteous and unites all threes.

### Greek text

τὸν δίκαιον δίκαιον μόνον τὸν] συνόντα τούτοις. κατοικεῖ δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ μία θεότης ἄπειρος μία θεότης ἄφθαρτος μία θεότης ἀπερινόητος, ἀκατάληπτος ἀνεκδιήγητος ἀόρατος, ἑαυτὴν γινώσκουσα μόνη, ἑαυτὴν ἐμφανίζουσα οἶς βούλεται, μάρτυρας ἑαυτῇ διεγείρουσα καλοῦσα προορίζουσα δοξάζουσα, ἐξ Ἄιδου ὑψοῦσα, ἁγιάζουσα ἑνοποιοῦσα πάλιν πρὸς τὴν ἑαυτῆς δόξαν καὶ πίστιν τὰ τρία ταῦτα ἐπουράνια ἐπίγεια καὶ καταχθόνια, πνεῦμα ψυχὴν σάρκα, πίστιν ἐλπίδα ἀγάπην, παρελθόντα ἐνεστῶτα μέλλοντα, αἰῶνα αἰῶνος αἰῶνας αἰώνων σάββατα σαββάτων, περιτομὴν σαρκὸς περιτομὴν καρδίας »περιτομὴν Χριστοῦ ἐν τῇ ἀπεκδύσει τοῦ σώματος τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν«· καθόλου δὲ καθαροποιεῖ ἑαυτῇ

### English translation (Claude)

the righteous man, only the one who is with these. And there dwells in him one Godhead, infinite; one Godhead, incorruptible; one Godhead, inconceivable, incomprehensible, indescribable, invisible, alone knowing itself, manifesting itself to whom it wills, raising up witnesses for itself, calling, predestining, glorifying, lifting up from Hades, sanctifying, uniting again to its own glory and faith these threes: things in heaven, on earth, and under the earth; spirit, soul, flesh; faith, hope, love; past, present, future; age of age, ages of ages, sabbaths of sabbaths; circumcision of the flesh, circumcision of the heart, “the circumcision of Christ in putting off the body of sins.” And in general it purifies for itself

### Scripture references

- Rom 8:30: allusion, medium confidence
- Phil 2:10: allusion, medium confidence
- 1 Thess 5:23: allusion, medium confidence
- 1 Cor 13:13: allusion, high confidence
- Col 2:11: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes τόν before συνόντα.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 73.7 (Holl GCS 25:92–93; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-7).

## Ancoratus 73.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:93
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: All creation cries “holy” to the Trinity; a doxology.

### Greek text

τὰ πάντα, τὰ ἀόρατα καὶ τὰ ὁρατά, θρόνους κυριότητας ἀρχὰς ἐξουσίας δυνάμείς· ἐν πᾶσι δὲ ἠ αὐτὴ φωνὴ ἁγία, ἀπὸ δόξης εἰς δόξαν ἅγιος ἃγιος ἃγιος φωνοῦσα, πατέρα ἐν υἱῶ, υἱὸν δὲ ἐν πατρὶ ⟨δοξάζουσα⟩ σὺν ἁγίῳ ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν. καὶ ἐρεῖ ὁ οὕτω πιστεύων, γένοιτο γένοιτο.

### English translation (Claude)

all things, the invisible and the visible, thrones, dominions, principalities, authorities, powers; and in all the same holy voice, from glory to glory crying “holy, holy, holy,” ⟨glorifying⟩ the Father in the Son and the Son in the Father with the Holy ⟨Spirit⟩, to whom be the glory and the might for ever and ever, amen. And whoever believes so will say, So be it, so be it.

### Scripture references

- Col 1:16: allusion, high confidence
- 2 Cor 3:18: allusion, medium confidence
- Isa 6:3: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 73.8 (Holl GCS 25:93; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-73-8).

## Ancoratus 74.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-74-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:93
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He has gathered Scripture on the Trinity for the faithful.

### Greek text

74. Καὶ περὶ μὲν τριάδος καὶ ὁμοουσιότητος θεοῦ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἀγίου πνεύματος οἱ ἀσθενεῖς ἡμεῖς καὶ ἰδιῶται μηδὲν σοφιζόμενοι μηδὲ τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων κυβείᾳ« ἑαυτοὺς ἀν⟨α⟩τιθέντες, θείων γραφῶν μᾶλλον μαρτυρίας συναγαγόντες τοῖς βουλομένοις εἰς εὕρεσιν πιστῶν καὶ ἀντίρρησιν κακοπίστων καὶ κενοδόξων ἀπὸ μέρους συνηγάγομεν. πολλὴ γὰρ ἡ τῆς πίστεως ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ δύναμις,

### English translation (Claude)

And concerning the Trinity and the consubstantiality of God the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, we, weak and unlearned, devising nothing clever and not handing ourselves over to “the trickery of men,” but rather gathering testimonies of the divine Scriptures, have collected them in part for those who wish, for the finding of the faithful and the refutation of those who think wrongly and vainly. For great is the power of the faith in the Holy Spirit,

### Scripture references

- Eph 4:14: quotation, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 74.1 (Holl GCS 25:93; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-74-1).

## Ancoratus 74.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-74-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:93
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He turns to the incarnation and the resurrection.

### Greek text

ἐν ἁπάσαις θείαις γραφαῖς διαφόρως κεκηρυγμένη ⟩ ἐπειδὴ δὲ τῆς ἠμῶν σωτηρίας ἀσφάλειά ἐστιν ἡ περὶ τῆς τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν ἐνανθρωπήσεως καὶ ἐνσάρκου παρουσίας ἀσφαλὴς τε καὶ βεβαίωσις ἐλπίδος καὶ περὶ ἀναστάσεως νεκρῶν καὶ τῆς ἡμετέρας παλιγγενεσίας, αὖθις ὀλίγον αὐτοὶ ἐπὶ τούτῳ τῷ ἡμετέρῳ καμάτῳ προσθέντες τοῖς βουλομένοις ἀκριβέστερον ἐντυγχάνειν ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν θείων γραφῶν ἐπιμένομεν συναγαγόντες τε καὶ τῷ λόγῳ προστιθέντες.

### English translation (Claude)

proclaimed variously in all the divine Scriptures. But since the security of our salvation is the security concerning the incarnation and incarnate coming of our Savior, and the confirmation of hope concerning the resurrection of the dead and our regeneration, we ourselves continue, adding a little again to this labor of ours for those who wish to read more exactly, gathering from the same divine Scriptures and adding to the discourse.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 74.2 (Holl GCS 25:93; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-74-2).

## Ancoratus 74.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-74-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:93
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The subsistent Word, through whom the ages were made.

### Greek text

ἐπειδὴ γάρ, ὡς ἐδιδάχθημεν ἤδη ἐν τοῖς προγεγραμμένοις, αὐτὸς ό κύριος ἡμῶν ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ αὐτοῦ φήσας τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μαθηταῖς »άπελθόντες βαπτίσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη εἰς ὄνομα πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος, διδάσκοντες αὐτοὺς τηρεῖν τὰς ἐντολὰς ἃς ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν‘ * αὐτὸς ό ἅγιος Λόγος ό ἐνυπόστατος, ό ἐκ πατρὸς προελθών, διʼ οὺ αἰῶνες γεγόνασι διʼ οὺ χρόνοι καὶ καιροί.

### English translation (Claude)

For since, as we have already been taught in what was written before, our Lord himself said in his Gospel to his disciples, “Go, baptize all the nations in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to keep the commandments which I commanded you,” * he himself, the holy Word, the subsistent one, who came forth from the Father, through whom the ages came to be, through whom times and seasons.

### Scripture references

- Matt 28:19: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 28:20: quotation, high confidence
- Heb 1:2: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 74.3 (Holl GCS 25:93; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-74-3).

## Ancoratus 74.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-74-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:93–94
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: No time preceded the Son, through whom all things were made.

### Greek text

οὐ γὰρ ἦν καιρὸς οὔτε χρόνος πρὸ υἱοῦ. εἰ γὰρ ἦν χρόνος πρὸ υἱοῦ, ἄρα μείζων ὁ χρόνος τοῦ υἱοῦ, καὶ πῶς »διʼ αὐτοῦ πάντα ἐγένοντο καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲν ὃ γέγονεν«; ὃτι εἴ τι γέγονε διʼ αὐτοῦ γέγονεν, αὐτὸς δὲ ἄκτιστος καὶ ἀεὶ ὤν· ὃτι ὁ πατὴρ ἀεὶ ἠν καὶ τὸ ἃγιον αὐτοῦ πνεῦμα ἀεὶ ἠν.

### English translation (Claude)

For there was no season or time before the Son. For if there was time before the Son, then time is greater than the Son; and how “were all things made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made”? For if anything came to be, it came to be through him; but he is uncreated and always is; for the Father always was and his Holy Spirit always was.

### Scripture references

- John 1:3: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 74.4 (Holl GCS 25:93–94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-74-4).

## Ancoratus 74.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-74-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:94
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Time before the Son leads to endless speculation.

### Greek text

εἰ γὰρ ἠν χρόνος πρὸ υἱοῦ, ζητηθήσεται ἄρα πάλιν ⟨ἄλλος⟩ διʼ οὗ καὶ ὁ πρὸ τοῦ υἱοῦ χρόνος καὶ μυρία λοιπὸν εἰς φαντασίαν ἐνδομυχοῦσαν ἐν τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὐπολήψει τρέψει τὸν ὴμέτερον λογισμὸν ἤ μᾶλλον εἰς πορνείαν διανοημάτων καὶ οὐ † περὶ σωφροσύνης.

### English translation (Claude)

For if there was time before the Son, ⟨another⟩ will again be sought through whom the time before the Son came to be, and it will turn our reasoning to countless fancies lurking in human supposition, or rather to fornication of thoughts, and not † to soundness of mind.

### Translation notes

- The dagger marks a corrupt word.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 74.5 (Holl GCS 25:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-74-5).

## Ancoratus 74.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-74-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:94
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Son and Spirit are eternal.

### Greek text

οὐκ ἠν τοίνυν χρόνος πρὸ υἱοῦ, ἐπειδὴ οὐ διὰ χρόνων ὁ υἱὸς γέγονεν, ἀλλὰ διὰ υἱοῦ χρόνοι καὶ οἱ ἄγγελοι καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα κτίσματα. οὐκ ἠν χρόνος ποτὲ ὅτε οὐκ ἠν ὁ υἱός, οὐδὲ ἠν ποτε ὃτε οὐκ ἠν πνεῦμα.

### English translation (Claude)

So there was no time before the Son, since the Son did not come to be through times, but times through the Son, and the angels and all other creatures. There was never a time when the Son was not, nor was there ever when the Spirit was not.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 74.6 (Holl GCS 25:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-74-6).

## Ancoratus 75.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:94
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Some misread John 1:3 against the Holy Spirit.

### Greek text

75. Νομίζουσι δὲ παραναγινώσκοντες καὶ μὴ νοοῦντες διαστέλλειν τὴν ἀνάγνωσίν τινες ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν »πάντα δὶ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδέν«, ἴως ῶδε ἀποτιθέντες τὸ ῥητόν, ὑπόνοιαν βλασφημίας εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἃγιον λαμβάνειν· σφάλλονται ⟨δὲ⟩ τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ σφάλματος τῆς ἀναγνώσεως σκάζουσιν, εἰς βλασφημίαν τρεπόμενοι.

### English translation (Claude)

Some, misreading and not knowing how to punctuate the reading of “All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made,” stopping the sentence there, think it gives ground for suspecting blasphemy against the Holy Spirit; but they err in the reading, and from the error of reading they limp, turning to blasphemy.

### Scripture references

- John 1:3: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 75.1 (Holl GCS 25:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-1).

## Ancoratus 75.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:94
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Epiphanius's punctuation of John 1:3–4.

### Greek text

ἡ δὲ ἀνάγνωσις οὓτως ἔχει· πάντα διʼ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο ουδέν, ὃ γέγονεν ἐν αὐτῷ., τουτέστιν ὃτι εἴ τι γέγονε, διʼ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο.

### English translation (Claude)

The reading is this: “All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made that was made in him,” that is, if anything came to be, it came to be through him.

### Scripture references

- John 1:3: quotation, high confidence
- John 1:4: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Epiphanius punctuates John 1:3–4 differently from the common modern reading (“…nothing was made. What was made in him was life”).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 75.2 (Holl GCS 25:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-2).

## Ancoratus 75.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:94
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Son and Spirit are uncreated; all else was made through them.

### Greek text

τοίνυν πατὴρ ἦν ἀεὶ καὶ υἱὸς ἦν ἀεὶ καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἐκ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ πνέει, καὶ οὔτε ὁ υἱὸς κτιστὸς οὔτε τὸ πνεῦμα κτιστόν· τὰ δὲ μετὰ πατέρα καὶ υἱὸν καὶ ἃγιον πνεῦμα πάντα κτιστὰ καὶ γενητὰ ⟨ὄντα⟩ οὐκ ὄντα ἐγένετο ἀπὸ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος διὰ τοῦ ἀεὶ ὄντος Λόγου σὺν τῷ ἀεὶ ὄντι πνεύματι.

### English translation (Claude)

So the Father always was and the Son always was, and the Spirit breathes from Father and Son; and neither the Son is created nor the Spirit created. But all things after Father and Son and Holy Spirit are created and generated; ⟨being⟩ not existent, they came to be from Father and Son and Holy Spirit through the Word who always is, with the Spirit who always is.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 75.3 (Holl GCS 25:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-3).

## Ancoratus 75.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:94
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: All creatures came to be through the Word.

### Greek text

διʼ αὐτοῦ τοίνυν τοῦ Λόγου πάντα τὰ κτιστὰ γέγονε, τοῦ βασιλέως τοῦ ἐπουρανίου, τοῦ ἐνυποστάτου Λόγου, τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν καὶ εὐεργέτου.

### English translation (Claude)

Through this Word, then, all created things came to be, the heavenly King, the subsistent Word, our Savior and benefactor.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 75.4 (Holl GCS 25:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-4).

## Ancoratus 75.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:94
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Savior came from heaven, born of Mary, taking flesh and soul.

### Greek text

αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ σωτὴρ ὁ ἃγιος ό οὐρανῶν οὐρανῶν κατελθών, ό ἐν ἐργαστηρίῳ παρθενικῷ καταξιώσας τὴν ἠμετέραν ποιήσασθαι σωτηρίαν, ὸ ἐκ Μαρίας αὐθις γεγεννημένος διὰ πνεύματος ἀγίου συλληφθείς, ὸ τὴν σάρκα λαβών, ό Λόγος σὰρξ γενόμενος, ό μὴ τραπεὶς τὴν φύσιν, ὁ σὺν τῇ θεότητι λαβὼν τὴν ἀνθρωπότητα, ό τέλειος ὢν ἀπὸ πατρός, ὁ τὴν τελείαν οἰκονομίαν πληρώσας, ἠλθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον διʼ ἡμᾶς καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν ἡμετέραν ό τὴν σάρκα καὶ ψυχὴν τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην λαβών,

### English translation (Claude)

For the Savior himself, the Holy One who came down from the heavens of heavens, who deigned to accomplish our salvation in the virgin's workshop, who was born again from Mary, conceived through the Holy Spirit, who took the flesh, the Word made flesh, who was not changed in nature, who with the Godhead took the humanity, who, being perfect from the Father, fulfilled the perfect dispensation, came into the world for us and for our salvation, taking flesh and a human soul,

### Scripture references

- John 1:14: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The second “our” (ἡμετέραν) is repeated where “salvation” (σωτηρίαν) is expected; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 75.5 (Holl GCS 25:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-5).

## Ancoratus 75.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:94–95
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He truly became perfect man from Mary.

### Greek text

τέλειος ὢν παρὰ πατρός, ἐνανθρωπήσας ἐν ἡμῖν οὐ δοκήσει, ἀλλ ἀληθείᾳ, τέλειον εἰς ἑαυτὸν ἀναπλάσας ἄνθρωπον ἀπὸ Μαρίας τῆς θεοτόκου διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου·

### English translation (Claude)

being perfect from the Father, becoming man among us not in appearance but in truth, having formed anew in himself a perfect man from Mary the God-bearer through the Holy Spirit;

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 75.6 (Holl GCS 25:94–95; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-6).

## Ancoratus 75.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:95
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Word became flesh, not dwelling in a man as in the prophets.

### Greek text

οὐκ ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ οἰκήσας, ὡς εἴωθεν ἐν προφήταις λαλεῖν κατοικεῖν τε ἐν δυνάμει καὶ ἐνεργεῖν, ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς ό Λόγος σὰρξ γενόμενος, οὐ τραπεὶς τοῦ εἶναι θεός, οὐ μεταβαλὼν τὴν θεότητα εἰς ἀνθρωπότητα, ἀλλὰ σὺν τῷ ἰδίῳ πληρώματι τῆς αὐτοῦ θεότητος καὶ τῇ ἱδίᾳ ὑποστάσει τοῦ θεοῦ Λόγου καὶ ἐνυποστάτου συμπεριλαβὼν τὸ εἶναι ἄνθρωπος καὶ εἵ τι ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος.

### English translation (Claude)

not dwelling in a man, as he used to speak in the prophets and dwell in them in power and work, but the Word himself becoming flesh, not changed from being God, not converting the Godhead into humanity, but with the very fullness of his Godhead and the very hypostasis of God the Word, the subsistent one, embracing the being of man and whatever man is.

### Scripture references

- John 1:14: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 75.7 (Holl GCS 25:95; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-7).

## Ancoratus 75.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:95
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He took a complete humanity so that nothing is left unsaved.

### Greek text

ἄνθρωπον δὲ τέλειον ⟨ἔχοντα⟩ ὃσα ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ καὶ οἶα ἄνθρπος· τοῦτον ἦλθε καὶ ἔλαβεν ό μονογενής, ἳνα ἐν τῷ τελείῳ ἀνθρωπῳ τελείως τὸ πᾶν τῆς σωτηρίας θεὸς ὣν ἐργάσηται, μηδὲν ἀπολείψας τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, ἵνα μὴ τὸ ἀπολειφθὲν μέρος εἰς μέρος πόλιν γένηται βρώματος διαβόλου.

### English translation (Claude)

And a perfect man ⟨having⟩ all that is in man and such as man is: this the Only-begotten came and took, so that in the perfect man, being God, he might perfectly accomplish the whole of salvation, leaving out nothing of man, so that the part left out might not become again, part by part, food for the devil.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 75.8 (Holl GCS 25:95; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-75-8).

## Ancoratus 76.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-76-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:95
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paul had his own mind and the mind of Christ; Christ had a human soul and mind.

### Greek text

76. Καὶ ἐὰν εἴπωσί τινες ὃτι σάρκα μόνην εἴληφε, ψυχὴν δὲ οὔ, παραπλέκοντες μυθωδῶς καὶ τὴν γραφὴν εἰς μύθους ἐκτρέποντες, ἀπὸ τοῦ ῥητοῦ τοῦ »ήμεῖς δὲ νοῦν Χριστοῦ ἔχομεν«, ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ῥητοῦ καταλάβωσιν ὃτι οἱ λέγοντες »ήμεῖς δὲ νοῦν Χριστοῦ ἔχομεν« τὸν αὐτῶν νοῦν εἶχον καὶ τοῦτον οὐκ ἐξεπτύκασιν. εἰ δὲ τὸν ἴδιον ἔχοντες ⟨ἠσαν⟩ σὺν τῷ τοῦ Χριστοῦ νῷ, ἀμφοτέρων τοῦ μὲν νοῦ Χριστοῦ βελτιοῦν δυναμένου, τοῦ δ΄ αὐτῶν ὀρθῶς νοοῦντος.

### English translation (Claude)

And if some say that he took only flesh, but not a soul, weaving in myths and turning Scripture into myths, from the saying “But we have the mind of Christ,” let them understand from that very saying that those who said “But we have the mind of Christ” had their own mind and had not spat it out. And if they, having their own, ⟨were⟩ with the mind of Christ, both ⟨were present⟩, the mind of Christ being able to improve, while their own understood rightly.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 2:16: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Aimed at the Apollinarians.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 76.1 (Holl GCS 25:95; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-76-1).

## Ancoratus 76.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-76-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:95
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ took a human mind and soul.

### Greek text

τὸ δʼ αὐτὸ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ γινωσκέτωσαν, ὃτι ὣν θεὸς καὶ ἐν αὑτῷ ὢν νοῦς, εἶχε τὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου νοῦν * μετὰ τῆς σαρκὸς καὶ ψυχὴν εἴληφεν.

### English translation (Claude)

Let them know the same about Christ too: that being God and being Mind in himself, he had the human mind *, and with the flesh he also took a soul.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 76.2 (Holl GCS 25:95; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-76-2).

## Ancoratus 76.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-76-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:95
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's human mind was perfected, not ruling him.

### Greek text

οὔκουν ὠς ἄνθρωπον αὐτὸν ἐξέτρεπεν, ἀλλʼ αὐτὸς τοῦ νοῦ κοσμήτωρ καὶ ὀρθωτὴς καὶ βελτιωτης ἐγίνετο. ὡς γὰρ τὴν σάρκα ἔλαβε μὴ ὑπὸ σαρκὸς ἡττηθείς, οὓτω καὶ τὸν νοῦν εἰληφὼς οὐχ ὑπὸ νοὸς ἣττηται.

### English translation (Claude)

So it did not lead him astray as it does a man, but he himself became the adorner, corrector, and improver of the mind. For as he took the flesh without being overcome by the flesh, so, having taken the mind, he was not overcome by the mind.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 76.3 (Holl GCS 25:95; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-76-3).

## Ancoratus 76.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-76-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:95–96
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture condemns the flesh more than the mind.

### Greek text

τοὐναντίον τοίνυν καὶ μεῖζον οἱ τοιοῦτοι χαλεπῶς εἰς ἐναντιότητα ἐμπίπτουσιν. ἄνω γὰρ καὶ κάτω αἱ θεῖαι γραφαὶ διαρρήδην βοῶσιν οὐ κατὰ τοῦ νοῦ τὰ χαλεπὰ διαγορεύουσαι, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τῆς σαρκός.

### English translation (Claude)

Such people, on the contrary, grievously fall into a greater contradiction. For up and down the divine Scriptures cry out expressly, pronouncing the grievous things not against the mind but against the flesh.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 76.4 (Holl GCS 25:95–96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-76-4).

## Ancoratus 76.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-76-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:96
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The mind is the soul's governor and discerner.

### Greek text

τῆς γὰρ σαρκός« φησίν οἱ καρποὶ πορνεία μοιχεία ἀσέλγεια καὶ τὰ τούτων ὃμοια« καί οἱ ἐν σαρκὶ δὲ ὄντες θεῷ ἀρέσαι οὐ δύνανται« καί "ἡ σὰρξ ἐπιθυμεῖ κατὰ τοῦ πνεύματος«. περὶ δὲ τοῦ νοῦ φησὶν ὃτι ψαλώ τω πνεύματι, ψαλῶ δὲ καὶ τῷ νοΐ" καὶ ὅτι "ὁ νοῦς μου ἄκαρπος ἢ ἔγκαρπός ἐστιν". ἔθετο γὰρ τὸν νοῦν ὁ θεός, ὅνπερ εἴωθεν ἡ γραφὴ καλεῖν καρδίαν, ἡγεμόνα ὡς εἰπεῖν καὶ ἡνίοχον τοῦ παντὸς σκεύους, διακριτὴν ἀγαθῶν τε καὶ φαύλων, δοκιμαστὴν τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν ἐγγινομένων. "νοῦς μὲν γὰρ ῥήματα διακρίνει, λάρυγξ δὲ σῖτα γεύεται". διακριτικὸς δὲ ὁ νοῦς ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, οὔπω δὲ συγκαταθετικός, ἐὰν μὴ εἰς τροπὴν ἑαυτὸν δῴη.

### English translation (Claude)

For “the fruits of the flesh,” it says, “are sexual immorality, adultery, licentiousness, and things like these,” and “those who are in the flesh cannot please God,” and “the flesh desires against the Spirit.” But about the mind it says, “I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the mind also,” and that “my mind is unfruitful” or fruitful. For God set the mind, which Scripture is accustomed to call the heart, as the governor, so to speak, and charioteer of the whole vessel, discerner of good and bad, tester of what arises in us. “For the mind discerns words, and the throat tastes food.” The mind in man is discerning, but not yet consenting, unless it gives itself over to turning.

### Scripture references

- Gal 5:19: quotation, high confidence
- Rom 8:8: quotation, high confidence
- Gal 5:17: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 14:15: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 14:14: allusion, high confidence
- Job 12:11: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “Fruits of the flesh” is Epiphanius's wording (Gal 5:19 has “works”). The saying about the mind and throat is Job 12:11 LXX.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 76.5 (Holl GCS 25:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-76-5).

## Ancoratus 77.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-77-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:96
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Denying Christ a mind helps no one.

### Greek text

77. Τί οὖν ἔδοξέ τισι τοῦτον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐνανθρωπήσεως τοῦ κυρίου παρεκβαλεῖν; τί δὲ ὠφέλησαν τὸν βίον εἰς ἀκαταστασίαν μᾶλλον * τρέψαντες; ἢ τί τοῦτο ἔβλαψεν ἡμᾶς ἢ ὠφέλησεν ἵνʼ οὕτως εἴπω, ὅπως βοηθήσωσι τῷ Χριστῷ; ἦ ἵνα χάριν αὐτῷ ποιήσωσι μεγάλην ταύτην καὶ εἴπωσιν περὶ αὐτοῦ ὅτι οὐκ ἔλαβε νοῦν;

### English translation (Claude)

Why then did some decide to cast this out of the Lord's incarnation? And what did they benefit life by turning it rather to confusion *? Or how did this harm us or, so to speak, benefit us, so that they might help Christ? Or so as to do him this great favor and say of him that he did not take a mind?

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 77.1 (Holl GCS 25:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-77-1).

## Ancoratus 77.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-77-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:96
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ took everything human, being the maker of his own body.

### Greek text

"Γαλάται μὲν γὰρ ἀνόητοι" καὶ "Κρῆτες ἀεὶ ψεῦσται" καὶ "Ἐφραῒμ περιστερὰ ἄνους"· ὁ δὲ κύριος ἡμῶν ἐνανθρωπήσας εἰς τὸν βίον τὰ πάντα τελείως ἀνείληφε, μᾶλλον δὲ ἔλαβεν αὐτὸς τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ σώματος γεγονὼς πλάστης, αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ λαβὼν τὴν ψυχὴν ἤτοι ἐνθείς.

### English translation (Claude)

“For the Galatians are foolish,” and “Cretans are always liars,” and “Ephraim is a senseless dove”; but our Lord, becoming man in life, took up everything perfectly, or rather he himself took it, having become the fashioner of his own body, himself taking or putting the soul into himself.

### Scripture references

- Gal 3:1: allusion, high confidence
- Titus 1:12: quotation, high confidence
- Hos 7:11: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The Cretan saying (Titus 1:12) is attributed to Epimenides.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 77.2 (Holl GCS 25:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-77-2).

## Ancoratus 77.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-77-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:96
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Some wrongly say Christ lacked a human mind.

### Greek text

Τινὲς δὲ βουλόμενοι ἐλλιπῆ ποιεῖν τὴν ἔνσαρκον Χριστοῦ παρουσίαν καὶ τελείαν ἐν αὐτῷ οἰκονομίαν, οὐκ οἶδα τί διανοούμενοι οὐκ ὀρθῶς εἶπον νοῦν τὸν Χριστὸν μὴ εἰληφέναι.

### English translation (Claude)

But some, wishing to make Christ's incarnate coming and the perfect dispensation in him deficient, thinking I know not what, have said wrongly that Christ did not take a mind.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 77.3 (Holl GCS 25:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-77-3).

## Ancoratus 77.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-77-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:96
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: They treat the mind as a separate hypostasis, equal to the spirit.

### Greek text

οὐχὶ δὲ διὰ * τὸν νοῦν φαίνονται *. ὑπόστασιν γὰρ οὗτοι τὸν νοῦν νομίζουσιν εἶναι καὶ φύσει τολμῶσι λέγειν αὐτὸν εἶναι τὸ εἰωθὸς ἐν τῇ γραφῇ λέγεσθαι ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ πνεῦμα, ὡς λέγει ὁ ἀπόστολος, "ἵνα ὁλόκληρον ὑμῶν τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ καὶ τὸ σῶμα ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ τηρηθείη".

### English translation (Claude)

But not because of * the mind do they appear *. For these think the mind is a hypostasis, and dare to say that by nature it is what Scripture usually calls the spirit in man, as the apostle says, “so that your whole spirit and soul and body may be kept at the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Thess 5:23: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisks mark gaps in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 77.4 (Holl GCS 25:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-77-4).

## Ancoratus 77.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-77-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:96–97
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Their view multiplies hypostases in man.

### Greek text

σφάλλονται οὖν· εἰ γάρ ἐστι νοῦς τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα νοῦς, ὡς καὶ αὐτοὶ νομίζουσι, ψυχὴ δὲ ἄλλη ⟨ὑποστάσις⟩ παρὰ τὸν νοῦν καὶ παρὰ τὸ πνεῦμα, ούκέτι δύο ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ἐν μιᾷ συναγόμεναι ὺποστάσει, οὐκέτι ἐνυπόστατος μόνη ψυχὴ καὶ ἐνυπόστατον τὸ σῶμα, ἀλλʼ εὑρήκαμεν λοιπὸν τέσσαρα· νοῦν μίαν ὑπόστασιν, ψυχὴν ἄλλην ὑπόστασιν, πνεῦμα ἄλλην ὑπόστασιν, σῶμα ἄλλην ὑπόστασιν.

### English translation (Claude)

So they err. For if the spirit is mind and the mind spirit, as they themselves think, and the soul is another ⟨hypostasis⟩ besides the mind and the spirit, then there are no longer two in man brought together in one hypostasis, no longer the soul alone subsistent and the body subsistent; but we have found four: mind one hypostasis, soul another hypostasis, spirit another hypostasis, body another hypostasis.

### Translation notes

- ὑπόστασις here means a distinct subsisting thing.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 77.5 (Holl GCS 25:96–97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-77-5).

## Ancoratus 77.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-77-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:97
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture's many terms for man are figurative.

### Greek text

καὶ ἐὰν πάλιν ἐρευνήσωμεν, ἔτι πλέον ἔσται· ἐπειδὴ γὰρ πολλὰ ὀνόματα κέκτηται ὁ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ »ό ἔσω ἄνθρωπος« καὶ ὸ ἔξω ἄνθρωπος«, καὶ ταῦτα πάντα ἡ γραφὴ εἴρηκε νοηματικῶς, περισφίγγουσα ἡμῶν τὴν διάνοιαν, ἳνα μηδὲν καταλείψωμεν τῆς σωτηρίας μηδὲ πρόφασις ὴμῖν γένηται τοῦ ἐκβῆναι τοῦ προκειμένου. ἔστι γὰρ ταῦτα ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ· οὐ χρὴ δὲ καὶ πολυπραγμονεῖν.

### English translation (Claude)

And if we inquire again, there will be still more; for man has many names, “the inner man” and “the outer man,” and Scripture has said all these things figuratively, binding our understanding so that we may leave out nothing of salvation and have no pretext to depart from the subject. For these things are in man; but one need not be overcurious.

### Scripture references

- Rom 7:22: allusion, high confidence
- 2 Cor 4:16: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 77.6 (Holl GCS 25:97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-77-6).

## Ancoratus 77.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-77-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:97
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paul distinguishes spirit and mind.

### Greek text

ὃμως δὲ κατὰ τὸν ἐκείνων λόγον, εἰ ὁ νοῦς ἐστι τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ό νοῦς, ταῦτα δὲ ἐκτὸς τῆς ψυχῆς ἔχει, πάλιν τίνι ⟨τῷ⟩ λόγῳ λέγει »ψαλῶ τῷ πνεύματι, ψαλῶ καὶ νοΐ«; διὰ τούτου γὰρ ἀπέδειξε μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα εἶναι τὸν νοῦν μηδὲ τὸν νοῦν τὸ πνεῦμα.

### English translation (Claude)

Yet according to their argument, if the mind is the spirit and the spirit the mind, and these are outside the soul, for what reason again does it say, “I will sing with the spirit, I will sing with the mind also”? For by this he showed that the spirit is not the mind nor the mind the spirit.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 14:15: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The last words appear in Latin letters in the digital text.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 77.7 (Holl GCS 25:97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-77-7).

## Ancoratus 78.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:97
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Soul” or “body” can each stand for the whole person.

### Greek text

78. Εἶτα πάλιν »ψυχὴ ἡ ἁμαρτάνουσα αὕτη ἀποθανεῖται« οὐκ ἐκτὸς τοῦ σώματος ἀπεφήνατο· ⟨ἤ⟩ »ἡσαν γάρ«, φησίν, »ἐν ἑβδομήκοντα ψυχαί«, καὶ οὐ πάντως ψυχαὶ ἠσαν ἄνευ σώματος, ἀλλὰ σώματα σὺν ψυχαῖς· καὶ πάλιν εἴωθεν ή συνήθεια καλεῖν τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀπὸ τοῦ ἑνὸς ὀνόματος, ὃτι δεσπότης ἐστὶν ὀγδοήκοντα σωμάτων. οὐ πάντως ἄνευ ψυχῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

Then again, “The soul that sins shall die” did not declare it outside the body; ⟨or⟩ “For they were,” it says, “in seventy souls,” and they were certainly not souls without a body, but bodies with souls; and again custom is used to name a man by one name: that he is master of eighty bodies, certainly not without souls.

### Scripture references

- Ezek 18:4: quotation, high confidence
- Deut 10:22: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 78.1 (Holl GCS 25:97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-1).

## Ancoratus 78.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:97
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Word made flesh was not without a soul.

### Greek text

ό Λόγος τοίνυν σὰρξ γενόμενος οὐκ ἐκτὸς ψυχῆς ⟨ἐτύγχανεν, ὡς καὶ⟩ οὐκ ἐκτὸς πάσης πραγματείας. ὃτε λέγει ψυχή⟨ν⟩ ἄνευ σώματος ἀπεφήνατο οὐδὲ ὃτε λέγομεν ἄνευ ψυχῆς ὄντα διανοούμεθα.

### English translation (Claude)

So the Word who became flesh ⟨was⟩ not without a soul, ⟨just as⟩ not without all the rest of the dispensation. When it says “soul,” it did not declare it without body, nor when we speak do we think of him as being without soul.

### Translation notes

- The text is damaged; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 78.2 (Holl GCS 25:97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-2).

## Ancoratus 78.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:97
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Excluding Christ's mind makes salvation deficient.

### Greek text

τί οὐν ἔδοξε τοῖς βουλομένοις λέγειν τὸν νοῦν παρεκβεβλῆσθαι; ἢ τί τοῦτο τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ὠφέλησεν· ἢ τί μᾶλλον οὐκ ἐτάραξε; πῶς δὲ οὐκ ἐλλιπῆ ποιεῖται τὴν ἡμῶν σωτηρίαν ὁ τὰ τοιαῦτα διανοούμενος;

### English translation (Claude)

Why then did those who wish to say the mind was excluded decide this? How did this benefit the church, or rather did it not disturb it? And how does the one who thinks such things not make our salvation deficient?

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 78.3 (Holl GCS 25:97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-3).

## Ancoratus 78.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:97–98
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The mind is a faculty of the soul, not a separate hypostasis.

### Greek text

ἡμεῖς γὰρ οὐδὲν δυνάμεθα διανοεῖσθαι ἕτερον τὸν νοῦν εἶναι οὐδὲ ὑπόστασιν τοῦτον δυνάμεθα λέγειν καθʼ ἑαυτόν, ἀλλὰ τὸ σύνθετον καὶ τὸ λογικὸν καὶ φρονοῦν ἐν ἑκαστῳ τῶν ⟨οὐ⟩ πεπλανημένων íon εἰπεῖν νόημα τοῦ ὡς ὀφθαλμοὶ ἐν τῷ σώματι, οὓτως νοῦς ἐν ψυχῇ. πάλιν δὲ οὐδὲ τοῦτο ἐριστικῶς φαμέν, ἀλλʼ ἁπλῶς τὸ ἐννοητικὸν τῶν ἀνθρώπων *.

### English translation (Claude)

For we cannot think the mind is something other, nor can we call it a hypostasis by itself, but the composite, rational, thinking faculty in each of those ⟨not⟩ led astray, so to speak, the thought of the ⟨soul⟩: as eyes in the body, so the mind in the soul. And again we do not say even this contentiously, but simply the intellectual faculty of human beings *.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition; the middle of the sentence is garbled and translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 78.4 (Holl GCS 25:97–98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-4).

## Ancoratus 78.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:98
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ took the whole man to save the whole man.

### Greek text

τί οὐν ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος; ψυχὴ σῶμα νοῦς καὶ εἴ τί ἐστιν ἓτερον. τί τοίνυν ἠλθεν ὁ κύριος σῶσαι; ἄνθρωπον τέλειον πάντως. ἄρα οὐν πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ τελείως ἔλαβεν.

### English translation (Claude)

What then is man? Soul, body, mind, and whatever else there is. What then did the Lord come to save? Certainly the whole man. So he took all that is in him perfectly.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 78.5 (Holl GCS 25:98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-5).

## Ancoratus 78.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:98
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Prophecies of his human life require a complete humanity.

### Greek text

ἐπεὶ πόθεν ταῦτα ἐν αὐτῷ ἐπληροῦντο, ἃ εἰς ἄνθρωπον ἀπὸ νοῦ καὶ σώματος καὶ ψυχῆς καὶ πάσης ἐνανθρωπήσεως ἄνευ ἁμαρτίας καὶ ἐπροφητεύετο καὶ ἀνελογεῖτο;

### English translation (Claude)

Otherwise, how were these things fulfilled in him, which were both prophesied of him and fitted a man, from mind and body and soul and the whole incarnation, without sin?

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 78.6 (Holl GCS 25:98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-6).

## Ancoratus 78.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:98
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “My servant will understand” requires a human mind.

### Greek text

σαφῶς γᾶρ ἡμῖν ὑποτίθεται ὁ θεῖος λόγος λέγων »ἰδοὺ συνήσει ό παῖς μου ό ἀγαπητός, ὃν ᾑρέτισα, ἐφʼ ὃν ηὐδόκησεν ἡ ψυχή μου, θήσω ⟨ἐπʼ αὐτὸν⟩ τὸ πνεῦμά μου« καὶ τὰ εξῆς. ἀρα γοῦν τὸ συνιέναι ποῦ εἰ μὲν εἰς τὴν θεότητα, ἐνδεὴς ἆρα ἡ θεότης τοῦ συνιέναι; μὴ γένοιτο· τοῦτο γὰρ εἰς τὸν κυριακὸν ἄνθρωπον πληροῦται. εἰ δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν κυριακὸν ἄνθρωπον πεπλήρωται, πῶς συνήσει ἐνανθρώπησις ἄνευ νοὸς ὑπάρχουσα; ἀδύνατον τοῦτο.

### English translation (Claude)

For the divine word clearly suggests it to us, saying, “Behold, my servant will understand, my beloved, whom I have chosen, in whom my soul is well pleased; I will put my Spirit ⟨upon him⟩,” and so on. Where then is the understanding? If in the Godhead, does the Godhead lack understanding? God forbid; for this is fulfilled in the Lord's manhood. And if it is fulfilled in the Lord's manhood, how will the incarnation understand if it is without mind? This is impossible.

### Scripture references

- Isa 52:13: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 42:1: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 12:18: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation combines Isa 52:13 LXX with Isa 42:1 (in the form of Matt 12:18).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 78.7 (Holl GCS 25:98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-7).

## Ancoratus 78.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:98
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's understanding shows he took a mind.

### Greek text

εὶ γὰρ ολως τὸ συνήσει ἐπὶ τὸν Χριστὸν ἀναφέρεται, Χριστὸς δὲ ⟨ὁ⟩ ἄνωθεν Λόγος, σὰρξ δὲ γενόμενος ἀπὸ Μαρίας, ⟨ὃς⟩ καὶ ἐνανθρωπήσας συνανεστράφη« κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον, ἄρα ἀναμφιβόλως σὺν τῷ νῷ τὴν οἰκονομίαν ἐδέξατο, ἐπειδὴ αὐτῇ συμπρέπει τὸ συνιέναι.

### English translation (Claude)

For if the “will understand” refers at all to Christ, and Christ is the Word from above, but became flesh from Mary, ⟨who⟩, having become man, also “lived among” men, as it is written, then without doubt he received the dispensation with the mind, since understanding belongs with it.

### Extrabiblical texts

- Bar 3:38 (Baruch): quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “Lived among men” is Bar 3:38, read of Christ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 78.8 (Holl GCS 25:98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-8).

## Ancoratus 78.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:98
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: His humanity grew in wisdom and stature.

### Greek text

διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ περὶ αὐτοῦ φησι τὸ εὐαγγέλιον »προέκοπτε σοφίᾳ καὶ ἡλικίᾳ«· οὐχ ἡ θεότης ἠλικίαν ἐπιδεχομένη οὔτε σοφίας ὑστεροῦσα, ἡ οὖσα σοφία σοφίᾳ σοφίᾳ δὲ προέκοπτεν ή τοῦ σωτῆρος ἐνανθρώπησις, οὐκ ἐκτὸς νοῦ ὑπάρχουσα, ἐπειδὴ ⟨ἄλλως⟩ οὐδὲ ἠδύνατο· καὶ ἡλικίᾳ προέκοπτεν ἁδρυνομένου τοῦ παιδίου, ὡς ἔστιν ἀληθές.

### English translation (Claude)

For this reason the Gospel says of him, “He advanced in wisdom and stature”: not the Godhead receiving stature nor lacking wisdom, being Wisdom itself; but the Savior's incarnate humanity advanced in wisdom, not being without mind, since ⟨otherwise⟩ it could not; and it advanced in stature as the child matured, as is true.

### Scripture references

- Luke 2:52: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- σοφία is repeated in the digital text; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 78.9 (Holl GCS 25:98; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-78-9).

## Ancoratus 79.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-79-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:98–99
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: If a mind implied sin, so would flesh.

### Greek text

79. Εἰ δὲ διὰ τὸ εἰληφέναι νοῦν † ἁμαρτία αὓτη νοεῖται, οὐκοῦν περισσοτέρως, ἐὰν δῶμεν αὐτὸν εἰληφέναι σάρκα, ἧς ἐκτὸς ἁμαρτία οὐ τελεῖται »φανερὰ γὰρ τὰ ἔργα τῆς σαρκός«. πάντως ὅτι δῶμεν ὅτι καὶ ἐν σαρκὶ ἥμαρτε, λαβὼν τὴν σάρκα. »οἶδα γάρ« φησὶν ὁ ἀπόστολος »ὅτι οὐκ οἰκεῖ ἐν ἐμοὶ οὐδὲν ἀγαθόν, τουτέστιν ἐν τῇ σαρκί μου«.

### English translation (Claude)

But if because of having taken a mind † this is thought sin, then all the more if we grant that he took flesh, without which sin is not accomplished (“For the works of the flesh are evident”); certainly we would have to grant that he sinned in the flesh too, having taken the flesh. “For I know,” says the apostle, “that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh.”

### Scripture references

- Gal 5:19: quotation, high confidence
- Rom 7:18: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The dagger marks a corrupt word.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 79.1 (Holl GCS 25:98–99; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-79-1).

## Ancoratus 79.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-79-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:99
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's human flesh was without sin.

