Panarion (Medicine Chest Against Heresies), Haer. 1-64 31.12.1–31.20.9
Greek text: Holl, GCS 25/31 (Greek text: Karl Holl, ed., Epiphanius, Bände 1-2 (GCS 25, 1915, and GCS 31, 1922, Leipzig: Hinrichs), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0. The digitized file's own metadata describes it as spanning Holl's volumes 1-3 (1915-1933), but its text in fact ends at Haer. 64 (confirmed: the last division is Haer. 64, on Origen, matching the end of GCS 31); Holl's third volume (GCS 37, 1933) is not present in this digital text.).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Haer. 31, chapter 12
31.12.1Holl GCS 25/31:403–404
12. Ἔνιοι δὲ αὐτῶν οὕτως τὸ πάθος τῆς Σοφίας καὶ τὴν ἐπιστροφὴν 25 μυθολογοῦσιν· ἀδυνάτῳ καὶ ἀκαταλήπτῳ πράγματι αὐτὴν ἐπιχειρήσασαν τεκεῖν οὐσίαν ἄμορφον, οἵαν φύσιν εἶχεν θήλεια τεκεῖν·
12. Enioi de autōn houtōs to pathos tēs Sophias kai tēn epistrophēn 25 mythologousin; adynatǭ kai akatalēptǭ pragmati autēn epicheirēsasan tekein ousian amorphon, hoian physin eichen thēleia tekein;
"Some of them tell the myth of Wisdom's passion and return thus: having attempted an impossible and incomprehensible thing, she bore a formless substance, such as a female is by nature able to bear;"
Notes and citation
Summary: Another version: Wisdom bore a formless substance.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.2.3. A stray line number '25' is left untranslated.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Word split by a line-end hyphen.): ἐπι- χειρήσασαν → ἐπιχειρήσασαν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.2.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.12.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:403–404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-12-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.12.2Holl GCS 25/31:404
ἥν καὶ κατανοήσασαν πρῶτον μὲν λυπηθῆναι διὰ τὸ ἀτελὲς τῆς γενέσεως, ἔπειτα φοβηθῆναι μήτι καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ εἶναι τέλος ἔχῃ· εἶτα ἐκστῆναι καὶ ἀπορῆσαι, ζητοῦσαν τὴν αἰτίαν καὶ ὅντινα τρόπον ἀποκρύψῃ τὸ γεγονός.
hēn kai katanoēsasan prōton men lypēthēnai dia to ateles tēs geneseōs, epeita phobēthēnai mēti kai auto to einai telos echę̄; eita ekstēnai kai aporēsai, zētousan tēn aitian kai hontina tropon apokrypsę̄ to gegonos.
"when she perceived it, she first grieved because of the imperfection of its birth, then feared lest her very existence come to an end; then she was beside herself and at a loss, seeking the cause and how she might hide what had happened."
Notes and citation
Summary: Wisdom grieved, feared and was at a loss over her formless offspring.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.2.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.2.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.12.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-12-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.12.3Holl GCS 25/31:404
ἐγκαταγενομένην δὲ τοῖς πάθεσι λαβεῖν ἐπιστροφὴν καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Πατέρα ἐναδραμεῖν πειραθῆναι καὶ μέχρι τιvὸς τολμήσασαν ἐξασθενῆσαι καὶ ἱκέτιν τοῦ Πατρὸς γενέσθαι.
enkatagenomenēn de tois pathesi labein epistrophēn kai epi ton Patera enadramein peirathēnai kai mechri tivos tolmēsasan exasthenēsai kai hiketin tou Patros genesthai.
"Immersed in these passions, she turned back and tried to run up to the Father, and having dared up to a point, she grew weak and became a suppliant of the Father."
Notes and citation
Summary: Wisdom turned back and supplicated the Father.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.2.3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips.): πολμήσασν → τολμήσασαν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.2.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.12.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-12-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.12.4Holl GCS 25/31:404
συνδεηθῆναι δὲ αὐτῇ καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς Αἰῶνας, μάλιστα δὲ τὸν Νοῦν. ἐντεῦθεν λέγουσι πρώτην ἀρχὴν ἐσχηκέναι τὴν οὐσίαν τῆς ὕλης, ἐκ τῆς ἀγνοίας καὶ τῆς λύπης καὶ τοῦ φόβου καὶ τῆς ἐκπλήξεως.
syndeēthēnai de autę̄ kai tous loipous Aiōnas, malista de ton Noun. enteuthen legousi prōtēn archēn eschēkenai tēn ousian tēs hylēs, ek tēs agnoias kai tēs lypēs kai tou phobou kai tēs ekplēxeōs.
"The other Aeons, especially Mind, joined in her petition. From this, they say, the substance of matter had its first beginning: from ignorance, grief, fear and astonishment."