### Greek text

τίς δὲ τολμήσει λέγειν διὰ τὸ τὸν σωτῆρα εἰληφέναι σάρκα σαρκὶ συναπῆχθαι, καὶ τὰ τῆς σαρκὸς οὐκ ἐπιτελέσαντα, εἰς τὴν τοῦ παντὸς σκεύους τοῦ ἰδίου ἀκολουθίαν, ⟨ἀγαθὴν⟩ ὁμοίως καὶ ἐσχηκότα καίτοιγε καὶ σάρκα οὐσαν ἀνθρωπίνην, ἀλλʼ ⟨ἐν⟩ οὐδενὶ πταίουσαν.

### English translation (Claude)

But who will dare to say that because the Savior took flesh he was carried away with the flesh, and did not accomplish the things of the flesh in the sequence of his own whole vessel, having it likewise ⟨good⟩, even though it was human flesh, but stumbling ⟨in⟩ nothing?

### Translation notes

- The Greek is damaged; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 79.2 (Holl GCS 25:99; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-79-2).

## Ancoratus 79.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-79-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:99
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Word governed his flesh, allowing only fitting needs.

### Greek text

ὁ θεὸς γὰρ Λόγος ἄνωθεν ἀπὸ πατρὸς προελθὼν εὐδοκήσας ἐν σαρκὶ γενέσθαι ἐχαλιναγώγει τὸ σκεῦος καὶ εἰ ἤθελεν ἐπέχειν αὐτὸ ἀπὸ πάσης ἀχρειώδους πράξεως σαρκικῆς, ἠδύνατο· εἰ δὲ ἤθελεν, ἐνεδίδου. ἐνεδίδου δὲ εἰς τὰς εὐλόγους καὶ συμπρεπούσας τῇ αὐτοῦ θεότητι σωματικὰς χρείας.

### English translation (Claude)

For God the Word, having come forth from above from the Father and been pleased to be in flesh, bridled the vessel, and if he wished to restrain it from every useless fleshly act, he could; and if he wished, he gave way. And he gave way to the reasonable bodily needs befitting his Godhead.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 79.3 (Holl GCS 25:99; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-79-3).

## Ancoratus 79.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-79-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:99
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's true mind did not incline to irrational desire.

### Greek text

οὔτε γὰρ ἔχων τὸν νοῦν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ, ὥσπερ ὅλην τὴν ἐνανθρώπησιν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ εἶχεν, ὁ νοῦς] ἐπεκτείνετο εἰς ἀλόγους ἐπιθυμίας οὔτε τὰ τῆς σαρκὸς ἴσα ἡμῖν ἔπραττεν ἢ ἐλογίζετο, ἀλλʼ ὡς θεὸς ἐν σαρκὶ ἁληθινῇ γενόμενος ἀπὸ παρθένου Μαρίας ἔπραττε * σαρκὶ καὶ ψυχῇ καὶ νῷ καὶ ὅλῳ τῷ σκεύει, ἐνδημήσας τῷ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένει ἄνωθεν ἐκ πατρὸς ἐνυπόστατος θεὸς Λόγος.

### English translation (Claude)

For though he truly had the mind, as he truly had the whole humanity, the mind did not stretch out to irrational desires, nor did he do or think the things of the flesh as we do; but as God come in true flesh from the virgin Mary he acted * with flesh and soul and mind and the whole vessel, God the Word, subsistent, from above from the Father, having come to dwell among the human race.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The editor deletes ὁ νοῦς.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 79.4 (Holl GCS 25:99; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-79-4).

## Ancoratus 79.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-79-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:99
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Luke's “he advanced” is literal, not a figure of speech.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ μὴ σοφίσωνταί τινες καταχρηστικῶς τοῦτο λεγόμενον, ὡς τό »σύνες τῆς κραυγῆς μου«· τὸ μὲν γὰρ καταχρηστικῶς διʼ εὐχὴν εἴρηται καὶ δῆλόν ἐστιν ⟨. ὄτι⟩ ἡ χρῆσις ⟨εἰς⟩ [τὸ δὲ] ὑπόδειγμα σαρκικῆς αὐτοῦ παρουσίας προεφήτευται· τὸ δέ »καὶ προέκοπτεν ἡλικίᾳ« ἐστὶν ἀληθές.

### English translation (Claude)

But let no one argue cleverly that this is said loosely, like “Understand my cry”; for that is said loosely as a prayer, and it is clear ⟨that⟩ its use ⟨is⟩ prophesied as a type of his fleshly coming; but “And he advanced in stature” is true.

### Scripture references

- Ps 5:1 (5:2 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Luke 2:52: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes τὸ δέ; the sentence is partly damaged.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 79.5 (Holl GCS 25:99; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-79-5).

## Ancoratus 80.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:99
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A complete humanity does not mean Christ sinned.

### Greek text

80. Ἀλλὰ τί οἱ τοιοῦτοι νομίζουσι ⟨ἡμᾶς⟩ λέγειν, ἐὰν εἴπωμεν τέλειον ἄνθρωπον ἐκ Μαρίας τὸν Χριστὸν γεγονότα ἢ ⟨νοῦν⟩ ἐσχηκότα, μὴ ὑπονοήσωμεν αὐτὸν ἁμαρτίαις ὑποπεσόντα; μὴ γένοιτο. »ἁμαρτίαν γὰρ οὐκ ἐποίησεν, οὐδὲ εὑρέθη δόλος έν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ.«

### English translation (Claude)

But what do such people think ⟨we⟩ say, if we say that Christ became perfect man from Mary or had a ⟨mind⟩? That we suppose he fell into sins? God forbid. “For he committed no sin, nor was deceit found in his mouth.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Pet 2:22: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 80.1 (Holl GCS 25:99; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-1).

## Ancoratus 80.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:99–100
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Word held his whole humanity free from sin.

### Greek text

εἰ γὰρ τὴν αὐτοῦ δύναμιν ἐνέπνευσε τοῖς ἁγίοις καὶ ἐν οἷς ἐνέπνευσε μαρτυροῦνται ὅτι ἦσαν ἅγιοι δίκαιοι προβεβηκότες ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτῶν ἄμεμπτοι, πόσῳ γε μᾶλλον αὐτὸς ὁ Λόγος, ἐν ᾦ εὐδόκησε πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος κατοικῆσαι σωματικῶς«, κἄν τε σάρκα ἀληθινὴν λάβῃ ἐκ Μαρίας τῆς ἀειπαρθένου καὶ ψυχὴν ἀνθρωπείαν ἀληθινῶς καὶ νοῦν καὶ εἴ τἰ ἐστιν ἓτερον ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, αὐτὸς ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἔχων τὰ ὃλα κατεῖχε θεὸς ὣν μὴ μεριζόμενα πρὸς τὴν κακίαν, μὴ θρυπτόμενα ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ, μὴ ἀλισκόμενα ἐν τῇ ἡδονῇ, μὴ ὑποπίπτοντα τῷ τοῦ Αδὰμ παραπτώματι;

### English translation (Claude)

For if he breathed his power into the saints, and those into whom he breathed are testified to have been holy, righteous, advanced in their days, blameless, how much more the Word himself, “in whom all the fullness of the Godhead was pleased to dwell bodily”? Even though he took true flesh from Mary the ever-virgin and truly a human soul and mind and whatever else is in man, he himself, having all in himself, held them fast, being God, not divided toward evil, not broken by the evil one, not captured in pleasure, not falling under Adam's transgression.

### Scripture references

- Luke 1:6: allusion, medium confidence
- Col 2:9: quotation, high confidence
- Col 1:19: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “Ever-virgin” (ἀειπάρθενος) is Epiphanius's term for Mary.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 80.2 (Holl GCS 25:99–100; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-2).

## Ancoratus 80.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:100
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Paul's phrases signify Christ's full, sinless humanity.

### Greek text

καὶ διὰ τοῦτό φησιν ὁ ἀπόστολος »γενόμενος ἐκ γυναικός, γενόμενος ὑπὸ νόμον‘ καὶ πάλιν ἐν σχήματι εὐρεθεὶς ὡς ἄνθρωπος«· τὸ δὲ σχήματι ⟨καὶ τὸ ὡς ἄνθρωπος⟩ γενόμενος καὶ τὸ ὑπὸ νόμον δέ ἀμφοτέρων συναγόμενον τελειότητα σημαίνει καὶ ἀπάθειαν, ἐκ τοῦ γενόμενος τὸ εἶναι τέλειος καὶ ⟨ἐκ⟩ τοῦ ὑπὸ νόμον τὸ μὴ δοκήσει καὶ ⟨ἐκ⟩ τοῦ σχήματι τῆς ἰδέας τὸ βέβαιον ἐκ τοῦ ὡς ἄνθρωπος τὸ ἀναμάρτητον.

### English translation (Claude)

And for this reason the apostle says, “born of a woman, born under the law,” and again, “found in form as a man.” And “in form” ⟨and “as a man”⟩, “born” and “under the law,” taken together signify perfection and freedom from passion: from “born,” being perfect; from “under the law,” not in appearance; from “in form,” the firmness of the kind; from “as a man,” sinlessness.

### Scripture references

- Gal 4:4: quotation, high confidence
- Phil 2:7: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 80.3 (Holl GCS 25:100; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-3).

## Ancoratus 80.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:100
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Perfect above, perfect below.

### Greek text

τούτων τοίνυν οὓτως ἐχόντων μηδεὶς ἀπατάσθω κενοῖς μύθοις. εἰ γὰρ ἄνωθεν γεννηθεὶς ἀπὸ πατρὸς ἀληθινῶς ⟨ἀληθινῶς⟩ ἐγεννήθη καὶ ἀπὸ Μαρίας, καὶ ἀληθεύει καὶ κάτω ἀληθεύει καὶ εἰ ἐστὶν κάτω ἀτελής, καὶ ἄνω ἀτελής. εἰ δὲ ἄνω ἐστὶ τέλειος, καὶ κάτω ἐστὶ τέλειος· οὐκ ἐν ἄλλῳ τελεἰῳ ᾤκησεν, ἀλλʼ εἰς ἑαυτὸν τὰ πάντα ἐτελείωσε.

### English translation (Claude)

These things being so, let no one be deceived by empty myths. For if, begotten from above from the Father truly, he was also ⟨truly⟩ born from Mary, he is true both above and below; and if he is imperfect below, he is imperfect above. But if he is perfect above, he is perfect below. He did not dwell in another perfect man, but perfected all things in himself.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 80.4 (Holl GCS 25:100; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-4).

## Ancoratus 80.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:100
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The risen Christ passed through doors yet was touched by Thomas.

### Greek text

καὶ ἀνέστη ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν μηκέτι μεριζόμενος ἐν μνήματι εἰς σῶμα καὶ θεότητα καὶ ψυχὴν ἐν καταχθονίοις, μηκέτι ὑπὸ ἁφὴν ὑποπίπτων, μηκέτι ἐπεχόμενος, άλλʼ εἰσερχόμενος θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων, ψηλαφώμενος δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θωμᾶ, ἳνα μὴ φαντασίᾳ ἀπεικασθῇ, ἀλλʼ ἀληθείᾳ·

### English translation (Claude)

And he rose from the dead, no longer divided, the body in the tomb and the Godhead and soul in the underworld, no longer subject to touch, no longer held back, but entering when the doors were shut, yet touched by Thomas, so as not to be likened to an apparition but ⟨shown⟩ in truth:

### Scripture references

- John 20:26: allusion, high confidence
- John 20:27: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 80.5 (Holl GCS 25:100; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-5).

## Ancoratus 80.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:100
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Thomas touched the one who is both God and man.

### Greek text

ὁ ὑπὸ τοῦ Θωμᾶ πιστευθεὶς μετὰ τὸ πληρωθῆναι τὸ προειρημένον »ταῖς χερσί μου τὸν θεὸν ἐξεζήτησα, καὶ οὐκ ἠπατήθην«, ό αὐτὸς θεὸς ὁ αὐτὸς ἄνθρωπος, ὁ μὴ σύγχυσιν ἀπεργασάμενος, ἀλλὰ τὰ δύο κεράσας εἰς ἓν·

### English translation (Claude)

he who was believed by Thomas after what was foretold was fulfilled, “With my hands I sought God, and I was not deceived”; the same God, the same man, who did not bring about a confusion but blended the two into one;

### Scripture references

- Ps 77:2 (76:3 LXX): quotation, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation adapts Ps 77:2 (LXX 76:3). “Blended” (κεράσας) is Epiphanius's pre-Chalcedonian language; he denies confusion in the same sentence.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 80.6 (Holl GCS 25:100; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-6).

## Ancoratus 80.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:100
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: One Lord, one Christ, not two.

### Greek text

οὐκ εἰς ἀνυπαρξίαν χωρήσας, ἀλλὰ συνδυναμώσας σῶμα γήϊνον τῇ θεότητι εἰς μίαν δύναμιν ἣνωσεν, εἰς μίαν θεότητα συνήγαγεν· εἶς ὣς κύριος εἶς Χριστός, οὐ δύο Χριστοὶ οὐδὲ δύο Μοί.

### English translation (Claude)

not passing into non-existence, but empowering the earthly body together with the Godhead, he united it into one power, gathered it into one Godhead: being one Lord, one Christ, not two Christs nor two Gods.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 8:6: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Μοί is a digital slip for θεοί (“Gods”).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 80.7 (Holl GCS 25:100; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-7).

## Ancoratus 80.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:100–101
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The risen Christ sits at the Father's right hand with his flesh.

### Greek text

ἐν αὐτῷ σῶμα πνευματικὸν ἐν αὐτῷ θεότης ἀκατάληπτος, τὸ πεπονθὸς μὴ φθαρὲν τὸ ἀπαθὲς ἄφθαρτον, ἀφθαρσία τὸ ὃλον· θεὸς κύριος, καθεζόμενος ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ πατρός, μὴ παραλείψας τὴν σάρκα, εἰς δὲ δὲ συνενώσας καὶ εἰς μίαν τὸ ὅλον θεότητα καθεζόμενος ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ πατρός.

### English translation (Claude)

in him a spiritual body, in him incomprehensible Godhead; what suffered not corrupted, what is impassible incorruptible, incorruption the whole; God the Lord, seated at the right hand of the Father, not having left the flesh behind, but having united it into one, and seated at the right hand of the Father as the whole in one Godhead.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 15:44: allusion, high confidence
- Mark 16:19: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The doubled δέ and word order are garbled in the digital text; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 80.8 (Holl GCS 25:100–101; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/70-1/#p-80-8).

## Ancoratus 81.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:101
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The exalted Christ commanded baptism in the threefold name.

### Greek text

81. Οὖτος οὖν ό μονογενής, ό τέλειος ὁ ἄκτιστος ό ἄτρεπτος ὁ ἀναλλοίωτος ό ἀπερινόητος ό ἀόρατος, ⟨ὁ⟩ ἐνανθρωπήσας ἐν καὶ ἀναστὰς πνευματικῶς καὶ »μηκέτι ἀποθνᾐσκων«, μηκέτι πτωχεύων ό »διʼ ἡμᾶς πτωχεύσας πλούσιος ὤν‘, ὁ πνεῦμα ὤν ὃλος, ό τὸ σαρκικὸν | καὶ τὸ θεϊκὸν ἐνῶν, | κύριος εἱς βασιλεὺς Χριστός, ό υἱὸς D183 P87 τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐν οὐρανῷ καθεσθεὶς ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ πατρὸς »ἐπάνω πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας, δυνάμεως καὶ παντὸς ὀνόματος ὀνομαζομένου«, φησὶν ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ »άπελθόντες βαπτίσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη εἰς ὄνομα πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος«.

### English translation (Claude)

This Only-begotten, then, the perfect, the uncreated, the unchangeable, the unalterable, the inconceivable, the invisible, who became man and rose spiritually and “dies no more,” no longer poor, he “who became poor for our sake though he was rich,” who is wholly spirit, who unites the fleshly and the divine, one Lord, King, Christ, the Son of God, seated in heaven at the right hand of the Father, “above every principality and authority, power and every name that is named,” says in the Gospel, “Go, baptize all the nations in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”

### Scripture references

- Rom 6:9: quotation, high confidence
- 2 Cor 8:9: quotation, high confidence
- Eph 1:21: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 28:19: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Stray page markers (D183, P87) in the digital text are ignored.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 81.1 (Holl GCS 25:101; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-1).

## Ancoratus 81.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:101
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The baptismal command shows three distinct, subsistent persons.

### Greek text

τοῦτο δὲ δὲ καὶ ἀνὰ μέσον † ὃν οὐ συναλοιφὴν ἐσήμαινε τὸν υἱὸν τῷ πατρὶ ⟨οὐδὲ οὐδὲ συναλοιφὴν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἃγιον τῷ πατρὶ καὶ τῷ υἱῷ⟩, ἀλλὰ οἶδε πατέρα ἀληθινὸν καὶ ἑαυτὸν ἀληθινὸν ἀπέδειξεν ἐνυπόστατον Λόγον καὶ τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ πνεῦμα ἐνυπόστατον πνεῦμα καὶ »πνεῦμα ἀληθείας«, ἄκτιστον ἄτρεπτον ἀναλλοίωτον· οὐχ

### English translation (Claude)

And this, being also in the midst †, did not signify the Son as merged with the Father ⟨nor the Holy Spirit as merged with the Father and the Son⟩; but he knows the Father as true, and showed himself as the true, subsistent Word, and his Holy Spirit as a subsistent Spirit and “the Spirit of truth,” uncreated, unchangeable, unalterable; not

### Scripture references

- John 14:17: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The dagger marks a corrupt passage; the doubled words are left as printed.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 81.2 (Holl GCS 25:101; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-2).

## Ancoratus 81.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:101
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God sees through those who confess the faith deceitfully.

### Greek text

ὡς ἵνα τις ὑπονοήσῃ δολίως φερόμενος πρὸς τὴν πίστιν καὶ τοὺς πόδας αὐτοῦ ἀποκρύπτων καὶ δολιευόμενος πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν »ἐτάζει γὰρ καρδίας καὶ νεφροὺς ό θεός«).

### English translation (Claude)

as someone might suppose who approaches the faith deceitfully, hiding his feet and plotting against the truth (“for God tests hearts and kidneys”).

### Scripture references

- Ps 7:9 (7:10 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 81.3 (Holl GCS 25:101; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-3).

## Ancoratus 81.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:101
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A heretic may use orthodox words deceptively.

### Greek text

καὶ λέγει ό αἱρετικός· δηλονότι πιστεύω ὅτι ό πατὴρ πατὴρ καὶ ό υἱὸς υἱὸς καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἅγιον πνεῦμα καὶ όμολογῶ τρεῖς ὑποστάσεις ἐν μιᾷ οὐσίᾳ· οὐχ ἐτέραν δὲ λέγω οὐσίαν παρὰ τὴν θεότητα, οὐχ ἑτέραν θεότητα παρὰ τὴν οὐσίαν, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ οὕτως ἀκριβοῦν ⟨μίαν⟩ οὐσίαν καλοῦμεν, ἵνα μὴ ἄλλο καὶ εἶδος εἴπωμεν τῆς θεότητος τῆς τριάδος.

### English translation (Claude)

And the heretic says: “Clearly I believe that the Father is Father and the Son Son and the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit, and I confess three hypostases in one substance; and I do not speak of another substance besides the Godhead, nor another Godhead besides the substance; but to be exact we call it ⟨one⟩ substance, so that we may not speak of another kind of Godhead of the Trinity.”

### Translation notes

- Here ὑπόστασις means a distinct person, in the newer sense; compare 6.4.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 81.4 (Holl GCS 25:101; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-4).

## Ancoratus 81.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:101–102
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Some liken the Trinity to body, soul, and spirit in man.

### Greek text

κρυπταζόμενος γὰρ ὁ τοιοῦτος ὡς εἶπον ῥᾳδιούργως πάλιν καὶ δολίως λέγει· πιστεύω ὅτι πατὴρ πατήρ υἱὸς υἱός, πνεῦμα ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἅγιον· ὑπόνοιαν δὲ ἔχει τοιαύτην κεκρυμμένην, ὡς ἀφʼ ἡμῶν τὸ θεῖον ἀπεικάσας, λέγων ἐν ἑαυτῷ, ὃτι ὡς ἔχω σῶμα καὶ ψυχὴ καὶ πνεῦμα ἀνθρώπειον, οὓτω καὶ ἡ θεότης.

### English translation (Claude)

For such a person, concealing himself, as I said, again says craftily and deceitfully, “I believe that the Father is Father, the Son Son, the Holy Spirit Holy Spirit”; but he holds such a hidden notion, likening the divine to us, saying to himself: “As I have a body and soul and human spirit, so too the Godhead:

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 81.5 (Holl GCS 25:101–102; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-5).

## Ancoratus 81.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:102
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The heretical analogy of the Trinity to the parts of a man.

### Greek text

πατὴρ μὲν ὡς εἰπεῖν τὸ εἶδος, υἱὸς δὲ ὡς ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ψυχή, πνεῦμα δὲ ὣσπερ τὸ ἐμπνέον διὰ τοῦ άνθρώπου.

### English translation (Claude)

the Father, so to speak, the form; the Son like the soul in man; and the Spirit like the breath that breathes through the man.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 81.6 (Holl GCS 25:102; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-6).

## Ancoratus 81.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:102
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: At the Jordan the three are seen distinctly.

### Greek text

τινὲς γὰρ δολιεύονται καὶ οὓτως νομίζουσι τὴν θεότητα. ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐχ οὕτως ἐμάθομεν, ἀλλʼ ἰδοὺ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν οὐρανῷ διὰ φωνῆς μαρτυρεῖ, ἰδοὺ ὁ υἱὸς ἐν Ιορδάνῃ, ἰδοὺ τὸ πνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς κατερχόμενον ἐσχηματίζετο· ἀλλὰ καθʼ ἑαυτὸ ἐσχηματίζετο, καθʼ ὲαυτὸ ὑπόστασις ὄν, οὐκ ἀλλοία παρὰ τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ, ἀλλὰ τῆς αὐτῆς οὐσίας, ὑπόστασις ἐξ ὑποστάσεως τῆς αὐτῆς πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ὰγίου πνεύματος.

### English translation (Claude)

For some are deceitful and think of the Godhead in this way. But we have not so learned; but see, the Father bears witness in heaven by a voice; see, the Son in the Jordan; see, the Spirit took shape coming down in the form of a dove; but took shape by himself, being a hypostasis by himself, not different from that of the Father and the Son, but of the same substance, a hypostasis from the same hypostasis of Father and Son and Holy Spirit.

### Scripture references

- Matt 3:16: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 3:17: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “Hypostasis from the same hypostasis” uses the word in two senses (person, and substance); translated literally.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 81.7 (Holl GCS 25:102; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-7).

## Ancoratus 81.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:102
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Son sits at the Father's right hand, not merged into him.

### Greek text

⟨καὶ⟩ πάλιν ἰδοὺ πατὴρ κάθηται ἐν οὐρανῷ, *. τὸ δὲ κάθηται μὴ πάλιν ὑπολάμβανε άνθρωπίνως, ἀλλʼ άνεκδιηγήτως καὶ ἀκαταλήπτως ἔχε. καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν, ἀνῆλθεν ὁ υἱὸς εἰς τὸν πατέρα, ἀλλʼ ἐκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ πατρός«.

### English translation (Claude)

⟨And⟩ again, see, the Father sits in heaven *. And do not again understand “sits” in a human way, but take it indescribably and incomprehensibly. And it did not say, “the Son went up into the Father,” but “he sat at the right hand of the Father.”

### Scripture references

- Mark 16:19: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 81.8 (Holl GCS 25:102; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-8).

## Ancoratus 81.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:102
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's going and the Spirit's coming show two hypostases.

### Greek text

καὶ πάλιν περὶ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἁγίου λέγων ὁ μονογενὴς ἐδίδασκεν »άπέρχομαι, κἀκεῖνος ἐλεύσεται, τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄγιον, τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας. ἐὰν μὴ ἐγὼ ἀπέλθω, κἀκεῖνος οὐκ ἔρχεται«. εὶ δὲ ἦν τὸ πνεῦμα συναλοιφὴ αὐτῷ τῷ υἱῷ, οὐκ ἄν ἔλεγεν »ἀπέρχομαι κἀκεῖνος ἔρχεται«, ἀλλʼ ἵνα δείξῃ ὑπόστασιν καὶ ὑπόστασιν. μία δέ ἐστι θεότης εἶς θεὸς μία ἀλήθεια.

### English translation (Claude)

And again, speaking of the Holy Spirit, the Only-begotten taught, “I am going away, and he will come, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of truth. If I do not go away, he will not come.” But if the Spirit were merged with the Son, he would not have said, “I am going away and he comes,” but he said it to show hypostasis and hypostasis. Yet there is one Godhead, one God, one truth.

### Scripture references

- John 16:7: quotation, high confidence
- John 16:13: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation freely combines John 16:7 and 16:13.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 81.9 (Holl GCS 25:102; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-81-9).

## Ancoratus 82.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-82-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:102
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He has written the faith preserved from the apostles.

### Greek text

82. Καὶ οὓτω γέγραφα τῷ βουλομένῳ * τὴν τῆς ζωῆς ἡμῶν ἀκολουθίαν καὶ βεβαίαν ὁμολογίαν, τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν καὶ εὐαγγελίων καὶ ἀποστόλων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν χρόνων τῶν ἀποστόλων ἴως ἡμετέρων χρόνων ἐν τῇ καθολικῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀχράντως πεφυλαγμένην,

### English translation (Claude)

And so I have written for whoever wishes * the sequence of our life and the firm confession, from the law and the prophets and the Gospels and apostles, and preserved undefiled in the catholic church from the times of the apostles to our times;

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 82.1 (Holl GCS 25:102; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-82-1).

## Ancoratus 82.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-82-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:102
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The faith has survived the heresies.

### Greek text

ἐπὶ φθόνῳ δὲ ἀκαταστασίας τῆς μιᾶς καὶ ἀληθινῆς πίστεως κατὰ καιρὸν καὶ καιρὸν διὰ τῶν αἱρέσεων τὴν αὐτὴν πίστιν καὶ ἐλπίδα καὶ σωτηρίαν ἡμῶν διωχθεῖσαν, ὑπομείνασαν δὲ ἐν τῇ αὐτῆς ἀληθείᾳ, τῶν αἱρέσεων καθʼ ἓκαστον χρόνον ἑαυτὰς χραινουσῶν καὶ άπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἀπαλλοτριουμένων·

### English translation (Claude)

though, out of envy that stirs disorder against the one true faith, from time to time this same faith and hope and salvation of ours has been persecuted by the heresies, yet it has endured in its own truth, while the heresies in each period defile themselves and estrange themselves from the church;

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 82.2 (Holl GCS 25:102; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-82-2).

## Ancoratus 82.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-82-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:102–103
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Some ascetics say another flesh, not this one, will rise.

### Greek text

ὡς καὶ προσφάτως πάλιν ἀκούομέν τινων τῶν τὰ πρωτεῖα δοκούντων ἀποφέρεσθαι παρά τισι τῶν ἐν Αἰγύπτῳ ἀσκητῶν καὶ Θηβαΐδος καὶ ἄλλων ἄλλοθι κλιμάτων, τὰ ὃμοια τοῖς Ιερακίταις φρονούντων καὶ λεγόντων ἀνάστασιν μὲν τῆς ἡμετέρας σαρκός, οὐ ταύτης δέ, ἀλλʼ ἄλλης τινὸς ἀντʼ αὐτῆς, ὡς ἐκτραπέντων τῶν τοιούτων καὶ εἰς μύθους ἐκτρεψάντων τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλήθειαν καὶ τὴν βεβαίαν ἡμῶν ἐλπίδα. διὸ καὶ περὶ τούτου ἀναγκαζόμεθα αὐθις λέγειν.

### English translation (Claude)

as recently again we hear of some who seem to be accorded the first rank by certain ascetics in Egypt and the Thebaid and in other regions elsewhere, who think like the Hieracites and speak of a resurrection of our flesh, yet not of this flesh but of some other instead of it, since such people have gone astray and turned God's truth and our firm hope into myths. For this reason we are compelled to speak of this again.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 82.3 (Holl GCS 25:102–103; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-82-3).

## Ancoratus 83.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-83-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:103
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Unbelievers deny the resurrection; misbelievers distort it.

### Greek text

83. Ἄπιστοι μὲν γὰρ ἀρνοῦνται τὸ πᾶν τῆς ἀναστάσεως, κακόπιστοι δὲ συρφετωδῶς καὶ ἀνοήτως τῆς κατὰ άλήθειαν ἐλπίδος ἐκπεπτώκασι τῷ οὕτω νοεῖν περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως.

### English translation (Claude)

For unbelievers deny the resurrection entirely, while misbelievers, in a rubbishy and foolish way, have fallen from the true hope by thinking so about the resurrection.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 83.1 (Holl GCS 25:103; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-83-1).

## Ancoratus 83.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-83-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:103
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The pagans deny the resurrection but will rise.

### Greek text

καὶ Ἓλληνες μὲν οἱ τελείως ἀρνούμενοι τὴν ἀνάστασιν διὰ τὴν ἀσέβειαν τοῦ πλήθους τῶν παρʼ αὐτοῖς γινομένων ἀνομημάτων· μισοῦσι γὰρ τὴν ἀνάστασιν διʼ ἣν μέλλουσιν αἰσχύνην ὑφίστασθαι ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει, τὸν θεὸν ἀγνοήσαντες καὶ τὰς αὐτοῦ ἐντολάς· πλὴν ὅτι ἀναστήσονται, κἂν μὴ βούλωνται.

### English translation (Claude)

And the Greeks are those who completely deny the resurrection because of the impiety of the multitude of lawless deeds done among them; for they hate the resurrection because of the shame they will undergo in the resurrection, having not known God and his commandments; yet they will rise, even if they do not wish to.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 83.2 (Holl GCS 25:103; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-83-2).

## Ancoratus 83.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-83-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:103
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Day and night picture death and resurrection.

### Greek text

αὐτὴ γὰρ ἡ κτίσις διαρρήδην αὐτοὺς ἐλέγχει, ὺποφαίνουσα καθʼ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ἀναστάσεως τὸ εἶδος. δύνει γὰρ ἡ ὴμέρα καὶ νεκρῶν αἰνιττόμεθα τὸν τρόπον, κοιμισμὸν αἰνιττομένης τῆς νυκτός· ἀνατέλλει ἡ ἡμέρα ἡμᾶς διυπνίζουσα καὶ ἀναστάσεως ὺποδεικνύουσα τὸ σημεῖον.

### English translation (Claude)

For creation itself refutes them expressly, showing every day the form of resurrection. For the day sets and we hint at the manner of the dead, night hinting at sleep; the day rises, waking us and showing the sign of resurrection.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 83.3 (Holl GCS 25:103; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-83-3).

## Ancoratus 83.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-83-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:103
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Harvest, seeds, and locusts picture resurrection.

### Greek text

δρέπονται οἱ καρποὶ καὶ ἡ στάσις τῶν ὄντων ἐκτέμνεται, τῆς ἡμῶν ἐντεῦθεν ἀπαλλαγῆς ὁριζομένου τοῦ προσώπου. σπείρεται ἡ γῆ καὶ βλαστάνει, * ὃτι τὰ τεθαμμένα μετὰ τὴν τομὴν ἀναστήσεται. ἀκρὶς τελευτᾷ, θάψασα τὸ ἐξ αὐτῆς ἀποβληθὲν κύημα ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ μετὰ καιρὸν ἡ γῆ ἀποδίδωσι τὰ τεθαμμένα· τὰ σπέρματα τῶν γενημάτων σπείρεται καὶ πρῶτον ἀποθνᾐσκει ἔπειτα τελεσφορεῖται·

### English translation (Claude)

The fruits are plucked and the standing crop is cut down, the form of our departure from here being defined. The earth is sown and sprouts, * that what is buried after the cutting will rise. The locust dies, having buried in the earth the brood cast from it, and after a time the earth gives back what was buried; the seeds of the crops are sown and first die, then come to fruit;

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 83.4 (Holl GCS 25:103; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-83-4).

## Ancoratus 83.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-83-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:103–104
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Hair and nails that regrow are signs of resurrection.

### Greek text

»ἐὰν γὰρ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ, οὐ ζωογονεῖται« σφραγῖδας ἐν ἠμῖν ὁ θεὸς ἐποίησε διὰ τῶν ὀνύχων δέκα καὶ δέκα ἀναστάσεως, μαρτυρούσας περὶ τῆς ἡμῶν ἐλπίδος. ἀλλὰ καὶ ὡς διὰ στεφάνου ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς διὰ τῆς τριχὸς τὴν ἡμῶν ἀνάστασιν ἐκήρυξε. τὸ γὰρ δοκοῦν ἐν ἡμῖν νεκρὸν σῶμα, τουτέστι τρίχες καὶ ὄνυχες, καθʼ ἑκάστην τεμνόμεναι καὶ τεμνόμενοι αὐθις θάλλουσι, σημαίνουσαι τῆς ἀναστάσεως τὴν ἐλπίδα.

### English translation (Claude)

“for unless it dies, it is not made alive.” God made in us seals of resurrection through the ten and ten nails, testifying to our hope. And also, as by a crown upon the head, through the hair he proclaimed our resurrection. For what seems dead body in us, that is, hair and nails, being cut each day, grow again, signifying the hope of the resurrection.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 15:36: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 83.5 (Holl GCS 25:103–104; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-83-5).

## Ancoratus 84.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-84-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:104
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Animals that seem to die and revive.

### Greek text

84. Καὶ ἀμύθητα ἔστιν εἰπεῖν εἰς πληροφορίαν τῶν ἀπίστων ἐξ ὐποδειγμάτων. ἀλλʼ οὐχ ἔπεισε τούτους ὴ φάττα τὸ ὄρνεον οὐδὲ ὁ μυωξὸς τὸ ζῷον. ἀποθνᾐσκει γὰρ τὸ τοιοῦτον ἑξάμηνον καὶ ἡ φαττα ἠμέρας τεσσαρακοντα, καὶ αὐθις μετὰ τοὺς καιροὺς αὐτῶν ἀναβιοῦσι.

### English translation (Claude)

And countless things can be said from examples for the assurance of unbelievers. But the turtledove, the bird, did not persuade them, nor the dormouse, the animal. For such a creature dies for six months and the dove for forty days, and after their seasons they come back to life.

### Translation notes

- The natural history is Epiphanius's own.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 84.1 (Holl GCS 25:104; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-84-1).

## Ancoratus 84.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-84-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:104
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The dung beetle as an image of revival.

### Greek text

κάνθαροι δὲ μέλλοντες τελευτᾶν ἐπὶ σφαῖραν τῆς κόπρου ἑαυτοὺς κρύβουσι, θάψαντες τὴν τοιαύτην σφαῖραν ἐν τῇ γῇ καὶ καταχώσαντες, καὶ οὕτως ἐκ τῆς αὐτῶν ἰκμάδος αὖθις εὑρίσκονται, ἀναβιοῦντες ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν λειψάνων.

### English translation (Claude)

And beetles, when about to die, hide themselves in a ball of dung, burying such a ball in the earth and covering it over, and so from their own moisture they are found again, coming back to life from their very remains.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 84.2 (Holl GCS 25:104; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-84-2).

## Ancoratus 84.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-84-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:104
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The phoenix of Heliopolis.

### Greek text

περὶ δὲ τοῦ φοίνικος τοῦ Αραβικοῦ όρνέου περισσόν μοι τὸ λέγειν. ἤδη γὰρ εἰς ἀκοὴν ἀφῖκται πολλῶν πιστῶν τε καὶ ἀπίστων. ἡ δὲ κατʼ αὐτὸν ὑπόθεσις τοιάδε φαίνεται· πεντακοσιοστὸν ἔτος διατελῶν ἐπὰν γνοίη τὸν καιρὸν τῆς αὐτοῦ τελευτῆς ἐνστάντα. σηκὸν μὲν ἐργάζεται άρωμάτων καὶ φέρων ἔρχεται εἰς πόλιν τῶν Αὶγυπτίων Ἡλιούπολιν οὓτω καλουμένην, Ὢν δʼ ἑρμηνευομένην ἀπὸ τῆς Αἰγυπτιακῆς διαλέκτου καὶ Ἑβραΐδος, καὶ ταρσοῖς ἰδίοις τὰ στήθη τὰ ἑαυτοῦ μαστίξας πολλά,

### English translation (Claude)

About the phoenix, the Arabian bird, it is superfluous for me to speak; for it has already come to the hearing of many, faithful and unfaithful. The account of it appears to be this: living five hundred years, when it knows that the time of its death has come, it makes a nest of spices and, carrying it, comes to the city of the Egyptians called Heliopolis, which is interpreted On from the Egyptian and Hebrew language; and, striking its breast many times with its own wings,

### Scripture references

- Gen 41:45: allusion, low confidence

### Translation notes

- The phoenix story is also told in 1 Clem. 25.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 84.3 (Holl GCS 25:104; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-84-3).

## Ancoratus 84.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-84-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:104
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The phoenix burns itself.

### Greek text

πῦρ ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ προφερόμενος ἐμπίπρησι τὴν ὺποκειμένην ὓλην τῷ τόπῳ καὶ οὕτως ἑαυτὸν ὸλοκαυτοῖ καὶ πάσας τὰς αύτοῦ σὺν όστέοις ἐκτεφροῦται.

### English translation (Claude)

it produces fire from its body, sets alight the material lying in the place, and so burns itself as a whole offering and is reduced to ashes with all its ⟨flesh⟩ and bones.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 84.4 (Holl GCS 25:104; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-84-4).

## Ancoratus 84.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-84-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:104
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A cloud quenches the flames.

### Greek text

ἐκ θεοῦ δὲ οἰκονομίας νέφος ἀποστέλλεται καὶ ὑετίζει καὶ κατασβεννύει τὴν τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ὀρνέου καταδαπανήσασαν φλόγα, νεκροῦ μὲν ἤδη ὄντος τοῦ ὀρνέου καὶ ὀπτηθέντος ἀκρότατα·

### English translation (Claude)

And by God's dispensation a cloud is sent and rains and quenches the flame that consumed the bird's body, the bird being already dead and burned to the extreme;

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 84.5 (Holl GCS 25:104; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-84-5).

## Ancoratus 84.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-84-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:104–105
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The phoenix revives on the third day.

### Greek text

σβεσθείσης δὲ τῆς φλογὸς λείψανα τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτι ὠμὰ περιλείπεται καὶ πρὸς μίαν ἡμέραν ἀφανισθέντα σκώληκα γεννᾷ· ό σκώληξ πτεροφυεῖ νεοττὸς γενόμενος, τῇ δὲ τρίτῃ ημέρᾳ ἁδρύνεται καὶ ἀδρυνθεὶς τοῖς τῷ τόπῳ ἐξυπηρετουμένοις ἑαυτὸν ἐμφανίζει καὶ αὐθις ἀνατρέχει εἰς τὴν ἰδίαν πατρίδα καὶ ἀναπαύεται.

### English translation (Claude)

and when the flame is quenched, remains of its flesh are left still raw, and within one day, having vanished, they produce a worm; the worm grows wings, becoming a chick; on the third day it matures and, having matured, shows itself to those who serve the place, and runs back to its own homeland and rests.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 84.6 (Holl GCS 25:104–105; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-84-6).

## Ancoratus 85.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-85-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:105
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Pagan myths themselves speak of resurrection.

### Greek text

85. Θαυμάσαι δὲ μοι ἔπεισι περὶ τῆς τῶν ἀπίστων Ἑλλήνων καὶ ἄλλων βαρβάρων ἠπατημένης κατὰ πάντα διανοίας, ὡς ἐν τοῖς αὐτῶν μύθοις οὐκ αἰσχύνονται ἀνάστασιν πάντῃ σημαίνειν καὶ περὶ ἀναστάσεως πολλάκις ᾤδειν,

### English translation (Claude)

And I am led to marvel at the mind of the unbelieving Greeks and other barbarians, deceived in everything, how in their myths they are not ashamed to signify resurrection in every way and often sang of resurrection,

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 85.1 (Holl GCS 25:105; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-85-1).

## Ancoratus 85.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-85-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:105
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Alcestis and Pelops.

### Greek text

ὡς οἱ μῦθοι αὐτῶν ἀναγράφουσιν Ἄλκηστιν μὲν τελευτήσασαν τὴν Πελίου ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς αὐτῆς Ἀδμήτου καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἡρακλέος μετὰ τριήμερον ἐγηγερμένην καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἀδύτων ἀνενηνεγμένην, Πέλοπά τε τὸν Ταντάλου μετὰ τὸ κρεωνομηθῆναι τοῖς ψευδωνύμοις αὐτῶν θεοῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ ἰδίου πατρός·

### English translation (Claude)

as their myths record that Alcestis, daughter of Pelias, died for her husband Admetus and was raised by Heracles after three days and brought up from the inner depths; and Pelops son of Tantalus, after being carved up by his own father for their falsely named gods;

### Translation notes

- These myths are cited as Greek tradition; the details are Epiphanius's.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 85.2 (Holl GCS 25:105; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-85-2).

## Ancoratus 85.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-85-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:105
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: More myths of return from death.

### Greek text

Αμφιάρεως ⟨ὁ⟩ τοῦ Οἰκλέους ὑπὸ τοῦ Ἀσκληπιοῦ ἀναζωογονηθείς, Γλαῦκος ό Μίνωος ὑπὸ Πολυείδου τοῦ Κοιράνου βοτάνῃ τινὶ ἀναζωοποιηθείς, Κάστωρ διὰ Πολυδεύκην τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ, ὃς ἑκὼν αὐτῷ τὴν ζωὴν παρ ἡμέραν ἀλλάσσειν εἳλετο, καὶ ὁ Πρωτεσίλαος διὰ Λαοδάμειαν.

### English translation (Claude)

Amphiaraus, son of Oecles, brought back to life by Asclepius; Glaucus son of Minos, brought back to life with a herb by Polyidus son of Coeranus; Castor because of his brother Polydeuces, who willingly chose to exchange life with him day by day; and Protesilaus because of Laodamia.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 85.3 (Holl GCS 25:105; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-85-3).

## Ancoratus 85.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-85-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:105–106
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Myths of punishment in Tartarus imply bodies after death.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ καὶ Σίσυφον καὶ Τάνταλον καὶ τὰς Καυκάσου θυγατέρας, ἃς Ἐριννύας κεκλήκασι, καὶ Τειρεσίαν ἅμα τούτοις κατατεταρταρῶσθαι δώσοντας δίκην ἐκεῖσε, τὸν μὲν διὰ πέτρας τὸν δὲ ὑπὸ τροχόν, καὶ ἄλλους ἄλλως τετιμωρῆσθαι καὶ ἔτι ὑπάρχειν ἐν τιμωρίᾳ, ὡς μὴ εἰς ἀνυπαρξίαν κεχωρηκότας, ὑπάρχοντας δὲ ἐν σώμασιν.

### English translation (Claude)

And also that Sisyphus and Tantalus and the daughters of Caucasus, whom they have called Erinyes, and Tiresias with them, have been cast into Tartarus to pay the penalty there, one by a rock, another under a wheel, and others punished otherwise and still in punishment, not having passed into non-existence but existing in bodies.

### Translation notes

- The mythological details (e.g., “daughters of Caucasus”) are Epiphanius's own.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 85.4 (Holl GCS 25:105–106; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-85-4).

## Ancoratus 85.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-85-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:106
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Punishments by rock and wheel require bodies.

### Greek text

εἰ μὴ γὰρ σώματα εἶχον, πῶς ὺπὸ πέτραν καὶ τροχὸν τιμωρίαις παρεδίδοντο; καὶ πολλὰ ἔστιν περὶ τούτων λέγειν εἰς παράστασιν τῆς ἐν ἡμῖν πίστεως, ἔλεγχον δὲ τὸν πρὸς αὐτούς.

### English translation (Claude)

For if they did not have bodies, how were they handed over to punishments under a rock and a wheel? And much can be said about these for the establishment of our faith and the refutation of them.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 85.5 (Holl GCS 25:106; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-85-5).

## Ancoratus 86.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:106
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Manichaeans and pagans say only the soul rises.

### Greek text

86. Αλλὰ καὶ οἱ ἐκ τῶν αἱρέσεων ὸρμώμενοι αδελφὰ τούτοις ᾄδουσι καὶ συνῳδὰ τῆς ἀπιστίας ἐν τῷ τινὰς μὲν τῶν αἱρετικῶν, τῶν Μανιχαίων ⟨φημί⟩ λέγειν οὐ σώματος, άλλὰ ψυχῆς ανάστασιν ἔσεσθαι, ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τοὺς προειρημένους Ἕλληνας τὸ αὐτὸ νομίζειν τε καὶ συνδοξάζειν, ὡς εἶναι τὸν λόγον αὐτῶν ληρώδη μᾶλλον ῆπερ ἐκ συνέσεως προβαλλόμενον.

### English translation (Claude)

But those who start from the heresies also sing things akin to these and in harmony with unbelief, in that some of the heretics, the Manichaeans ⟨I mean⟩, say there will be a resurrection not of the body but of the soul; and likewise the Greeks mentioned before think and hold the same, so that their argument is put forward rather as nonsense than from understanding.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 86.1 (Holl GCS 25:106; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-1).

## Ancoratus 86.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:106
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A soul cannot “rise” since it did not fall.

### Greek text

ἐὰν γὰρ ἀνάστασιν εἴπωσιν αἱ αἱρέσεις καὶ ὃλως άνάστασιν ὴγοῦνται, περὶ ψυχῶν δὲ τοῦτο ὁρίζωνται, εὔηθές ἐστι τὸ τοιοῦτον. πῶς γὰρ ψυχὴ ἀναστὴσεται ἡ μὴ πεπτωκυῖα; οὐ γὰρ θάπτομεν τὰς ψυχὰς ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις, ἀλλὰ τὰ σώματα.

### English translation (Claude)

For if the heresies speak of resurrection and hold a resurrection at all, but define it as of souls, such a thing is simple-minded. For how will a soul rise that has not fallen? For we do not bury souls in tombs, but bodies.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 86.2 (Holl GCS 25:106; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-2).

## Ancoratus 86.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:106
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Resurrection belongs to what fell: the body.

### Greek text

ψυχαὶ γὰρ οὐ πίπτουσιν, ἀλλʼ αἱ σάρκες· ὡς καὶ ἡ συνήθεια εἴωθε καλεῖν τὰ νεκρὰ σώματα πτώματα τοίνυν εἰ άνάστασις παῥ αὐτοῖς ὸμολογεῖται, παντί τῳ δῆλόν ἐστιν ⟨ὅτι⟩

### English translation (Claude)

For souls do not fall, but bodies; as custom too is used to call dead bodies “fallen ones” (corpses). So if resurrection is confessed among them, it is clear to everyone ⟨that it is⟩

### Translation notes

- πτώματα (“corpses”) is literally “fallen things.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 86.3 (Holl GCS 25:106; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-3).

## Ancoratus 86.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:106
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Pagan funerary offerings betray belief in the dead's return.

### Greek text

οὐ ψυχῆς, ἀλλὰ σώματος τοῦ πεπτωκότος. Ἓλληνες δὲ πάλιν ἐλέγχονται ⟨οἱ⟩ τῆς ἀναστάσεως ἀρνούμενοι. ἀποφέροντες ⟨γὰρ⟩ τὰ μνήματα βρώματά τε καὶ πόματα ἐν ταῖς πανδήμοις καλουμέναις ἡμέραις ὸλοκαυτοῦσι μὲν τὰ ἐδέσματα σπένδουσι δὲ τοὺς οἴνους, μηδὲν μὲν τοὺς νεκροὺς ὠφελοῦντες ἑαυτοὺς δὲ μᾶλλον βλάπτοντες.

### English translation (Claude)

not of the soul but of the body that fell. And again the Greeks who deny the resurrection are refuted. For carrying food and drink to the tombs on the days called public festivals, they burn the foods as offerings and pour out the wines, benefiting the dead nothing and rather harming themselves.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 86.4 (Holl GCS 25:106; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-4).

## Ancoratus 86.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:106
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Pagans call on the dead at their tombs.

### Greek text

πλὴν ἀναγκάζονται ἀπὸ τῆς συνηθείας ὁμολογεῖν τὴν τῶν νεκρῶν ἀνάστασιν. ἔνθα γὰρ ἐτέθη τὰ σώματα τῶν τελευτησάντων παραγίνονται καὶ προσφωνοῦσι τοῖς τεθαμμένοις νεκροῖς ἐξ ὀνόματος·

### English translation (Claude)

Yet by custom they are compelled to confess the resurrection of the dead. For they come where the bodies of the departed were laid and call the buried dead by name:

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 86.5 (Holl GCS 25:106; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-5).

## Ancoratus 86.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:106–107
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Their custom implies souls awaiting their bodies.

### Greek text

ἀνάστα, φάσκοντες, ὁ δεῖνα, φάγε καὶ πίε καὶ εὐφράνθητι. καὶ εἰ μὲν τὰς ψυχὰς ἐκεῖσε νομίζουσιν ἐμπαραμένειν, ἔνθα τὰ λείψανα τῶν τελευτησάντων τέθαπται, ἀγαθή τις τοιαύτη ⟨περὶ⟩ τῶν προσδοκία· ἐμπαραμένουσι γὰρ τὴν ἡμέραν τὴν μέλλουσαν καὶ τὴν ἀνάστασιν τῆς παλιγγενεσίας, ἕως τὰ σύνθετα καὶ σύζυγα αὐτῶν ἀπολάβωσι σώματα, εἰ καὶ βδελύττονται οἱ τῶν Ἑλλήνων παῖδες τὴν σάρκα ὡς φαύλην οὖσαν καὶ τέλεον ἀφανιζομένην καὶ ἐλπίδα μὴ ἔχουσαν ἀναβιώσεως.

### English translation (Claude)

“Arise,” they say, “so-and-so, eat and drink and be merry.” And if they think the souls remain there where the remains of the departed are buried, such an expectation of them is good; for they remain for the coming day and the resurrection of regeneration, until they receive back their composite and yoked bodies, even though the children of the Greeks loathe the flesh as base and wholly disappearing and having no hope of coming back to life.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 86.6 (Holl GCS 25:106–107; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-6).

## Ancoratus 86.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:107
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Otherwise their custom makes no sense.

### Greek text

εἰ δὲ μὴ τούτῳ τῷ τρόπῳ τοῦτο ποιοῦσι, τίνι τῷ λόγῳ τὰς βελτίους ψυχὰς τῆς τῶν σωμάτων οὐσίας ⟨μνήμασιν⟩ ἐγκαταδέοντες καταδίκῃ μᾶλλον περιβάλλουσι τῇ ὑπολήψει, ὁριζόμενοι αὐτὰς προσεδρεύειν τοῖς τετελευτηκόσι λειψάνοις; ἢ ἐπὶ ποίᾳ προσδοκίᾳ ἐλπίδος παραγίνονται, λεγετωσαν;

### English translation (Claude)

But if they do not do this in this way, for what reason, binding souls, which are better than the substance of bodies, ⟨to tombs⟩, do they rather surround them with condemnation in their supposition, defining them to sit by the departed remains? Or in what expectation of hope do they come? Let them say.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 86.7 (Holl GCS 25:107; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-7).

## Ancoratus 86.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:107
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Souls in storehouses, bodies in tombs: all agree, yet unbelievers deny.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ ἀλλὰ ὅτι οὐ τὰς ψυχὰς νομίζουσιν εἶναι ἐν μνήμασιν, ἀλλʼ ἐν ταμιείοις τισὶν ἐκ θεοῦ ἑκάστῃ ψυχῇ ἀποτεταγμένοις, κατʼ ἀξίαν ὡν ἐν βίῳ ἔδρασάν τε καὶ ἐπολιτεύσαντο· τὰ δὲ σώματα ἰδιαις χερσὶν ἓκαστος τοῦ πέλας ἐν ταῖς θήκαις τῶν σωμάτων εἴτουν ὀστέων κατέθεντο. εὔηθες δʼ ἂν εἴη παρὰ πᾶσιν εἶναι τὴν μίαν ὑπόληψιν τούτων καὶ ἀκολουθίαν ὡς ἐκ πανταχόθεν ὡμολόγηται, παρὰ δὲ τοῖς ἀπίστοις τοὐναντίον τὰ ἀληθινὰ ἐξαρνεῖσθαι καὶ τὰ ἐν θεῷ δυνατὰ εἰς ἐλπίδας παρʼ αὐτοῖς μὴ κεκρατύνθαι.

### English translation (Claude)

But ⟨they will say⟩ that they do not think the souls are in the tombs, but in certain storehouses appointed by God for each soul, according to the worth of what they did and how they lived in life; while each laid the bodies of his neighbor with his own hands in the receptacles of bodies or bones. It would be simple-minded that among all there should be one supposition and sequence of these things, confessed on every side, while among unbelievers the truth is denied and what is possible with God is not firmly held as their hope.

### Translation notes

- The first ἀλλά is doubled in the digital text; a verb seems lost.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 86.8 (Holl GCS 25:107; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-86-8).

## Ancoratus 87.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-87-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:107
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Enough examples have been given.

### Greek text

87. Αλλὰ περὶ τούτων ἱκανὰ νομίζω εἰρῆσθαι, ἐκ τῶν πολλῶν παραδειγμάτων ὀλίγα ἡμῶν παραθέντων.

### English translation (Claude)

But I think enough has been said about these, since we have set out a few of many examples.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 87.1 (Holl GCS 25:107; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-87-1).

## Ancoratus 87.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-87-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:107–108
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Origenists say another flesh, not this one, is raised.

### Greek text

περὶ δὲ τῶν δοκούντων Χριστιανῶν εἶναι, Ὠριγένει δὲ πειθομένων καὶ τὴν μὲν τῶν νεκρῶν ἀνάστασιν ὁμολογούντων σαρκός τε τῆς ἡμετέρας καὶ σώματος τοῦ κυρίου τοῦ ἀγίου ἐκείνου τοῦ ἀπὸ Μαριας ἀνειλημμένου, ταύτην δὲ τὴν σάρκα λεγόντων μὴ ἐγείρεσθαι, ἀλλʼ ἄλλην ἀντὶ ταύτης ἐκ θεοῦ δίδοσθαι, πῶς οὐχὶ μᾶλλον τῶν ἄλλων εἴποιμεν ἀσεβεστέραν ἔχειν ὺπόληψιν καὶ εὐηθεστέραν τῆς παρʼ Ἓλλησι καὶ ταῖς λοιπαῖς αἱρέσεσιν ὑπονοίας;

### English translation (Claude)

But about those who seem to be Christians but follow Origen, who confess the resurrection of the dead, of our flesh and of that holy body of the Lord taken from Mary, but say that this flesh is not raised, but another given by God instead of it, how shall we not say that they hold a more impious and more simple-minded supposition than the notion of the Greeks and the other heresies?

### Translation notes

- Epiphanius's report of the Origenists' view is his own.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 87.2 (Holl GCS 25:107–108; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-87-2).

## Ancoratus 87.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-87-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:108
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Raising another body would make God's judgment unjust.

### Greek text

πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ εἰ ἄλλη ἀντὶ ταύτης ἐγείρεται κατὰ τὸν αὐτῶν λόγον, οὐ δικαία ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ κρίσις κατὰ τὸν αὐτῶν μῦθον. ἄλλην σάρκα κρίνουσα ἀντὶ τῆς ἁμαρτησάσης ἢ ἄλλο σῶμα φέροισα εἰς δόξαν κληρονομίας βασιλείας οὐρανῶν ἀντὶ τοῦ ἐν νηστείαις καὶ ἀγρυπνίαις καὶ διωγμοῖς ὑπὲρ ὀνόματος θεοῦ κεκμηκότος σώματος.

### English translation (Claude)

For first, if another is raised instead of this one, according to their argument, God's judgment is not just according to their myth, judging another flesh instead of the one that sinned, or bringing another body to the glory of the inheritance of the kingdom of heaven instead of the body that toiled in fasts and vigils and persecutions for the name of God.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 87.3 (Holl GCS 25:108; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-87-3).

## Ancoratus 87.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-87-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:108
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A soul judged alone could blame the body.

### Greek text

πῶς καὶ ψυχὴ κριθήσεται μόνη κατὰ τὸν λόγον τῶν αἱρέσεων, μὴ παρόντος τοῦ συναμαρτήσαντος σώματος; ἀντείπῃ γὰρ ἡ τοιαύτη ψυχὴ τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ κρίσει, φάσκουσα τοῦ σώματος γεγενῆσθαι τὰ ἁμαρτήματα.

### English translation (Claude)

And how will the soul be judged alone, according to the argument of the heresies, without the body that sinned with it being present? For such a soul would object to God's judgment, saying the sins were the body's.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 87.4 (Holl GCS 25:108; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-87-4).

## Ancoratus 87.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-87-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:108
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The soul could plead that it sinned only through the body.

### Greek text

ἔχει γὰρ καὶ τὴν ἀπόδειξιν κατὰ τὸν τῶν φιλονεικίᾳ φερομένων λόγον καὶ μὴ ἀληθείᾳ. δύναται γὰρ λέγειν· οὐκ ἐγὼ ἥμαρτον, ἀλλὰ τὸ σῶμα. ἐξότου γὰρ ἐξῆλθον ἐκ τοῦ σώματος, οὔτε ἐπόρνευσα οὔτε ἐμοίχευσα, οὐκ ἔκλεψα οὐκ ἐφόνευσα οὐκ εἰδωλολάτρησα οὔ τι τῶν κακῶν καὶ άνηκέστων εἰργασάμην.

### English translation (Claude)

For it has the proof too, according to the argument of those carried by contentiousness and not by truth. For it can say: “Not I sinned, but the body. For since I left the body I have not committed sexual immorality, nor adultery; I have not stolen, not murdered, not practiced idolatry, nor done any of the evil and incurable things.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 87.5 (Holl GCS 25:108; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-87-5).

## Ancoratus 87.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-87-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:108
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God's judgment would be void; Paul denies God is unjust.

### Greek text

καὶ εὔλογος εὑρεθήσεται ἡ αὐτῆς ἀπολογία. εὐλόγως δὲ αὐτῆς ἀπολογουμένης τί ἐροῦμεν; ἀργὴ ἆρα ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ κρίσις; ἀλλʼ »ἀδίκως ἐπιφέρει τὴν ὀργὴν ὁ θεὸς κατὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων; μὴ γένοιτο«.

### English translation (Claude)

And its defense will be found reasonable. And if it defends itself reasonably, what shall we say? Is God's judgment then idle? But “is God unjust to inflict wrath on men? God forbid.”

### Scripture references

- Rom 3:5: quotation, high confidence
- Rom 3:6: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 87.6 (Holl GCS 25:108; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-87-6).

## Ancoratus 88.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:108–109
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God can raise bodies, as Ezekiel shows.

### Greek text

88. Οἴδαμεν δὲ ὃτι »πάντα τῷ θεῶ δυνατά‘ καὶ δύναται καὶ σῶμα φέρειν ἄνευ ψυχῆς καὶ τὰ ἀφανῆ γεγονότα σώματα δύναται ⟨ποιῆσαι⟩ πάλιν ἀναβιοῦν κινεῖσθαί τε αὐτὰ ἀφʼ ἑαυτῶν ἄνευ ἐὰν θέλῃ, ὡς καὶ ἤδη διὰ τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου Ιεζεκιὴλ τὴν τοιαύτην οἰκονομίαν ἐποίησεν.

### English translation (Claude)

But we know that “all things are possible with God,” and he can bring a body without a soul, and can ⟨make⟩ bodies that have vanished live again and move by themselves without ⟨a soul⟩ if he wills, as he already carried out such a dispensation through the most holy Ezekiel.

### Scripture references

- Matt 19:26: quotation, high confidence
- Ezek 37:1: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 88.1 (Holl GCS 25:108–109; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-1).

## Ancoratus 88.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:109
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Ezekiel's dry bones moved with understanding.

### Greek text

ἔλεγε γὰρ τῷ ἁγίῳ προφήτῃ »εἰπέ, υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, συναχθῆναι ὀστοῦν πρὸς όστοῦν καὶ ἁρμονίαν πρὸς ὰρμονίαν«· καὶ ἦν θαυμάσαι τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ δύναμιν, ὅτι μηδέπω τῶν ψυχῶν ἐμβληθεισῶν, ἀλλὰ ξηρῶν ὄντων τῶν ὀστέων οὐ μόνον τοῦ κινεῖσθαι ἔσχον δύναμιν ἐπὶ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ προστάξεως, ἀλλὰ καὶ συνέσεως τὰ ὀστᾶ ἐνεπλήσθη καὶ γνώσεως οὐ τῆς τυχούσης.

### English translation (Claude)

For he said to the holy prophet, “Say, son of man, that bone should come together to bone and joint to joint”; and one could marvel at God's power, that, the souls not yet having been put in, but the bones being dry, they not only had the power to move at God's command, but the bones were also filled with understanding and no ordinary knowledge.

### Scripture references

- Ezek 37:4: allusion, high confidence
- Ezek 37:7: quotation, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation paraphrases Ezek 37:4–7.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 88.2 (Holl GCS 25:109; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-2).

## Ancoratus 88.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:109
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Each bone found its proper place.

### Greek text

οὐ γὰρ τὰ πρὸς τοὺς ὀστέα ὀστέα ἐγγὺς τῶν μερῶν τῆς κεφαλῆς κατὰ λήθην ἐβάδιζεν οὐδὲ οἱ τοῦ τραχήλου σπόνδυλοι περὶ τὰς τῶν ἀστραγάλων ἁρμονίας πλανώμενοι τὸν τόπον ἐζήτουν, ἀλλʼ ἓκαστον τῶν ὀστέων καὶ ἐκινήθη καὶ ἐβάδιζε κατὰ σύνεσιν καὶ τῇ αὐτοῦ ἁρμονίᾳ προσετίθετο.

### English translation (Claude)

For the foot bones did not walk by forgetfulness to near the parts of the head, nor did the vertebrae of the neck wander about the joints of the ankles seeking their place, but each of the bones both moved and walked with understanding and was added to its own joint.

### Translation notes

- The Greek for “foot bones” is garbled (τοὺς ὀστέα ὀστέα); translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 88.3 (Holl GCS 25:109; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-3).

## Ancoratus 88.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:109
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God showed he can raise even soulless bodies.

### Greek text

εἰ γοῦν θέλει ό θεός, δύναται καὶ σῶμα ἄνευ ψυχῆς ἐγεῖραι. ἐν τούτῳ γὰρ τὸ δυνατὸν αὐτοῦ ἔδειξεν, έν τῷ τὸ παρὰ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἀπηλπισμένον ἐκεῖνο πρῶτον ⟨ποιῆσαι⟩ ἀναβιοῦν διὰ τῷ Ἰεζεκιὴλ προστεταχέναι.

### English translation (Claude)

So if God wills, he can raise even a body without a soul. For in this he showed his power, in first ⟨making⟩ that which was despaired of among men live again, by his command to Ezekiel.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 88.4 (Holl GCS 25:109; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-4).

## Ancoratus 88.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:109
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The bodies were assembled first, then the souls entered.

### Greek text

καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν· εἰπε, υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, πρῶτον ἐλθεῖν τὸ πνεῦμα, ἀλλὰ μετὰ τὸ ἐξευμαρίσαι τὸ δυσχερὲς διὰ τὴν πίστιν, φημὶ δὲ τὸ τὰ σώματα συναχθῆναι, τότε προσέταξε τὰς ψυχὰς εἰσελθεῖν εἰς αὐτὰ τὰ σώματα· »καὶ ἀνέστη δὲ« φησί »πολλὴ συναγωγή«.

### English translation (Claude)

And he did not say, “Say, son of man, that the spirit should come first,” but after easing what was hard for faith, I mean the gathering of the bodies, then he commanded the souls to enter the bodies themselves: “And there arose,” it says, “a great assembly.”

### Scripture references

- Ezek 37:9: allusion, medium confidence
- Ezek 37:10: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 88.5 (Holl GCS 25:109; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-5).

## Ancoratus 88.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:109
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A body alone could not be justly judged.

### Greek text

δύνασθαι τοίνυν τὸν θεὸν ποιῆσαι ἔφην καὶ σῶμα δίχα ψυχῆς ἀναβιοῦν, καθὰ προδέδεικται, ἀλλʼ οὐ δύναται κριθῆναι καθʼ ἑαυτὸ τὸ σῶμα. ἔχει γὰρ δικαίαν ἀπολογίαν πρὸς τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ κρίσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

So I said that God can make even a body live again without a soul, as shown before; but the body cannot be judged by itself. For it has a just defense against God's judgment.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 88.6 (Holl GCS 25:109; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-6).

## Ancoratus 88.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:109
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The body alone could blame the soul.

### Greek text

φάσκει γὰρ καὶ αὐτὸ λέγον· ἐκ τῆς ψυχῆς ἦν ἡ ἁμαρτία, οὐκ ἤμην αἴτιον ἐγώ. ἐξότου γὰρ ἐλύθην καὶ ἐκείνη ἀπ ἐμοῦ ἀπέστη, μὴ ἐμοίχευσα μὴ ἐπόρνευσα μὴ κέκλοφα μὴ εἰδωλολάτρησα μή τι τῶν τοιούτων ἀμπλακημάτων ἐργασάμην; καὶ ἔσται κατὰ τὸν τῶν φιλονείκων λόγον ἄπρακτος ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ κρίσις.

### English translation (Claude)

For it too says: “The sin was from the soul; I was not the cause. For since I was dissolved and she departed from me, have I committed adultery, have I committed sexual immorality, have I stolen, have I practiced idolatry, have I done any such offense?” And by the argument of the contentious, God's judgment will be ineffective.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 88.7 (Holl GCS 25:109; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-7).

## Ancoratus 88.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:109–110
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Body and soul will be judged together.

### Greek text

διὰ τοῦτο ὡς ἠν τὸ σῶμα καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ σύνθετος εἶς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ θεοῦ γεγενημένος, αὖθις ό δίκαιος κριτὴς τὸ σῶμα ἐγείρει καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν αύτῷ δίδωσι. καὶ οὃτως δικαία γενήσεται ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ κρίσις, ἀμφοτέρων κοινωνούντων ἤ τῆς διʼ ἁμαρτίας τιμωρίας ἢ τῆς διʼ ἀρετὴν 7 θεοσεβείας καὶ τῆς μελλούσης ἀποδίδοσθαι τοῖς ἁγίοις μισθαποδοσίας.

### English translation (Claude)

For this reason, as body and soul were one composite man made by God, the just Judge raises the body again and gives its soul into it. And so God's judgment will be just, both sharing either in punishment for sin or in the reward, for virtue and godliness, that is to be rendered to the saints.

### Translation notes

- A stray numeral in the digital text is ignored.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 88.8 (Holl GCS 25:109–110; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-88-8).

## Ancoratus 89.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-89-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:110
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He turns to those who say another body rises.

### Greek text

89. Ταῦτα δὲ εἰς παράστασιν τῆς άληθείας τῆς ἡμῶν ἐλπίδος ἱκανῶς ἔχειν νομίζοντες όλίγα ἀντὶ πολλῶν παρεθέμεθα. διὰ δὲ τοὺς λέγοντας ἔτερον σῶμα ἀντὶ τοῦ πίπτοντος ἐγείρεσθαι, πάλιν τῷ καμάτῳ προστιθέμεθα, ὠφελῆσαι τοὺς βουλομένους συνιέναι καὶ τὴν αὐτῶν ζωὴν άπολέσαι μὴ πειρωμένους βουλόμενοι.

### English translation (Claude)

Thinking these things sufficient for establishing the truth of our hope, we have set out a few instead of many. But because of those who say that another body is raised instead of the one that falls, we again add to our labor, wishing to help those who wish to understand and do not try to lose their own life.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 89.1 (Holl GCS 25:110; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-89-1).

## Ancoratus 89.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-89-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:110
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The resurrection of the flesh grounds every good work.

### Greek text

γένοιτο γὰρ κάμνειν ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἐλαχίστους καὶ μηδαμινοὺς καὶ ἑαυτοὺς καὶ πάντας ὠφελεῖσθαι καὶ μὴ ἀρνεῖσθαι ἀνάστασιν τῆς ἡμετέρας σαρκός, ἐν ᾖπερ πᾶς ὁ θησαυρὸς καὶ κρηπὶς παντὸς σώφρονος λογισμοῦ καὶ πάσης ἀγαθοεργίας ἐλπὶς διάκειται κατὰ τὸ εἰρημένον »ἔχοντες τὸν θησαυρὸν τοῦτον ἐν ὀστρακίνοις σκεύεσι« καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς.

### English translation (Claude)

For may it be that we, the least and worthless, labor, and both we ourselves and all are helped, and do not deny the resurrection of our flesh, in which lies the whole treasure and foundation of every sober thought and the hope of every good work, according to the saying, “having this treasure in earthen vessels,” and so on.

### Scripture references

- 2 Cor 4:7: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 89.2 (Holl GCS 25:110; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-89-2).

## Ancoratus 89.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-89-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:110
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Hope of resurrection motivates self-control and alms.

### Greek text

ἐγκρατευόμεθα γὰρ οἱ ἀσθενεῖς, ἁγνεύομεν οἱ ταπεινοί. ἐλεημοσύνας ἐπιποθοῦμεν ποιεῖν οἱ ἀδύνατοι διὰ τὴν τῶν προσδοκωμένων ἀπόληψιν, τῆς τῶν νεκρῶν ἀναστάσεως·

### English translation (Claude)

For we the weak practice self-control, we the lowly live chastely, we the powerless long to give alms, because of receiving what is expected, the resurrection of the dead;

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 89.3 (Holl GCS 25:110; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-89-3).

## Ancoratus 89.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-89-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:110
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Faith, love, and martyrdom rest on the resurrection of the flesh.

### Greek text

καὶ οὓτως ό κανὼν τεθεμελίωται πίστεως καὶ ἐλπίδος θεοῦ ἀγάπης καὶ μαρτυρίου ὑπὲρ ὀνόματος θεοῦ ἐν διωγμοῖς βασάνων καὶ ἄλλων ἀπανθρώπων κολάσεων ἐν τοῖς μὴ ἀρνουμένοις ἀνάστασιν τῆς ἡμῶν σαρκός, ἀλλὰ πιστεύουσιν ὃτι αὐτὸ τὸ σπειρόμενον ἐν τῇ

### English translation (Claude)

and so the rule of faith and hope in God, of love and of martyrdom for the name of God in persecutions of tortures and other inhuman punishments, is founded in those who do not deny the resurrection of our flesh, but believe that the very thing that is sown in the

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 15:42: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 89.4 (Holl GCS 25:110; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-89-4).

## Ancoratus 89.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-89-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:110–111
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Two clear testimonies establish the resurrection.

### Greek text

γῇ ἐγερθήσεται. δύο σαφεῖς καὶ ἀληθεῖς μαρτυρίας ἔδωκαν ἡμῖν αἱ θεῖαι γραφαί, διʼ ὧν δυνάμεθα τὴν τῆς ἡμῶν ἀναστάσεως ἐλπίδα γνῶναι καὶ μὴ σφαλῆναι μύθοις κενοδόξων ἀνθρώπων ἀπατηθέντων καὶ τῷ βίῳ ἀπάτην γραψάντων. ἳνα οὖν μὴ πολλαῖς μαρτυρίαις χρήσωμαι οὐ γάρ εἰσιν όλίγαι ἐν καινῇ τε καὶ παλαιᾷ περὶ τῆς ἡμῶν ἐλπίδος καὶ ἀναστάσεως) συντόμως ἐρῶ τοῦτο·

### English translation (Claude)

earth will be raised. The divine Scriptures have given us two clear and true testimonies, through which we can know the hope of our resurrection and not be tripped up by the myths of vainglorious men who have been deceived and have written deceit for the world. So, so as not to use many testimonies (for they are not few in the New and Old about our hope and resurrection), I will say this briefly:

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 89.5 (Holl GCS 25:110–111; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-89-5).

## Ancoratus 90.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-90-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:111
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “This corruptible” must put on incorruption.

### Greek text

90. ὂτι εἰ ἄλλο ἦν τὸ ἐγειρόμενον, καθαπερ τινὲς φασκουσιν, οὐκ ἂν ό ἀπόστολος διεβεβαιοῦτο λέγων »δεὶ γὰρ τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ τὸ θνητὸν ἐνδύσασθαι ἀθανασίαν«.

### English translation (Claude)

that if what is raised were something else, as some say, the apostle would not have affirmed, saying, “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal put on immortality.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 15:53: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 90.1 (Holl GCS 25:111; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-90-1).

## Ancoratus 90.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-90-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:111
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The seed image speaks of the glory of the raised saints.

### Greek text

ἐπειδὴ δὲ δεῖ καὶ περὶ ἁγίων, τῶν ἁγίων, ὡς μέλλουσι φαιδρύνεσθαὶ τε καὶ ἀλλοιοῦσθαι ἐν μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν καθάπερ λέγει »ἐγείρεται ἐν δόξῃ«), ἑδραιωθῆναι ἡμᾶς ἐν τῇ ἐλπίδι, φησὶν ἡ ἁγία γραφή »ἄφρων, σὺ ὃ σπείρεις οὐ ζωογονεῖται, ἐὰν μὴ ἀποθάνῃ· καὶ οὐκ αὐτὸ τὸ γενησόμενον σῶμα σπείρεις, ἀλλʼ εἰ τύχοι κόκκον σίτου ἤ τινος τῶν ἄλλων σπερμάτων καὶ ό θεὸς δίδωσιν αὐτῷ σῶμα ὡς ἠθέλησε«., τοῦτο εἰς δόξαν τῶν ἐγειρομένων ἐν φαιδρότητι εἶπεν·

### English translation (Claude)

And since we must also be established in the hope concerning the saints, how they will be made radiant and changed after the resurrection (as it says, “it is raised in glory”), the holy Scripture says, “Fool, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies; and you do not sow the body that is to be, but perhaps a grain of wheat or of some other seed, and God gives it a body as he wished”; this he said of the glory of those raised in radiance.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 15:43: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 15:36: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 15:37: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 15:38: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 90.2 (Holl GCS 25:111; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-90-2).

## Ancoratus 90.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-90-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:111
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's saying about the grain of wheat.

### Greek text

ἳνα δὲ δείξῃ αὐτὸν τὸν κόκκον προσλαμβάνοντα τὴν δόξαν, διʼ ἑαυτοῦ εἶπεν ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ ὸ καὶ »ἐν Παύλῳ λαλήσας« περὶ άναστάσεως· »ἐὰν μὴ πεσὼν ὁ κόκκος τοῦ σίτου εἰς τὴν γῆν ἀποθάνῃ«, φησί, μόνος μένει·

### English translation (Claude)

And to show that the grain itself takes on the glory, he who also “spoke in Paul” about the resurrection said through himself in the Gospel: “Unless the grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies,” he says, “it remains alone;

### Scripture references

- 2 Cor 13:3: allusion, medium confidence
- John 12:24: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 90.3 (Holl GCS 25:111; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-90-3).

## Ancoratus 90.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-90-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:111
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's own body, sown like a grain, rose.

### Greek text

ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ, πολλοὺς κόκκους φέρει«. ἄρα γοῦν ὸ ἀπόστολος κόκκον ἔφησε καὶ ό σωτὴρ τὸν αὐτὸν κόκκον τοῦ σώματος δί ἑαυτοῦ ἀπέδειξε. τί οὐν ἐροῦμεν; οὐκ αὐτὸ τὸ σπαρὲν ἴδιον αὐτοῦ σῶμα τουτέστιν ὸ κόκκος ἀνέστη; ἢ ἓτερον ήν τὸ ἐξ αὐτοῦ μετὰ τὴν τριήμερον ἀναστὰν ἐκ τοῦ μνημείου;

### English translation (Claude)

but if it dies, it bears many grains.” So the apostle spoke of a grain and the Savior showed the same grain of the body through himself. What then shall we say? Did not his own sown body itself, that is, the grain, rise? Or was what rose from the tomb after the three days something else from it?

### Scripture references

- John 12:24: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 90.4 (Holl GCS 25:111; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-90-4).

## Ancoratus 90.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-90-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:111
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Gospels show the same body risen.

### Greek text

ὡς οἱ ἄγγελοι λέγουσιν· »άνέστη, οὐκ ἔστιν ὼδε« καὶ ὣς φησι τῇ Μαρίᾳ »μή μου ἅπτου· ἃπτου· γὰρ ἀναβέβηκα πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου« καὶ ὡς δείκνυσι τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τὴν πλευρὰν τῷ Θωμᾷ λέγων »μὴ γίνου ἄπιστος ἀλλὰ πιστός«.

### English translation (Claude)

As the angels say, “He is risen, he is not here”; and as he says to Mary, “Do not touch me; for I have not yet ascended to my Father”; and as he shows his hands and side to Thomas, saying, “Do not be unbelieving but believing.”

### Scripture references

- Mark 16:6: quotation, high confidence
- John 20:17: quotation, high confidence
- John 20:27: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- ἅπτου is repeated in the digital text where John 20:17 has “not yet”; translated as John.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 90.5 (Holl GCS 25:111; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-90-5).

## Ancoratus 90.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-90-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:111–112
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Believers confess the same body rose.

### Greek text

ἀπίστων γάρ ἐστι τὸ εἰπεῖν ὅλως οὐκ άνέστη, ἢ] καὶ κακοπίστων ἐστὶ τὸ εἰπεῖν, οὐκ αὐτὸ τὸ ὃν καὶ κοιμηθὲν ἀνέστη, πιστῶν δέ ἐστι τὸ εἰπεῖν ὃτι αὐτὸ τὸ σῶμα ἀνέστη καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ σώματος οὗ ἤγειρε τὸ ἡμῶν εἰς ἐλπίδα άληθείας κατέστη.

### English translation (Claude)

For it belongs to unbelievers to say he did not rise at all, and to misbelievers to say that what existed and fell asleep did not itself rise; but to believers to say that the body itself rose, and from the same body which he raised ours has been set in the hope of truth.

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes ἤ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 90.6 (Holl GCS 25:111–112; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-90-6).

## Ancoratus 91.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-91-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:112
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The risen body kept its wounds yet was spiritual.

### Greek text

91. Εἰς τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ τοὺς τύπους εἴασε τῶν ἥλων, μὴ ἀπαλείψας αύτοὺς Με τὸν τύπον τῆς λόγχης, καίτοι γε εἰσελθὼν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων. τὸ γὰρ σαρκικὸν αὐτοῦ πνευματικὸν ἀνέστη, ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἄλλο παρὰ τὸ ὄν, ἀλλʼ αὐτὸ τὸ ὄν, εἰς θεότητα συνενωθέν, εἰς λεπτότητα πνεύματος κοσμηθέν.

### English translation (Claude)

For this reason he left the marks of the nails, not wiping them away, ⟨nor⟩ the mark of the spear, although he entered when the doors were shut. For his fleshly part rose spiritual, but not something other than what was, but the very thing that was, united with the Godhead, adorned with the fineness of spirit.

### Scripture references

- John 20:26: allusion, high confidence
- John 20:27: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Με is a digital slip, probably for μηδέ (“nor”).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 91.1 (Holl GCS 25:112; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-91-1).

## Ancoratus 91.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-91-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:112
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Entering through shut doors shows the body transformed.

### Greek text

εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἠν λεπτότης πνεύματος, ποία τις ὀπὴ ἐδέχετο σῶμα ὀγκηρόν; ἀλλʼ ἳνα δείξῃ αὐτὸ τὸ φθαρτὸν ἡμῶν ἐνδύεται ἀφθαρσίαν ἐν ἀληθείᾳ εἰ καὶ θνητόν ἐστιν, ἀθανασίαν ἐνδύεται), εἰσῆλθε μὲν θυρῶν κεκλεισμένων, ἳνα δείξῃ τὸ παχυμερὲς λεπτομερὲς καὶ τὸ θνητὸν ἀθάνατον καὶ τὸ φθαρτὸν ἄφθαρτον·

### English translation (Claude)

For if it were not the fineness of spirit, what opening would admit a bulky body? But to show that this very corruptible of ours puts on incorruption in truth (and, though it is mortal, puts on immortality), he entered when the doors were shut, to show the coarse made fine, the mortal immortal, and the corruptible incorruptible;

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 15:53: allusion, high confidence
- John 20:26: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 91.2 (Holl GCS 25:112; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-91-2).

## Ancoratus 91.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-91-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:112
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He kept the scars to refute unbelievers.

### Greek text

ἳνα δὲ πάντας ἐλέγξῃ τοὺς ἀπιστοῦντας εἰς τὴν ἡμῶν φημὶ δὲ τὴν ἀνάστασιν, ὁ εἰς λεπτότητα μεταβάλλων τὸ σῶμα καὶ εἰς πνεῦμα συγκεράσας τὴν ⟨σάρκα μετὰ ἀνάστασιν οὐκ ἀπήλειψε τὰς οὐλὰς τῶν ἣλων οὐδὲ τὸν τύπον τῆς λόγχης,

### English translation (Claude)

and to refute all who disbelieve in our resurrection, he who changed the body to fineness and blended the ⟨flesh⟩ into spirit after the resurrection did not wipe away the scars of the nails nor the mark of the spear,

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 91.3 (Holl GCS 25:112; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-91-3).

## Ancoratus 91.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-91-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:112
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: What suffered is what rose.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ ἔδειξεν αὐτὸ τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ σταυροῦ πεπονθὸς ὃτι οὐκ ἄλλο ἦν τὸ ἀναστὰν οὐδὲ ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ ἓτερον φυέν, αὐτὸ τὸ πεπονθὸς ἀπαθὲς καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ πεσὼν κόκκος ἀναστάς, ἀναστὰς δὲ ἄφθαρτος.

### English translation (Claude)

but showed that the very thing that suffered on the cross was what rose, not something else, nor something else grown from it: the very thing that suffered, impassible; the very grain that fell, risen, and risen incorruptible.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 91.4 (Holl GCS 25:112; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-91-4).

## Ancoratus 91.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-91-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:112
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The whole body rose, none of it saw corruption.

### Greek text

καὶ ἳνα πάλιν μὴ νομίσωμεν μέρος τι ἐγηγέρθαι ἐξ αὐτοῦ, * αὐτὸ μὲν ὃλον οὐκ εἶδε διαφθοράν, λέγει γάρ οὐ δώσεις τὸν ὃσιόν σου ἰδεῖν διαφθοράν‘), αὐτὸ δὲ ὃλον ἀνέστη, λέγει γάρ] ἀνέστη, οὐχ ἔστιν ὡδε«.

### English translation (Claude)

And again, so that we may not think some part of it was raised *, the whole of it did not see corruption (for it says, “You will not let your holy one see corruption”), and the whole of it rose (for it says, “He is risen, he is not here”).

### Scripture references

- Ps 16:10 (15:10 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Mark 16:6: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The editor deletes γάρ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 91.5 (Holl GCS 25:112; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-91-5).

## Ancoratus 91.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-91-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:112–113
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ showed his flesh and bones.

### Greek text

εἰ δὲ ήγέρθη καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὡδε, ἀληθινῶς ἀνέστη· καὶ οὐ σφάλλονται αἱ γραφαί, οὖσαι ἡμετέρα ζωή. καὶ ἴνα μὴ εὓρωσιν οἱ ἠπατημένοι πρόφασιν, όστέα καὶ σάρκα ἔδειξε τῷ Θωμᾷ καὶ τοῖς μαθηταῖς αὐτοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔλεγεν με, ὃτι ἐγώ εἰμι. πνεῦμα γὰρ ὀστέα καὶ σάρκα οὐχ καθῶς καθὼς ἐμὲ θεωρεῖτε ἔχοντα«.

### English translation (Claude)

And if he was raised and is not here, he truly rose; and the Scriptures, which are our life, do not err. And so that the deceived may find no pretext, he showed bones and flesh to Thomas, and said to his disciples, “⟨See⟩ me, that it is I. For a spirit does not have bones and flesh as you see that I have.”

### Scripture references

- Luke 24:39: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The digital text of the quotation is garbled; translated as Luke 24:39.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 91.6 (Holl GCS 25:112–113; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-91-6).

## Ancoratus 92.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-92-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:113
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's unique conception does not make his body unlike ours.

### Greek text

92. ’Εὰν δέ τις σοφιζόμενος εἴπῃ· ἀλλὰ τὸ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν σῶμα ἐξαίρετον ἠν διὰ τὸ μόνον συνειλῆφθαι ἀπὸ Μαρίας καὶ χωρὶς σπέρματος άνδρός, ἀρα γοῦν καὶ τὸ τοῦ Αδὰμ ἄλλο ήν παρὰ τὸ ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἀπὸ γῆς μόνον ἐλήφθη χωρὶς. σπέρματος ἀνδρός; ἀλλ οὐδεὶς ἔχει τοῦτο εἰπεῖν οὐδὲ ἀποδεῖξαι.

### English translation (Claude)

And if someone, arguing cleverly, says, “But our Savior's body was exceptional because it alone was conceived from Mary and without the seed of a man,” was then Adam's too other than ours, because it was taken only from earth without the seed of a man? But no one can say or prove this.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 92.1 (Holl GCS 25:113; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-92-1).

## Ancoratus 92.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-92-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:113
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ as firstfruits implies our bodies rise like his.

### Greek text

ἐὰν δέ τις παλιν σοφιζόμενος εἴπῃ· τὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ μόνον ὃλον ἀνέστη, τὸ δὲ ἡμῶν οὐκ αὐτ. ὸ ἐγείρεται, άλλ΄ άντ΄ αὐτοῦ ἕτερον, πῶς ούν λέγει ἀνέστη Χριστὸς ἀπαρχὴ τῶν κεκοιμημένων;« ἕν ἐστι καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ σῶμα * ἀπαρχὴ τῶν ἐγειρομένων. πῶς δὲ ἀπαρχὴ γέγονε Χριστὸς τῶν κεκοιμημένων, μαθέτωσαν καὶ μὴ πάλιν εἰς ἄλλην πλάνην τραπῶσι καὶ νομίσωσι τὰς ἄλλας γραφὰς ψεύδεσθαι.

### English translation (Claude)

And if someone again, arguing cleverly, says, “Only Christ's body rose whole, but ours is not itself raised, but another instead of it,” how then does it say, “Christ is risen, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep”? The same body is one * the firstfruits of those who are raised. And how Christ became the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep, let them learn, and not turn again to another error and think the other Scriptures lie.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 15:20: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. There is no section 92.3 in the digital text.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 92.2 (Holl GCS 25:113; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-92-2).

## Ancoratus 92.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-92-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:113
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Others were raised before Christ.

### Greek text

πρὸ αὐτοῦ γὰρ ἤγειρε τὸν Λάζαρον καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τῆς χήρας τῆς ἐν τῇ Ναῒν καὶ Ηλίας ἤγειρε νεκρόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ Ελισσαῖος δύο ἤγειρε νεκρούς, ἔτι μὲν ἔτι περιόντα ἓνα δὲ ταφέντα.

### English translation (Claude)

For before him he raised Lazarus and the son of the widow in Nain; and Elijah raised a dead man, and Elisha raised two dead, one while he was still living, and one after he was buried.

### Scripture references

- John 11:43: allusion, high confidence
- Luke 7:15: allusion, high confidence
- 1 Kgs 17:22: allusion, high confidence
- 2 Kgs 4:35: allusion, high confidence
- 2 Kgs 13:21: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 92.4 (Holl GCS 25:113; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-92-4).