Notes and citation
Summary: Matter originated from Wisdom's ignorance, grief, fear and astonishment.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.2.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.2.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.12.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-12-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.12.5Holl GCS 25/31:404
Ὁ δὲ Πατὴρ τὸν προειρημένον Ὅρον ἐπὶ τούτοις διὰ τοῦ Μονογενοῦς προβάλλεται ἐν εἰκόνι ἰδίᾳ, ἀσύζυγον ἀθήλυντον· τὸv γὰρ Πατέρα ποτὲ μὲv μετὰ συζυγίας τῆς Σιγῆς, ποτὲ δὲ καὶ ὑπὲρ ἄρρεν καὶ ὑπὲρ θῆλυ εἶναι θέλουσι.
Ho de Patēr ton proeirēmenon Horon epi toutois dia tou Monogenous proballetai en eikoni idią, asyzygon athēlynton; tov gar Patera pote mev meta syzygias tēs Sigēs, pote de kai hyper arren kai hyper thēly einai thelousi.
"Upon this the Father, through the Only-begotten, emits the aforementioned Limit in his own image, without consort, not female. For they hold that the Father is sometimes with his consort Silence, and sometimes above male and above female."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Father emits Limit, without consort.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.2.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.2.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.12.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-12-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.12.6Holl GCS 25/31:404
τὸν δὲ Ὅρον τοῦτον καὶ Σταυρὸν καὶ Λυτρωτὴν καὶ Καρπιστὴν καὶ Ὁροθέτην καὶ Μεταγωγέα καλοῦσι. διὰ δὲ τοῦ Ὅρου τούτου φασὶ κεκαθάρθαι καὶ ἐστηρίχθαι τὴν Σοφίαν καὶ ἀποκατασταθῆναι τῇ συζυγία.
ton de Horon touton kai Stauron kai Lytrōtēn kai Karpistēn kai Horothetēn kai Metagōgea kalousi. dia de tou Horou toutou phasi kekatharthai kai estērichthai tēn Sophian kai apokatastathēnai tę̄ syzygia.
"This Limit they also call Cross, Redeemer, Fruit-bearer, Limit-setter and Transferrer. Through this Limit, they say, Wisdom was purified and made firm and restored to her pair."
Notes and citation
Summary: Limit, also called Cross, purified Wisdom and restored her.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.2.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.2.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.12.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-12-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.12.7Holl GCS 25/31:404
χωρισθείσης γὰρ τῆς Ἐνθυμήσεως ἀπʼ αὐτῆς σὺν τῷ ἐπιγενομένῳ πάθει, αὐτὴν μὲv ἐντὸς Πληρώματος μεῖναι, τὴv δὲ ἐνθύμησιν σὐτῆς οὺν τῷ πάθει ὕπὸ τοῦ Ὅρου ἀφορισθῆναι καὶ ἀποσταυρωθῆναι καὶ ἐκτὸς αὐτοῦ γενομένην εἶναι μὲν πνευματικὴν οὐσίαν, Ε; φυσικήν τινα Αἰῶνος ὁρμὴν τυγχάνουσαν, ἄμορφον δὲ καὶ ἀνείδεον διὰ τὸ μηδὲν καταλαβεῖν. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο καρπὸν ἀσθενῆ καὶ θῆλυν αὐτὴν λέγουσι.
chōristheisēs gar tēs Enthymēseōs apʼ autēs syn tǭ epigenomenǭ pathei, autēn mev entos Plērōmatos meinai, tēv de enthymēsin sytēs oun tǭ pathei hypo tou Horou aphoristhēnai kai apostaurōthēnai kai ektos autou genomenēn einai men pneumatikēn ousian, E? physikēn tina Aiōnos hormēn tynchanousan, amorphon de kai aneideon dia to mēden katalabein. kai dia touto karpon asthenē kai thēlyn autēn legousi.
"For when her Intention had been separated from her together with the passion that had come upon her, she herself remained within the Pleroma, but her intention, with the passion, was separated off by Limit and fenced out, and being outside it, it is indeed a spiritual substance, since it is a natural impulse of an Aeon, but formless and shapeless because it comprehended nothing. And for this reason they call it a weak and female fruit."
Notes and citation
Summary: Wisdom's Intention was cast out of the Pleroma as a formless spiritual substance.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.2.4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Doubled letter.): ἄμορρφον → ἄμορφον.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.2.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.12.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-12-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 13
31.13.1Holl GCS 25/31:404–405
13. Μετὰ δὲ τὸ ἀφορισθῆναι ταύτην ἐκτὸς τοῦ Πληρώματος τῶν Αἰώνων τήν τε Μητέρα αὐτῆς ἀποκατασταθῆναι τῇ ἰδία συζυγία, τὸν Μονογενῆ πάλιν ἑτέραν προβαλέσθαι συζυγίαν κατὰ προμήθειαν τοῦ Πατρός, ἵvα μὴ ὁμοίως ταύτῃ πάθῃ τις τῶν Αἰώνων, Χριστὸν καὶ Πνεῦμα ἅγιον, εἰς πῆξιν καὶ στηριγμὸν τοῦ Πληρώματος, ὑφʼ ὧν καταρτισθῆναί 〈φασιὶ〉 τοὺς Αἰῶνας.