## Ancoratus 92.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-92-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:113
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ, unlike them, rose never to die again.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ ἐκεῖνοι μὲν ἀναστάντες πάλιν τεθνήκασι, προσδοκῶσι δὲ τὴν μίαν καὶ καθολικὴν ἀνάστασιν· ὁ δὲ Χριστὸς »ἀπαρχὴ τῶν κεκοιμημένων‘, ὃτι ἀναστὰς »οὐκέτι ἀποθνᾐσκει, θάνατος αὐτοῦ οὐκέτι κυριεύει« κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον.

### English translation (Claude)

But those, having risen, died again, and await the one universal resurrection; but Christ is “the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep,” because having risen “he dies no more; death no longer has dominion over him,” as it is written.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 15:20: quotation, high confidence
- Rom 6:9: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 92.5 (Holl GCS 25:113; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-92-5).

## Ancoratus 92.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-92-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:113
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ died once to destroy death.

### Greek text

ἅπαξ γὰρ ἀπέθανεν, ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ὑπομείνας τὸ πάθος διὰ τὰ ἡμέτερα πάθη· ἃπαξ ἐγεύσατο θανάτου, »θανάτου δὲ σταυρικοῦ‘, ἑκὼν διʼ ἡμᾶς ὁ Λόγος ἐλθὼν εἰς θάνατον, ἳνα θανάτῳ θάνατον θανατώσῃ·

### English translation (Claude)

For once he died, enduring suffering for us because of our sufferings; once he tasted death, “even death on a cross,” the Word coming willingly into death for us, so as to put death to death by death;

### Scripture references

- Phil 2:8: quotation, high confidence
- Heb 2:9: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 92.6 (Holl GCS 25:113; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-92-6).

## Ancoratus 92.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-92-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:113
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Suffering is reckoned to the Word, who remains impassible.

### Greek text

ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ γενόμενος, οὐ πασχων ἐν τῇ θεότητι, συμπάσχων δὲ μετὰ τῆς ἀνθρω- πότητος ἐν ⟩ πάθος αὐτῷ λογιζόμενον αὐτοῦ δὲ] μένοντος ⟨ἐν ἀπαθίᾳ· θάνατος αὐτῷ λογιζόμενος αὐτοῦ μένοντος⟩

### English translation (Claude)

the Word made flesh, not suffering in the Godhead, but suffering together with the humanity, ⟨the⟩ suffering being reckoned to him while he remained ⟨in impassibility; death being reckoned to him while he remained⟩

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes δέ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 92.7 (Holl GCS 25:113; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-92-7).

## Ancoratus 92.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-92-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:113–114
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ is life; our hope is not in a mere man.

### Greek text

ἀθανασίᾳ, μᾶλλον δὲ ὅλος ὢν ἀθανασία. αὐτὸς γὰρ εἶπεν »ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ζωή‘. * οὔτε διὰ σαρκὸς ἡμῖν ή ἐλπίς. »ἐπικατάρατος, γάρ φησιν, ὁ ἐλπίζων ἐπʼ ἄνθρωπον. καὶ ἔσται ὡς ἡ ἀγριομυρίκη.«

### English translation (Claude)

in immortality, or rather being wholly immortality. For he himself said, “I am the life.” * Nor is our hope through flesh. “For cursed,” it says, “is the one who hopes in man, and he will be like the tamarisk.”

### Scripture references

- John 11:25: quotation, high confidence
- Jer 17:5: quotation, high confidence
- Jer 17:6: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 92.8 (Holl GCS 25:113–114; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-92-8).

## Ancoratus 93.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:114
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Word truly became man.

### Greek text

93. Τί ἐροῦμεν; οὐκ ἄνθρωπος ὁ Χριστός; ἐκ τῶν προλελεγμένων παντί τῳ δῆλόν ἐστιν ὃτι ἀναμφιβόλως ὁμολογοῦμεν τὸν κύριον θεὸν Λόγον ἄνθρωπον γεγόνοτα οὐ δοκήσει, ἀλλʼ ἀληθείᾳ.

### English translation (Claude)

What shall we say? Is Christ not a man? From what has been said it is clear to everyone that we confess without doubt that the Lord, God the Word, became man, not in appearance but in truth.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 93.1 (Holl GCS 25:114; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-1).

## Ancoratus 93.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:114
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Our hope is in God made man, not a man made divine.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἄνθρωπος ἐλθὼν ἐν προκοπῇ θεότητος. οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐπʼ ἀνθρώπῳ ἡμῖν ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς σωτηρίας· οὐδεὶς γὰρ πάντων τῶν ἀπὸ Αδὰμ ἀνθρώπων ἠδυνήθη ἐργάσασθαι τὴν σωτηρίαν, ἀλλὰ θεὸς Λόγος ἄνθρωπος γεγονώς, ἴνα μὴ ἡ ἐλπὶς ἡμῶν ᾖ ἐπʼ ἄνθρωπον, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ θεὸν ζῶντα καὶ ἀληθινόν, γενόμενον ἄνθρωπον.

### English translation (Claude)

But not a man who came by an advance into Godhead. For our hope of salvation is not in a man; for no one of all the men from Adam could accomplish salvation, but God the Word became man, so that our hope might not be in a man, but in the living and true God, who became man.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 93.2 (Holl GCS 25:114; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-2).

## Ancoratus 93.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:114
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: As high priest he took our flesh to suffer for us.

### Greek text

»πᾶς ἱερεὺς ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων λαμβανόμενος ὑπὲρ ἀνθρώπων καθίσταται« κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον. ὃθεν ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμῶν σαρκὸς ἀνέλαβεν ὁ κύριος ἐλθὼν τὴν σάρκα καὶ ἄνθρωπος γέγονεν ἡμῖν ὃμοιος ὁ θεὸς Λόγος, ἵνα ἐν τῇ θεότητι δᾠη ἡμῖν τὴν σωτηρίαν καὶ ἐν τῇ αὐτοῦ ἀνθρωπότητι λάθῃ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν τῶν ἀνθρώπων, πάθος διὰ τοῦ πάθους λύσας καὶ θάνατον διὰ θανάτου τοῦ ἰδίου θανατώσας.

### English translation (Claude)

“Every priest taken from among men is appointed on behalf of men,” as it is written. Hence the Lord, when he came, took flesh from our flesh, and God the Word became a man like us, so that in the Godhead he might give us salvation, and in his humanity he might suffer for us human beings, undoing suffering through suffering and putting death to death by his own death.

### Scripture references

- Heb 5:1: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- λάθῃ is read as πάθῃ (“suffer”).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 93.3 (Holl GCS 25:114; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-3).

## Ancoratus 93.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:114
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Suffering is ascribed to the impassible Word by his good pleasure.

### Greek text

ἐλογίσθη δὲ τὸ πάθος εἰς τὴν θεότητα, καίτοι γε τῆς θεότητος ἀπαθοῦς ⟨λογιζομένου δὲ τοῦ πάθους τῇ θεότητι⟩, ὃτι οὓτως εὐδόκησεν ἐλθὼν ό αγιος ἀπαθὴς θεὸς Λόγος.

### English translation (Claude)

And the suffering was reckoned to the Godhead, though the Godhead was impassible ⟨and the suffering was reckoned to the Godhead⟩, because thus the holy, impassible God the Word was pleased when he came.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 93.4 (Holl GCS 25:114; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-4).

## Ancoratus 93.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:114
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The illustration of blood on a garment.

### Greek text

ἔστι δὲ τὸ ὑπόδειγμα τοιόνδε τι· ὡς ἐάν τις ἱμάτιον ⟨ᾖ⟩ ἐνδεδυμένος, ἐν δὲ τῷ ἱματίῳ αἶμα ῥαντισθὲν τὸ ἱμάτιον, τὸ δὲ * σῶμα οὐκ ἔφθασε τοῦ ἐνδεδυμένου, λογίζεται δὲ ὁ σπῖλος ὁ ἐκ τοῦ αἵματος τῷ ἐνδεδυμένῳ τὸ ἱμάτιον, οὕτως ἐν τῇ

### English translation (Claude)

And the illustration is something like this: as if someone ⟨were⟩ clothed in a garment, and blood were sprinkled on the garment, but * did not reach the body of the wearer, yet the stain from the blood is reckoned to the one wearing the garment, so in the

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 93.5 (Holl GCS 25:114; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-5).

## Ancoratus 93.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:114
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ suffered in the flesh, as Peter says.

### Greek text

σαρκὶ πέπονθεν ὁ Χριστός, ἐν αὐτῷ φημι τῷ κυριακῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, ὃν ⟨εἰς ἑαυτὸν⟩ ἀνεπλάσατο ἐλθὼν ἀπʼ οὐρανῶν αὐτὸς ό ἅγιος Λόγος· ὥς φησιν ὁ ἅγιος Πέτρος »θανατωθεὶς σαρκί, ζωοποιηθεὶς δὲ πνεύματι« καὶ πάλιν Χριστοῦ οὖν παθόντος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν σαρκί, καὶ ὑμεῖς τὴν αὐτὴν ἔννοιαν ὁπλίσασθε«.

### English translation (Claude)

flesh Christ suffered, I mean in the Lord's manhood itself, which the holy Word himself, coming from heaven, formed anew ⟨for himself⟩; as the holy Peter says, “put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit,” and again, “Christ therefore having suffered for us in the flesh, arm yourselves also with the same thought.”

### Scripture references

- 1 Pet 3:18: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Pet 4:1: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 93.6 (Holl GCS 25:114; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-6).

## Ancoratus 93.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:114–115
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The flesh's suffering is reckoned to the Godhead.

### Greek text

καθὼς τὸ αἶμα ἐν ἱματίῳ λογίζεται τῷ φοροῦντι, ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ τὸ πάθος τῆς σαρκὸς εἰς θεότητα, μηδὲν αὐτῆς παθούσης, ἵνα μὴ εἰς ἄνθρωπον ἔχῃ ὁ κόσμος τὴν ἐλπίδα, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῷ κυριακῷ ἀνθρώπῳ,

### English translation (Claude)

As the blood on a garment is reckoned to the wearer, the suffering of the flesh was reckoned to him, to the Godhead, while it suffered nothing, so that the world might not have its hope in a man, but in the Lord's manhood,

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 93.7 (Holl GCS 25:114–115; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-7).

## Ancoratus 93.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:115
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Hence Paul can say the Lord of glory was crucified.

### Greek text

τῆς θεότητος ἀναδεχομένης λογισθῆναι εἰς αὐτὴν τὸ πάθος, ἵνα γένηται ὑπὲρ κόσμου ἡ ἀπὸ θεότητος ἀπαθοῦς σωτηρία, ἵνα τὸ ἐν σαρκὶ γενόμενον πάθος εἰς τὴν θεότητα λογισθῇ, καίτοι γε μηδὲν παθούσης αὐτῆς, ἵνα πληρωθῇ ἡ λέγουσα γραφή »εἰ γὰρ ἔγνωσαν, οὐκ ἂν τὸν κύριον τῆς δόξης ἐσταύρωσαν« καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς.

### English translation (Claude)

the Godhead accepting that the suffering be reckoned to it, so that salvation for the world might come from the impassible Godhead, so that the suffering that occurred in the flesh might be reckoned to the Godhead, though it suffered nothing, so that the Scripture might be fulfilled which says, “For if they had known, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory,” and so on.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 2:8: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 93.8 (Holl GCS 25:115; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-93-8).

## Ancoratus 94.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:115
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: We worship the crucified and risen Lord.

### Greek text

94. Ἐσταυρώθη οὖν, ἐσταυρώθη ὁ κύριος καὶ προσκυνοῦμεν τὸν ἐσταυρωμένον, τὸν ταφέντα καὶ ἀναστάντα τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ καὶ εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἀνελθόντα. »ὦ βάθος πλούτου καὶ σοφίας καὶ γνώσεως θεοῦ« κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον·

### English translation (Claude)

So he was crucified, the Lord was crucified, and we worship the crucified one, who was buried and rose on the third day and went up into the heavens. “O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God,” as it is written;

### Scripture references

- Rom 11:33: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 94.1 (Holl GCS 25:115; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-1).

## Ancoratus 94.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:115
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: We know God's plan only in part.

### Greek text

»ἐκ μέρους γὰρ γινώσκομεν καὶ ἐκ μέρους προφητεύομεν«, ὡς ῥανίδα ἀπὸ πελάγους ἀρυόμενοι τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ γνώσεως καὶ καταλαμβάνοντες τῆς τοιαύτης οἰκονομίας ὑπόδειγμα, τῆς, ἡμῶν ἐλπίδος τὴν χάριν εὐδοκίᾳ πατρὸς θελήσει υἱοῦ σὺν θελήσει ἁγίου πνεύματος, * τῆς αὐτῆς θεοῦ οἰκονομίας.

### English translation (Claude)

“for we know in part and we prophesy in part,” drawing as a drop from the ocean of the knowledge of God and grasping an illustration of such a dispensation, the grace of our hope, by the good pleasure of the Father, the will of the Son, with the will of the Holy Spirit, * of the same dispensation of God.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 13:9: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 94.2 (Holl GCS 25:115; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-2).

## Ancoratus 94.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:115
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Scripture hints at resurrection; Christ fulfills it.

### Greek text

εἶχον δὲ πᾶσαι αἱ γραφαὶ σποράδην τὸ κήρυγμα τῆς ἀναστάσεως, ἐτηρεῖτο δὲ τὸ τέλειον τῇ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἐνυποστάτου Λόγου παρουσίᾳ.

### English translation (Claude)

All the Scriptures held the proclamation of the resurrection scattered here and there, but the perfect form was kept for the coming of the subsistent Word himself.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 94.3 (Holl GCS 25:115; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-3).

## Ancoratus 94.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:115
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Abel, Enoch, and Noah point to resurrection.

### Greek text

»πλήρωμα γὰρ νόμου Χριστός« κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον. ποῦ γὰρ οὐκ ἔλεγε τὸ θεῖον γράμμα περὶ ἀναστάσεως; πρῶτον τὸ τοῦ Ἄβελ αἷμα κηρύττει· μετὰ γὰρ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν »ἔτι λαλεῖ«, ⟨ὥς⟩ φησιν ἡ γραφή. »Ἐνὼχ μετετέθη καὶ οὐχ ηὑρίσκετο καὶ οὐκ εἶδε θάνατον· εὐηρέστησε γὰρ τῷ θεῷ«. Νῶε κιβωτὸν κατεσκεύασεν ἐκ θεοῦ προστάγματος, ἑαυτῷ παλιγγενεσίαν τῷ οἰκείῳ ἐργαζόμενος οἴκῳ.

### English translation (Claude)

“For Christ is the fulfillment of the law,” as it is written. For where did the divine letter not speak of resurrection? First the blood of Abel proclaims it; for after dying “he still speaks,” ⟨as⟩ the Scripture says. “Enoch was translated and was not found and did not see death; for he pleased God.” Noah built an ark by God's command, working regeneration for himself and his own household.

### Scripture references

- Rom 10:4: allusion, medium confidence
- Heb 11:4: quotation, high confidence
- Heb 11:5: quotation, high confidence
- Heb 11:7: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “Fulfillment of the law” blends Rom 10:4 and 13:10.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 94.4 (Holl GCS 25:115; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-4).

## Ancoratus 94.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:115
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Isaac's birth from the “dead” is a sign of resurrection.

### Greek text

Ἀβραὰμ γηραλέος λαμβάνει παῖδα »νενεκρωμένου ἤδη τοῦ σώματος« καὶ ἐκ νεκρῶν ὁ θεὸς τὴν ἐλπίδα κεχάρισται, νεκρωθείσης μάλιστα »τῆς μήτρας Σάρρας·« καὶ τὸ »πεπαλαιωμένον καὶ ἐγγὺς ἀφανισμοῦ γεγονός«, τῆς κατʼ ἐθισμὸν γυναικὸς ἀκολουθίας ἡ ξηρανθεῖσα πηγή, αὖθις δύναμιν λαμβάνει εἰς καταβολὴν σπέρματος καὶ ἡ γηραλέα ⟨ὡς⟩ νεωτέρα κυΐσκει.

### English translation (Claude)

Abraham in old age receives a son, “his body being already as good as dead,” and God granted the hope from the dead, especially since “the womb of Sarah” was dead; and what was “growing old and near to vanishing,” the dried-up spring of the ordinary course of a woman, again receives power to conceive seed, and the old woman conceives ⟨as⟩ a younger one.

### Scripture references

- Rom 4:19: quotation, high confidence
- Heb 8:13: allusion, medium confidence
- Gen 18:11: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 94.5 (Holl GCS 25:115; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-5).

## Ancoratus 94.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:115–116
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Isaac's return from the altar proclaimed resurrection.

### Greek text

καὶ Ἰσαὰκ ἀπὸ θανάτου ζῶν τῷ πατρὶ παρεδόθη· ὁ γὰρ θεὸς ἐκ νεκρῶν τῷ πατρὶ τὸν παῖδα παραδιδοὺς ζῶντα ἀναστάσεως ἐλπίδα ἐκήρυττεν.

### English translation (Claude)

And Isaac was given back alive to his father from death; for God, handing the child back alive to his father from the dead, proclaimed the hope of resurrection.

### Scripture references

- Heb 11:19: allusion, high confidence
- Gen 22:12: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 94.6 (Holl GCS 25:115–116; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-6).

## Ancoratus 94.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:116
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Jacob's care for his bones shows hope of resurrection.

### Greek text

Ἰακὼβ δείκνυσι τὴν πραγματείαν, μὴ ἐν δευτέρῳ τιθέμενος τὴν τῶν όστέων ἑλπίδα· ἐπεμελεῖτο γὰρ τῶν τοιούτων οὐχ ὡς άπολλυμένων, άλλ΄ ὡς μελλόντων αύθις ἀναβιοῦν καὶ ἐνετέλλετο άνακομισθῆναι ἐκ τῆς τῶν Αἰγυπτίων χώρας οὐ παρέργως.

### English translation (Claude)

Jacob shows the matter, not putting in second place the hope for his bones; for he cared for such things, not as things perishing but as things that would come back to life, and commanded, not incidentally, that they be carried back from the land of the Egyptians.

### Scripture references

- Gen 47:30: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 94.7 (Holl GCS 25:116; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-7).

## Ancoratus 94.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:116
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Joseph's command about his bones implies resurrection.

### Greek text

καὶ ὁ Ἰωσὴφ τοῦτο ἐσήμανε »συνανοίσετέ μου τὰ ὀστᾶ« φάσκων· ἐπισκοπῇ γὰρ ἐπισκέψεται ὑμᾶς ὁ κύριος.. εἰ μὴ ἐλπὶς ἦν ἀναστάσεως, τίς ὀστέων ἡ ἐπιμέλεια ⟨ἐν τῷ⟩ περὶ τῶν φθειρομένων ὀστέων ἐντέλλεσθαι τοὺς δικαίους;

### English translation (Claude)

And Joseph signified this, saying, “Carry up my bones with you; for the Lord will surely visit you.” If there were no hope of resurrection, what care would there be for bones, ⟨in⟩ the righteous giving commands about decaying bones?

### Scripture references

- Gen 50:25: quotation, high confidence
- Exod 13:19: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 94.8 (Holl GCS 25:116; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-8).

## Ancoratus 94.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:116
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God is the God of the living patriarchs.

### Greek text

πρώτη φωνὴ τῷ Μωυσῇ ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ μαρτυρία· »ἐγὼ ὁ θεὸς Αβραὰμ καὶ ό θεὸς Ισαὰκ καὶ ὁ θεὸς Ιακώβ«, τῶν ἐν κόσμῳ μὲν κοιμωμένων παρ΄ ἐμοὶ δὲ ζώντων. ἕν πνεῦμα καὶ τὸ αὐτὸ τὸ λαλῆσαν ἐν νόμῳ καὶ ἐν εύαγγελίῳ διδάσκον. τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ Σαδδουκαίοις ὁ σωτὴρ ἐσήμαινεν ὁ λαλῶν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις ⟨ἰδοὺ⟩

### English translation (Claude)

The first voice to Moses is God's testimony: “I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob,” of those who sleep in the world but live with me. One and the same Spirit spoke in the law and teaches in the Gospel. For this the Savior also signified to the Sadducees, he who speaks in the prophets, ⟨behold, I am here⟩.

### Scripture references

- Exod 3:6: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 22:32: allusion, high confidence
- Isa 52:6: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 94.9 (Holl GCS 25:116; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/81-1/#p-94-9).

## Ancoratus 95.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-95-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:116
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Aaron's rod, dry for years.

### Greek text

95. ὑποδείξῃ ⟨καὶ⟩ ή ῥάβδος τοῦ Ααρὼν ξηρὰ οὐσα ⟨διὰ⟩ πολλῶν τάχα ἐτῶν καὶ ἐν σκηνῇ ἀφʼ ἑσπέρας καὶ ἄχρι τῆς ἕω καταλειφθεῖσα. αύτοῖς γὰρ μετὰ καμάτων τὰ ζῶντα δένδρα διὰ δεκαδύο μηνῶν κατὰ περίοδον ἐνιαυτοῦ πληρουμένου καρποὺς γεννᾷ, ἡλίου τε θάλποντος ὺετῶν άρδευόντων δρόσων πεταννυουσῶν νυκτός τε καὶ ήμέρας τρεφουσῶν,

### English translation (Claude)

⟨And⟩ the rod of Aaron shows it, being dry ⟨for⟩ perhaps many years and left in the tabernacle from evening until morning. For living trees, with labor, produce fruit over twelve months as the cycle of the year is completed, with the sun warming, rains watering, dews spreading, and night and day nourishing,

### Scripture references

- Num 17:8: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 95.1 (Holl GCS 25:116; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-95-1).

## Ancoratus 95.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-95-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:116
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: In one night the rod budded: a likeness of resurrection.

### Greek text

ὑπὸ μίαν ⟨δὲ⟩ νύκτα τὸ δυσχερὲς εὐχερὲς ὁ θεὸς εἰργάσατο. ἐβλάστησε γὰρ ἡ ξηρὰ ῥάβδος καὶ φύλλα ἐκβάλλει καὶ καρποὺς πεπείρους. τὰ ὅμοια γὰρ ὑπέδειξεν ό θεὸς τῆς μελλούσης ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ ἔσεσθαι ἀναστάσεως.

### English translation (Claude)

⟨but⟩ in one night God made the difficult easy. For the dry rod sprouted and put out leaves and ripe fruit. For God showed the likeness of the resurrection that would come to be by him.

### Scripture references

- Num 17:8: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 95.2 (Holl GCS 25:116; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-95-2).

## Ancoratus 95.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-95-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:116
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Birth takes nine months.

### Greek text

συλλαμβανομένων δὲ τῶν παίδων κατὰ τὸν σεμνὸν γάμον, ον ό κύριος ύπέδειξε, πρῶτον καταβάλλεται σπέρμα τῆς ἀκολουθίας, ὡς κατέδειξεν ὁ κύριος, κατὰ τὰς γεννητικὰς μήτρας· χρόνων δὲ ἀνακυλιομένων τὸ καταβληθὲν ἐν τῇ γαστρὶ τελεσ- φορεῖται διὰ χρόνου ἐνναμηνιαίου· φημὶ δὲ ὑπὸ ἐννέα μηνῶν τὸν άριθμὸν τελεσιουργεῖται τὸ κυϊσκόμενον καὶ γεννᾶται.

### English translation (Claude)

When children are conceived in honorable marriage, which the Lord showed, seed is first cast into the wombs of generation according to the sequence, as the Lord showed; and as time rolls on, what was cast into the womb is brought to completion over nine months; I mean, in the number of nine months what is conceived is perfected and born.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 95.3 (Holl GCS 25:116; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-95-3).

## Ancoratus 95.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-95-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:116–117
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The resurrection happens in a moment.

### Greek text

ἐν δὲ τῇ ἀναστάσει οὐχ οὕτως· ὑπὸ θῆξιν γὰρ τὸ ἔργον. σαλπίσει γάρ, καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ ἐγερθήσονται ἄφθαρτοι«. ὡς ἔδειξεν ὸ κύριος ἐν τῇ σκηνῇ τοῦ μαρτυρίου ὅτι τὰ κάρυα τὰ ἐν τοῖς ζῶσι δένδροις διὰ δεκαδύο μηνῶν ἐγκυμονούμενα έν τῷ ξηρῷ ξύλῳ πυκάζονται καὶ βλαστοὶ γίνονται καὶ ὑΠὸ μίαν νύκτα, οὐ.

### English translation (Claude)

But in the resurrection it is not so; for the work is in a moment. “For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible.” As the Lord showed in the tent of witness that the nuts which in living trees are carried twelve months thickened on the dry wood and became shoots in one night; not

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 15:52: quotation, high confidence
- Num 17:8: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- θῆξιν (literally “a touch”) is rendered “a moment.”

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 95.4 (Holl GCS 25:116–117; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-95-4).

## Ancoratus 95.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-95-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:117
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: What takes months in nature happens instantly at the resurrection.

### Greek text

μόνον δὲ ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ θῆξιν μιᾶς ὥρας ἐτελεσιούργησε τὸ διὰ δεκαδύο μηνῶν ὡς εἴρηται γινόμενον· καὶ ὼσαύτως τὸ διʼ ἐννέα μηνῶν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ γενόμενον βρέφος, ὃ διᾲ πολλοῦ τοῦ χρόνου συναχθὲν τελειοῦται, ἐν δὲ] δὲ] ἀναστάσει ὑπὸ θῆξιν πληρωθὲν ἀνίσταται.

### English translation (Claude)

only so, but in the space of a single hour he completed what takes twelve months to happen, as has been said; and likewise the infant that takes nine months in the womb, which is completed by being gathered over a long time, in the resurrection is completed in a moment and rises.

### Translation notes

- The editor twice deletes δέ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 95.5 (Holl GCS 25:117; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-95-5).

## Ancoratus 96.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-96-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:117
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Moses' rod illustrates God's power.

### Greek text

96. Πεισάτω τοὺς ἀπίστους ἡ δύναμις τοῦ κυρίου, ⟨οὗ⟩ οὐδεὶς »ἀνθίσταται τῷ βουλήματι( ἀκουσατω Μωυσῆς καὶ ἐπιδεικνύτω. »τί ἐν τῇ χειρί σου;« φησὶν ό κύριος· ό δὲ εἶπε »ῥάβδος« ἡ δὲ ῥάβδος ξυλίνη ἡν αὕτη, ξηρὰ δὲ πάντως. καί φησι »ῥῖψον αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. καὶ ἔρριψε« τὴν ξηρὰν ῥάβδον.

### English translation (Claude)

Let the power of the Lord persuade the unbelievers, whose “will” no one “resists.” Let Moses hear and show it. “What is in your hand?” says the Lord; and he said, “A rod.” And this rod was wooden and certainly dry. And he says, “Throw it on the ground. And he threw” the dry rod.

### Scripture references

- Rom 9:19: quotation, high confidence
- Exod 4:2: quotation, high confidence
- Exod 4:3: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 96.1 (Holl GCS 25:117; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-96-1).

## Ancoratus 96.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-96-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:117
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The rod became a living serpent.

### Greek text

καὶ τὸ ξηρὸν ὁ θεὸς ὑγρὸν ἐπετέλει καὶ οὐ μόνον ὑγρόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἔμψυχον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῇ φύσει παρηλλαγμένον καὶ τῇ οὐσίᾳ ἑτέρως ἐσχηματισμένον.

### English translation (Claude)

And God made the dry moist, and not only moist but also living, and changed in nature and shaped otherwise in substance.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 96.2 (Holl GCS 25:117; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-96-2).

## Ancoratus 96.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-96-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:117
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The miracle was real, not illusion.

### Greek text

οὐκ ἠν φάντασμα τὸ ἔργον· ἀλήθεια γὰρ θεοῦ προστάγματι ἐργάζεται καὶ οὐ φαντασία. ἐν ἅπασι γὰρ διορθουμένην τὴν ἡμῶν διανοιαν παρέστησε διὰ Μωυσέως ⟨πρὸς⟩ τὴν ἀλήθειαν.

### English translation (Claude)

The work was not an apparition; for truth works by God's command, not fantasy. For in all things he set our mind straight toward the truth through Moses.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 96.3 (Holl GCS 25:117; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-96-3).

## Ancoratus 96.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-96-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:117
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Moses fled because the serpent was real.

### Greek text

ἔγνω γὰρ ό προφήτης ὅτι τὸ γινόμενον οὐκ ἦν δοκήσει, ἀλλʼ ἀληθείᾳ ἐν τῷ ἀποδρᾶσαι· εἰ γὰρ φαντασίαν ᾔδει τὸ γινόμενον, οὐκ ἀπεδίδρασκεν ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ ὄφεως.

### English translation (Claude)

For the prophet knew that what happened was not in appearance but in truth, in running away; for if he had known what happened to be fantasy, he would not have fled from the serpent.

### Scripture references

- Exod 4:3: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 96.4 (Holl GCS 25:117; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-96-4).

## Ancoratus 96.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-96-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:117
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: It was the same rod that came alive.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ μὴ πάλιν τοῦτο εἰς σκάνδαλον γενήσεται τοῖς φιλονείκοις καὶ εἴπωσιν· ὅτι ἄλλη ἦν ή ῥάβδος, »ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἔδωκεν« αὐτῇ ἀλλοῖον »σῶμα, ὡς ἠθέλησε«. καὶ πρῶτον μὲν οὖν μαθέτωσαν ὅτι οὐκ ἄλλην ἀντὶ ἄλλης ἐψύχωσεν,

### English translation (Claude)

But let this not again become a stumbling block to the contentious, and let them not say that the rod was another, and “God gave” it a different “body, as he wished.” And first let them learn that he did not animate one thing in place of another,

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 15:38: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 96.5 (Holl GCS 25:117; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-96-5).

## Ancoratus 96.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-96-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:117
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: No substitution took place.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ αὐτὴν ἐκείνην τὴν ξηρὰν οὖσαν ἐψύχωσεν· ὅτι τοῦτο τὸ δοθὲν τῇ ῥάβδῳ σῶμα καὶ κινούμενον ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ γένος ἢ εἶδος εἰς κρίσιν ὁ θεὸς οὐκ ἐκάλει ἀντὶ τῆς ῥάβδου τὸν δράΚοντα ἠθέλησε δικάζειν,

### English translation (Claude)

but animated that very rod which was dry; since God did not call this body given to the rod, and the kind or form moved by it, to judgment; he did not wish to judge the serpent instead of the rod;

### Translation notes

- The Greek is loose; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 96.6 (Holl GCS 25:117; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-96-6).

## Ancoratus 96.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-96-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:117
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The whole rod was changed, a pledge of resurrection.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ πληροφορίαν μὲν διὰ τῆς ῥάβδου ἀναστάσεως εἰργάσατο, τὸ δὲ ἴδιον δυνατὸν ό θεὸς ἀπεδείκνυ, ἵνα μή τις ἀπιστήσῃ τῷ δυνατῷ έν πᾶσι. καὶ αὐτὸ δὲ μετὰ πάσης ἀσφαλείας ἐποιήσατο· οὐ γὰρ μέρος τι τῆς ῥάβδου ἤγειρεν, ἀλλʼ ὅλην τὴν ῥάβδον μετέβαλεν ὡς ἠθέλησε.

### English translation (Claude)

but through the rod he produced full assurance of the resurrection, and God showed his own power, so that no one might disbelieve his power in all things. And he did this with all security; for he did not raise some part of the rod, but changed the whole rod as he wished.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 96.7 (Holl GCS 25:117; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-96-7).

## Ancoratus 97.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-97-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:117–118
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Moses' blessing of Reuben shows hope of resurrection and escape from the second death.

### Greek text

97. Καὶ ὅτι μὲν ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχει καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ ἐλπίδα ἔχουσι ζωῆς αἰωνίου καὶ »εἱ ἐν μνήμασιν ἀναστήσονται«, κάλει μοι πάλιν μάρτυρα τὸν ἀξιόπιστον Μωυσέα. πλημμελήσαντος γὰρ τοῦ Ῥουβεὶμ ἐπαρᾶται αὐτῷ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ ὁ ἄγιος Ιακὼβ ὁ πατριάρχης καί | φησι D199 »Ῥουβεὶμ πρωτότοκός μου καὶ ἀρχὴ τέκνων μου, ἐξύβρισας ὡς ὕδωρ· μὴ ἐκζέσῃς. ἀνέβης γὰρ εἰς τὴν κοίτην τοῦ πατρός σου καὶ ἀπεκάλυψας φησίν, ἐν δὲ τῷ Ἑβραϊκῷ ἐλθωθάρ, ὅπερ ἐστὶν 2 ἑρμηνευόμενον μὴ ἀνακάμψῃς ἢ μὴ προστεθείης ἢ πάλιν μὴ περισσεύσῃς, ψιλούμενον δὲ τῇ λέξει μὴ ἐκζέσῃς· οἱ δὲ ἑρμηνευταὶ ἐξέδωκαν οὕτως. καὶ ⟨εἰ⟩ θέλεις μαθεῖν ὅτι ταῦθʼ οὕτως ἕχει καὶ θάνατος ἀπὸ πατρὸς ὡρίζετο τούτῳ ἡμαρτηκότι, Μωυσῆς σοι σαφηνίσει. εὐλογῶν γὰρ καὶ αὐτὸς τὰς δώδεκα φυλὰς ἐπὶ τὸν Ῥουβεὶμ ἐλθῶν 4 καὶ γνοὺς ὅτι ἱερεὺς Λευί ἐν χειρὶ γὰρ τῆς ἱερωσύνης ἐλύετο καὶ ἐδεσμεύετο τὰ ἁμαρτήματα), φησί »ζήτω Ῥουβεὶμ καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ‘. πῶς δὲ ἐδυνατο ζῆν ὁ πρὸ ἑκατὸν εἴκοσι ἕξ ἐτῶν τεθαμμένος; ἀλλʼ 5 6 ἐπεὶ ᾔδει καὶ τὴν ἀνάστασιν κατὰ πάντα μέλλουσαν ἔσεσθαι, οἶδε δὲ θάνατον δεύτερον τὸν διὰ καταδίκης ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς κρίσεως, βουλόμενος αὐτὸν ἀντὶ τῆς μιᾶς τιμωρίας κουφίσαι ἀπὸ τῶν μελλόντων φησί »ζήτως« ἐν*τῇ ἀναστάσει, σημαίνων· | ᾔδει ᾔδει γὰρ ὅτι 7 P101 ζλήσονται ἅπαντες) καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνῃ«, τουτέστι μὴ περιβληθῇ θανάτῳ δευτέρῳ τῷ διὰ καταδίκης καὶ βασάνῳ αἰωνίᾳ. εἰ γὰρ περὶ τῆς 8 ζημίας τῆς ζωῆς αὐτῷ ἔμελεν, ἤρκει εἰπεῖν μόνον »ζήτω Ῥουβείμ«· ἐπειδὴ δὲ περὶ τῶν μελλόντων σημαίνει, λέγει ζήτω Ῥουβεὶμ καὶ μὴ ἀποθάνῃι«.

### English translation (Claude)

And that these things are so, and the dead have hope of eternal life and “those in the tombs will rise,” call me again as witness the trustworthy Moses. For when Reuben sinned, his father the holy patriarch Jacob cursed him and said, “Reuben, my firstborn and the beginning of my children, you were insolent like water; do not boil over. For you went up to your father's bed and uncovered” it, he says; and in the Hebrew, ʼal-tôtar, which is translated “do not return,” or “may you not be added,” or again “may you not have the preeminence,” but in the bare word “do not boil over”; and the translators rendered it so. And ⟨if⟩ you wish to learn that this is so, and that death was decreed by his father for him who had sinned, Moses will make it clear to you. For he too, blessing the twelve tribes, coming to Reuben and knowing that Levi was priest (for in the hand of the priesthood sins were loosed and bound), says, “Let Reuben live and not die.” But how could he live who had been buried a hundred and twenty-six years before? But since he knew that the resurrection would certainly come, and knew the second death, by condemnation on the day of judgment, wishing to relieve him from the things to come in place of the one punishment, he says “let him live,” meaning in the resurrection (for he knew that all will live), “and not die,” that is, not be surrounded by the second death by condemnation and eternal torment. For if he cared about the loss of his life, it would have sufficed to say only “Let Reuben live”; but since he signifies the things to come, he says, “Let Reuben live and not die.”

### Scripture references

- John 5:28: allusion, high confidence
- Gen 49:3: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 49:4: quotation, high confidence
- Deut 33:6: quotation, high confidence
- Rev 20:14: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- Stray verse numbers and page markers (D199, P101) in the digital text are ignored. The Hebrew word (אל תותר) is given in transliteration; Epiphanius's glosses are his own. The Reuben story is Gen 35:22 and 49:3–4.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 97.1 (Holl GCS 25:117–118; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-97-1).

## Ancoratus 98.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:118
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Testimonies to the resurrection are abundant.

### Greek text

98. Καὶ πόθεν ⟨οὐ⟩ δυνήσεται συλλέξαι τὰς τοσαύτας μαρτυρίας περὶ τῆς ἡμῶν ἐλπίδος καὶ προσδοκίας τῆς ἀναστάσεως, τῆς ἐν ἀληθείᾳ καὶ οὐχ ἐν δοκήσει;

### English translation (Claude)

And from where will one ⟨not⟩ be able to gather so many testimonies about our hope and expectation of the resurrection, in truth and not in appearance?

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 98.1 (Holl GCS 25:118; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-1).

## Ancoratus 98.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:118
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A partial resurrection would make God partial.

### Greek text

λεγέτωσαν γὰρ οἱ κενόδοξοι καὶ φιλονεικοῦντες μάτην, πότερόν ποτε μέρος ἀνίσταται τῶν σωμάτων καὶ πάντων ἀνὰ μέρος ἢ πάλιν τινῶν τὸ ὅλον ἐγείρεται καὶ τινῶν ἀνὰ μέρος ἡ ἀνάστασις, τινῶν δὲ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα. τίς ἡ τοιαύτη προσωποληψία; ἆρα »προσωποληψία παρὰ τῷ θεῷ;« μὴ γένοιτο.

### English translation (Claude)

For let the vainglorious and those who quarrel in vain say whether a part of bodies rises, and of all partially, or again of some the whole is raised and of some the resurrection is partial, while of others the whole body. What favoritism is this? Is there “partiality with God”? God forbid.

### Scripture references

- Rom 2:11: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 98.2 (Holl GCS 25:118; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-2).

## Ancoratus 98.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:118–119
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Elijah and Elisha raised whole bodies.

### Greek text

ἐρευνήσωμεν ποῦ ἢ πότε ἤγειραν οἱ ἅγιοι νεκρὸν ἀπὸ μέρους καὶ οὐχὶ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα. ὁ υἱὸς τῆς ἐν Σαραφθίᾳ χήρας ὅλος ἀνέστη καὶ οὐ μέρος κατελείφθη, ό υἱὸς τῆς Σουμανίτιδος ὅλος ἀνέστη καὶ οὐδὲν μέλος αὐτοῦ εἴασε μὴ ἀναστάν.

### English translation (Claude)

Let us search where or when the saints raised a dead person partially and not the whole body. The son of the widow in Zarephath rose whole and no part was left; the son of the Shunammite woman rose whole and he left no member of him unraised.

### Scripture references

- 1 Kgs 17:22: allusion, high confidence
- 2 Kgs 4:35: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 98.3 (Holl GCS 25:118–119; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-3).

## Ancoratus 98.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:119
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Lazarus came out whole.

### Greek text

καὶ ⟨ὁ⟩ κύριος τὸν Λάζαρον ἤγειρε καὶ οὐκ ἐγκατέλιπε λείψανον ἐν τῷ μνήματι, ἀλλὰ μετὰ τῶν κειριῶν καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐνδυμάτων * καὶ οὐχὶ πάντως τῶν ἱματίων χρεία ἐν ἡμέρᾳ κρίσεως·

### English translation (Claude)

And ⟨the⟩ Lord raised Lazarus and left no remnant in the tomb, but with the grave bands and other wrappings *; and certainly there is no need of garments on the day of judgment.

### Scripture references

- John 11:44: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 98.4 (Holl GCS 25:119; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-4).

## Ancoratus 98.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:119
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ raised whole persons.

### Greek text

τὸν υἱὸν τῆς ἐν τῇ Ναῒν ὅλον ἤγειρε, τὴν θυγατέρα τοῦ ἀρχισυναγώγου, τὴν θυγατέρα τοῦ ἑκατοντάρχου. καὶ ὢ μάταιος ὑπόνοια τῶν τὰ τοιαῦτα λογιζομένων, ὅτι μέρος ἐγείρει καὶ μέρος καταλιμπάνει.

### English translation (Claude)

He raised the son of the widow in Nain whole, the daughter of the ruler of the synagogue, the daughter of the centurion. And O the vain notion of those who reckon such things, that he raises a part and leaves a part!

### Scripture references

- Luke 7:15: allusion, high confidence
- Mark 5:42: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 8:13: allusion, low confidence

### Translation notes

- “The daughter of the centurion” is Epiphanius's wording; the Gospels speak of the centurion's servant, who was healed (Matt 8:13).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 98.5 (Holl GCS 25:119; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-5).

## Ancoratus 98.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:119
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Enoch and Elijah, taken up bodily, show a complete resurrection.

### Greek text

ἴδωμεν δὲ ἐξ αὐτῶν τῶν ὑποκειμένων καὶ τῶν ἤδη ἰσόρροπα ἐλπίδος ἡμῖν γεγενημένων. Ἐνὼχ ὅλος μετετέθη καὶ οὐκ εἶδεν ἕως τῆς δεῦρο θάνατον καὶ Ἠλίας ὅλος ἀνελήφθη ἐν σώματι καὶ οὐκ εἶδεν ἄχρι τῆς δεῦρο θάνατον, ἵνα ἐν δυσὶ ζῶσι σώμασιν παραστήσῃ ἡμῖν τελείαν τὴν ἀνάστασιν.

### English translation (Claude)

Let us look at the matters at hand and at what has already happened for us as a counterweight of hope. Enoch was translated whole and has not seen death until now, and Elijah was taken up whole in the body and has not seen death until now, so that by two living bodies he might present to us the resurrection as complete.

### Scripture references

- Gen 5:24: allusion, high confidence
- Heb 11:5: allusion, high confidence
- 2 Kgs 2:11: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 98.6 (Holl GCS 25:119; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-6).

## Ancoratus 98.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:119
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Uncircumcised Enoch and circumcised Elijah show the resurrection is for all.

### Greek text

καὶ ἵνα μή τις ἀμφιβάλλῃ, δύο χαρακτῆρας * τῶν δύο πρωτοτόκων τῆς ἡμετέρας ἀναστάσεως· Ἐνὼχ ἦν ἐν ἀκροβυστίᾳ καὶ οὐκ ἐκώλυσεν ἡ ἀκροβυστία τὴν ἀνάστασιν οὐδὲ τὴν τοῦ σώματος διὰ βίου τῆς ζωῆς ὑποδοχήν, Ἠλίας ἐν περιτομῇ, ἳνα μὴ ⟨ἡ⟩ ἀνάστασις ἐπί τινας καί τινας νομισθῇ, ἀλλὰ καθολικὴ ὅλη.

### English translation (Claude)

And so that no one may doubt, * two types of the two firstborn of our resurrection: Enoch was in uncircumcision, and uncircumcision did not hinder the resurrection nor the body's reception of life; Elijah was in circumcision, so that ⟨the⟩ resurrection might not be thought to be for some and not others, but wholly universal.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 98.7 (Holl GCS 25:119; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-7).

## Ancoratus 98.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:119
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Virgin Elijah and married Enoch both live on.

### Greek text

Ἠλίας ἦν ἐν παρθενίᾳ, ἵνα τὸ πρόκριτον τῆς παρθενίας τὴν ἀθανασίαν κηρύξῃ τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ τὴν μετὰ σώματος ἀφθαρσίαν· ἵνα δὲ μὴ μόνον ἐπὶ τῆς παρθενίας νομισθῇ εἶναι διὰ τὸ ἐξαίρετον ἡ ἀνάστασις καὶ σώματος ἡ παραμονή, Ἐνὼχ οὐκ ἦν παρθένος, ἀλλʼ ἐγκρατὴς καὶ παιδοποιήσας τέκνα. καὶ δύο μὲν οὗτοι [ἐν] ζῶσιν, ἐν σώματι καὶ ψυχῇ ἐμπαραμένοντες διὰ τὴν ⟨ἡμῶν⟩ ἐλπίδα.

### English translation (Claude)

Elijah was in virginity, so that the preeminence of virginity might proclaim to the world immortality and incorruption with the body; and so that the resurrection and the body's endurance might not be thought to belong only to virginity as something exceptional, Enoch was not a virgin, but self-controlled and had begotten children. And these two live, remaining in body and soul for ⟨our⟩ hope.

### Scripture references

- Gen 5:22: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes ἐν.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 98.8 (Holl GCS 25:119; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-98-8).

## Ancoratus 99.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-99-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:119
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Dathan and Abiram went down bodily to Hades.

### Greek text

99. Καὶ εἰς τὸ μή τινα πάλιν ἀμφιβάλλειν καὶ ἄλλους εἰς Ἅιδην κατήγαγε μετὰ τῶν σωμάτων. ἤνοιξε γὰρ ἡ γῆ τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς καὶ κατέπιε Δαθὰν καὶ Ἀβειρών, τοὺς υἱοὺς Κορὲ καὶ Αὐνᾶν, καὶ κατέβησαν εἰς Ἅιδην ζῶντες ⟨σὺν⟩ σώματι καὶ ψυχῇ. ἀπʼ αὐτῆς γὰρ τῆς ὥρας εἰς κρίσιν παρεδόθησαν, μήτε τῶν σωμάτων λυθέντων μήτε λειψάνου παραδοθέντος ἢ μέρους, ἀλλὰ ὅλων σὺν σώματι καὶ ψυχῇ

### English translation (Claude)

And so that no one may doubt again, he also brought others down to Hades with their bodies. For the earth opened its mouth and swallowed Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Korah, and On, and they went down alive to Hades ⟨with⟩ body and soul. For from that very hour they were handed over to judgment, with neither their bodies dissolved nor a remnant or part handed over, but the whole with body and soul

### Scripture references

- Num 16:32: allusion, high confidence
- Num 16:33: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Epiphanius calls Dathan and Abiram “sons of Korah”; in Num 16:1 they are sons of Eliab, and On (Αὐνᾶν) is son of Peleth.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 99.1 (Holl GCS 25:119; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-99-1).

## Ancoratus 99.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-99-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:119–120
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Job, the Psalms, and Isaiah speak of resurrection.

### Greek text

εἰς τιμωρίαν παραδοθέντων. ὁ Ἰώβ φησιν »ἕως πάλιν γένωμαι« καί »⟨ἀναστήσαι⟩ τὸ σῶμα τοῦτο τὸ ἀντλοῦν ταῦτα« καί »ἀνακαινιεῖς με« καὶ πάλιν »ἀνακαινισθήσεται ὡς ἀετοῦ ἡ νεότης σου«, Ἠσαΐας δέ »άναστήσονται οἱ νεκροὶ καὶ ἐγερθήσονται οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις‘· Με γὰρ ὁ »λύων πεπεδημένους ἐν ἀνδρείᾳ, ὁμοίως τοὺς παραπικραίνοντας, τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν τάφοις‘.

### English translation (Claude)

handed over to punishment. Job says, “until I come to be again,” and “⟨may he raise up⟩ this body that endures these things,” and “you will renew me,” and again, “your youth will be renewed like the eagle's”; and Isaiah, “The dead will rise, and those in the tombs will be raised”; ⟨for God is⟩ “the one who sets free those bound in strength, likewise the rebellious, those who dwell in tombs.”

### Scripture references

- Job 14:14: quotation, high confidence
- Job 19:26: quotation, medium confidence
- Ps 103:5 (102:5 LXX): quotation, high confidence
- Isa 26:19: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 68:6 (67:7 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Με is a digital slip, probably for θεός. The second quotation is Job 19:26 LXX (with “body” for “skin”); “you will renew me” is unidentified.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 99.2 (Holl GCS 25:119–120; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-99-2).

## Ancoratus 99.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-99-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:120
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Job means the resurrection waits for the end of the world.

### Greek text

λέγει δὲ Ἰώβ »ἄνθρωπος δὲ κοιμηθεὶς οὐκέτι οὐ μὴ ἐγερθῇ οὔτε ἐπιγνώσεται τὸν τόπον αύτοῦ«. καὶ γὰρ ἀληθῶς καθʼ ἡμέραν οὐ γίνεται ἡ ἀνάστασις, ἀλλʼ εἰς μίαν ὥρισται ἡμέραν. δεικνὺς δὲ ὅτι οἶδεν εἰς ποίαν προθεσμίαν προσεδόκα, εὐθὺς ἔλυσε τὸ ζήτημα »ἕως ἄν ὁ οὐρανὸς οὐ μὴ συρραφῇ«.

### English translation (Claude)

But Job says, “A man who has fallen asleep will not rise again, nor will he know his place.” And indeed resurrection does not happen daily, but is appointed for one day. And showing that he knew what term he awaited, he at once solved the question: “until the heaven is no longer sewn together.”

### Scripture references

- Job 14:12: quotation, high confidence
- Job 7:10: quotation, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 99.3 (Holl GCS 25:120; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-99-3).

## Ancoratus 99.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-99-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:120
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: At the end the dead will be raised.

### Greek text

ὄσον γὰρ ἔστιν ⟨ὁ⟩ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ, ἔτι καὶ τὰ σώματα ἐν τῇ γῇ ὺπάρχει. ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ ὁ ἑλίσσων τὸν οὐρανὸν ὡς βιβλίον« καὶ τινάσσων τὴν γῆν, τότε »ἐγερθήσονται καὶ οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς χώματος«.

### English translation (Claude)

For as long as heaven and earth exist, the bodies also are still in the earth. But when he comes “who rolls up the heaven like a scroll” and shakes the earth, then “those in the dust of the earth will also be raised.”

### Scripture references

- Isa 34:4: quotation, high confidence
- Dan 12:2: quotation, medium confidence
- Isa 26:19: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 99.4 (Holl GCS 25:120; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-99-4).

## Ancoratus 99.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-99-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:120
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Ezekiel's vision of the bones and the spirits.

### Greek text

διὰ τοῦτο λέγει τῷ Ἰεζεκιήλ υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, εἰπὲ συναχθῆναι ὀστοῦν πρὸς ὀστοῦν καὶ ἁρμονίαν πρὸς ἀρμονίαν« καὶ ἐγένετο οὕτως· καί »γενέσθαι έπ΄ αύτὰ νεῦρα καὶ φλέβας, σάρκας καὶ τρίχας καὶ ὄνυχας«· καὶ πάλιν »εἰπὲ υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, ἐλθὲ τὸ πνεῦμα ἀπὸ τῶν τεσσάρων γωνιῶν τῆς γῆς«, τῶν τόπων δηλαδὴ τῶν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ἀποτεταμιευμένων.

### English translation (Claude)

For this reason he says to Ezekiel, “Son of man, say that bone should come together to bone and joint to joint,” and it was so; and “that sinews and veins, flesh and hair and nails should come upon them”; and again, “Say, son of man, come, spirit, from the four corners of the earth,” that is, from the places stored up for the souls.

### Scripture references

- Ezek 37:4: allusion, high confidence
- Ezek 37:6: allusion, high confidence
- Ezek 37:9: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation paraphrases Ezek 37:4–9; “hair and nails” are Epiphanius's additions.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 99.5 (Holl GCS 25:120; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-99-5).

## Ancoratus 99.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-99-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:120
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Ezekiel spoke because those bones would die again; God's own word is final.

### Greek text

καὶ τίνι τῷ λόγῳ αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος οὐ λέγει, ἀλλὰ κελεύει τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ λέγειν; ὅτι ὅ λέγει κύριος ἅμα καὶ ποιεῖ καὶ οὐκέτι λύεται· τῷ δὲ ἀνθρώπῳ προσέταξε λέγειν, ἵνα μετὰ τὸ ἀναστῆναι πρὸς τὴν ὥραν σημανθῇ μὲν ἡμῶν ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς σωτηρίας, ἀνθρώπου δὲ λόγος λυθῇ καὶ οὐ τοῦ κυρίου. ἤμελλον γὰρ πάλιν ἀποθνῄσκειν έκεῖνα τὰ ὀστᾶ. ὀστᾶ. δὲ εἴπῃ ὁ κύριος, ἀνάστητε, ἐγείρονται καὶ οὐκ ἀποθνᾐσκουσι· θεοῦ γὰρ λόγος οὐ λυθήσεται.

### English translation (Claude)

And for what reason does the Lord himself not speak, but command the man to speak? Because what the Lord says he at once does, and it is no longer undone; but he commanded the man to speak, so that after they rose for the hour our hope of salvation might be signified, and the word undone would be a man's and not the Lord's. For those bones were to die again. But when the Lord says, “Arise,” they are raised and do not die; for God's word will not be undone.

### Translation notes

- ὀστᾶ is repeated in the digital text where a word such as “when” is expected; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 99.6 (Holl GCS 25:120; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-99-6).

## Ancoratus 100.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-100-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:120–121
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's miracles foreshadow the universal resurrection.

### Greek text

100. Διὸ τοῦτο καὶ ὁ κύριος ἐν σαρκὶ ἐλθὼν ἤγειρε νεκρούς, ἵνα τὸ διὰ τῆς σαρκὸς πάλιν κοιμηθῇ, ἴως αὐτὴ ἡ σὰρξ ἀναστῇ καὶ μηκέτι ἀποθάνῃ καὶ σιωπήσῃ τοῦτο ⟨τὸ⟩ λέγειν μόνῳ ἑνί· »δεῦρο ἔξω«, ἕως ἄν ἔλθῃ καὶ μηκέτι ἑνικῶς εἴπῃ, ἔγειραι, άλλ ἐγείρεσθε πάντες, τὴν καθολικὴν άνάστασιν ἐργαζόμενος· αύτὸς γάρ ἐστιν ἡ ἀνάστασις τῶν νεκρῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

For this reason the Lord, coming in the flesh, raised the dead, so that what was through the flesh should fall asleep again, until the flesh itself rises and dies no more, and he is silent from saying to only one, “Come out,” until he comes and no longer says in the singular, “Arise,” but, “Arise, all,” effecting the universal resurrection; for he himself is the resurrection of the dead.

### Scripture references

- John 11:43: quotation, high confidence
- John 11:25: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 100.1 (Holl GCS 25:120–121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-100-1).

## Ancoratus 100.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-100-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:121
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: At Christ's resurrection many saints rose.

### Greek text

ὡδε γὰρ μετὰ τὸ ἀναστῆναι ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν οὐδένα ἤγειρε ἤγειρε ⟩ τῶν προσφάτως τελευτησάντων. ἀνέστησαν γὰρ σὺν αὐτῷ πολλὰ σώματα τῶν κεκοιμημένων ἁγίων καὶ ὤφθησαν πολλοῖς«, »μετʼ αὐτοῦ εἰσελθόντες εἰς τὸν νυμφῶνα«, κατὰ τὰ ἐν εὐαγγελίῳ γεγραμμένα.

### English translation (Claude)

For here, after rising from the dead, he raised none of those who had recently died. For “many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep rose with him and appeared to many,” “having entered with him into the bridal chamber,” according to what is written in the Gospel.

### Scripture references

- Matt 27:52: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 27:53: quotation, medium confidence
- Matt 25:10: allusion, low confidence

### Translation notes

- “Entered with him into the bridal chamber” is not in Matt 27:53 (“entered the holy city”); it may echo Matt 25:10. The verb ἤγειρε is repeated in the digital text.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 100.2 (Holl GCS 25:121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-100-2).

## Ancoratus 100.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-100-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:121
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Whole bodies of recently dead saints rose.

### Greek text

καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν, ἀνέστη μέρος τῶν σωμάτων τῶν ἁγίων, ἀλλὰ σώματα τῶν ἀγίων· καί »ἐνεφανίσθησαν πολλοῖς«, οὐκ ἄλλοι ὄντες παρὰ τοὺς τετελευτηκότας, άλλ΄ ἐπιγινωσκόμενοι παρὰ τῶν ἰδίων, ὅτι οὐ πρὸ χρόνων ἠσαν τετελευτηκότες.

### English translation (Claude)

And it did not say, “a part of the bodies of the saints rose,” but “bodies of the saints”; and “they appeared to many,” not being others than those who had died, but recognized by their own people, since they had not died long before.

### Scripture references

- Matt 27:52: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 27:53: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 100.3 (Holl GCS 25:121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-100-3).

## Ancoratus 100.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-100-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:121
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Jairus's daughter was raised by a word.

### Greek text

καὶ ἄλλοις δεῖξαι δὲ βουλόμενος ό κύριος ἡμῶν τὸ θαῦμα, τὰ δὴ δυσχερῆ ἐκεῖνα εὐχερῆ δεικνὺς ἐπετέλει. καὶ ὅτε μὲν ἔρχεται πρὸς τὴν προσφάτως τελευτήσασαν κόρην, τὴν θυγατέρα τοῦ άρχισυναγώγου, ἐπειδὴ αὐτῇ τῇ ὥρᾳ τετελεύτηκε, κατηξίωσεν αὐτῇ εἰπεῖν· »άνάστηθι ἡ παῖς«· τῷ δὴ ἀνάστηθι ἰσχυροποιῶν τὸ ἤδη λελυμένον, ἐπειδὴ ἔτι ἐν τῇ

### English translation (Claude)

And wishing to show the wonder to others too, our Lord performed those difficult things showing them easy. And when he comes to the girl who had just died, the daughter of the ruler of the synagogue, since she had died that very hour, he deigned to say to her, “Arise, child,” by the “arise” strengthening what was already dissolved, since she was still on the

### Scripture references

- Luke 8:54: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 100.4 (Holl GCS 25:121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-100-4).

## Ancoratus 100.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-100-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:121
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The widow's son was raised by a touch.

### Greek text

κλίνῃ ἦν. τὸν δὲ υἱὸν τῆς χήρας τῆς ἐν τῇ Ναίν, ἐπειδὴ ἤδη ἐν τῇ σορῷ ἐξεφέρετο, εὐχερέστερον ἤγειρεν· »ἥψατο γὰρ τῆς σοροῦ« καὶ οὐχ εἶπέ τι τῷ παιδί. ἀλλὰ μόνον ἥψατο τῆς σοροῦ καὶ ἀνέστη.

### English translation (Claude)

bed. But the son of the widow in Nain, since he was already being carried out on the bier, he raised more easily: “for he touched the bier” and said nothing to the boy, but only touched the bier and he rose.

### Scripture references

- Luke 7:14: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- In Luke 7:14 Jesus also speaks to the young man; Epiphanius's point concerns the touch.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 100.5 (Holl GCS 25:121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-100-5).

## Ancoratus 100.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-100-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:121
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Lazarus was raised by a call alone.

### Greek text

τὸ δὲ ἔτι βαθύτατον καὶ παρʼ ἐλπίδα ἀνθρώπων πολλῷ μακρότερον, ὅτε ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν τετραήμερον Λάζαρον, οὐδὲ εἶπεν ἀνάστηθι, οὐδὲ ἥψατο τῇ χειρὶ τοῦ μνήματος, ἀλλʼ οὕτως ἐν ἑτοίμῳ καλεῖ έν τῇ

### English translation (Claude)

And what is still deeper and far beyond human hope: when he came to Lazarus, four days dead, he neither said, “Arise,” nor touched the tomb with his hand, but so readily calls by his

### Scripture references

- John 11:39: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 100.6 (Holl GCS 25:121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-100-6).

## Ancoratus 100.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-100-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:121
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's miracles show the hope of resurrection.

### Greek text

ἰδίᾳ ἐξουσίᾳ, »Λάζαρε, δεῦρο ἔξω«. πολὺ δὲ εὐχερέστερόν ἐστι καὶ ἑτοιμότερον τό »δεῦρο ἕξω« παρὰ τὸ ἅψασθαι, τὸ δὲ ἅψασθαι πάλιν εὐχερέστερόν ἐστι πολὺ τοῦ καλέσαι ἡ »ἡ παῖς ἀνάστηθι«. ὡδε δὲ πάντα ποιεῖ ὁ ἁγιος τοῦ θεοῦ Λόγος, ἵνα ἡμῖν τὴν ἐλπίδα ὑποδείξῃ τῆς ἀναστάσεως.

### English translation (Claude)

own authority, “Lazarus, come out.” And “come out” is much easier and readier than touching, and touching again is much easier than calling “Child, arise.” So the holy Word of God does all things, to show us the hope of the resurrection.

### Scripture references

- John 11:43: quotation, high confidence
- Luke 8:54: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The comparison of ease seems inverted in the digital text; translated as written.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 100.7 (Holl GCS 25:121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-100-7).

## Ancoratus 101.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-101-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:121
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: In short, the one hope of resurrection is proclaimed throughout.

### Greek text

101. Εἰ δὲ βουληθείην τὰς πόσας μαρτυρίας ἐκ πασῶν τῶν γραφῶν ἐκλέξασθαι, μικρὸς μὲν ό ἡμέτερος νοῦς βραχύς τε καὶ ἰδιώτης, ὅμως διὰ τὸ πλῆθος ⟨δέδια μὴ⟩ εἰς πολὺ πλάτος ἐπεκτείνω τὸν λόγον· συνελὼν δὲ ἐρῶ ὅτι ἡ ἡμῶν σωτηρία σύντομός ἐστιν, ἐν πᾶσι δὲ ⟩ μιᾶς ἐλπίδος τῆς ἀναστάσεως ἡμῖν κεκηρυγμένης.

### English translation (Claude)

And if I wished to select all the testimonies from all the Scriptures, small as our mind is, brief and unlearned, yet because of their number ⟨I fear lest⟩ I stretch the discourse to great length; but in sum I will say that our salvation is concise, and in all things ⟨is found⟩ the one hope of the resurrection proclaimed to us.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 101.1 (Holl GCS 25:121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-101-1).

## Ancoratus 101.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-101-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:121–122
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A prayer for those who reject the resurrection.

### Greek text

ταῦτα δὲ ἀπιστοῦσιν ἄπιστοι, παραφθείρουσι κακόδοξοι, οὐ δέχονται φιλόνεικοι, ἀπωθοῦνται κενόδοξοι. τοῖς δὲ πᾶσιν ό θεὸς τὸ ἔλεος παράσχῃ καὶ διαυγάσῃ τὰ ἐζοφωμένα τῶν διανοημάτων.

### English translation (Claude)

These things unbelievers disbelieve, wrong-thinkers corrupt, the contentious do not accept, the vainglorious reject. But may God grant mercy to all and illuminate the darkened parts of their thoughts.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 101.2 (Holl GCS 25:121–122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-101-2).

## Ancoratus 101.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-101-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:122
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The faithful will refute the pagans.

### Greek text

Ἕλληνες μὲν γὰρ ⟨μὴ⟩ λαβόντες πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐλεγχθήσονται ὑπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας καὶ πασῶν τῶν προλεχθεισῶν μαρτυριῶν, μάλιστα δὲ ὑφʼ ὑμῶν τῶν υἱῶν τῆς ἀγίας τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκλησίας καὶ ὁρθοδόξου πίστεως.

### English translation (Claude)

For the Greeks, ⟨not⟩ having received the Holy Spirit, will be refuted by the truth and by all the testimonies mentioned, and above all by you, the children of the holy church of God and of the orthodox faith.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 101.3 (Holl GCS 25:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-101-3).

## Ancoratus 101.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-101-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:122
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The addressees feed Christ's flock from the holy ground.

### Greek text

διδάσκετε γάρ, λαβόντες πνεῦμα ἄγιον καταξιωθέντες τε λόγου εὐθέτου ἐν ἀνοίξει τοῦ στόματος‘ πρῶτον μέν. ὅτι μαθηταὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καταξιωθέντες εἲναι τοῦ »ἀρχιποίμενος« καὶ προστάτου τῶν ἡμετέρων ψυχῶν‘ *, ὡς τὰ τρόφιμα τοῖς τοῦ Χριστοῦ ποιμνίοις τοῖς ἐαυτῶν λαοῖς συναγαγόντες μεριμνῶντές ⟨τε⟩ ὅπως ἐαυτούς τε καὶ τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ φημὶ δὲ τὸν βουλόμενον πάντως ώφελεῖσθαι, ἐκ τῆς ἀγίας γῆς τῆς χαρὰ Μωυσῇ αἰνιττομένης θρέψητε.

### English translation (Claude)

For you teach, having received the Holy Spirit and been counted worthy of a fitting word “in the opening of the mouth,” first, that as disciples of Christ, counted worthy to be ⟨disciples⟩ of the “chief Shepherd” and guardian of our souls *, gathering nourishment for Christ's flocks, your own peoples, and taking care that you may feed yourselves and God's own, I mean whoever wishes to be helped, from the holy land hinted at to Moses.

### Scripture references

- Eph 6:19: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Pet 5:4: allusion, high confidence
- 1 Pet 2:25: allusion, high confidence
- Exod 3:5: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The sentence is loosely built; translated by sense. χαρά is read as παρά (“to Moses”).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 101.4 (Holl GCS 25:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-101-4).

## Ancoratus 101.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-101-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:122
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: No one who sees the faithful would doubt.

### Greek text

τίς δὲ τῶν εὐ φρονούντων εἰς ὑμᾶς τοὺς εὐλαβεῖς καὶ πιστοὺς σκοπῶν, ὠ ὀρθόδοξοι καὶ υἱοὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐνίους γὰρ λέγων πάντας τοὺς τῆς ἀληθείας λέγω, κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον), τίς περὶ τούτων ἀμφιβάλοι;

### English translation (Claude)

And who among the right-minded, looking at you, the devout and faithful (O orthodox ones and children of the church; for in speaking of some I speak of all who are of the truth, as it is written), who would doubt about these things?

### Translation notes

- The source of “as it is written” is unidentified.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 101.5 (Holl GCS 25:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-101-5).

## Ancoratus 101.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-101-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:122
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The faithful are children of the “valiant woman.”

### Greek text

σοφῆς γὰρ ὄντες καὶ ἀνδρειοτάτης υἱοὶ γυναικός, ἡς τὸ κλέος παρὰ Σολομῶντι λέγοντι »γυναῖκα ἀνδρείαν τίς εὑρήσει;« ὡς σπανίας οὔσης, μᾶλλον δὲ μιᾶς). τὸ κρεῖττον ἐκλέξεσθε καὶ τὸ ὠφέλιμον ἀγαπήσετε.

### English translation (Claude)

For being sons of a wise and most valiant woman, whose fame is in Solomon, who says, “A valiant woman, who will find?” (as being rare, or rather one), you will choose the better and love what is profitable.

### Scripture references

- Prov 31:10: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 101.6 (Holl GCS 25:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-101-6).

## Ancoratus 101.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-101-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:122
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The church is the valiant woman, dying in persecutions.

### Greek text

ἀνδρείαν δὲ γυναῖκα νοεῖτέ μοι τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ, τὴν ὑμῶν μητέρα, ἡς οὐδὲν ἀνδρειότερον, θνῃσκούσης καθʼ ἕκαστον ἐπεγειρόμενον διωγμὸν ὑπὲρ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ ἰδίου ἀνδρός.

### English translation (Claude)

Understand the valiant woman to be the church of God, your mother, than whom nothing is more valiant, dying in each persecution that arises for the name of her own husband.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 101.7 (Holl GCS 25:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-101-7).

## Ancoratus 102.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-102-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:122
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The church asks where Christ shepherds; he bids shepherds remove their sandals.

### Greek text

102. Αὕτη οὐν ἡ ἐπιεικεστάτη τὸν ἵδιον νυμφίον ἀκριβῶς ἐρωτᾷ ἐν τῇ βίβλῳ τῶν ᾀσμάτων ποῦ ποιμαίνεις; ποῦ κοιτάζεις ἐν μεσημβρίᾳ;«· ποιμαίνει δὲ Χριστὸς ἐν ἀγίᾳ γῇ τῇ προειρημένῃ καὶ οὐ μόνον ποιμαίνει, ἀλλὰ καὶ προστάσσει λύειν τὸ ὑπόδημα τῶν ποδῶν τῶν ποιμένων, ὡς Μωυσῇ πρῶτον λέγει·

### English translation (Claude)

She then, most gentle, asks her own bridegroom precisely in the Book of Songs, “Where do you shepherd? Where do you lie down at noon?”; and Christ shepherds in the holy land mentioned before, and not only shepherds, but also commands the shepherds to loosen the sandal from their feet, as he first says to Moses;

### Scripture references

- Song 1:7: quotation, high confidence
- Exod 3:5: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 102.1 (Holl GCS 25:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-102-1).

## Ancoratus 102.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-102-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:122
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Pastors must loosen converts' sandals, which differ.

### Greek text

παρ΄ οὺ τὴν παράδοσιν παρειληφότες καὶ αὐτοὶ τοὺς εἰς τὴν ὰγίαν ἐπιστήμην εἰσαγομένους ἀσφαλῶς χειραγωγεῖτε πρῶτον, τὰ ὑποδήματα ἑκάστου ἐπιλύεσθαι ἐπιμελό- μενοι. ὑποδήματα δὲ ἐκάστου ἡμῶν ἔχει διαφοράν.

### English translation (Claude)

having received the tradition from him, you yourselves too safely lead by the hand first those who are brought into the holy knowledge, taking care that each one's sandals are loosed. And each of our sandals differs.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 102.2 (Holl GCS 25:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-102-2).

## Ancoratus 102.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-102-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:122–123
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Converts put off their particular sins.

### Greek text

τῇ γὰρ ἰδίᾳ ἑαυτοῦ πράξει ἕκαστος ὑπεδήσατο. καὶ λοιπὸν ὑμῶν τῶν μαθητῶν καὶ καλῶν ποιμένων ὑπακούων ἕκαστος, ὅς μὲν ὑπεδήσατο εἰδωλολατρείαν, ὑπελύσατο τῇ ὑμῶν νουθεσίᾳ, ἄλλος δὲ μοιχείαν ὑπελύσατο, ἕτερος πορνείαν, ἄλλος κλοπήν, ὅς δὲ πλεονεξίαν.

### English translation (Claude)

For each has shod himself with his own conduct. And so each one who obeys you, the disciples and good shepherds: one who had put on idolatry has loosed it by your admonition, another adultery, another sexual immorality, another theft, another greed.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 102.3 (Holl GCS 25:122–123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-102-3).

## Ancoratus 102.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-102-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:123
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Converts give themselves to the good shepherd.

### Greek text

οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ λόγοις στυγητοῖς καὶ αἰσχροῖς ῥήμασιν ἀποτασσόμενοι μακαρίαις ἐλπίσιν »ὑπὸ χεῖρα κραταιὰν« τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ποιμένος διʼ ὑμῶν τῶν καλῶν, τῶν μαθητῶν ἕκαστος βουκολεῖσθαι παραδίδωσιν ἑαυτόν· ἀφέξεται γὰρ ἕκαστος πάντως τῆς πλάνης.

### English translation (Claude)

Not only that, but renouncing hateful words and shameful speech, with blessed hopes, each hands himself over through you, the good disciples, to be shepherded “under the mighty hand” of the good shepherd; for each will certainly abstain from error.

### Scripture references

- 1 Pet 5:6: quotation, high confidence
- John 10:11: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 102.4 (Holl GCS 25:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-102-4).

## Ancoratus 102.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-102-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:123
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Pastors expose idols as nothing.

### Greek text

καὶ πρὸ όφθαλμῶν παρατίθεσθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν, εἴδωλα μὲν παραχαράττοντες καὶ ἀναφανδὸν τὴν περὶ αὐτῶν πλάνην ἀνακηρύττοντες οὔτε γὰρ νεκροὺς τούτους ἡγεῖσθε, ἐπεὶ μήποτε ἔζησαν), κενὰ δὲ καὶ μάταια καὶ οὐκ ὅντα εἰκότως πάντας πάντοτε διδάσκοντες.

### English translation (Claude)

And you set the truth before their eyes, exposing idols as counterfeit and openly proclaiming the error about them (for you do not consider them dead, since they never lived), fittingly teaching all always that they are empty and vain and non-existent.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 102.5 (Holl GCS 25:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-102-5).

## Ancoratus 102.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-102-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:123
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Idols are human inventions giving cover to passions.

### Greek text

οὐ γὰρ ἠσάν ποτε, ἵνα ⟨τι⟩ ὡσιν ἐκεῖνοι· εἰσὶ δὲ κακοδαίμονες, ἀνθρωπίνης διανοίας παράθεσις, ἡδονῶν ἀφορμὰς ἐπιρρώσασα· καὶ ἔνθεν ὑπὸ ἑκάστου τὸ ἴδιον πάθος εἰς σέβασμα κυρωθὲν τετόλμηται.

### English translation (Claude)

For those never were, so as to be ⟨anything⟩; but they are ill-starred, an addition of human thought that has strengthened occasions for pleasures; and from there each one's own passion, ratified as an object of worship, has been ventured.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 102.6 (Holl GCS 25:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-102-6).

## Ancoratus 102.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-102-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:123
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Idolatry began with demons and spread through each trade's craft.

### Greek text

πρῶτον γὰρ εὐθὺς ὅτε τοῦτο τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐκαινοτόμητο διὰ δαιμόνων κακουργίας, »πρώτη« αὕτη »πορνεία« ἀπεφθέγγετο καὶ σκιογραφίαις τὰ εἴδωλα προετυποῦτο. ἔπειτα τέχνην τὴν ιδίαν, ἥν μετὰ χεῖρας εἶχεν ἕκαστος, διʼ ἦς τὴν εὐπορίαν εὗρεν, εἰς σέβασμα τοῖς ἰδίοις παρεδίδου τέκνοις καὶ διὰ τῆς ὕλης τῆς ἰδίας τεχνουργίας θεοὺς ἀνεπλάσαντο, καὶ κεραμεὺς μὲν ἐκ πηλοῦ, τέκτων ἐκ ξύλου, χρυσοχόος ἐκ χρυσίου καὶ ἀργυροκόπος ὡσαύτως.

### English translation (Claude)

For first, at once, when this was newly introduced among men through the wickedness of demons, “the first fornication” was uttered, and idols were prefigured in outline drawings. Then each handed down as an object of worship to his own children his own craft, which he had in hand and through which he had found prosperity, and through the material of his own craftsmanship they fashioned gods: the potter from clay, the carpenter from wood, the goldsmith from gold, and the silversmith likewise.

### Extrabiblical texts

- Wis 14:12 (Wisdom of Solomon): quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “The first fornication” is Wis 14:12, as in 2.4.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 102.7 (Holl GCS 25:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-102-7).

## Ancoratus 103.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:123
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: People made gods of their own passions.

### Greek text

103. ἔτι δὲ πάλιν ἕκαστος τὸ ἴδιον πάθος εἰς μορφοεμφερείας ⟩ τῶν ἰδίων ὀφθαλμῶν διέγραφεν, ό μὲν αἱμοβόρος τις ἀνὴρ Ἄρεα φάσκων, μοιχὸς δὲ ἢ μοιχὰς τὴν πολύκοινον Ἀφροδίτην, τύραννος δὲ Νίκην ἀναπτερώσας.

### English translation (Claude)

Further again each one drew his own passion in likenesses before his own eyes: a bloodthirsty man calling it Ares, an adulterer or adulteress the promiscuous Aphrodite, a tyrant giving wings to Victory.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 103.1 (Holl GCS 25:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-1).

## Ancoratus 103.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:123
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: More gods drawn from vices.

### Greek text

αὐχμώδης γὰρ καὶ περὶ τὰ βιωτικὰ κεχηνὼς Κρόνου τὸν τύπον ἔγραφε, θηλυνόμενος δὲ Κυβέλην καὶ Ῥέαν διὰ τὸ ῥευστόν, οἶμαι, τῆς ἀπὸ τῶν σωμάτων πολυμιξίας.

### English translation (Claude)

For the squalid man, gaping after worldly goods, drew the figure of Cronus; the effeminate man, Cybele and Rhea, because of the flux, I think, of promiscuous bodily unions.

### Translation notes

- Epiphanius plays on Rhea and ῥευστόν (“flowing”).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 103.2 (Holl GCS 25:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-2).

## Ancoratus 103.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:123
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Artemis, Dionysus, Heracles, Zeus, and Apollo.

### Greek text

ἄλλος τε ῥεμβὸς ἢ ῥεμβὰς Ἄρτεμιν κυνηγέτριαν προετύπου καὶ μέθυσον Διόνυσον καὶ πολύμοχθον Ἡρακλέα, πολύμιξ δέ τις Δία καὶ Ἀπόλλωνα.

### English translation (Claude)

Another, a roving man or woman, prefigured Artemis the huntress, and the drunkard Dionysus, and the toiler Heracles, and someone promiscuous Zeus and Apollo.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 103.3 (Holl GCS 25:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-3).

## Ancoratus 103.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:123–124
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Egyptians worshiped animals.

### Greek text

καὶ τί μοι τὰ πλήθη λέγειν μυρίων παθῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὑπαρχόντων; πλέον δὲ πάντων Αἰγύπτιοι πλανηθέντες οὐ μόνον τὰ ἴδια πάθη ἐσεβάσθησαν, ἀλλὰ πτηνὰ καὶ τετράποδα, χερσαῖά τε καὶ ἔνυδρα καὶ άτίθασσά τινα θηρία καὶ τὰ εἰς δοῦλα αὐτοῖς ὑπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου θεοῦ παραδοθέντα τῇ τάξει »μετήλλαξαν«·

### English translation (Claude)

And why should I tell the multitudes of countless passions among men? But the Egyptians, more deceived than all, worshiped not only their own passions, but birds and quadrupeds, land and water creatures and some wild beasts, and “exchanged” the order of the things handed over to them by the holy God as servants;

### Scripture references

- Rom 1:23: allusion, high confidence
- Rom 1:25: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 103.4 (Holl GCS 25:123–124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-4).

## Ancoratus 103.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:124
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The animals the Egyptians deify.

### Greek text

καὶ ὡς ὄντες τῇ διανοίᾳ κτηνώδεις ὑπερασεβοῦσι. τὰ ζῷα τὰ παρʼ αὐτοῖς θεοποιοῦντες καὶ οὐκ αἰσχυνόμενοι, κύνα τὸ ὑλακτικόν, αἴλουρον τὸ ἑρπετοφάγον, τράγον τὸ ἀκόλαστον, πρόβατον τὸ βληχρόν, κροκόδειλον τὸ πολυσχιδὲς καὶ άμειδέστατον, ἶβιν τὴν ἰοβόρον καὶ ἰκτῖνα καὶ ἱέρακα καὶ κόρακα τὰ δουλοπρεπέστατα, ὄφιν δὲ τὸ σκολιὸν καὶ ἀηδέστατον.

### English translation (Claude)

and, being brutish in mind, they are exceedingly impious, deifying the animals among them without shame: the barking dog, the reptile-eating cat, the lewd goat, the bleating sheep, the many-toothed and most sullen crocodile, the poison-eating ibis, and the kite and hawk and raven, most servile, and the crooked and most unpleasant serpent.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 103.5 (Holl GCS 25:124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-5).

## Ancoratus 103.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:124
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Egyptians do not see their own folly.

### Greek text

καὶ ἁπαξαπλῶς ὣ τῆς μεγάλης αἰσχύνης τῶν μή⟨τε⟩ ὄψει τὸν ἑαυτῶν ἔλεγχον κατανοούντων καὶ] μήτε τὴν αἴσθησιν πἂραλαμβανόντων μήτε διανοίᾳ * τῶν παρʼ αὐτοῖς ματαίως γινομένων συνιέντων.

### English translation (Claude)

And in short, O the great shame of those who neither perceive their own refutation by sight nor take it in by sense nor understand in mind * the things vainly done among them.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The editor deletes καί.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 103.6 (Holl GCS 25:124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-6).

## Ancoratus 103.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:124
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Not even their philosophers enlighten them.

### Greek text

κακῷ γοῦν μόρῳ πεπληγμένοι εἰσὶ μηδὲ τοῖς ἰδίοις φιλοσόφοις ἐγκαταυγαζόμενοι μηδὲ τοῖς τῆς ἁληθείας ἐγκυκληταῖς συνθεαταὶ γινόμενοι.

### English translation (Claude)

So they have been struck by an evil fate, not being enlightened even by their own philosophers, nor becoming fellow viewers with those who are advocates of the truth.

### Translation notes

- ἐγκυκληταῖς is unclear; translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 103.7 (Holl GCS 25:124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-7).

## Ancoratus 103.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:124
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Diagoras burned his wooden Heracles to cook a meal.

### Greek text

οὐκ ἀκούουσι γὰρ Διαγόρου τοῦ τὸν ἴδιον Ηρακλέα ξύλινον ὄντα διʼ ἀπορίαν ξύλων ὑποκαύσαντος καὶ ἐπισκωμματικὼς αὐτῷ λέγοντος· »ἄγε δή, Ἥρακλες, τὸν τρισκαιδέκατον ἀθλον ἐκτελῶν πάρελθε, τὸ ὄψον ἡμῖν ἑψήσων«· ὅν δὴ λαβὼν καὶ σχιδακίσας, καταγελῶν τοῦ ἰδίου θεοῦ ὡς οὐκ ὄντος, τῷ παρατεθέντι αὐτῷ ἀρίστῳ γελοιάζων ἐτρέφετο.

### English translation (Claude)

For they do not hear Diagoras, who, for lack of firewood, burned his own Heracles, which was wooden, and said to him mockingly, “Come now, Heracles, perform your thirteenth labor and come cook our meal”; and taking him and splitting him, laughing at his own god as non-existent, he fed himself, joking, on the meal set before him.

### Translation notes

- The anecdote of Diagoras of Melos is told by several ancient writers; the source Epiphanius used is uncertain.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 103.8 (Holl GCS 25:124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-103-8).

## Ancoratus 104.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:124
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Heraclitus mocked the Egyptians' mourning for gods.

### Greek text

104. ἄλλος δὲ Ἡράκλειτος Αἰγυπτίοις φησίν· εἰ θεοί εἰσι, διὰ τί θρηνεῖτε αὐτούς; Τυφῶνα γὰρ καὶ Οσιριν καὶ ἄλλους καταχθονίους λιγυρῶς θρηνῳδοῦντες ὡς κεκηδευμένους πενθοῦσι). φησὶ γοῦν οὑτος· εἰ θεοί εἰσι, διὰ τί θρηνεῖτε αὐτούς; εἰ δὲ τεθνήκασι, μάτην θρηνεῖτε αὐτούς.

### English translation (Claude)

And another, Heraclitus, says to the Egyptians: “If they are gods, why do you lament them?” (For they lament Typhon and Osiris and other underworld gods with shrill dirges, mourning them as buried.) So he says: “If they are gods, why do you lament them? And if they are dead, you lament them in vain.”

### Extrabiblical texts

- Heraclitus, B127 (Heraclitus (fragments)): quotation, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The saying is Heraclitus, fragment B 127 (Diels–Kranz), in Epiphanius's form.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 104.1 (Holl GCS 25:124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-1).

## Ancoratus 104.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:124
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A comic poet and Homer on the gods.

### Greek text

ἄλλος δέ, κωμικὸς Εὐδαίμων τοὔνομα, φησίν »εἴπερ εἰσὶ θεοί, οὐ δύναμαι περὶ αὐτῶν λέγειν ούδ΄ ὁποῖοί τινές εἰσι ἰδέαν δηλῶσαι. πολλὰ γάρ εἰσι τὰ κωλύοντά με«. καὶ Ὅμηρος δέ φησιν οὐκ ἀγαθὸν πολυκοιρανίη«.

### English translation (Claude)

And another, a comic poet named Eudaemon, says, “If there are gods, I cannot speak about them, nor show the form of what sort they are; for many things prevent me.” And Homer too says, “The rule of many is not good.”

### Extrabiblical texts

- Homer, Il. 2.204 (Homer, Iliad): quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The comic poet “Eudaemon” is otherwise unknown. The Homer line is Il. 2.204.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 104.2 (Holl GCS 25:124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-2).

## Ancoratus 104.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:124–125
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Philemon on worship of one God.

### Greek text

ὁ δὲ Φιλήμων, ἕτερος κωμικός, φησίν »οἱ ἕνα θεὸν σέβοντες ἐλπίδας ἔχουσι καλὰς εἰς σωτηρίαν«.

### English translation (Claude)

And Philemon, another comic poet, says, “Those who worship one God have good hopes of salvation.”

### Extrabiblical texts

- Philemon, fragment (Philemon (fragments)): quotation, low confidence

### Translation notes

- The fragment is attributed to Philemon; its exact source is uncertain.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 104.3 (Holl GCS 25:124–125; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-3).

## Ancoratus 104.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:125
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Cambyses wounded Apis to show he was no god.

### Greek text

Απις γὰρ εὐθὺς ό ἀχυροφάγος μόσχος ὑπὸ Κάμπυος, τοῦ τῶν Ἀσσυρίων βασιλέως, ξίφει τὸν μηρὸν πλήττεται, ἵν, εἰ ῥεύσει αἱμα, ἐλεγχθῇ μὴ ὣν θεός.

### English translation (Claude)

For Apis, the straw-eating calf, was struck in the thigh with a sword by Cambyses, the king of the Assyrians, so that, if blood flowed, he would be proved not a god.

### Extrabiblical texts

- Herodotus, Hist. 3.29 (Herodotus, Histories): allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- Cambyses was king of Persia; “Assyrians” is Epiphanius's word. The story is told by Herodotus (3.29).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 104.4 (Holl GCS 25:125; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-4).

## Ancoratus 104.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:125
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A chained god is no god.

### Greek text

Κρονικοὶ δὲ οὐκ ἀρνοῦνται τὸν ἴδιον αὐτῶν θεὸν ἐγκαθεῖρχθαι ἁλύσεσι σιδηραῖς, οὕτως ήγούμενοι. εἰ δέ τις ἐν καθείρξει ὑπάρχει, οὐχ ὰπλῶς ὅτι ἑνὶ μείζονι ὑπόκειται, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὡς κακοῦργος ό τοιοῦτος ἐν καθείρξει ἐστίν.

### English translation (Claude)

And the worshipers of Cronus do not deny that their own god is shut in with iron chains, thinking so. But if someone is in confinement, not only is he subject to one greater, but such a one is in confinement as a criminal.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 104.5 (Holl GCS 25:125; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-5).

## Ancoratus 104.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:125
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Epiphanius turns to Isis.

### Greek text

εἰ δὲ καὶ περὶ * Ἴσιδός μοι ἔσται λόγος τῆς ἤδη καὶ Ατθίδος καὶ Ἰοῦς λεγομένης, θυγατρὸς δὲ Ἄπιδος τοῦ Καππαδόκου τοῦ καὶ Ἰνάχου καλουμένου, αἰσχύνομαι μὲν ἴσως τὰς ἐκείνων πράξεις άνακηρῦξαι·

### English translation (Claude)

And if I should speak of * Isis, who is also called Atthis and Io, daughter of Apis the Cappadocian, also called Inachus, I am ashamed perhaps to proclaim their deeds;

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The genealogy is Epiphanius's own.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 104.6 (Holl GCS 25:125; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-6).

## Ancoratus 104.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:125–126
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Worshipers of Isis should be ashamed.

### Greek text

πλὴν δὲ οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσομαι λέγειν ἃ αὐτοὶ προσκυνεῖν οὐκ αἰσχύνονται. αἰσχυνέσθωσαν δὲ οἱ ταύτης προσκυνηταὶ καὶ ⟨τῆς⟩ γενείας τὰς ἑαυτῶν θυγατέρας τε καὶ γυναῖκας καὶ ἀδελφὰς τὰς τῶν θεῶν πράξεις μιμεῖσθαι παραινοῦντες.

### English translation (Claude)

yet I will not be ashamed to say what they are not ashamed to worship. Let her worshipers be ashamed ⟨of the⟩ family, urging their own daughters and wives and sisters to imitate the deeds of the gods.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 104.7 (Holl GCS 25:125–126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-7).

## Ancoratus 104.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:126
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Isis's incestuous loves set her brothers at war.

### Greek text

καὶ εὐθὺς μὲν Οσίρεως ἐρῶσαι τοῦ ἰδίου αὐτῶν ἀδελφοῦ Τυφῶνος ⟨τε⟩ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τοὺς ἰδίους ἀδελφοὺς κατʼ ἀλλήλων στρατεύουσι. πολλὴ δὲ αἰσχύνη θεᾶς τῆς μήτε αἰδοῦς ⟨τοῦ⟩ ἰδίου ἀδελφοῦ αἰσθομένης, ἐρώσης μὲν καὶ μὴ ἀρκουμένης τοῖς ἔξωθεν ἀνδράσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἕως τοῦ ἰδίου ἀδελφοῦ φθανούσης.

### English translation (Claude)

And at once, being in love with Osiris, her own brother, ⟨and⟩ with Typhon her brother, she sets her own brothers at war against each other. Great is the shame of a goddess who felt no modesty ⟨toward⟩ her own brother, loving and not content with men outside, but reaching as far as her own brother.

### Translation notes

- The myth is given in Epiphanius's polemical form.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 104.8 (Holl GCS 25:126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-8).

## Ancoratus 104.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:126
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: She teaches fratricide.

### Greek text

οὐ μόνον δέ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀδελφοκτονίαν διὰ τὴν ἰδίαν τῆς ἐπιθυμίας ἀκορεστίαν τοῖς φιλτάτοις ὑποδείκνυσι.

### English translation (Claude)

Not only that, but she also shows her dearest ones fratricide because of the insatiability of her own desire.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 104.9 (Holl GCS 25:126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-9).

## Ancoratus 104.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:126
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Horus's paternity is uncertain.

### Greek text

καὶ Ὡρον μὲν ἴνα γεννᾷ παῖδα, ἥ οὐκ ἠδυνήθη παραστῆσαι, τίς ὁ γνήσιος ἀληθῶς ἔστιν αὐτοῦ πατήρ. εἰ γὰρ μὲν Τυφῶνα ὀνομάσῃ, διστάζει μὴ οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτοῦ γονεύς· εἰ δὲ τὸν Ὄσιριν, τίς τούτου τὴν άκρίβειαν παραστήσειε;

### English translation (Claude)

And she bears Horus as a child, and could not establish who is truly his genuine father. For if she names Typhon, she doubts whether he is not his parent; and if Osiris, who could establish the exactness of this?

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 104.10 (Holl GCS 25:126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-10).

## Ancoratus 104.11

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-11
- Source: Holl GCS 25:126
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Isis's alleged prostitution in Tyre.

### Greek text

καλὸν δὲ θεὸν ⟨αὐτὸν γενέσθαι⟩ ἡ τοιαύτη μήτηρ ἐδίδασκε, παραλαβοῦσα αύτὸν καὶ ἐν Τύρῳ πορνεύσασα ἴτη δέκα.

### English translation (Claude)

And such a mother taught ⟨that he was⟩ a fine god, having taken him and committed fornication in Tyre for ten years.

### Translation notes

- The story of Isis in Tyre is Epiphanius's polemical report.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 104.11 (Holl GCS 25:126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-11).

## Ancoratus 104.12

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-12
- Source: Holl GCS 25:126
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Serapis was a deified king.

### Greek text

Σέραπιν δὲ τὸν Απιν βασιλέα ⟨καλούμενον⟩ Σινωπέων παῖδες θεοποιοῦντες τυραννίδι μᾶλλον ἐδούλευσαν ἤπερ ἀληθείᾳ.

### English translation (Claude)

And the children of Sinope, deifying Serapis, the king ⟨called⟩ Apis, served tyranny rather than truth.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 104.12 (Holl GCS 25:126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-104-12).

## Ancoratus 105.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:126–127
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Greeks erred even more than the Egyptians.

### Greek text

105. Ταῦτά ἐστι τῶν παρʼ Αἰγυπτίοις τιμωμένων θεῶν τὰ ἐπίχειρα, ὧν τὸ κατὰ μέρος εἰπεῖν * πολὺς χρόνος ἀναλωθήσεται. Έλληνες δὲ οἱ δοκοῦντές τι εἶναι ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, λόγοις μόνον καὶ ὀξύτητι γλώσσης φιλοσοφοῦντες καὶ οὐκ ἔργοις, πλέον πάντων ἐξώκειλαν·

### English translation (Claude)

These are the wages of the gods honored among the Egyptians, to tell which in detail * much time would be spent. But the Greeks, who seem to be something among themselves, philosophizing only in words and sharpness of tongue and not in deeds, ran aground more than all:

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 105.1 (Holl GCS 25:126–127; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-1).

## Ancoratus 105.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:127
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Cronus castrated his father Uranus.

### Greek text

οἵτινες κατάγουσι Κρόνον άπ΄ Οὐρανοῦ, λέγοντες αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ Οὐρανοῦ γεγε⟨ν⟩νῆσθαι καὶ τὸ μόρια τοῦ ἰδίου πατρὸς ὤ κακῆς πράξεως, αἰσχρᾶς τε ὑπονοίας)· ὅς εἰ μὴ ἐτμήθη, πολλοὶ Κρονίωνες ἠσαν., οὑτος δὲ ὸ γεννάδας, ὸ ἕως πατρὸς πεφθακώς,

### English translation (Claude)

who derive Cronus from Uranus, saying that he was begotten from Uranus and ⟨cut off⟩ the private parts of his own father (O evil deed and shameful notion!); who, if he had not been cut, there would have been many sons of Cronus. And this noble fellow, who went as far as his father,

### Translation notes

- A verb for “cut off” seems lost; supplied by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 105.2 (Holl GCS 25:127; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-2).

## Ancoratus 105.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:127
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Cronus wronged his father and his children.

### Greek text

οὐκ ἠρκέσθη ἐπὶ τῇ πρώτῃ ἀσεβείᾳ, ἀλλὰ νέος μὲν ὢν ἀδικεῖ τὸν πατέρα, πρεσβύτης δὲ γεγονὼς τὰ ἴδια αὐτοῦ τέκνα,

### English translation (Claude)

was not content with his first impiety, but when young he wrongs his father, and when he became old, his own children,

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 105.3 (Holl GCS 25:127; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-3).

## Ancoratus 105.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:127
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Cronus swallowed his children and a stone.

### Greek text

Ποσειδῶνα μὲν καταπίνων καὶ Πλούτωνα, Δία δὲ ἀναζητῶν καὶ ἐμπαιζόμενος ὑπὸ τῆς Ῥέας καὶ] πέτραν μεγάλην ἐσπαργανωμένην ἀντὶ βρέφους κατα- πίνων·

### English translation (Claude)

swallowing Poseidon and Pluto, and seeking Zeus and being fooled by Rhea, swallowing a great stone swaddled instead of a baby;

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes καί.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 105.4 (Holl GCS 25:127; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-4).

## Ancoratus 105.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:127
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Zeus and Hermes were adulterers.

### Greek text

ὡσεὶ θεὸς τάχα *] εὐγενῶν δὲ γονέων ὑπάρχων ἱν οὕτως εἴπω ὸ τούτου παῖς, Ζεὺς τούτῳ ὄνομα, ἐκινδύνευε πασῶν τῶν γυ- ναικῶν ἀνὴρ γίνεσθαι καὶ ὁ τούτου υἱὸς Ἑρμῆς. καὶ Με κατὰ τοὺς νόμους ὑποροίκιός τις ἐγένετο καὶ μὴ κλεψίγαμος πάντοτε καὶ κακεργάτης·

### English translation (Claude)

as a god, perhaps *, but being of noble parents, so to speak, his son, Zeus by name, risked becoming the husband of all women, and his son Hermes. And ⟨not⟩ according to the laws was he a keeper of the house, but always an adulterer and evildoer;

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. Με is a digital slip, probably for μή (“not”); ὑποροίκιος is unclear.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 105.5 (Holl GCS 25:127; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-5).

## Ancoratus 105.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:127
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Myths of Hermes' seductions.

### Greek text

Πηνελόπην μὲν γὰρ φθείρει, δι᾿ ἡδονὴν τράγος γενόμενος· τράγος δὲ οἶμαι ἐγίνετο διὰ τὸ ἀκμαῖον τῆς τοῦ γενείου παραπλοκῆς.

### English translation (Claude)

For he corrupts Penelope, having become a goat for pleasure; and he became a goat, I think, because of the vigor of the weaving of his beard.

### Translation notes

- The myth is given in Epiphanius's polemical form.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 105.6 (Holl GCS 25:127; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-6).

## Ancoratus 105.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:127
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Zeus seduced Danaë with gold.

### Greek text

πρὸς Δανάην δὲ ⟨Ζεὺς ὸ πρῶτον ὴμῖν καλούμενος⟩ χρυσὸς ἐγίνετο, ἵνα παρθένον σώφρονα θαλαμευομένην φθείρῃ· χρυσὸς δὲ ἐκεῖνος οὐκ ἠδύνατο γενέσθαι ποτέ, ἀλλὰ γόης ὣν διὰ χρυσοῦ δωροδοκῶν τὴν παρθένον ἠπάτησε.

### English translation (Claude)

And to Danaë ⟨Zeus, whom we mentioned first,⟩ became gold, to corrupt a chaste virgin kept in her chamber; but he could never have become gold, but being a sorcerer he deceived the virgin by bribing her with gold.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 105.7 (Holl GCS 25:127; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-7).

## Ancoratus 105.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:127–128
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Zeus as a swan with Leda.

### Greek text

καὶ παρὰ μὲν Λήδᾳ κύκνος αὐθις γίνεται, τὴν ἀναπτέρωσιν τῆς πυρώσεως τῆς αὐτοῦ ἡδονῆς ἀνασημαίνων.

### English translation (Claude)

And with Leda he becomes a swan again, signifying the wing-lifting of the burning of his pleasure.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 105.8 (Holl GCS 25:127–128; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-8).

## Ancoratus 105.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:128
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Zeus carried off Ganymede.

### Greek text

ἀετὸς δὲ ⟨γενόμενος⟩ πώποτε ἀναπετασθεὶς παιδοφθόρων διδάσκαλος προκαθέζεται· μηδέποτε ἀετὸς γενόμενος, ἀλλʼ ἐν πλοίῳ παρασήμῳ, ἀετῷ ὀνομαζομένῳ διὰ τὸ τάχος, Τροίαν παραπλεύσας καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ βασιλέως Τρώων] Γανυμήδην ἁρπάσας τὴν φθορὰν ἀπειργάσατο.

### English translation (Claude)

And ⟨having become⟩ an eagle, once flying up, he presides as teacher of corrupters of boys; not that he ever became an eagle, but, sailing past Troy in a ship with an ensign, called Eagle for its speed, and seizing Ganymede, the son of the king, he committed the corruption.

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes “of the Trojans.” The rationalizing account is Epiphanius's.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 105.9 (Holl GCS 25:128; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-9).

## Ancoratus 105.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:128
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Zeus as a bull.

### Greek text

καὶ πρὸς Πασιφάην δὲ ταῦρος ἐγένετο, ὡσαύτως καὶ πρὸς Εὐρώπην.

### English translation (Claude)

And for Pasiphaë he became a bull, and likewise for Europa.

### Translation notes

- Pasiphaë's bull is usually not identified with Zeus; the conflation is Epiphanius's.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 105.10 (Holl GCS 25:128; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-105-10).

## Ancoratus 106.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:128
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Zeus's tomb is shown in Crete.

### Greek text

106. Καὶ τί μοι τὰ πλήθη λέγειν ⟨τῶν φθορῶν⟩ τοῦ γενναίου τούτου ⟨παρθένων⟩ φθορέως καὶ φθορέων διδασκάλου; οὖ τὸ οὐκ όλίγοις ἐστὶ δῆλον. ἐν Κρήτῃ γὰρ τῇ νήσῳ ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ λεγομένῳ Λασίῳ ἔως δεῦρο δακτυλοδεικτεῖται.

### English translation (Claude)

And why should I tell the multitude ⟨of the corruptions⟩ of this noble corrupter ⟨of virgins⟩ and teacher of corrupters? Whose ⟨tomb⟩ is known to not a few; for in the island of Crete, on the mountain called Lasius, it is pointed out to this day.

### Translation notes

- “Tomb” is supplied by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 106.1 (Holl GCS 25:128; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-1).

## Ancoratus 106.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:128
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: There were several Zeuses.

### Greek text

Ζῆνες δὲ οὐχ εἶς ἢ δύο, ἀλλὰ καὶ τρεῖς καὶ τέσσαρες γεγόνασι τὸν ἀριθμόν. ὁ μὲν γὰρ εἶς αὐτῶν Κρονίδης ό προειρημένος, ό ταρταρώσας τὸν ἴδιον αὐτοῦ πατέρα ἐν τῷ καυκασίῳ ὄρει, ό δʼ ἄλλος Λατιάριος λεγόμενος, ἐξ οὑπερ οἱ μονομάχοι γεγόνασιν, ἄλλος δὲ ὁ τραγῳδός. ὁ καὶ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ καύσας.

### English translation (Claude)

And there have been not one or two Zeuses, but three and four in number. One of them is the son of Cronus mentioned before, who cast his own father into Tartarus on Mount Caucasus; another is called Latiaris, from whom the gladiators came; another is the tragic actor, who also burned his hand.

### Translation notes

- The identifications are Epiphanius's own.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 106.2 (Holl GCS 25:128; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-2).

## Ancoratus 106.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:128–129
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: A proverb about the satyr and fire.

### Greek text

τάχα δὲ θεὸς ὣν ἐπελάθετο ὅτι δάκνει τὸ πῦρ καὶ οὐκ εἶχε τὴν πρόγνωσιν τοῦ λέγοντος τράγῳ τῷ σατύρῳ, εὑρόντι πρότερον τὸ πῦρ καὶ προσελθόντι φιλῆσαι »μὴ ἅψῃ, τράγε· ἁψάμενος γὰρ σοῦ ἐμπρήσεις τὰ γένεια«.

### English translation (Claude)

Perhaps, being a god, he forgot that fire bites, and did not have the foreknowledge of the one who said to the goat-satyr, who first found fire and came near to kiss it, “Do not touch it, goat; for if you touch it you will burn your beard.”

### Extrabiblical texts

- Aeschylus, fragment (Aeschylus (plays and fragments)): quotation, low confidence

### Translation notes

- The saying comes from the satyr play of Aeschylus's Prometheus the Fire-Kindler (fragment); it is quoted here in Epiphanius's form.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 106.3 (Holl GCS 25:128–129; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-3).

## Ancoratus 106.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:129
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: There were several Athenas.

### Greek text

Ἀθηναῖ δὲ γεγόνασιν οὐ μία, ἀλλὰ πολλαί· μία μὲν ῥεμβομένη καὶ περὶ τὴν Τριτωνίδα λίμνην ἀλωμένη, ἄλλη δὲ ή Ὠκεανοῦ, ἑτέρα δὲ ἡ Κρόνου καὶ πολλαὶ ἄλλαι.

### English translation (Claude)

And there have been not one Athena but many: one roaming and wandering about Lake Tritonis, another the daughter of Oceanus, another the daughter of Cronus, and many others.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 106.4 (Holl GCS 25:129; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-4).

## Ancoratus 106.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:129
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: There were several Artemises and Dionysuses.

### Greek text

Αρτέμιδες πολλαί· μία μὲν ή Ἐφεσία, ἄλλη ἡ τοῦ Διὸς καὶ ἄλλαι ὡσαύτως οὐκ ὀλίγαι. καὶ Διόνυσοι ⟨δὲ⟩ ὸ Θηβαῖος, ἄλλος ὁ Σεμέλης, ό ἐπὶ τῶν Κορυβάντων καὶ ό ὑπὸ τῶν Τιτάνων διασπώμενος καὶ Κουρήτων ὸ] τὴν κρεωνομίαν μυῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

Many Artemises: one the Ephesian, another the daughter of Zeus, and likewise not a few others. And Dionysuses: the Theban, another the son of Semele, the one among the Corybantes, and the one torn apart by the Titans and the one initiating into the dismemberment of the Curetes.

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes ὁ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 106.5 (Holl GCS 25:129; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-5).

## Ancoratus 106.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:129
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Heracles' labors mocked.

### Greek text

Ἡρακλῆς δὲ ὸ λεγόμενος παρʼ αὐτοῖς ἀλεξίκακος, οὗ τὰς πράξεις πόσας ἀποσιωπήσω, μίαν δὲ ἀπὸ πασῶν τὴν παρʼ αὐτοῖς τάχα ἐπαινουμένην ὐποδείξω· ἀρκέσει τούτῳ τὸν κάματον τοῦτον ὑποστῆναι, ἕνα τῷ βίῳ σωτηρία γένηται. εἰ μὴ γὰρ ἔφθειρεν ἐν μιᾷ νυκτὶ πεντήκοντα παρθένους, πῶς ὁ κόσμος ἐσᾠζετο; μᾶλλον δὲ ὠλώλει.

### English translation (Claude)

And Heracles, called among them averter of evil, how many of whose deeds I will pass over in silence, but I will point out one of them all, perhaps praised among them: it will suffice for him to have endured this labor, so that salvation might come to the world. For if he had not corrupted fifty virgins in one night, how would the world have been saved? Rather it would have perished.

### Translation notes

- The irony is Epiphanius's.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 106.6 (Holl GCS 25:129; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-6).

## Ancoratus 106.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:129
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He tires of recounting the myths.

### Greek text

καὶ ἁπλῶς όμολογῶ σοι, περικακῶ τὰς κακὰς αὐτῶν πράξεις καταλογάδην ἀναγράψαι.

### English translation (Claude)

And simply, I confess to you, I am weary of recording their evil deeds in detail.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 106.7 (Holl GCS 25:129; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-7).

## Ancoratus 106.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:129–130
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Kings deified their favorites, like Antinous.

### Greek text

ἔτι δὲ βασιλεῖς καὶ τύραννοι ἀπηνέστατοι, ἐπιποθήτους τινὰς ἐσχηκότες καὶ τούτους ἐν τῇ κατορύξαντες, πλέον τι μὴ ἔχοντες τούτοις χαρίσασθαι οἶα δὴ καὶ αὐτοὶ φθαρτοὶ κατ΄ αὐτοὺς ὄντες), εἰς τὴν ἐκείνων εὔνοιαν τοὺς τάφους αὐτῶν ἐπὶ πλάνῃ τοῦ βίου τοῖς ἰδίοις ὑπηκόοις ἐπὶ κακῇ προφάσει ὡς θεῶν θρῃσκεύεσθαι παραδεδώκασιν, ὡς ό Αντίνους ὁ ἐν Ἀντινόου κεκηδευμένος,

### English translation (Claude)

And further, most cruel kings and tyrants, having had certain favorites and having buried them in the ⟨earth⟩, having nothing more to grant them (being themselves corruptible like them), out of goodwill toward them handed down to their own subjects, to the deception of life, on an evil pretext, the worship of their tombs as of gods: like Antinous, who is buried in Antinoopolis,

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 106.8 (Holl GCS 25:129–130; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-8).

## Ancoratus 106.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:130
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Other deified mortals.

### Greek text

καὶ ἐν λουσορίω πλοίῳ κείμενος ὑπὸ Ἀδριανοῦ οὕτως κατετάγη. Τιμογένης δὲ ἐν Ασίᾳ, Κάνωβός τε ὁ Μενελάου κυβερνήτης καὶ ἡ τούτου γυνὴ Ἐνμενουθὶς ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ τεθαμμένοι τιμῶνται πρὸς τῇ ὄχθῃ τῆς θαλάσσης, ἀπὸ δεκαδύο σημείων διεστῶτες, καὶ Μαρνᾶς δοῦλος Ἀστερίου τοῦ Κρητὸς παρὰ Γαζαίοις, Βάσιος δὲ ό ναύκληρος παρὰ Πηλουσιώταις.

### English translation (Claude)

and, lying in a pleasure barge, was so ranked by Hadrian. And Timogenes in Asia, and Canopus the helmsman of Menelaus and his wife Eumenuthis, buried in Alexandria, are honored by the seashore, twelve miles apart; and Marnas, the slave of Asterius the Cretan, among the people of Gaza; and Basius the shipmaster among the Pelusians.

### Translation notes

- The identifications are Epiphanius's own; Marnas was the chief god of Gaza.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 106.9 (Holl GCS 25:130; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-106-9).

## Ancoratus 107.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-107-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:130
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Teachers lead people from idolatry, adultery, and fornication to chastity.

### Greek text

107. Ταῦτα οὖν πάντα ὅταν ⟨ἐν⟩ μέσῃ τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀκριβοῦτε, κακὸν † ὺπόδειγμα θανασίμης οδοῦ * τοὺς * οὕτω προαχθέντας ὑπολύετε, ἄλλους δὲ ἀπὸ μοιχείας εἰς σωφροσύνην φέρετε καὶ μὴ μόνον τοῦ κλεψιγαμεῖν αὐτοὺς ἀπαλλάττετε, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ἰδίας ⟨γαμετῆς⟩ κατὰ ἐγκράτειαν * καταφρονεῖν, ὡς ἔτι »ό καιρὸς συνεσταλμένος ἐστίν«, ὥς φησιν ὁ ἱερὸς ἀπόστολος, πόρνους δὲ κατηχεῖτε, ἵνα μὴ τὴν ἀθέμιτον πρᾶξιν παρὰ θεῷ τε καὶ ἀνθρώποις ἐργασάμενοι τιμωρηθῶσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

So when you set out all these things precisely ⟨in⟩ the midst of the church, you release those so led on from the evil † example of the deadly way *; and you bring others from adultery to chastity, and you not only free them from illicit unions but also * to disregard their own ⟨wives⟩ through self-control, since “the time has been shortened,” as the holy apostle says; and you instruct fornicators, so that they may not be punished for having done what is unlawful before God and men.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 7:29: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisks and dagger mark gaps and a corrupt word. The counsel of continence within marriage is Epiphanius's own, citing 1 Cor 7:29; translated as written.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 107.1 (Holl GCS 25:130; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-107-1).

## Ancoratus 107.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-107-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:130–131
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Teachers must practice what they teach.

### Greek text

καὶ ὅταν πάντα ταῦτα διὰ στόματος καὶ διʼ ἔργων κάμνοντες παραδῶτε, πείθετε αὐτοὺς τὰ πάντα ἐγκαταδέξασθαι ὑμῶν, ἔργῳ πάντα πρῶτον πράξαντες καὶ ἐν αὑτοῖς ἀνατυπωσάμενοι, τοὺς λόγους πιστοποιοῦντες διὰ τῶν πράξεων, οἶς ἑαυτοὺς πρῶτον ἐδιδάξατε, ἵνα καὶ ἑτέρους μαθητεύσητε.

### English translation (Claude)

And when you hand on all these things, toiling by mouth and by works, persuade them to accept everything from you, having first done everything in deed and formed it in yourselves, confirming your words by your actions, in which you first taught yourselves, so that you may make disciples of others too.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 107.2 (Holl GCS 25:130–131; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-107-2).

## Ancoratus 107.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-107-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:131
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Like the sun, example teaches silently.

### Greek text

ἐπέχετε γὰρ καὶ σιωπῶντες τρόπον ἡλίου τοῦ καὶ σιωπῇ πάντας πανταχοῦ διδάσκοντος· εὐθὺς γὰρ ἀνατέλλων καὶ σιωπῶν τὰς τέχνας αὐτῶν πάντας ἀναδιδάσκει.

### English translation (Claude)

For even in silence you hold the manner of the sun, which teaches all everywhere even in silence; for as soon as it rises, silently it teaches all their crafts.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 107.3 (Holl GCS 25:131; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-107-3).

## Ancoratus 107.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-107-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:131
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: They inspire many to the monastic life.

### Greek text

καὶ ὅταν μὲν τούτων ἁπάντων τὴν ὠφέλειαν τοῖς ἑαυτῶν τέκνοις εἴτʼ οὖν ἀδελφοῖς πιστοτάτοις παραδῶτε, προβιβάζετε μὲν αὐτοὺς ἐπὶ γῆς μὲν βαδίζειν, »ἐν οὐρανῷ« δὲ ἔχειν »τὸ πολίτευμα«, μοναχῶν δὲ ζῆλον τοῖς πλείστοις ἐγγεννᾶτε·

### English translation (Claude)

And when you hand on the benefit of all these things to your own children or most faithful brothers, you lead them on to walk on earth but to have “citizenship in heaven,” and you beget in most of them a zeal for the monastic life;

### Scripture references

- Phil 3:20: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 107.4 (Holl GCS 25:131; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-107-4).

## Ancoratus 107.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-107-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:131
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: They refute Manichaeans and Marcionites.

### Greek text

διὰ τῆς ἐν ὺμῖν στερρότητος καὶ ἀνυποκρίτου πίστεως αἱρεσιώτας στυγοῦντες, Μανιχαίους φιμοῦντες Μαρκιωνιστάς ⟨τε⟩ καὶ λοιποὺς ὁμοίους αὐτῶν, τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπελαύνετε, πάσας αὐτῶν τὰς προφάσεις παραλύοντες καὶ ἐπιστομίζοντες.

### English translation (Claude)

through your firmness and unfeigned faith, hating the heretics, muzzling Manichaeans ⟨and⟩ Marcionites and others like them, you drive them from God's ⟨church⟩, undoing and silencing all their pretexts.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 107.5 (Holl GCS 25:131; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-107-5).

## Ancoratus 107.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-107-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:131
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: These heretics blaspheme the Creator and the prophets.

### Greek text

πόσα γὰρ κατὰ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ κατὰ τῶν ἁγίων αὐτοῦ προφητῶν τολμηρῶς καταφθέγγονται, κοῦφοι ὄντες καὶ κενοὶ ἀπὸ ἁγίου πνεύματος, εἴς τε τὸν τῶν ὅλων δημιουργὸν βλασφημοῦσι καὶ ὅσα καλὰ διὰ τῶν ἁγίων αὐτοῦ προφητῶν τοῖς πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις κατὰ προφητείαν ⟨ἐν πνεύματι⟩ ό θεὸς ἐχαρίσατο, οὖτοι μισοῦσι τά τε βαθύτατα τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν οἶα δὴ γεώδεις ὄντες καὶ σωματικοί, ⟨ψυχικῶς⟩ ἀνακρίνοντες οὐ νοοῦσι. μάτην δὲ βλασφημοῦσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

For how many things do they boldly utter against God and against his holy prophets, being light and empty of the Holy Spirit; and they blaspheme the Creator of all, and hate all the good things God graciously gave to all people by prophecy ⟨in the Spirit⟩ through his holy prophets; and, being earthly and bodily, judging ⟨in a natural way⟩, they do not understand the deepest things of the law and the prophets; and they blaspheme in vain.

### Scripture references

- 1 Cor 2:14: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 107.6 (Holl GCS 25:131; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-107-6).

## Ancoratus 107.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-107-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:131–132
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Refute their errors promptly.

### Greek text

εὐθὺς τὴν αὐτῶν πλάνην μὴ ὀκνεῖτε ἀπὸ τῶν ἀκουόντων ἀποσείεσθαι ⟨ἐλέγχοντες⟩ αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ τῶν ἀληθινῶν ἀποδείξεων. διὸ γὰρ τῶν τοιούτων ῥημάτων οἱ ματαιόφρονες ὥσπερ φρύγανα ἐν ῥεύματι πλουσίου ποταμοῦ καταφέρονται.

### English translation (Claude)

Do not hesitate at once to shake off their error from the hearers, ⟨refuting⟩ them from the true proofs. For by such words the vain-minded are carried away like brushwood in the current of a full river.

### Translation notes

- διό is read as διά.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 107.7 (Holl GCS 25:131–132; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-107-7).

## Ancoratus 108.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-108-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:132
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Marcionites mock the Old Testament God's questions.

### Greek text

108. Εἴπαι δὲ ὅτι καλὸς ὁ θεὸς τοῦ νόμου, ὅς τὸν Αδὰμ ἀγνοῶν ποῦ ἐστιν ἠρώτα λέγων »΄Αδὰμ ποῦ εἶ;« καὶ τῷ Κάϊν λέγει ποῦ Ἄβελ ὁ ἀδελφός σου;« καὶ πρὸς τὸν Αβραάμ »ποῦ Σάρρα ἡ γυνή σου;‘ καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ τοιαῦτα.

### English translation (Claude)

They say, “A fine God is the God of the law, who, not knowing where Adam was, asked, ‘Adam, where are you?’ and says to Cain, ‘Where is Abel your brother?’ and to Abraham, ‘Where is Sarah your wife?’” and many other such things.

### Scripture references

- Gen 3:9: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 4:9: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 18:9: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 108.1 (Holl GCS 25:132; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-108-1).

## Ancoratus 108.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-108-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:132
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Savior asked similar questions.

### Greek text

αὐτοὶ δὲ οἱ τοιαῦτα λέγοντες πιστεύουσι τῷ σωτῆρι θεῷ στόματι καὶ οὐκ ἀληθείᾳ, θεῷ ὄντι καὶ πρόγνωσιν ἔχοντι, τὰ δὲ αὐτὰ τῇ παλαιῷ ὁμοίως ἐπερωτῶντι ποῦ τεθείκατε τὸν Λάζαρον; καί τίς μου ἥψατο;« καὶ ὅτι »ἔχετε ἄρτους μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν; καί τίνα θέλετε;« ἤ τίνα ζητεῖτε;‘.

### English translation (Claude)

But those who say such things believe in the Savior God with their mouth and not in truth, who is God and has foreknowledge, yet asks the same things as in the Old: “Where have you laid Lazarus?” and “Who touched me?” and “Have you loaves with you?” and “What do you wish?” or “Whom do you seek?”

### Scripture references

- John 11:34: quotation, high confidence
- Mark 5:30: quotation, high confidence
- Mark 6:38: quotation, medium confidence
- Mark 10:36: quotation, medium confidence
- John 18:4: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 108.2 (Holl GCS 25:132; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-108-2).

## Ancoratus 108.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-108-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:132
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Father and Son both ask while knowing.

### Greek text

εὐχερὴς λοιπὸν καὶ ῥᾀδιος ό πρὸς τούτους ἔλεγχος. ὡς γὰρ ἐπερωτᾷ ὁ υἱὸς πρόγνωσιν ἔχων, οὕτως καὶ ὁ πατὴρ καὶ αὐτὸς καὶ] ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ἐπερωτᾷ, ὁ αύτὸς ὥν ἀεὶ καὶ μὴ μεταλλασσόμενος.

### English translation (Claude)

So the refutation of them is easy and simple. For as the Son asks while having foreknowledge, so also the Father himself asks in the law, being always the same and unchanging.

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes καί.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 108.3 (Holl GCS 25:132; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-108-3).

## Ancoratus 108.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-108-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:132
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Christ's question rebuked Martha and Mary's weaker faith.

### Greek text

ἐὰν γὰρ εἴπῃ ποῦ » τεθείκατε τὸν Λάζαρον; * οὔτε τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἀγνοεῖ οὔτε τὴν παλαιὰν διαθήκην. ποῦ τεθείκατε« γάρ »αὐτόν;« λέγει, ἐξελέγξαι θέλων τὰς μηδὲ τὴν ἴσην πίστιν ἐξενηνοχυίας πρὸς τὴν Σουμανιτιν, καίτοι γε ἐκείνης πρὸς ἄνθρωπον ἐχούσης, τουτέστιν Ελισσαῖον τὸν ἅγιον προφήτην, τῶν δὲ περὶ Μάρθαν ἐχουσῶν πρὸς τὸν θεόν.

### English translation (Claude)

For if he says, “Where have you laid Lazarus?” *, he is ignorant neither of the Gospel nor of the Old Testament. For he says, “Where have you laid him?” wishing to reprove the women who had not shown even equal faith with the Shunammite woman, although she had hers toward a man, that is, Elisha the holy prophet, while Martha and her sister had theirs toward God.

### Scripture references

- John 11:34: quotation, high confidence
- 2 Kgs 4:27: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 108.4 (Holl GCS 25:132; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-108-4).

## Ancoratus 108.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-108-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:132
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He asked so the woman would confess.

### Greek text

καὶ ἐὰν εἴπῃ τίς μου ἥψατο;« οὐκ ἀγνοῶν λέγει, ἀλλʼ ἵνα πείσῃ τὴν γυναῖκα ἀφʼ ἑαυτῆς ὁμολογῆσαι, ἵνα μὴ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ μαρτυρῇ ό υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλʼ ὑπὸ ἄλλων δοξάζηται.

### English translation (Claude)

And if he says, “Who touched me?”, he says it not in ignorance, but to persuade the woman to confess of herself, so that the Son of God might not bear witness about himself but be glorified by others.

### Scripture references

- Mark 5:30: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 108.5 (Holl GCS 25:132; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-108-5).

## Ancoratus 108.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-108-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:132
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: His questions highlight his miracles.

### Greek text

καὶ ὅταν εἴπῃ »ἔχετε ἄρτους μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν;« ἐπὶ τούτῳ λέγει, ἴνα τὸ βραχὺ τῶν ἄρτων πᾶσι σημανθῇ καὶ τὸ μέγεθος τῆς αὐτοῦ θαυματουργίας θαυμασθῇ, διὰ τοσούτων ἄρτων τοσούτου τραφέντος ὄχλου. καὶ ὅταν εἴπῃ τίνα ζητεῖτε;«

### English translation (Claude)

And when he says, “Have you loaves with you?” he says it for this purpose, that the smallness of the loaves might be made known to all and the greatness of his miracle be marveled at, so great a crowd being fed by so few loaves. And when he says, “Whom do you seek?”

### Scripture references

- Mark 6:38: quotation, medium confidence
- John 18:4: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 108.6 (Holl GCS 25:132; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-108-6).

## Ancoratus 108.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-108-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:132–133
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Seeking to kill “Jesus,” they lose the Savior.

### Greek text

τοὺς ζητοῦντας δείκνυσιν ἠπατημένους ὄντας καὶ »'Ιησοῦν ζητοῦντας«, τὸν ἰατρὸν ἑρμηνευόμενον καὶ σωτῆρα, ἕν ὅταν ἀποκτείνωσιν αὐτόν, τῆς τούτου σωτηρίας λήξωσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

he shows those who seek to be deceived, and “seeking Jesus,” which is interpreted physician and Savior, so that when they kill him, they will cease from his salvation.

### Scripture references

- John 18:5: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The meaning “physician” for “Jesus” is Epiphanius's etymology.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 108.7 (Holl GCS 25:132–133; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/95-1/#p-108-7).

## Ancoratus 109.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-109-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:133
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Both Testaments' questions are explained the same way.

### Greek text

109. Ὥσπερ οὖν τὰ περὶ τῆς τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν οἰκονομίας ἐδείξαμεν λεγόμενα μὲν ἀνθρωπίνως, οὐκ ἄμοιρα δὲ προγνώσεως ούδὲ γάρ τις τῶν εὐ φρονούντων εἴπῃ ἀγνοεῖν αὐτὸν ποῦ τεθείκασι Λάζαρον, ἐγγὺς ὄντα τοῦ τόπου, εἰ καὶ δι΄ ὅν εἴπομεν τρόπον ἠρώτα, πόρρω ⟨ἐπὶ⟩ Γαλιλαίας πρώην ὄντα καὶ δείξαντα άφ΄ ὲαυτοῦ ὅτι Λάζαρος), οὕτω καὶ περὶ τῆς παλαιᾶς διαθήκης ταῦτα εὐφρόνως ἀναλύομεν.

### English translation (Claude)

So just as we have shown that the things said about our Lord's dispensation were said in human fashion yet not without foreknowledge (for no right-minded person would say that he did not know where they had laid Lazarus, being near the place, even if he asked for the reason we said, having shown of himself earlier, far away ⟨in⟩ Galilee, that Lazarus ⟨had died⟩), so also we sensibly explain these things about the Old Testament.

### Scripture references

- John 11:14: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 109.1 (Holl GCS 25:133; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-109-1).

## Ancoratus 109.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-109-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:133
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Where are you?” showed Adam's fall.

### Greek text

τὸ εἰπεῖν τὸν θεόν »'Αδὰμ ποῦ εἶ;« οὐκ ἀγνοοῦντος ἦν, ἀλλὰ δεικνύοντος ἀπὸ οἴου ὕψους πρὸς ποῖον βάθος αἴσχους ό Αδὰμ ἐκπεπτώκει.

### English translation (Claude)

God's saying, “Adam, where are you?” was not of one ignorant, but of one showing from what height to what depth of shame Adam had fallen.

### Scripture references

- Gen 3:9: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 109.2 (Holl GCS 25:133; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-109-2).

## Ancoratus 109.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-109-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:133
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Where is Abel?” reproved Cain.

### Greek text

καί »ποῦ Ἄβελ ό ἀδελφός σου;‘ ὅτι ὅν σε ἔδει φέρειν ἀεὶ ἐν ἀγκάλαις καὶ ἀεὶ συνεῖναι αὐτῷ, οὖτος ἐπὶ γῆν παρὰ σοῦ ἔρριπται.

### English translation (Claude)

And “Where is Abel your brother?”: that is, the one you ought always to carry in your arms and always be with has been cast on the ground by you.

### Scripture references

- Gen 4:9: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 109.3 (Holl GCS 25:133; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-109-3).

## Ancoratus 109.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-109-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:133
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God's words to Cain show he knew.

### Greek text

δείκνυσι γὰρ ἐκ τοῦ ἐπαγομένου ὅτι οὐκ ἀγνοίας χάριν ἠρώτα, ἀλλὰ διελέγχων ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν ὅτι »ἐπικατάρατος ἡ γῆ έν τοῖς ἔργοις σου καὶ ἐπικατάρατος σὺ ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, ἥτις ἔχανε τὸ στόμα αὐτῆς δέξασθαι τὸ αἶμα τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου ἐκ τῆς χειρός σου«·

### English translation (Claude)

For he shows from what follows that he asked not for ignorance, but reproving, in saying, “Cursed is the ground in your works, and cursed are you from the ground, which opened its mouth to receive your brother's blood from your hand”;

### Scripture references

- Gen 3:17: allusion, medium confidence
- Gen 4:11: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The quotation combines Gen 3:17 and 4:11.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 109.4 (Holl GCS 25:133; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-109-4).

## Ancoratus 109.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-109-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:133
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “Where is Sarah?” set her modesty as an example.

### Greek text

»ἰδού, γάρ φησιν, ὴ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ βοᾷ πρός με«. καί Μοῦ Σάρρα ἡ γυνή σου;« οὐκ ἀγνοῶν εἶπεν. ἐπεὶ πῶς ἠγνόει ὸ γελῶσαν ἔνδον τῆς οἰκίας εἰδὼς αὐτήν; οὐκ ἀγνοῶν τοίνυν ἠρώτα, ἀλλʼ ἵνα παρα- στήσῃ ταῖς θυγατράσιν αὐτῆς ταῖς »ἐπαγγελλομέναις θεοσέβειαν« μαθεῖν τὴν ἐκείνης ἀγωγήν, ὅταν ἁγίοις ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων καμάτων ὑπηρετεῖν πειρῶνται.

### English translation (Claude)

“for behold,” he says, “his voice cries out to me.” And “Where is Sarah your wife?” he did not say in ignorance. For how would he not know, who knew she was laughing inside the house? So he asked not in ignorance, but to set before her daughters, “who profess godliness,” to learn her way of life, when they try to serve the saints from their own labors.

### Scripture references

- Gen 4:10: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 18:9: quotation, high confidence
- Gen 18:12: allusion, high confidence
- 1 Tim 2:10: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Μοῦ is a digital slip for ποῦ.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 109.5 (Holl GCS 25:133; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-109-5).

## Ancoratus 109.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-109-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:133
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Sarah's modesty is a pattern.

### Greek text

ἐκείνη γὰρ ἐν τοσαύτῃ ὑπηρεσίᾳ ὑπάρχουσα, αὐτὴ τοὺς ἀζύμους καὶ τοὺς ἐγκρυφίους ἐργαζομένη καὶ τὴν τοσαύτην ὑπηρεσίαν ἐξαρτύσασα ἅμα τοῖς αὐτῆς οἰκέταις, πρόσωπον τῶν ὑπηρετου- μένων οὐχ ὲωρα, σωφροσύνης ἐπιεικοῦς ὑπογραμμὸν ταῖς ημετέραις γενεαῖς ὑπολιμπάνουσα. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ἀρκέσει εἰς παράστασιν ταῖς τῶν ματαίων ἀντιλογίαις.

### English translation (Claude)

For she, being in such great service, herself making the unleavened loaves and the cakes baked in ashes and preparing such great service together with her servants, did not look on the face of those served, leaving a pattern of fitting modesty for our generations. And these things will suffice to answer the objections of the vain.

### Scripture references

- Gen 18:6: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 109.6 (Holl GCS 25:133; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-109-6).

## Ancoratus 110.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:133–134
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The plundering of Egypt was just.

### Greek text

110. Ἄν τε εἴπωσιν ὅτι καλὸς ὁ θεὸς τοῦ νόμου, ό τοὺς μὲν Αἰγυπτίους πλεονεκτήσας καὶ σκυλεῦσαι διδάξας τοὺς ἰδίους αὐτοῦ ἀνθρώπους ἐν τῷ ἐξέρχεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου, οὐκ οἴδασιν οί μάταιοι ὅτι παρὰ θεῷ οὐδὲν ἀπόλλυται καὶ ὅτι δικαιοκρισία ἐστὶ καὶ θεὸς οὐ μυκτηρίζεται«.

### English translation (Claude)

And if they say, “A fine God is the God of the law, who defrauded the Egyptians and taught his own people to plunder them when they went out of the land of Egypt,” the vain do not know that with God nothing is lost, and that there is just judgment, and “God is not mocked.”

### Scripture references

- Exod 12:35: allusion, high confidence
- Exod 12:36: allusion, high confidence
- Gal 6:7: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 110.1 (Holl GCS 25:133–134; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-1).

## Ancoratus 110.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:134
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Israel worked unpaid for many years.

### Greek text

τί γὰρ ἐνόμιζον Αἰγύπτιοι ὅτι ἐζήτουν ταῦτα ἀμισθὶ ἐργάζεσθαι τοὺς Ἰουδαίους καὶ οὐ τὰ τυχόντα ἴτη, ἀλλὰ διακόσια δεκαπέντε σὺν † τοῖς διακοσίοις δεκαπέντε ἔτεσι τοῦ Ἱωσήφ;

### English translation (Claude)

For what did the Egyptians think, that they sought to make the Jews work for these things without wages, and not for a few years, but two hundred fifteen, with † the two hundred fifteen years of Joseph?

### Translation notes

- The dagger marks a corrupt phrase.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 110.2 (Holl GCS 25:134; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-2).

## Ancoratus 110.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:134
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The 430 years of sojourning were fulfilled.

### Greek text

τετρακοσίων γὰρ καὶ τριάκοντα ἐτῶν παροικίας ὸρισθείσης τῷ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ τῷ αὐτοῦ σπέρματι, ὡς λέγει πάροικον ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου ἐν γῇ ἀλλοτρίᾳ«, ⟨τότε⟩ τὸ ὀρισθὲν ἐτελειοῦτο.

### English translation (Claude)

For four hundred and thirty years of sojourning having been appointed for Abraham and his seed, as it says, “Your seed will be a sojourner in a foreign land,” ⟨then⟩ what was appointed was completed.

### Scripture references

- Gen 15:13: quotation, high confidence
- Exod 12:40: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 110.3 (Holl GCS 25:134; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-3).

## Ancoratus 110.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:134
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The 430 years are split into 215 in Canaan and 215 in Egypt.

### Greek text

τῇ οὖν ἑαυτοῦ εύσπλαγχνίᾳ ὁ θεὸς τὰ ἴτη τῆς αὐτοῦ παροικίας διεμέρισε. καὶ εύθὺς μὲν ⟨διὰ⟩ σݲ δεκατπέντε ἐτῶν ἔτι ὄντων ἐν τῇ αὐτῶν καὶ τὰ ἄλλα σݲ πεντεκαίδεκα διεῖλε τοῖς εἰς Αἴγυπτον θοῦσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

So God in his compassion divided the years of their sojourning. And at once he assigned two hundred fifteen years while they were still in their ⟨land⟩, and the other two hundred fifteen to those who went down into Egypt.

### Translation notes

- Some numerals are damaged in the digital text; the figures follow the sums given in 110.10.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 110.4 (Holl GCS 25:134; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-4).

## Ancoratus 110.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:134–135
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Epiphanius's chronology from Abraham to the descent into Egypt.

### Greek text

ὁ γὰρ ἀριθμὸς τούτων τῶν ἐτῶν οὕτως ἀναλογεῖται· | ην τότε ἑβδομηκοστὸν πέμπτον ἔτος τοῦ Αβραάμ. γίνονται τοίνυν ἀπὸ ἑβδομηκοστοῦ πέμπτου ἔτους Αβραὰμ ἕως γεννήσεως Ισαὰκ ἔτη· Ισαὰκ γεννᾷ τὸν Ἰακὼβ κατάγων ἔτος ἑξηκοστὸν καὶ γέγονεν ἴτη· Ιακὼβ δὲ γενόμενος ἐτῶν ݲ γεννᾷ τὸν Λευὶ καὶ γίνονται ἔτη ρݲοݲδݲ· Λευὶ ἐτῶν γενόμενος μݲ τεσσάρων γεννᾷ τὸν Κααθ· ἐν δὲ τῷ ρακοστῷ ἔτει καὶ ἑβδόμῳ Λευὶ κάτεισιν Ιακὼβ εἰς Αἴγυπτον καὶ γίνονται ἴτη διακόσια ἔνδεκα. καὶ μετὰ τὴν εἴσοδον αὐτῶν τὴν εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἕτερα τέσσαρα ἔτη καὶ πληροῦνται τὰ διακόσια δεκαπέντε.

### English translation (Claude)

For the number of these years is reckoned thus. It was then the seventy-fifth year of Abraham. From Abraham's seventy-fifth year to the birth of Isaac there are 25 years; Isaac begets Jacob in his sixtieth year, and it comes to 85 years; Jacob at 89 years begets Levi, and it comes to 174 years; Levi at forty-odd years begets Kohath; and in Levi's thirty-seventh year Jacob goes down into Egypt, and it comes to two hundred eleven years. And after their entry into Egypt, another four years, and the two hundred fifteen are completed.

### Scripture references

- Gen 12:4: allusion, high confidence
- Gen 25:26: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Several numerals are lost in the digital text; the missing figures are supplied from Epiphanius's own totals. The chronology is his own.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 110.5 (Holl GCS 25:134–135; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-5).

## Ancoratus 110.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:135
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: From the descent to the birth of Moses' father.

### Greek text

ἐντεῦθέν μοι πόλιν ἀριθμεῖται τὰλοιπὰ διακόσια πεντεκαίδεκα ἔτη τῆς τῶν Ἰσραηλιτῶν παροικίας. Καὰθ δὲ μετὰ τὴν εἰς Αἴγυπτον κάθοδον ἐν τῷ ἐξηκοστῷ πέμπτῳ ἔτει αὐτοῦ γεννᾷ τὸν πατέρα Μωυσέως Ἀβραάμ· γίνονται τοίνυν ἀπὸ τοῦ πρώτου Ἀβραάμ, τοῦ ἑβδομηκοστοῦ αὐτοῦ πέμπτου ἔτους ἕως τῆς γεννήσεως τοῦ ἐσχάτου Αβραὰμ ἔτη ݲ, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς εἰς Αἴγυπτον καταγωγῆς ἔτη ξε.

### English translation (Claude)

From here the remaining two hundred fifteen years of the Israelites' sojourning are counted again. Kohath, after the descent into Egypt, in his sixty-fifth year begets Amram, the father of Moses; so from the first Abraham's seventy-fifth year to the birth of the last Amram there are 280 years, and from the descent into Egypt sixty-five years.

### Scripture references

- Exod 6:20: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The digital text reads “Abraham” for Moses' father, evidently for Ambram, the Septuagint form of Amram; Epiphanius contrasts “the first Abraham” with “the last Ambram.” The lost numeral (280) is supplied from his totals.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 110.6 (Holl GCS 25:135; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-6).

## Ancoratus 110.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:135
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Moses is born.

### Greek text

Αβραὰμ δὲ ἐτῶν ἑβδομήκοντα ὣν γεννᾷ τὸν Μωυσέα, καὶ γίνονται ἀπὸ μὲν τοῦ πρώτου Αβραὰ ἔτη τݲνݲ, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς εἰς Αἴγυπτον ἔτη ρλε.

### English translation (Claude)

And Amram at seventy years begets Moses, and it comes to three hundred fifty years from the first Abraham, and one hundred thirty-five from the descent into Egypt.

### Translation notes

- The digital text again reads “Abraham” for Amram.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 110.7 (Holl GCS 25:135; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-7).

## Ancoratus 110.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:135
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The crossing of the Red Sea.

### Greek text

ό δὲ Μωυσῆς έν τῷ λ αὐτοῦ ἔτει πατεῖ τὴν ἐρυθρὰν θάλασσαν, ἅμα Ισραηλίταις ἐξ Αἰγύπτου ἐξιών. καὶ γίνονται ἀπὸ μὲν τοῦ μεγάλου Αβραὰμ ἔτη τݲπݲ, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς εἰς Αἴγυπτον καθόδου ρξε.

### English translation (Claude)

And Moses in his thirtieth year crosses the Red Sea, going out of Egypt with the Israelites. And it comes to three hundred eighty years from the great Abraham, and one hundred sixty-five from the descent into Egypt.

### Translation notes

- Epiphanius's figures are his own (Exod 7:7 gives Moses' age as eighty); they are internally consistent with his totals.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 110.8 (Holl GCS 25:135; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-8).

## Ancoratus 110.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:135
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Fifty years in the wilderness.

### Greek text

τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ πεντήκοντα ἔτη κατηνάλωσαν μετὰ τὴν διαπεραίωσιν τῆς ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης μέχρι τῆς εἰς Παλαιστίνην άπαντήσεως, οὐ διὰ τὸ μῆκος τῆς ὸδοῦ, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ μάχεσθαι καὶ ἐμποδίζεσθαι παρὰ τῶν καθʼ ὁδὸν αὐτῶν εὑρισκομένων ἐθνῶν.

### English translation (Claude)

And they spent the remaining fifty years after the crossing of the Red Sea until the arrival in Palestine, not because of the length of the road, but because they fought and were hindered by the nations found along their way.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 110.9 (Holl GCS 25:135; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-9).

## Ancoratus 110.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:135
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Totals: 430 years, of which 215 after the descent into Egypt.

### Greek text

γίνονται οὐν ἀπὸ μὲν τοῦ ἑβδομηκοστοῦ πέμπτου ἔτους τοῦ μεγάλου Αβραάμ, άφ΄ οὑ ἡ πρόρρησις αὕτη ἐδόθη αύτῷ παρὰ τοῦ θεοῦ, μέχρι Μωυσέως καὶ τῆς εἰς τὴν Παλαιστίνην ἀφίξεως τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ ἔτη υλ, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς καθόδου τῆς εἰς Αἴγυπτον καὶ μέχρι ⟨τῆς εἰς⟩ Παλαιστίνην αὐτῶν ἀφίξεως ἔτη σιε.

### English translation (Claude)

So from the seventy-fifth year of the great Abraham, from which this prediction was given him by God, to Moses and the arrival of the sons of Israel in Palestine there are four hundred thirty years, and from the descent into Egypt to their arrival ⟨in⟩ Palestine two hundred fifteen years.

### Scripture references

- Exod 12:40: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 110.10 (Holl GCS 25:135; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-110-10).

## Ancoratus 111.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-111-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:135
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The spoils were Israel's just wages.

### Greek text

111. Τοσούτοις οὖν ἔτεσιν ἐργασαμένοις τοῖς Ιουδαίοις ἀμισθὶ οὐκ ἦν δίκαιον καὶ παρὰ θεῷ καὶ ἀνθρώποις δοθῆναι αὐτοῖς τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν κἂν ἐπὶ τέλει; οὐκ ἄδικος τοίνυν ὁ θεὸς μετὰ σκύλων ἐκεῖθεν ἐκβαλὼν τοὺς οἰκείους.

### English translation (Claude)

So when the Jews had worked so many years without wages, was it not just before God and men that their wages be given them, even at the end? So God was not unjust in bringing his own people out from there with spoils.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 111.1 (Holl GCS 25:135; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-111-1).

## Ancoratus 111.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-111-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:135
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Exodus 12:40 LXX confirms the count.

### Greek text

εἰ δέ τις ἀμφιβάλλοι μὴ οὕτως ἐξαριθμεῖσθαι τὰ ἔτη, ἀκουέτω Μωυσέως λέγοντος »ή δὲ κατοίκησις τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ έν γῇ Χαναὰν καὶ ἐν γῇ Αἰγύπτῳ ἔτη υݲλݲ«.

### English translation (Claude)

And if anyone doubts that the years are counted so, let him hear Moses saying, “And the dwelling of the sons of Israel in the land of Canaan and in the land of Egypt was four hundred thirty years.”

### Scripture references

- Exod 12:40: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The Septuagint of Exod 12:40 includes Canaan; the Hebrew does not.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 111.2 (Holl GCS 25:135; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-111-2).

## Ancoratus 111.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-111-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:135
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: No blame attaches to God.

### Greek text

τοῦ οὐν δικαιοτάτου μισθοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἐπιμελομένου, ποία τις ἔτι ὺπολείπεται μάταιος ἀντιλογία τοῖς βουλομένοις κατὰ τοῦ ἁγίου θεοῦ καταφέρειν ψόγον; θεὸν δὲ ἀληθινὸν οὐκ ἄν ποτέ τις ψέξειεν, ἀλλʼ οἱ ψέγοντες ἐαυτοὺς ψέγουσιν.

### English translation (Claude)

So since the Lord took care of the most just wages, what vain objection is still left to those who wish to bring blame against the holy God? But no one could ever blame the true God; rather those who blame blame themselves.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 111.3 (Holl GCS 25:135; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-111-3).

## Ancoratus 111.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-111-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:135–136
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The objection about the conquest of Canaan.

### Greek text

Ἐτέρα δὲ τις παρʼ αὐτῶν μάταιος καταγγέλλεται ἀντιλογία ὁμοία τῇ πρώτῃ, ὅτι καλὸς ὁ θεὸς τοῦ νόμου ὃς ἐπλεονέκτησε τοὺς Χαναναίους, ἵνα δῷ τοῖς Ἱσραηλίταις τὸν αὐτῶν τόπον, »οἰκίας ἅς οὐχ ᾠκοδόμησαν καὶ ἐλαιῶνας καὶ συκῶνας καὶ άμπελῶνας οὕς οὐκ ἐφύτευσαν«.

### English translation (Claude)

Another vain objection like the first is announced by them: “A fine God is the God of the law, who defrauded the Canaanites to give the Israelites their place, ‘houses which they did not build, and olive groves and fig orchards and vineyards which they did not plant.’”

### Scripture references

- Deut 6:10: allusion, high confidence
- Deut 6:11: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 111.4 (Holl GCS 25:135–136; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-111-4).

## Ancoratus 111.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-111-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:136
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God remembers and avenges over generations.

### Greek text

πρὸς ἐρῶ· ὠ μάταιοι, εἰ μὲν ἠν Μεὸς ὡς ἄνθρωπος, τὰ σήμερον λεγόμενα ἢ πραττόμενα παρήρχετο καὶ οὐδὲν ἦν αὐτῷ ἐν ἐνθυμήσει· ἐπειδὴ δὲ ὁ θεὸς »θεός ἐστι καὶ οὐκ ἄνθρωπος«, τὰ εἰς αὐτὸν ἀναφερόμενα εἰς πολλὰς γενεὰς ἐκδικῶν οὐκ ἐπιλανθάνεται. εἰ γὰρ ἀγνοοῦσι τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο, μαθέτωσαν.

### English translation (Claude)

To them I will say: O vain ones, if God were like a man, what is said or done today would pass away and nothing would be in his mind; but since God “is God and not man,” he does not forget what is referred to him, avenging it over many generations. For if they do not know this matter, let them learn.

### Scripture references

- Hos 11:9: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Μεός is a digital slip for θεός. The quotation is Hos 11:9.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 111.5 (Holl GCS 25:136; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-111-5).

## Ancoratus 112.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-112-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:136
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Noah bound his sons by oath.

### Greek text

112. Ἴσασι πάντες τὸν δίκαιον Νῶε λείψανον τοῦ κόσμου γεγονότα μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν. ὡς οὖν παρελείφθη αὐτός τε καὶ οἱ τρεῖς αὐτοῦ υἱοί, οἶα δίκαιος ὢν καὶ τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ παῖδας εὐλαβεῖς καθιστᾶν πειρώμενος, ἴνα μὴ τοῖς αὐτοῖς ὑποπέσωσι κακοῖς ὡς καὶ οἱ ἐν τῷ κατακλυσμῷ, οὐ μόνον διὰ λόγων τούτοις τὴν εὐλάβειαν παρεδίδου, ἀλλὰ καὶ διʼ ὅρκου ἀφʼ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου αὐτῶν τὴν πρὸς τὸν ἀδελφὸν εὔνοιαν ἀπᾐτησε.

### English translation (Claude)

All know that the righteous Noah became the remnant of the world after the flood. So when he and his three sons were left, being righteous and trying to make his children devout, so that they might not fall into the same evils as those in the flood, he not only handed on piety to them by words, but also demanded from each of them by oath goodwill toward his brother.

### Scripture references

- Gen 9:19: allusion, medium confidence

### Extrabiblical texts

- Jub. 8-9 (Jubilees): allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The oath and division of the earth follow a tradition also found in Jubilees 8–9.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 112.1 (Holl GCS 25:136; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-112-1).

## Ancoratus 112.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-112-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:136
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Noah divided the world by lot.

### Greek text

καὶ διαμερίζει μὲν ὡς κληρονόμος τοῦ κόσμου καταστὰς ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ τοῖς τρισὶν υἱοῖς αὐτοῦ τὸν πάντα κόσμον, ὑπὸ κλήρους διελὼν καὶ ἑκάστην μερίδα κατὰ κλῆρον ἑκάστῳ ἀπονέμων·

### English translation (Claude)

And, having been made heir of the world by God, he divides the whole world among his three sons, dividing it by lots and assigning each portion by lot to each;

### Extrabiblical texts

- Jub. 8.10-11 (Jubilees): allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 112.2 (Holl GCS 25:136; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-112-2).

## Ancoratus 112.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-112-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:136–137
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Shem's portion.

### Greek text

καὶ τῷ μὲν Σὴμ τῷ πρωτοτόκῳ ὑπέπεσεν ό κλῆρος ἀπὸ Περσίδος καὶ Βάκτρων ἕως Ἰνδικῆς [⟨τὸ μῆκος, πλάτος δὲ ἀπὸ ἕως τῆς χώρας Ῥινοκουρούρων· κεῖται δὲ αὕτη ἡ Ῥινοκουρούρων ἀνὰ μέσον Αἰγύπτου καὶ Παλαιστίνης, ἀντικρὺ τῆς ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης.

### English translation (Claude)

and to Shem, the firstborn, fell the lot from Persia and Bactria to India in length, and in breadth from ⟨India⟩ to the land of Rhinocorura; and this Rhinocorura lies between Egypt and Palestine, opposite the Red Sea.

### Translation notes

- The bracketing of the length/breadth clause is uncertain in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 112.3 (Holl GCS 25:136–137; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-112-3).

## Ancoratus 112.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-112-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:137
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Ham's and Japheth's portions.

### Greek text

Χὰμ δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ ἀπὸ τῆς αὐτῆς Ῥινοκουρούρων ἕως Γαδείρων τὰ πρὸς νότον. Ἰάφεθ δὲ τῷ τρίτῳ ἀπὸ Μηδίας ἕως Γαδείρων καὶ Ρινοκουρούρων τὰ πρὸς βορρᾶν.

### English translation (Claude)

To Ham the second, from the same Rhinocorura to Gadeira, the southern parts. To Japheth the third, from Media to Gadeira and Rhinocorura, the northern parts.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 112.4 (Holl GCS 25:137; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-112-4).

## Ancoratus 113.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-113-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:137
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Shem's twenty-five descendants.

### Greek text

113. Τῷ οὖν Σὴμ γίνονται παῖδες καὶ παίδων παῖδες κݲεݲ ἕως ὅτε διεμερίσθησαν αἱ γλῶσσαι· καὶ εἰσὶ διεσπαρμένοι ἐν γλώσσαις καὶ φυλαῖς καὶ βασιλείαις.

### English translation (Claude)

To Shem, then, were born sons and sons' sons, twenty-five, until the tongues were divided; and they are scattered in tongues and tribes and kingdoms.

### Scripture references

- Gen 10:31: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 113.1 (Holl GCS 25:137; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-113-1).

## Ancoratus 113.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-113-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:137–138
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The peoples descended from Shem.

### Greek text

τὰ δὲ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν ἐστι τάδε· Ἐλυμαῖοι Παίονες Λαζόνες Κοσσαῖοι Γασφηνοὶ Παλαιστινοὶ] Ἰνδοὶ Σύροι Ἀραβες οἱ καὶ ⟨Ταϊ⟩ Ἀριανοὶ Μάρδοι Ὑρκανοὶ Μαγουσαῖοι Ἀσσύριοι Γερμανοὶ Λυδοὶ Μεσοποταμῖται Ἑβραῖοι Κοιληνοὶ Βακτριανοὶ Ἀδιαβηνοὶ Καμήλιοι Σαρακηνοὶ Σκύθαι † Χίονες Γυμνο- σοφισταὶ Χαλδαῖοι Πάρθοι Ἐῆται Κορδυληνοὶ Μασσυνοὶ Φοίνικες Μαδιηναῖοι Κομμαγηνοὶ Δαρδάνιοι Ἐλαμασηνοὶ Κεδρούσιοι Ἐλαμῖται Ἀρμένιοι Κίλικες [Αἰγύπτιοι] Καππάδοκες [Φοίνικες] † Βίονες Κᾶρες] Χάλυβες Ψυλλῖται] Λαζοὶ Μοσσύνοικοι] Ἴβηρες Φρύγες].

### English translation (Claude)

And their names are these: Elymaeans, Paeones, Lazones, Cossaeans, Gasphenes, Indians, Syrians, Arabs, also called ⟨Tai⟩, Arians, Mardi, Hyrcanians, Magusaeans, Assyrians, Germanians, Lydians, Mesopotamians, Hebrews, Coelenes, Bactrians, Adiabenes, Camelians, Saracens, Scythians, † Chiones, Gymnosophists, Chaldeans, Parthians, Eetae, Cordylenes, Massyni, Phoenicians, Madienaeans, Commagenes, Dardanians, Elamasenes, Cedrusians, Elamites, Armenians, Cilicians, Cappadocians, † Biones, Chalybes, Lazi, Iberians.

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes Palestinians, Egyptians, Phoenicians (second time), Carians, Psyllites, Mossynoeci, and Phrygians. The list is Epiphanius's; many names are obscure, and the daggers mark corrupt forms.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 113.2 (Holl GCS 25:137–138; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-113-2).

## Ancoratus 113.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-113-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:138–139
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The peoples descended from Ham.

### Greek text

Χὰμ δὲ τῷ δευτέρῳ παῖδες καὶ παίδων παῖδες τριάκοντα δύο ἕως τοῦ αὐτοῦ διαμερισμοῦ τῶν γλωσσῶν· Αἰθίοπες Τρωγλοδύται Ἀγγαῖοι Ταιηνοὶ Σαβῖνοι Ἰχθυοφάγοι Ἑλλανικοὶ Αἰγύπτιοι Φοίνικες Μαρμαρίδαι Κᾶρες Ψυλλῖται Μοσσύνοικοι Φρύγες Μάκωνες Μάκρωνες Συρτῖται Λεπτιμαγνῖται Βιθυνοὶ Νομάδες Λύκιοι Μαριανδηνοὶ Πάμφυλοι † Μοσχεσίδιοι Πισιδηνοὶ Αὐγαλαῖοι Κίλικες Μαυρούσιοι Κρῆτες Μαγάρδαι Νουμιδοὶ Ἄφροι ⟨οἱ⟩ καὶ Βιζακηνοὶ Φασγηνοὶ Μάζικες Γάραμοι Γετοῦλοι Βλέμμυες Ἀξωμῖται· οὐτοι κατέχουσιν ἀπὸ Αἰγύπτου ἕως Ὠκεανοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

And to Ham the second were sons and sons' sons, thirty-two, until the same division of the tongues: Ethiopians, Troglodytes, Angaeans, Taenians, Sabines, Fish-eaters, Hellanics, Egyptians, Phoenicians, Marmaridae, Carians, Psyllites, Mossynoeci, Phrygians, Macones, Macrones, Syrtites, people of Leptis Magna, Bithynians, Nomads, Lycians, Mariandyni, Pamphylians, † Moschesidians, Pisidians, Augalaeans, Cilicians, Moors, Cretans, Magardae, Numidians, Africans ⟨also⟩ called Byzacenes, Phasgenes, Mazices, Garamantes, Gaetulians, Blemmyes, Axumites. These hold from Egypt to the Ocean.

### Scripture references

- Gen 10:6: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The list is Epiphanius's; some names are obscure and the dagger marks a corrupt form.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 113.3 (Holl GCS 25:138–139; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-113-3).

## Ancoratus 113.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-113-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:139–140
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Ham's islands.

### Greek text

καὶ νῆσοι αὐτοῖς· Κούρσουλα Λοπάδουσα Γαῦλος Ῥίδη Μελίτη Κέρκυρα Μήνη Σαρδανὶς Γόρτυνα Κρήτη Γλαῦκος Ῥίδη Θήρα Καρίανθος Ἀστυπαλαία Χίος Λέσβος Τένεδος Ἴμβρος Ἴασος Σάμος Κῶος Κνίδη Νίσσυρος Μεγίστη καὶ Κύπρος.

### English translation (Claude)

And islands belong to them: Corsula, Lopadusa, Gaulos, Rhide, Melite, Cercyra, Mene, Sardinia, Gortyna, Crete, Glaucus, Rhide, Thera, Carianthus, Astypalaea, Chios, Lesbos, Tenedos, Imbros, Iasus, Samos, Cos, Cnidus, Nisyros, Megiste, and Cyprus.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 113.4 (Holl GCS 25:139–140; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-113-4).

## Ancoratus 113.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-113-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:140
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The peoples descended from Japheth.

### Greek text

Ιάφεθ δὲ τῷ τρίτῳ παῖδες καὶ παίδων παῖδες δεκαπέντε ἴως τοῦ αὐτοῦ διαμερισμοῦ τῶν γλωσσῶν· Μῆδοι Ἀλβανοὶ Γαργιανοὶ Ἀρμένιοι Ἀρραῖοι Ἀμαζόνες Κῶλοι Κορζηνοὶ Βενεαγηνοὶ Καππάδοκες Γαλάται Παφλαγόνες Μαριανδηνοὶ Τιβαρηνοὶ Χἀλυβες Μοσσύνοικοι Κόλχοι Μελαγχηνοὶ Σαυρομάται Γερμανοὶ Μαιῶται Σκύθαι Ταῦροι Θρᾷκες Βαστέρνοι Ἰλλυριοὶ Μακεδόνες Ἕλληνες Λίβυες † Φρύγες Παννόνιοι Ιστροι Οὐέννοι Δαυνεῖς Ἰάπυγες Καλαβροὶ Ἱππικοὶ Λατῖνοι οἱ καὶ Ῥωμαῖοι Τυρρηνοὶ Γάλλοι ⟨οἱ⟩ καὶ Κελτοὶ Λιγυστινοὶ Κελτίβηρες Ἴβηρες Γάλλοι Ἀκουιτανοὶ Ἰλλυριανοὶ Βάσαντες Κάννιοι Καρτανοὶ Λυσιτανοὶ Οὐακκαῖοι Βρεττανικοὶ Σκότοι Σπάνοι.

### English translation (Claude)

And to Japheth the third were sons and sons' sons, fifteen, until the same division of the tongues: Medes, Albanians, Gargians, Armenians, Arraeans, Amazons, Coli, Corzenes, Beneagenes, Cappadocians, Galatians, Paphlagonians, Mariandyni, Tibareni, Chalybes, Mossynoeci, Colchians, Melanchlaeni, Sauromatae, Germans, Maeotae, Scythians, Tauri, Thracians, Bastarnae, Illyrians, Macedonians, Greeks, Libyans, † Phrygians, Pannonians, Istrians, Venetians, Daunians, Iapygians, Calabrians, Hippici, Latins also called Romans, Tyrrhenians, Gauls ⟨also⟩ called Celts, Ligurians, Celtiberians, Iberians, Gauls, Aquitanians, Illyrians, Basantes, Cannii, Cartani, Lusitanians, Vaccaei, Britons, Scots, Spaniards.

### Scripture references

- Gen 10:2: allusion, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- The count of fifteen does not match the length of the list; both are as printed.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 113.5 (Holl GCS 25:140; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-113-5).

## Ancoratus 113.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-113-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:140
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Japheth's islands.

### Greek text

νῆσοι δὲ αὐτοῖς Βρεττανία Σικελία Εὔβοια Ῥόδος Χίος Λέσβος Κύθηρα Ζάκυνθος Κεφαληνία Ἰθάκη Κέρκυρα Κύπρος.

### English translation (Claude)

And islands belong to them: Britain, Sicily, Euboea, Rhodes, Chios, Lesbos, Cythera, Zacynthus, Cephallenia, Ithaca, Cercyra, Cyprus.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 113.6 (Holl GCS 25:140; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-113-6).

## Ancoratus 113.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-113-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:140–141
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Duplicates are due to borders, colonies, or Ham's encroachment.

### Greek text

εἴ που δὲ ὄνομα ἔθνους ἢ νήσου ἐντέτακται δισσῶς ἐν κλήρῳ ἄλλου καὶ πάλιν ἄλλου, κατὰ τὰ κοινὰ ὅρια ἢ κατὰ τὰς γενομένας κατὰ καιρὸν ἀποικίας ἢ κατὰ πρόσληψιν τοῦ Χάμ, ὃς ἐπλεονέκτησε καὶ ἔλαβε τοῦ Σὴμ μέρη, μηδεὶς θαυμαζέτω ἢ ἀμφιβαλλέτω.

### English translation (Claude)

And if anywhere the name of a nation or island is placed twice, in the lot of one and again of another, according to common borders or according to colonies made from time to time, or according to Ham's annexation, who took more than his share and seized parts of Shem's, let no one be surprised or doubt.

### Translation notes

- Several words appear in Latin letters in the digital text.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 113.7 (Holl GCS 25:140–141; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-113-7).

## Ancoratus 114.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:141
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Noah's sons swore not to encroach on each other.

### Greek text

114. Τούτων τοίνυν τῶν ἐθνῶν οὕτως ἐκ τῶν τριῶν υἱῶν τοῦ Νῶε γεγονότων καὶ τριχῆ τοῦ κόσμου τοῖς τρισὶν υἱοῖς διαμερισθέντος, ὡς προεῖπον ὅρκος ἀπῃτήθη παρʼ αὐτῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς μηδένα ἐπεμβαίνειν τῷ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ κλήρῳ·

### English translation (Claude)

These nations, then, having thus come from the three sons of Noah, and the world having been divided in three among the three sons, as I said before, an oath was demanded of them by their father that none should encroach on his brother's lot;

### Extrabiblical texts

- Jub. 9.14-15 (Jubilees): allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 114.1 (Holl GCS 25:141; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-1).

## Ancoratus 114.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:141
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Transgressors would be destroyed.

### Greek text

τὸν δὲ ὑπερβαίνοντα τὴν τοῦ ὅρκου διαταγὴν ἐξολοθρεύεσθαι ἐν τῷ ὅρκῳ ἔφησαν καὶ πᾶν τὸ σπέρμα αὐτοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

and in the oath they said that whoever transgressed the ordinance of the oath should be destroyed, and all his seed.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 114.2 (Holl GCS 25:141; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-2).

## Ancoratus 114.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:141
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Canaan seized Shem's land.

### Greek text

ἐπεὶ οὐν ἐν τῷ κλήρῳ ⟨τοῦ⟩ Σὴμ ἡ Παλαιστίνη ὑπέπεσε καὶ πάντα τὰ πλησίον αὐτῆς, πλεονέκτης δὲ ὤν ὁ Χαναὰν υἱὸς Χὰμ ἐπῆλθε τῇ Παλαιστινῶν ὕστερον γῇ τουτέστι τῇ Ἰουδαίᾳ καὶ ἀφαρπάζει αὐτήν, ἐμακροθύμει δὲ ὀ

### English translation (Claude)

Since then Palestine and all near it fell in the lot ⟨of⟩ Shem, but Canaan, the son of Ham, being grasping, later invaded the land of the Palestinians, that is, Judea, and seized it, God was long-suffering,

### Extrabiblical texts

- Jub. 10.29-34 (Jubilees): allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 114.3 (Holl GCS 25:141; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-3).

## Ancoratus 114.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:141
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God gave Canaan time to repent.

### Greek text

θεὸς διδοὺς χρόνους μετανοίας, ἵνα μετανοήσειαν οἱ ἐκ τοῦ Χὰμ καὶ ἀποδῶσι τοῖς τοῦ Σὴμ τὴν ἰδίαν κληρουχίαν, ἐκεῖνοι δὲ οὐ μετενόουν, ἀλλʼ ἤθελον τὸ μέτρον αὐτῶν πληρῶσαι, —

### English translation (Claude)

giving times of repentance, so that the descendants of Ham might repent and give back to those of Shem their own allotment; but they did not repent, but wished to fill up their measure,

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 114.4 (Holl GCS 25:141; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-4).

## Ancoratus 114.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:141–142
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: God avenged the broken oath.

### Greek text

τότε ὁ θεὸς μετὰ πολλὰς ὕστερον γενεὰς δίκαιος ὤν ἐκδικεῖ τὴν παράβασιν τοῦ ὅρκου· οὕτω γὰρ ἔδει πληρωθῆναι τὸ Ἀμορραίων μέτρον.

### English translation (Claude)

then after many generations God, being just, avenges the transgression of the oath; for so the measure of the Amorites had to be filled up.

### Scripture references

- Gen 15:16: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 114.5 (Holl GCS 25:141–142; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-5).

## Ancoratus 114.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:142
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Canaan's descendants.

### Greek text

Σὴμ γὰρ γεννᾷ τὸν Ἀρφαζάδ· Χὰμ δὲ γεννᾷ τὸν Χαναάν. Χαναὰν δὲ γεννᾷ μετὰ τὴν πλεονεξίαν τὸν Ἀμορραῖον καὶ τὸν Γεργεσαῖον καὶ Φερεζαῖον καὶ Εὐαῖον καὶ Ἀρουκαῖον καὶ Ἀράδιον καὶ Σιδώνιον.

### English translation (Claude)

For Shem begets Arphaxad; and Ham begets Canaan. And Canaan after the encroachment begets the Amorite and the Girgashite and the Perizzite and the Hivite and the Arkite and the Arvadite and the Sidonian.

### Scripture references

- Gen 10:15: allusion, high confidence
- Gen 10:16: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 114.6 (Holl GCS 25:142; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-6).

## Ancoratus 114.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:142
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: From Shem to Salmon, who entered Canaan.

### Greek text

ἀριθμοῦνται τοίνυν οὕτως αἱ γενεαὶ ἕως τῆς τοῦ Σὴμ ἐκδικίας· Σὴμ ὁ πλεονεκτηθεὶς γεννᾷ τὸν Ἀρφαξάδ, ὡς εἴπομεν· Ἀρφαξὰδ δὲ γεννᾷ τὸν Κηνᾶ, Κηνᾶ τὸν Σάλα, Σάλα τὸν Ἔβερ καὶ γίνεται ἡ πυργοποιία· Ἔβερ γεννᾷ τὸν Φαλὲκ καὶ γίνεται γῆς καὶ γλωσσῶν διαμερισμός· Φαλὲκ γεννᾷ τὸν Ῥαγαῦ, ⟨Ῥαγαῦ⟩ τὸν Σερούχ, Σεροὺχ τὸν Ναχώρ, Ναχὼρ τὸν Θάρρα, Θάρρα τὸν Ἀβραάμ, Ἀβραὰμ τὸν Ἰσαάκ, Ἰσαὰκ τὸν Ἰακὼβ τὸν ἐπονομασθέντα Ἰσραήλ, ἐξ οὗπερ Ἰσραηλῖται, Ἰακὼβ τὸν Ἰούδαν, Ἰούδας τὸν Φαρές, Φαρὲς τὸν Ἐσρώμ, Ἐσρὼμ τὸν Ἀράμ, Ἀρὰμ τὸν Ἀμιναδάβ, Ἀμιναδὰβ τὸν Ναασσὼν καὶ ⟨Ναασσὼν⟩ τὸν Σαλμών. αὕτη ἡ γενεὰ τῶν ἀπὸ Σὴμ γεγεννημένων.

### English translation (Claude)

So the generations are counted thus until the vindication of Shem: Shem, who was defrauded, begets Arphaxad, as we said; Arphaxad begets Cainan, Cainan Shelah, Shelah Eber, and the tower-building happens; Eber begets Peleg, and the division of the earth and tongues happens; Peleg begets Reu, ⟨Reu⟩ Serug, Serug Nahor, Nahor Terah, Terah Abraham, Abraham Isaac, Isaac Jacob who was named Israel, from whom are the Israelites; Jacob Judah, Judah Perez, Perez Hezron, Hezron Ram, Ram Amminadab, Amminadab Nahshon, and ⟨Nahshon⟩ Salmon. This is the generation of those born from Shem.

### Scripture references

- Gen 11:10: allusion, high confidence
- Luke 3:36: allusion, medium confidence
- Matt 1:2: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 114.7 (Holl GCS 25:142; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-7).

## Ancoratus 114.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:142
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The conquest restored Shem's land justly.

### Greek text

τούτους οὖν ἀδικηθέντας ὑπὸ τῶν υἱῶν Χὰμ καὶ τὸν ἴδιον τόπον ἀφαιρεθέντας ἐκδικεῖ ὁ θεὸς ἐξολοθρεύσας τοὺς τοῦ Χαναὰν κατὰ τὸν ὅρκον αὐτῶν, καὶ τὸ σπέρμα τοῦ Σὴμ τὴν ἰδίαν ἀπολαμβάνει χώραν. οὐκ ἠδίκησεν οὖν ὁ θεός, τὰ δίκαια ἑκάστῳ μέρει ἀπονέμων· »οὐ γὰρ μυκτηρίζεται ὁ θεός«, ὡς προεῖπον.

### English translation (Claude)

So God avenges these, who were wronged by the sons of Ham and deprived of their own place, destroying those of Canaan according to their oath, and the seed of Shem receives back its own land. So God did no wrong, giving each part what is just; “for God is not mocked,” as I said before.

### Scripture references

- Gal 6:7: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- This justification of the conquest follows Jubilees and is Epiphanius's argument.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 114.8 (Holl GCS 25:142; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-114-8).

## Ancoratus 115.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:142
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Loosening sandals prefigures baptism.

### Greek text

115. Ἐν τῇ οὖν ἐξόδῳ συναγωγὴν ἑαυτῷ ὁ θεὸς ἁρμόσων φησὶ Μωυσῇ »ὑπόλυσαι τὰ ὑποδήματα ἐκ τῶν ποδῶν σου«. πᾶς γὰρ ὁ μέλλων καθαροῖς λουτροῖς προσιέναι πρῶτον ὑπολύεται.

### English translation (Claude)

In the exodus, then, God, about to join an assembly to himself, says to Moses, “Loose the sandals from your feet.” For everyone who is about to approach pure washings first loosens his sandals.

### Scripture references

- Exod 3:5: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 115.1 (Holl GCS 25:142; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-1).

## Ancoratus 115.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:142
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Baptism was revealed only to the church.

### Greek text

ἐπειδὴ τοίνυν χρόνος πολὺς διελήλυθε καὶ πᾶς τις »ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ αὐτοῦ ἐπλανήθημεν« καὶ αὕτη ἡ συναγωγὴ ἐν τοῖς ἰδίοις κακοῖς ἔμεινεν, οὔπω »τὸ λουτρὸν« ὁ θεὸς »τῆς παλιγγενεσίας« ἀπεκάλυπτεν, ἀλλ ἔτεσι μὲν πολλοῖς ἀνεβάλλετο, ὕστερον δὲ τῇ ἁγίᾳ ἐκκλησίᾳ τὸ πανάγιον λουτρὸν ἀπεκάλυψεν· ἐν μὲν Μωυσῇ

### English translation (Claude)

Since then a long time passed, and each “went astray in his way,” and this assembly remained in its own evils, God did not yet reveal “the washing of regeneration,” but postponed it for many years, and later revealed the all-holy washing to the holy church: in Moses

### Scripture references

- Isa 53:6: quotation, medium confidence
- Titus 3:5: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 115.2 (Holl GCS 25:142; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-2).

## Ancoratus 115.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:142–143
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Stages of stripping prefigure baptism's new garment.

### Greek text

ὑποδήματα ὑπολύων, ἐν δὲ προφήταις τὸν ἔξωθεν χιτῶνα ἀπεκδύων, περίζωμα μόνον καταλείψας τῷ Ἰερεμίᾳ, ἐν δὲ] Ἰωάννῃ ὅλα τὰ τοῦ κόσμου ἱμάτια μεταβαλὼν ἐκ τριχῶν καμήλου μετεσχημάτιζεν, ἐν δὲ αὐτῷ τῷ σωτῆρι καὶ τοῖς αὐτοῦ μαθηταῖς κόσμου τὸ σχῆμα« ἐξέδυσεν, ἄνωθεν δὲ ἀπʼ οὐρανῶν μετὰ τὴν τῶν κάθαρσιν κάθαρσιν »πυρὸς καὶ πνεύματος‘ ἔνδυσιν ἐνεδίδυσκεν.

### English translation (Claude)

loosening the sandals, in the prophets stripping off the outer tunic, leaving only a loincloth to Jeremiah; in John changing all the garments of the world and reshaping them from camel's hair; and in the Savior himself and his disciples he stripped off “the form of the world,” and from above, from heaven, after the cleansing “of fire and Spirit,” he clothed them with a garment.

### Scripture references

- Jer 13:1: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 3:4: allusion, high confidence
- 1 Cor 7:31: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 3:11: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes δέ. κάθαρσιν is doubled in the digital text.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 115.3 (Holl GCS 25:142–143; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-3).

## Ancoratus 115.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:143
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Israel did not recognize the Savior as God.

### Greek text

ἀλλʼ ὁρῶντες οἱ Ἰσραηλῖται τὴν] χάριν τούτου οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι θεός ἐστι. διὸ καὶ ὁ προφήτης ἐγκληματικῶς τούτους ἀπωδύρετο διὰ τὴν εἰς τὸν σωτῆρα ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ἐσομένην ἀτιμίαν, ταῦτα κυρίῳ ἀνταποδίδοτε, λέγων, λαὸς μωρὸς καὶ ἀκάρδιος;

### English translation (Claude)

But the Israelites, seeing his grace, did not know that he is God. Therefore the prophet also lamented them accusingly for the dishonor they would do to the Savior: “Do you repay the Lord thus, a foolish and senseless people?”

### Scripture references

- Deut 32:6: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes τήν. Epiphanius's charge against Israel is translated as written.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 115.4 (Holl GCS 25:143; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-4).

## Ancoratus 115.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:143
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He was the one addressed in “Let us make man.”

### Greek text

οὐκ ἔγνωσαν γὰρ τοῦτον ὅτι οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ μεθʼ οὗ Ε; πατὴρ συνεβουλεύσατο, ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον κατʼ εἰκόνα ἡμετέραν καὶ καθʼ ὁμοίωσιν‘ λέγων·

### English translation (Claude)

For they did not know him, that he was the one with whom in the beginning the Father took counsel, saying, “Let us make man according to our image and likeness.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 1:26: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- A stray mark (Ε;) in the digital text is ignored.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 115.5 (Holl GCS 25:143; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-5).

## Ancoratus 115.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:143
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father took counsel with Son and Spirit.

### Greek text

τὸ γὰρ ποιήσωμεν‘ οὐχ ἑνὸς ἀριθμοῦ ἐστι σημαντικόν· ἀλλὰ γοῦν συνεβουλεύσατο ὁ πατὴρ υἱῷ καὶ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι· »τῷ γὰρ λόγῳ κυρίου οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἐστερεώθησαν καὶ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμις αὐτῶν‘.

### English translation (Claude)

For “let us make” does not signify a single number; but the Father took counsel with the Son and the Holy Spirit: “For by the word of the Lord the heavens were made firm, and all their host by the breath of his mouth.”

### Scripture references

- Gen 1:26: quotation, high confidence
- Ps 33:6 (32:6 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 115.6 (Holl GCS 25:143; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-6).

## Ancoratus 115.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:143
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Genesis 19:24 shows two Lords.

### Greek text

οὐδʼ οὖν συνήκασι τοῦ λέγοντος ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ βίβλῳ ῥητῶς, ὅτι »ἔβρεξε κύριος παρὰ κυρίου πῦρ καὶ θεῖον ἐπὶ Σόδομα καὶ Γόμορρα ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ«. ἔβρεξε γὰρ κύριος πῦρ«, ὁ πρὸς Ἀβραὰμ ἐληλυθώς, παρὰ κυρίου ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ«, τοῦ αὐτὸν ἀποστείλαντος.

### English translation (Claude)

Nor did they understand the one who says explicitly in the same book that “the Lord rained from the Lord fire and brimstone on Sodom and Gomorrah from heaven.” For “the Lord rained fire,” the one who had come to Abraham, “from the Lord out of heaven,” who sent him.

### Scripture references

- Gen 19:24: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 115.7 (Holl GCS 25:143; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-7).

## Ancoratus 115.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:143
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: They did not understand Micah's prophecy.

### Greek text

οὐδὲ ἔγνωσαν αὐτὸν ἀπʼ Αἰγὐπτου αὐτοὺς ἐκβάλλοντα οὐδὲ συνῆκαν τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος » καὶ σὺ Βηθλεὲμ οὐχὶ ἐλαχίστη« πῶς γὰρ οἷόν τε ἐλαχίστην καλεῖν πόλιν χωρήσασαν ὃν οὐρανὸς καὶ πάντα χωρεῖν οὐ δεδύνηνται;) καὶ ὅτι ἐκ σοῦ μοι ἐξελεύσεται ἡγούμενος«· εἰ δὲ ἀπὸ Βηθλεὲμ ἐκπορεύεται καὶ ἄνθρωπός ἐστι, καὶ πῶς θεολογεῖται;

### English translation (Claude)

Nor did they know him bringing them out of Egypt, nor did they understand the prophet saying, “And you, Bethlehem, are by no means least” (for how can one call least the city that contained the one whom heaven and all things could not contain?), and that “from you shall come forth for me a leader”; but if he comes forth from Bethlehem and is a man, how is he called God?

### Scripture references

- Matt 2:6: quotation, high confidence
- Mic 5:2 (5:1 LXX): allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 115.8 (Holl GCS 25:143; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-115-8).

## Ancoratus 116.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:143
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: His eternal origin shows he is God.

### Greek text

116. ταράσσει αὐτοὺς τὸ εἰναι θεὸν καὶ ἄνθρωπον. ἐν ταὐτῷ γὰρ Ε; »αἱ διέξοδοι αὐτοῦ ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς, ἀπὸ κτίσεως κόσμου«· τοῦτο δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν οὐκέτι ἀνθρώπου, ἀλλὰ θεοῦ.

### English translation (Claude)

That he is God and man troubles them. For in the same place ⟨it says⟩, “his goings forth are from the beginning, from the creation of the world”; and this is no longer of a man but of God.

### Scripture references

- Mic 5:2 (5:1 LXX): quotation, medium confidence

### Translation notes

- A stray mark (Ε;) in the digital text is ignored.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 116.1 (Holl GCS 25:143; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-1).

## Ancoratus 116.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:143
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: “They will call” refers to the faithful.

### Greek text

οὐ μέμνηνται δὲ ὅτι »ἰδοὺ ἡ παρθένος ἐν γαστρὶ ἕξει καὶ τέξεται υἱὸν καὶ καλέσουσι τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἐμμανουήλ«· τὸ δὲ καλέσουσι σημαίνει τὸν τρόπον τῶν ἁγίων καὶ πιστῶν, τῶν υἱῶν τῆς ἐκκλησίας.

### English translation (Claude)

And they do not remember that “behold, the virgin will conceive and bear a son, and they will call his name Emmanuel”; and “they will call” signifies the manner of the saints and faithful, the children of the church.

### Scripture references

- Isa 7:14: quotation, high confidence
- Matt 1:23: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 116.2 (Holl GCS 25:143; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-2).

## Ancoratus 116.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:143–144
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The faithful confess the crucified as “God with us.”

### Greek text

ἐξετα- ζόμενοι γὰρ ὑπὸ τῶν κυριοκτόνων Ἰουδαίων περὶ τοῦ σωτῆρος ὅτι πῶς εἰς τὸν σταυρωθέντα ⟨πιστεύετε⟩ ὁμολογοῦσιν * ἀκούουσι χαρὰ τῶν αὐτῶν πιστῶν ὅτι παρʼ ὑμῖν ἐσταύρωται, μεθʼ ἡμῶν δὲ θεός ἐστι.

### English translation (Claude)

For being examined by the Lord-killing Jews about the Savior, “How do ⟨you believe⟩ in the crucified one?”, they confess *, and they hear from the same faithful that “by you he was crucified, but with us he is God.”

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. “Lord-killing” (κυριοκτόνοι) is Epiphanius's polemical term, translated as written. χαρά is read as παρά.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 116.3 (Holl GCS 25:143–144; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-3).

## Ancoratus 116.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:144
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: David foresaw the Lord at God's right hand.

### Greek text

τοῦ δὲ Δαυὶδ οὐκ ἤκουσαν καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν αὐτοῦ τὸν λόγον, ὃν ὁρῶν ἐν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι ἔλεγε, φρίττων τὴν αὐτοῦ τοῦ κυρίου μέλλουσαν ἔσεσθαι οἰκονομίαν, λέγων »εἶπεν ὁ κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου, κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου« καὶ τὰ ἐξῆς.

### English translation (Claude)

And they did not hear David nor know his word, which he spoke seeing in the Holy Spirit, shuddering at the dispensation that the Lord himself would carry out, saying, “The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand,” and so on.

### Scripture references

- Ps 110:1 (109:1 LXX): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 116.4 (Holl GCS 25:144; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-4).

## Ancoratus 116.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:144
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The true sabbath and the heavenly circumcision.

### Greek text

Σάββατα τοίνυν τὰ ἀρχαῖα παρελήλυθε«, σάββατον δὲ ἀληθινὸς παρʼ ἡμῖν κηρύττεται. ἤργησε δὲ ἡ πρώτη περιτομὴ ἓν μέλος σμικρότατον περιτέμνουσα, ἐνεργεῖ δὲ εὖ μάλα ἡ ἐπουράνιος περιτομὴ ὅλον τὸ σῶμα περιτέμνουσα.

### English translation (Claude)

So “the old sabbaths have passed away,” and a true sabbath is proclaimed among us. The first circumcision, circumcising one very small member, has ceased; but the heavenly circumcision, circumcising the whole body, is most effective.

### Scripture references

- 2 Cor 5:17: allusion, medium confidence
- Col 2:11: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The first phrase echoes 2 Cor 5:17.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 116.5 (Holl GCS 25:144; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-5).

## Ancoratus 116.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:144
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Baptism circumcises the whole person.

### Greek text

τὰ γὰρ ὕδατα καὶ ἡ ἁγία ἐπίκλησις οὐχ ἐν ἑνὶ μέλει τοῦ ἀνθρώπου γίνεται, ἀλλʼ ἀλλʼ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου σφραγίζει καθαροποιεῖ περιτέμνει, πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἀπαλλάττει. ἡ γοῦν ἀγία ἐκκλησία παρέλαβε ταῦτα τὰ μυστήρια.

### English translation (Claude)

For the waters and the holy invocation do not take place in one member of the man, but seal, purify, and circumcise the whole body of the man, freeing him from all evils. So the holy church has received these mysteries.

### Translation notes

- ἀλλʼ is doubled in the digital text, apparently for ὅλον (“whole”).

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 116.6 (Holl GCS 25:144; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-6).

## Ancoratus 116.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:144
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Heretics arose within the church.

### Greek text

ἐπανέστησαν δὲ αὐτῇ καὶ δεινοὶ »ἐχθροί, οἰκειακοί‘ λεγόμενοι, μὴ ὄντες δὲ ἐκ τῆς τῶν ἀποστόλων τοῦ κυρίου ἀληθοῦς πίστεως εἰ γὰρ ἦσαν ἐξ αὐτῶν, μεμενήκεσαν ἂν μετʼ αὐτῶν‘)·

### English translation (Claude)

And fierce “enemies,” called “of her own household,” rose against her, not being of the true faith of the Lord's apostles (“for if they had been of them, they would have remained with them”);

### Scripture references

- Matt 10:36: allusion, high confidence
- 1 John 2:19: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 116.7 (Holl GCS 25:144; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-7).

## Ancoratus 116.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:144
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Arians and Sabellians long for Egypt.

### Greek text

ἀλλὰ νόθοι ὄντες καὶ σύμμικτοι ἐπιθυμίαν κακὴν τῆς διʼ ἰχθύων καὶ σικυῶν Αἰγυπτίων ἐδωδῆς πάλιν ἐπιθυμοῦσι, βλασφημοῦντες ἄνω καὶ κάτω τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ, Ἀρειομανῖται, οὓς ἤδη ἐν τοῖς πρὸ τούτου λόγοις ἐστηλιτεύσαμεν, ἄλλοι δὲ Σαβέλλιοι.

### English translation (Claude)

but, being bastards and mixed, they again desire with evil desire the Egyptian food of fish and cucumbers, blaspheming the Son of God up and down: the Ariomaniacs, whom we have already exposed in the preceding discourses, and others, the Sabellians.

### Scripture references

- Num 11:5: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 116.8 (Holl GCS 25:144; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-8).

## Ancoratus 116.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:144
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Sabellians deny distinct Son and Spirit.

### Greek text

καὶ οἱ μὲν Σαβέλλιοι τέλεον ἀρνοῦνται τὸ εἶναι τὸν] υἱὸν καὶ ἅγιον πνεῦμα, λέγοντες ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς ἐστιν ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱὸς καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ πατήρ, ὡς μὴ εἶναι υἱὸν καὶ ἅγιον πνεῦμα, δεύτεροι Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ κυριοκτόνοι ἀπελεγχόμενοι.

### English translation (Claude)

And the Sabellians completely deny that the Son and the Holy Spirit exist, saying that the Son is the Father and the Father himself is the Son and the Holy Spirit himself is the Father, so that there is no Son and Holy Spirit; they are proved to be second Jews and Lord-killers.

### Translation notes

- The editor deletes τόν. The polemical comparison is Epiphanius's.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 116.9 (Holl GCS 25:144; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-9).

## Ancoratus 116.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:144
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Arians separate the Son from the Father's substance.

### Greek text

Ἀρειομανῖται δὲ οἱ πάντων ἀσεβέστατοι, οἱ τὸν υἰὸν ἀπὸ τῆς πατρῴας οὐσίας διαιρεῖν καὶ ἀπαλλοτριοῦν τολμῶντες, οὐκ ἀξιοῦσι τὸν υἱὸν ὁμότιμον εἶναι τῷ πατρὶ οὐδὲ ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτὸν γεγεννῆσθαι.

### English translation (Claude)

And the Ariomaniacs, the most impious of all, who dare to divide the Son from the Father's substance and estrange him, do not think the Son worthy to be of equal honor with the Father nor to have been begotten from the Father's substance.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 116.10 (Holl GCS 25:144; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-10).

## Ancoratus 116.11

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-11
- Source: Holl GCS 25:144–145
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Pneumatomachi are the Arians' offspring.

### Greek text

ἄλλοι δὲ τούτων ἔκγονοι, οἱ πρὸ τούτου μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν προταχθέντων· Με κατὰ Ἰουδαίους αὑτοὺς ἀπηρίθμουν τοὺς βλασφημοῦντας τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα, δεύτεροι Σαδδουκαῖοι καὶ Σαμαρεῖται καὶ ἔγνωστοι νεκροὶ καὶ ἄπιστοι.

### English translation (Claude)

And others are their offspring, those mentioned before with the others set out earlier: ⟨whom⟩ I counted with the Jews, those who blaspheme the Holy Spirit, second Sadducees and Samaritans, and dead and faithless ⟨unknowers⟩.

### Translation notes

- Με is a digital slip; ἔγνωστοι is unclear. Translated by sense.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 116.11 (Holl GCS 25:144–145; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-116-11).

## Ancoratus 117.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-117-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:145
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The baptism in the Jordan refutes the Sabellians.

### Greek text

117. Ἵνα δὲ μὴ »διὰ μέλανος καὶ χάρτου« τὰς κατὰ τούτων μαρ- τυρίας διὰ πολλοῦ ποιησώμεθα, εἰς τὸ μὴ περικακεῖν τοὺς ἀναγινώσκοντας, ἀρκέσουσιν αὐτοῖς Σαβελλιανοῖς μὲν μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων μαρτυ- ριῶν ἡ μαρτυρία τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, ὡς ἤδη εἶπον.

### English translation (Claude)

But so as not to set out the testimonies against these at length “with ink and paper,” so as not to weary the readers, the testimony of the Jordan, as I already said, with the other testimonies, will suffice for the Sabellians.

### Scripture references

- 2 John 1:12: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 117.1 (Holl GCS 25:145; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-117-1).

## Ancoratus 117.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-117-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:145
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: At the Jordan the incarnate Son is present.

### Greek text

υἱὸς γὰρ ἐν Ἰορδάνῃ ἀληθῶς παραγίνεται, θεὸς ἄνθρωπος γεγονώς, οὐ τροπὴν ὑποστὰς ἀλλὰ σάρκα λαβών, οὐ διὰ σπέρματος ἀνδρὸς ἀλλʼ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁγίας παρθένου σῶμα ἀνειληφὼς διʼ ἁγίου πνεύματος συλληφθέν, σῶμα τέλειον τουτέστιν ἄνθρωπον τέλειον ψυχῇ καὶ σώματι.

### English translation (Claude)

For the Son truly comes to the Jordan, God become man, not having undergone change but having taken flesh, not through the seed of a man but having taken a body from the holy virgin, conceived through the Holy Spirit, a perfect body, that is, a perfect man in soul and body.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 117.2 (Holl GCS 25:145; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-117-2).

## Ancoratus 117.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-117-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:145
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Father bears witness to the Son.

### Greek text

γέγονεν οὐν ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἄνθρωπος πρὸς Ἰωάννην έν τῷ Ἰορδάνῃ, εἷς ὤν ὁ αὐτὸς υἱὸς καὶ Χριστὸς καὶ κύριος· πατὴρ δὲ ἄνωθεν βοᾷ, μαρτυρῶν τῷ υἰῷ τῷ ἐν τῷ Ἰορδάνῃ γεγονότι »οὑτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός«·

### English translation (Claude)

So God and man came to John at the Jordan, being one and the same Son and Christ and Lord; and the Father cries from above, bearing witness to the Son who came to the Jordan, “This is my beloved Son”;

### Scripture references

- Matt 3:17: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 117.3 (Holl GCS 25:145; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-117-3).

## Ancoratus 117.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-117-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:145
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit descends to purify the waters of baptism.

### Greek text

τὸ δὲ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς κατέβαινεν ἐπʼ αὐτὸν εἰς τὰ ὕδατα κατεληλυθότα, ἵνα καθαρὰ αὐτὰ ἀποδείξῃ ἕνεκεν τῶν μελλόντων εἰς ὄνομα πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καἱ ἁγίου πνεύματος βαπτίζεσθαι.

### English translation (Claude)

and the Holy Spirit descended in the form of a dove upon him as he came down into the waters, to make them pure for those who were to be baptized in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.

### Scripture references

- Matt 3:16: allusion, high confidence
- Matt 28:19: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 117.4 (Holl GCS 25:145; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-117-4).

## Ancoratus 117.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-117-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:145
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: John 14:10 refutes the Arians.

### Greek text

τοῖς δὲ Ἀρειανοῖς μετὰ τῶν προλεχθεισῶν ἀρκέσει τὸ εἰπεῖν τὸν υἱόν »ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ πατρὶ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ έν ἐμοί«· ἰσότητα γὰρ ἐνταῦθα υἱοῦ πρὸς πατέρα ἀπέδειξε καὶ γνησιότητα.

### English translation (Claude)

And for the Arians, with those mentioned before, it will suffice that the Son said, “I am in the Father and the Father in me”; for here he showed the Son's equality with the Father and his genuine sonship.

### Scripture references

- John 14:10: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 117.5 (Holl GCS 25:145; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-117-5).

## Ancoratus 117.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-117-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:145
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Two testimonies against the Pneumatomachi.

### Greek text

τοῖς δὲ ἐκγόνοις τῶν Ἀρειανῶν τοῖς τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα. βλασφημοῦσιν ἀρκέσουσι δύο μαρτυρίαι αἱ ἤδη προτεταγμέναι μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων μαρτυριῶν, μία μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ Δανιὴλ οὕτως ἔχουσα· ἐν τῇ καμίνῳ τοῦ πυρὸς Σεδρὰχ

### English translation (Claude)

And for the offspring of the Arians, who blaspheme the Holy Spirit, two testimonies already set out will suffice, with the other testimonies: one from Daniel, as follows: in the furnace of fire Shadrach,

### Scripture references

- Dan 3:23: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 117.6 (Holl GCS 25:145; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-117-6).

## Ancoratus 117.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-117-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:145
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Song of the Three and the Seraphim.

### Greek text

Μισὰκ Ἀβδεναγὼ αἰνοῦντες τὸν θεὸν συμπεριλαμβάνουσι μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν τὴν πᾶσαν τοῦ θεοῦ κτίσιν καὶ λέγουσιν »εὐλογεῖτε πάντα τὰ ἔργα κυρίου τὸν κύριον«· καὶ ἠρίθμησαν οὐρανοὺς καὶ ἀγγέλους καὶ σελή- νην καὶ ἥλιον καὶ δυνάμεις, γῆν τε καὶ θάλασσαν καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς, καὶ οὐδαμοῦ υἱὸν καὶ ἅγιον πνεῦμα συνηρίθμησαν ταῖς κτίσεσι. τὰ Σεραφὶμ δὲ ἁγιάζει τριάδα ἴσως, οὐχ ἅπαξ οὐ δὶς οὐ τέταρτον, ἀλλὰ τρὶς τὸ ἅγιος λέγοντα.

### English translation (Claude)

Meshach, Abednego, praising God, include with themselves the whole creation of God and say, “Bless the Lord, all you works of the Lord”; and they enumerated heavens and angels and moon and sun and powers, earth and sea and all in them, and nowhere did they count the Son and the Holy Spirit among the creatures. And the Seraphim hallow the Trinity equally, saying “holy” not once, not twice, not four times, but three times.

### Scripture references

- Isa 6:3: allusion, high confidence

### Extrabiblical texts

- Pr Azar 35 (Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Young Men): quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 117.7 (Holl GCS 25:145; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-117-7).

## Ancoratus 118.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:145
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Peter's rebuke of Ananias.

### Greek text

118. ἐλεγξάτω δὲ πάλιν τούτους Πέτρος, ἐπιτιμῶν τοῖς περὶ Ἀνανίαν καὶ λέγων »ἐπειράσατε τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα«·

### English translation (Claude)

And let Peter again refute these, rebuking Ananias and his wife and saying, “You tested the Holy Spirit”;

### Scripture references

- Acts 5:9: quotation, medium confidence
- Acts 5:3: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 118.1 (Holl GCS 25:145; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-1).

## Ancoratus 118.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:145–146
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Spirit searches God's depths, so he is of God's substance.

### Greek text

καί φησιν »οὐκ ἐψεύσασθε ἀνθρώπῳ, ἀλλὰ τῷ θεῷ( ὁ δὲ ἀπόστολος οἶδεν, ὡς καὶ πολλάκις εἴπομεν, τὸ πνεῦμα μὴ ἀλλότρίον εἰναι τοῦ θεοῦ λέγων »ἐρευνᾷ καὶ τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ«· τὸ δὲ μὴ ὂν ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας τοῦ θεοῦ ἀδύνατόν ἐστι τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ ἐρευνᾶν.

### English translation (Claude)

and he says, “You have not lied to man but to God.” And the apostle knows, as we have often said, that the Spirit is not foreign to God, saying, “He searches even the depths of God”; and what is not from the substance of God cannot search the depths of God.

### Scripture references

- Acts 5:4: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 2:10: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 118.2 (Holl GCS 25:145–146; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-2).

## Ancoratus 118.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:146
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: One Trinity, one church, one baptism, one faith.

### Greek text

ἡμεῖς δὲ οἴδαμεν πατέρα πατέρα, υἱὸν υἱόν, ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἅγιον πνεῦμα, τριάδα ἐν ἑνότητι. μία γὰρ ἐνότης ἐστὶ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος, μία οὐσία μία κυριότης ἓν θέλημα μία ἐκκλησία ἓν βάπτισμα μία πίστις.

### English translation (Claude)

But we know the Father as Father, the Son as Son, the Holy Spirit as Holy Spirit, a Trinity in unity. For there is one unity of Father and Son and Holy Spirit, one substance, one lordship, one will, one church, one baptism, one faith.

### Scripture references

- Eph 4:5: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 118.3 (Holl GCS 25:146; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-3).

## Ancoratus 118.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:146
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Let those who attack the church cease.

### Greek text

καὶ παυσάσθωσαν οἱ κατὰ τῆς ἁγίας παρθένου τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ νύμφης ἁγνῆς, τουτέστι τῆς μητρὸς ἡμῶν τῆς ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας *.

### English translation (Claude)

And let those cease who are against the holy virgin of Christ and pure bride, that is, our mother, the holy church *.

### Scripture references

- 2 Cor 11:2: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 118.4 (Holl GCS 25:146; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-4).

## Ancoratus 118.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:146
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The faith is received from the apostles and handed on.

### Greek text

παρέλαβον γὰρ οἱ ταύτης παῖδες παρὰ ἁγίων πατέρων τουτέστι τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων πίστιν φυλάττειν, ἅμα δὲ καὶ τοῖς ἑαυτῶν τέκνοις παραδιδόναι τε καὶ ἀπαγγέλλειν.

### English translation (Claude)

For her children received from holy fathers, that is, the holy apostles, the faith to keep, and at the same time to hand it on and proclaim it to their own children.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 118.5 (Holl GCS 25:146; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-5).

## Ancoratus 118.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:146
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The addressees hand on the apostolic teaching.

### Greek text

ἐξ ὡν καὶ αὐτοὶ υἱοὶ ὑπάρχετε, τιμιώτατοι ἀδελφοί, καὶ τοῖς ἑαυτῶν τέκνοις ταύτην τὴν διδασκαλίαν παραδιδόατε.

### English translation (Claude)

Of these you too are children, most honored brothers, and you hand on this teaching to your own children.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 118.6 (Holl GCS 25:146; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-6).

## Ancoratus 118.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:146
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Keep the faith received from the apostles.

### Greek text

Ταῦτα οὕτως λέγοντες καὶ τὰ τούτοις ὄμοια ἀπὸ τῶν θείων γραφῶν * βεβαιῶσαι αὑτούς τε καὶ τοὺς ἀκούοντας ὑμῶν, διδάσκοντες ὁδοποιοῦντες κατηχοῦντες μὴ διαλείπητε οἱ πιστοὶ καὶ ὀρθόδοξοι ταύτην τὴν ἁγίαν πίστιν τῆς καθολικῆς ἐκκλησίας, ὡς παρέλαβεν ἡ ἁγία καὶ μόνη παρθένος τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων τοῦ κυρίου, φυλάττειν.

### English translation (Claude)

Saying these things so, and things like them from the divine Scriptures, * to confirm yourselves and your hearers, teaching, guiding, instructing, do not cease, you faithful and orthodox, to keep this holy faith of the catholic church, as the holy and only virgin of God received it from the holy apostles of the Lord.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 118.7 (Holl GCS 25:146; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-7).

## Ancoratus 118.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:146
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Catechumens are to be taught the creed word for word.

### Greek text

καὶ οὕτως ἕκαστον τῶν κατηχουμένων τῶν μελλόντων τῷ ἁγίῳ λουτρῷ προσιέναι οὐ μόνον ἀπαγγέλλειν ὀφείλετε † τὸ πιστεύειν τοῖς ἐαυτῶν υἱοῖς ἐν κυρίῳ, ἀλλὰ καὶ διδάσκειν ῥητῶς, ὡς πάντων ἡ αὐτὴ μήτηρ ὑμῶν τε καὶ ἡμῶν, τὸ λέγειν·

### English translation (Claude)

And so you ought not only to announce † the believing to each of the catechumens who are about to approach the holy washing, to your own sons in the Lord, but also to teach them explicitly, as the same mother of all, yours and ours, to say:

### Translation notes

- The dagger marks a corrupt word.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 118.8 (Holl GCS 25:146; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-8).

## Ancoratus 118.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:146
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The creed: first article, on the Father.

### Greek text

Πιστεύομεν εἰς ἕνα θεὸν πατέρα παντοκράτορα, ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ γῆς, ὁρατῶν τε πάντων καὶ ἀοράτων.

### English translation (Claude)

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and of all things visible and invisible.

### Translation notes

- 118.9–13 give the baptismal creed in a form very close to the creed later associated with the Council of Constantinople (381), with the Nicene anathemas. It is translated formally and literally. Scholars debate whether this text stood in the Ancoratus originally (374) or was later adjusted; the edition prints it here.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 118.9 (Holl GCS 25:146; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-9).

## Ancoratus 118.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:146–147
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The creed: second article, on the Son.

### Greek text

καὶ εἰς ἕνα κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ, τὸν ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς γεννηθέντα πρὸ πάντων τῶν αἰώνων, τουτέστιν ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας τοῦ πατρός, φῶς ἐκ φωτός, θεὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐκ θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, γεννηθέντα οὐ ποιηθέντα, ὁμοούσιον τῷ πατρί, διʼ οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο, τά τε ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ· τὸν διʼ ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν καὶ σαρκωθέντα ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ Μαρίας τῆς παρθένου καὶ ἐνανθρωπήσαντα, σταυρωθέντα τε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου καὶ παθόντα καὶ ταφέντα, καὶ ἀναστάντα τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ κατὰ τὰς γραφὰς καὶ ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοῦς καὶ καθεζόμενον ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ πατρός, καὶ πάλιν ἐρχόμενον μετὰ δόξης κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς, οὗ τῆς βασιλείας οὐκ ἔσται τέλος.

### English translation (Claude)

And in one Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God, begotten of the Father before all ages, that is, of the substance of the Father, light of light, true God of true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father, through whom all things were made, both those in heaven and those on earth; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven and was incarnate of the Holy Spirit and the virgin Mary, and became man, and was crucified for us under Pontius Pilate, and suffered, and was buried, and rose again on the third day according to the Scriptures, and ascended into heaven, and sits at the right hand of the Father, and will come again with glory to judge the living and the dead, of whose kingdom there will be no end.

### Scripture references

- Luke 1:33: quotation, high confidence
- 1 Cor 15:4: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- “Consubstantial” renders ὁμοούσιος; “of the substance (οὐσία) of the Father” is the Nicene phrase.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 118.10 (Holl GCS 25:146–147; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-10).

## Ancoratus 118.11

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-11
- Source: Holl GCS 25:147
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The creed: third article, on the Spirit and the church.

### Greek text

καὶ εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, τὸ κύριον καὶ ζωοποιόν, τὸ ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον, τὸ σὺν πατρὶ καὶ υἱῷ συμπροσκυνούμενον καὶ συνδοξαζόμενον, τὸ λαλῆσαν διὰ τῶν προφητῶν· εἰς μίαν ἁγίαν καθολικὴν καὶ ἀποστολικὴν ἐκκλησίαν·

### English translation (Claude)

And in the Holy Spirit, the Lord and giver of life, who proceeds from the Father, who with the Father and the Son is worshiped together and glorified together, who spoke through the prophets; in one holy catholic and apostolic church;

### Scripture references

- John 15:26: allusion, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 118.11 (Holl GCS 25:147; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-11).

## Ancoratus 118.12

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-12
- Source: Holl GCS 25:147
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The creed: baptism, resurrection, and the life to come.

### Greek text

ὁμολογοῦμεν ἕν βάπτισμα εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, προσδοκῶμεν ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν καὶ ζωὴν τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος. ἀμήν.

### English translation (Claude)

we confess one baptism for the forgiveness of sins; we look for the resurrection of the dead and the life of the age to come. Amen.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 118.12 (Holl GCS 25:147; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-12).

## Ancoratus 118.13

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-13
- Source: Holl GCS 25:147
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Nicene anathemas.

### Greek text

τοὺς δὲ λέγοντας ἦν ποτε ὅτε οὐκ ἦν καὶ πρὶν γεννηθῆναι οὐκ ἦν ἢ ὅτι ἐξ οὐκ ὅντων ἐγένετο ἤ ἐξ ἑτέρας ὑποστάσεως ἢ οὐσίας φάσκοντας εἶναι ⟨ἤ⟩ ῥευστὸν ἤ τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ υἱόν, τούτους ἀναθεματίζει ἡ καθολικὴ καὶ ἀποστολικὴ ἐκκλησία.

### English translation (Claude)

But those who say “there was once when he was not,” and “before he was begotten he was not,” or that he came into being from things that are not, or who assert that the Son of God is of another hypostasis or substance, ⟨or⟩ changeable, or alterable, these the catholic and apostolic church anathematizes.

### Translation notes

- The anathemas follow the Creed of Nicaea (325); there ὑπόστασις and οὐσία are used as near-equivalents. ῥευστόν (“fluid, changeable”) stands where the Nicene text has τρεπτὸν ἢ ἀλλοιωτόν.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 118.13 (Holl GCS 25:147; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-13).

## Ancoratus 118.14

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-14
- Source: Holl GCS 25:147
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: This faith was handed down by the apostles and the bishops of Nicaea.

### Greek text

Καὶ αὕτη μὲν ἡ πίστις παρεδόθη ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων καὶ * ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ τῇ ἁγίᾳ πόλει ἀπὸ πάντων ὁμοῦ τῶν τότε ἁγίων ἐπισκόπων, ὑπὲρ τριακοσίων ἀριθμόν, τὸν ἀριθμόν.

### English translation (Claude)

And this faith was handed down from the holy apostles and * in the church in the holy city by all the holy bishops of that time together, over three hundred in number.

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition; the reference to “over three hundred” bishops points to Nicaea (325), though the text as printed says “in the holy city.” The words “in number” are repeated in the digital text.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 118.14 (Holl GCS 25:147; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-118-14).

## Ancoratus 119.1

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-1
- Source: Holl GCS 25:147
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: New heresies have arisen in the present reign.

### Greek text

119. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἐν τῇ ἡμετέρᾳ γενεᾷ ἀνέκυψαν ἄλλαι τινὲς αἱρέσεις ἀλλεπάλληλοι, τουτέστιν ἐπὶ χρόνου Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ καὶ Οὐάλεντος τῶν βασιλέων κατὰ τὸ δέκατον αὐτῶν τῆς βασιλείας ἔτος καὶ πάλιν κατὰ τὸ ἕκτον ἔτος Γρατιανοῦ, τουτέστιν ἐν τῷ ἐνενηκοστῷ ἔτει Διοκλητιανοῦ τοῦ τυράννου,

### English translation (Claude)

But since in our generation other heresies have sprung up one after another, that is, in the time of the emperors Valentinian and Valens, in the tenth year of their reign, and again in the sixth year of Gratian, that is, in the ninetieth year of Diocletian the tyrant,

### Translation notes

- The date corresponds to AD 373/374.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.1 (Holl GCS 25:147; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-1).

## Ancoratus 119.2

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-2
- Source: Holl GCS 25:147–148
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: An expanded creed is given for the baptized.

### Greek text

τούτου χάριν ὑμεῖς τε καὶ ἡμεῖς καὶ πάντες οἱ ὀρθόδοξοι ἐπίσκοποι καὶ συλλήβδην πᾶσα ἡ ἁγία καθολικὴ ἐκκλησία πρὸς τὰς ἀνακυψάσας αἱρέσεις ἀκολούθως τῇ τῶν ἁγίων ἐκείνων πατέρων προτεταγμένῃ πίστει οὕτως λέγομεν, μάλιστα τοῖς τῷ ἁγίῳ· λουτρῷ προσιοῦσιν, ἵνα ἀπαγγέλλωσι καὶ λεγωσιν ουτως·

### English translation (Claude)

for this reason you and we and all the orthodox bishops, and in sum the whole holy catholic church, against the heresies that have sprung up, in accordance with the faith of those holy fathers set out above, speak thus, especially to those who approach the holy washing, so that they may proclaim and say thus:

### Translation notes

- A stray numeral in the digital text is ignored.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.2 (Holl GCS 25:147–148; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-2).

## Ancoratus 119.3

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-3
- Source: Holl GCS 25:148
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The second creed: on the Father.

### Greek text

Πιστεύομεν εἰς ἕνα θεόν, πατέρα παντοκράτορα, πάντων ἀοράτων τε καὶ ὁρατῶν ποιητήν·

### English translation (Claude)

We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, maker of all things invisible and visible;

### Translation notes

- 119.3–12 give a longer creed, expanded against the Arians, Apollinarians, and Pneumatomachi; it is translated formally and literally.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.3 (Holl GCS 25:148; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-3).

## Ancoratus 119.4

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-4
- Source: Holl GCS 25:148
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The second creed: the Son's eternal generation.

### Greek text

καὶ εἰς ἕνα κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ, γεννηθέντα ἐκ θεοῦ πατρὸς μονογενῆ, τουτέστιν ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας τοῦ πατρός, θεὸν ἐκ θεοῦ, φῶς ἐκ φωτός, θεὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐκ θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, γεννηθέντα οὐ ποιηθέντα, ὁμοούσιον τῷ πατρί, διʼ οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο, τά τε ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ

### English translation (Claude)

and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, begotten of God the Father, only-begotten, that is, of the substance of the Father, God of God, light of light, true God of true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father, through whom all things were made, both those in heaven and those on

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.4 (Holl GCS 25:148; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-4).

## Ancoratus 119.5

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-5
- Source: Holl GCS 25:148
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The second creed: the incarnation, with a complete humanity.

### Greek text

γῇ, ὁρατά τε καὶ ἀόρατα, τὸν διʼ ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα καὶ σαρκωθέντα τουτέστι γεννηθέντα τελείως ἐκ τῆς ἁγίας Μαρίας τῆς ἀειπαρθένου διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου, ἐνανθρωπήσαντα τουτέστι τέλειον ἄνθρωπον λαβόντα, ψυχὴν καὶ σῶμα καὶ νοῦν καὶ πάντα εἴ τι ἐστὶν ἄνθρωπος χωρὶς ἁμαρτίας·

### English translation (Claude)

earth, visible and invisible; who for us men and for our salvation came down and was incarnate, that is, was perfectly born of the holy ever-virgin Mary through the Holy Spirit; became man, that is, took a perfect man, soul and body and mind and all that man is, without sin;

### Translation notes

- The clause on “soul and body and mind” is aimed at the Apollinarians.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.5 (Holl GCS 25:148; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-5).

## Ancoratus 119.6

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-6
- Source: Holl GCS 25:148
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The Word did not merely indwell a man.

### Greek text

οὐκ ἀπὸ σπέρματος ἀνδρὸς οὐδὲ ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ ⟨γεγονότα⟩, ἀλλʼ εἰς ἑαυτὸν σάρκα ἀναπλάσαντα εἰς μίαν ἁγίαν ἑνότητα· οὐ καθάπερ ἐν προφήταις ἐνέπνευσέ τε καὶ ἐλάλησε καὶ ἐνήργησεν, ἀλλὰ τελείως ἐνανθρωπήσαντα·

### English translation (Claude)

not from the seed of a man, nor ⟨having come⟩ in a man, but having formed flesh for himself into one holy unity; not as he breathed and spoke and worked in the prophets, but having become man perfectly;

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.6 (Holl GCS 25:148; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-6).

## Ancoratus 119.7

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-7
- Source: Holl GCS 25:148
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: One Lord Jesus Christ, not two.

### Greek text

ὁ γὰρ Λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο«, οὐ τροπὴν ὑποστὰς οὐδὲ μεταβαλὼν τὴν ἑαυτοῦ θεότητα εἰς ἀνθρωπότητα, εἰς μίαν ⟨δὲ⟩ συνενώσας ἑαυτοῦ * ἁγίαν τελειότητά τε καὶ θεότητα· γάρ ἐστιν κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς καὶ οὐ δύο, ὁ αὐτὸς θεός, ὁ αὐτὸς κύριος, ὁ αὐτὸς βασιλεύς·

### English translation (Claude)

for “the Word became flesh,” not having undergone change, nor having converted his own Godhead into humanity, but having united ⟨it⟩ into his one * holy perfection and Godhead; for there is one Lord Jesus Christ and not two, the same God, the same Lord, the same King;

### Scripture references

- John 1:14: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition; “one” (εἷς) before γάρ seems lost.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.7 (Holl GCS 25:148; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-7).

## Ancoratus 119.8

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-8
- Source: Holl GCS 25:148
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The second creed: passion, resurrection, ascension, and return in the same body.

### Greek text

παθόντα δὲ τὸν αὐτὸν ἐν σαρκὶ καὶ ἀναστάντα καὶ ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ σώματι, ἐνδόξως καθίσαντα ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ πατρός, ἐρχόμενον ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ σώματι ἐν δόξῃ κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκροὺς· οὑ τῆς βασιλείας οὐκ ἔσται τέλος.

### English translation (Claude)

and the same suffered in the flesh, and rose, and ascended into heaven in the same body, sat down gloriously at the right hand of the Father, and is coming in the same body in glory to judge the living and the dead; of whose kingdom there will be no end.

### Scripture references

- Luke 1:33: quotation, high confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.8 (Holl GCS 25:148; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-8).

## Ancoratus 119.9

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-9
- Source: Holl GCS 25:148
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The second creed: the Spirit's work.

### Greek text

καὶ εἰς τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα τὸ λαλῆσαν ἐν νόμῳ καὶ κηρῦξαν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις, καταβὰν ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην, λαλοῦν ἐν ἀποστόλοις, οἰκοῦν ἐν ἁγίοις.

### English translation (Claude)

And in the Holy Spirit, who spoke in the law and preached in the prophets, descended upon the Jordan, speaks in the apostles, dwells in the saints.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.9 (Holl GCS 25:148; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-9).

## Ancoratus 119.10

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-10
- Source: Holl GCS 25:148–149
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The second creed: the Spirit uncreated, proceeding from the Father.

### Greek text

οὕτως δὲ πιστεύομεν ἐν αὐτῷ ὅτι ἐστὶ πνεῦμα ἅγιον πνεῦμα θεοῦ πνεῦμα τέλειον πνεῦμα παράκλητον, ἄκτιστον, ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον καὶ ἐκ τοῦ υἱοῦ λαμβάνον καὶ † πιστευόμενον.

### English translation (Claude)

And we believe in him thus: that he is the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, the perfect Spirit, the Spirit Paraclete, uncreated, proceeding from the Father and receiving from the Son, and † believed.

### Scripture references

- John 15:26: allusion, high confidence
- John 16:14: allusion, high confidence

### Translation notes

- The dagger marks a corrupt word.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.10 (Holl GCS 25:148–149; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-10).

## Ancoratus 119.11

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-11
- Source: Holl GCS 25:149
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The second creed: church, baptism, resurrection, judgment, and life.

### Greek text

πιστεύομεν εἰς μίαν καθολικὴν καὶ ἀποστολικὴν ἐκκλησίαν καὶ εἰς ἓν βάπτισμα μετανοίας καὶ εἰς ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν καὶ κρίσιν δικαίαν ψυχῶν καὶ σωμάτων καὶ εἰς βασιλείαν οὐρανῶν καὶ εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον.

### English translation (Claude)

We believe in one catholic and apostolic church, and in one baptism of repentance, and in the resurrection of the dead and the just judgment of souls and bodies, and in the kingdom of heaven, and in eternal life.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.11 (Holl GCS 25:149; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-11).

## Ancoratus 119.12

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-12
- Source: Holl GCS 25:149
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: The anathemas of the second creed.

### Greek text

τοὺς δὲ λέγοντας ὅτι ἠν ποτε ὅτε οὐκ ἦν ὁ υἱὸς ἢ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, ἢ ὅτι ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων ἐγένετο ἢ ἐξ ἑτέρας ὑποστάσεως ἢ οὐσίας φάσκοντας εἶναι ⟨ἤ⟩ ἢ ἀλλοιωτὸν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἢ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα, τούτους ἀναθεματίζει ἡ καθολικὴ καὶ ἀποστολικὴ ἐκκλησία. ι ἡ μήτηρ ὑμῶν τε καὶ ἡμῶν. καὶ πάλιν ἀναθεματίζομεν τοὺς μὴ ὁμολογοῦντας ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν καὶ πάσας τὰς αἱρέσεις τὰς μὴ ἐκ ταύτης τῆς ὀρθῆς πίστεως οὔσας.

### English translation (Claude)

But those who say that there was once when the Son or the Holy Spirit was not, or that he came into being from things that are not, or who assert that the Son of God or the Holy Spirit is of another hypostasis or substance, ⟨or⟩ changeable, or alterable, these the catholic and apostolic church anathematizes, our mother and yours. And again we anathematize those who do not confess the resurrection of the dead, and all the heresies that are not of this right faith.

### Translation notes

- A stray letter in the digital text is ignored.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.12 (Holl GCS 25:149; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-12).

## Ancoratus 119.13

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-13
- Source: Holl GCS 25:149
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: He asks their prayers.

### Greek text

Υμῶν δὲ καὶ τῶν ὑμῶν τέκνων, μακαριώτατοι, οὕτω πιστευόντων καὶ τὰς ἐκ ταύτης τῆς πίστεως ἐντολὰς ἐπιτελούντων ἐλπίζομεν ὑπερεύχεσθαι ἡμῶν πάντοτε ἔχειν μερίδα καὶ κλῆρον ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ

### English translation (Claude)

And as you and your children, most blessed ones, believe thus and fulfill the commandments that come from this faith, we hope that you will always pray for us to have a part and lot in the same

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.13 (Holl GCS 25:149; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-13).

## Ancoratus 119.14

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-14
- Source: Holl GCS 25:149
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Request for prayer and doxology.

### Greek text

πίστει καὶ ἐν τῷ κλήρῳ τῶν αὐτῆς ἐντολῶν. καὶ εὔχεσθε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ὑμεῖς τε καὶ πᾶς ὁ οὕτως πιστεύων καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ κυρίου φυλάττων ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν, διʼ οὗ καὶ μεθʼ οὑ δόξα τῷ πατρὶ σὺν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. ἀμήν.

### English translation (Claude)

faith and in the lot of its commandments. And pray for us, you and everyone who believes thus and keeps the commandments of the Lord, in Christ Jesus our Lord, through whom and with whom be glory to the Father with the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.14 (Holl GCS 25:149; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-14).

## Ancoratus 119.15

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-15
- Source: Holl GCS 25:149
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Epiphanius closes, acknowledging his weakness.

### Greek text

Εως ὡδε, ἀγαπητοὶ ἀδελφοί, ἡ βραχύτης ἡμῶν καὶ ἀσθενὴς τῆς διανοίας δύναμις ἠναγκάσθη φθάσαι, τῆς ὑμῶν καλοκαγαθίας προτρεψαμένης ἡμᾶς εἰ καὶ ἀνικάνους ὑπὲρ τὸ ἑαυτῶν μέτρον παριστᾶν, ὥστε δέεσθαι βοηθείας, ἐπεκτεινομένους· ἀλλὰ πάντα οἶδεν ὁ ἐν οὐρανῷ πιστός.

### English translation (Claude)

Thus far, beloved brothers, our littleness and the weak power of our mind has been compelled to reach, your goodness having urged us, though incapable, to set things out beyond our own measure, so as to need help, stretching ourselves; but the one who is faithful in heaven knows all things.

### Scripture references

- 2 Cor 10:14: allusion, medium confidence

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.15 (Holl GCS 25:149; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-15).

## Ancoratus 119.16

- URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-16
- Source: Holl GCS 25:149
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27

Summary: Closing greetings; the scribe Anatolius.

### Greek text

πλὴν εἰρήνη παντὶ τῷ στοιχοῦντι τῷ κανόνι τούτῳ τῆς ἀληθινῆς καὶ ὀρθοδόξου ταύτης πίστεως καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἰσραὴλ τοῦ θεοῦ. ἀσπάσασθε πάντας τοὺς ἁγίους ἐν κυρίῳ. ἀσπάζονται ὑμᾶς οἱ τοῦ κυρίου δοῦλοι, μάλιστα δὲ ἐγὼ ὁ Ἀνατόλιος ὁ γράψας τοῦτο τὸ βιβλίον τοῦ Ἀγκυρωτοῦ ἐπονομασθέντος λόγου καὶ ἐρρῶσθαι ὑμᾶς ἐν κυρίῳ εὔχομαι.

### English translation (Claude)

Yet peace to everyone who walks by this rule of this true and orthodox faith, and upon the Israel of God. Greet all the saints in the Lord. The servants of the Lord greet you, and especially I, Anatolius, who wrote this book of the discourse named the Ancoratus; and I pray that you fare well in the Lord.

### Scripture references

- Gal 6:16: quotation, high confidence

### Translation notes

- Anatolius is the scribe who wrote out the book, not the author.

### Citation (SBL)

Epiphanius, Anc. 119.16 (Holl GCS 25:149; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/109-1/#p-119-16).