13. Meta de to aphoristhēnai tautēn ektos tou Plērōmatos tōn Aiōnōn tēn te Mētera autēs apokatastathēnai tę̄ idia syzygia, ton Monogenē palin heteran probalesthai syzygian kata promētheian tou Patros, hiva mē homoiōs tautę̄ pathę̄ tis tōn Aiōnōn, Christon kai Pneuma hagion, eis pēxin kai stērigmon tou Plērōmatos, hyphʼ hōn katartisthēnai 〈phasii〉 tous Aiōnas.
"After this had been separated outside the Pleroma of the Aeons and its Mother restored to her own pair, the Only-begotten, by the Father's forethought, emitted again another pair, so that none of the Aeons might suffer as she did: Christ and the Holy Spirit, for the fixing and support of the Pleroma; by them, ⟨they say⟩, the Aeons were set in order."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Only-begotten emitted Christ and the Holy Spirit to stabilize the Pleroma.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.2.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.2.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.13.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:404–405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-13-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.13.2Holl GCS 25/31:405
τὸν μὲν γὰρ Χριστὸν διδάξαι αὐτοὺς συζυγίας φύσιν, † ἀγεννήτου κατάληψιν γινώσκοντας ἱκανοὺς εἶναι ἀναγορεῦσαί | τε ἐν αὐτοῖς τὴν τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐπίγνωσιν, ὅτι τε ἀχώρητός ἐστι καὶ ἀκατάληπτος καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν οὔτε ἰδεῖν οὔτε ἀκοῦσαι αὐτὸν ἤ διὰ μόνου τοῦ Μονογενοῦς γινώσκεται·
ton men gar Christon didaxai autous syzygias physin, † agennētou katalēpsin ginōskontas hikanous einai anagoreusai | te en autois tēn tou Patros epignōsin, hoti te achōrētos esti kai akatalēptos kai ouk estin oute idein oute akousai auton ē dia monou tou Monogenous ginōsketai;
"For Christ taught them the nature of the pair, [that those] knowing the comprehension of the Unbegotten are sufficient, and proclaimed among them the knowledge of the Father: that he is uncontainable and incomprehensible, and cannot be seen or heard, but is known only through the Only-begotten."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ taught the aeons that the Father is known only through the Only-begotten.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.2.5. The edition marks a corrupt place (†); the clause is translated by sense.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.2.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.13.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-13-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.13.3Holl GCS 25/31:405
καὶ τὸ μὲv αἴτιον τῆς αἰωνίου διαμονῆς τοῖς λοιποῖς τὸ ἀκατάληπτον ὑπάρχειν τοῦ Πατρός, τῆς δὲ γενέσεως αὐτῶν καὶ μορφώσεως τὸ καταληπτὸν αὐτοῦ, ὅ δὴ υἱός ἐστιν. καὶ ταῦτα μὲν ὁ ἄρτι προβληθεὶς Χριστὸς ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐδημιούργησε.
kai to mev aition tēs aiōniou diamonēs tois loipois to akatalēpton hyparchein tou Patros, tēs de geneseōs autōn kai morphōseōs to katalēpton autou, ho dē huios estin. kai tauta men ho arti problētheis Christos en autois edēmiourgēse.
"The cause of the others' eternal continuance is the incomprehensibility of the Father, and the cause of their coming into being and being formed is what is comprehensible of him, which is the Son. These things the newly emitted Christ wrought among them."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Father's incomprehensibility sustains the aeons; the Son is what can be known of him.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.2.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.2.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.13.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-13-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.13.4Holl GCS 25/31:405
Τὸ δὲ ἕν] Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐξισωθέντας αὐτοὺς πάντας εὐχαριστεῖν ἐδίδαξεν καὶ τὴν ἀληθινὴν ἀνάπαυσιν Ε; ηγήσατο. οὕτως τε μορφῇ καὶ γνώῃ ἴσους κατασταθῆναι τοὺς Αἰῶνας λέγουσι, πάντας γενομένους Νόας καὶ πάντας Λόγους καὶ πάντας Ἀνθρώπους καὶ πάντας Χριστούς, κα τὰς θηλείας ὀμοίως πάσας Ἀληθείας καὶ πάσας Ζωὰς καὶ Πνεύματα γα Ἐκκλησίας.
To de hen] Pneuma to hagion exisōthentas autous pantas eucharistein edidaxen kai tēn alēthinēn anapausin E? ēgēsato. houtōs te morphę̄ kai gnōę̄ isous katastathēnai tous Aiōnas legousi, pantas genomenous Noas kai pantas Logous kai pantas Anthrōpous kai pantas Christous, ka tas thēleias omoiōs pasas Alētheias kai pasas Zōas kai Pneumata ga Ekklēsias.
"And the Holy Spirit taught them all, now made equal, to give thanks, and introduced true rest. So, they say, the Aeons were established equal in form and mind, all becoming Minds, all Words, all Men, all Christs, and the females likewise all Truths, all Lives, Spirits and Churches."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Holy Spirit made the aeons equal and taught them to give thanks.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.2.5. A stray bracket after τὸ δὲ ἕν and 'Ε;' are left untranslated.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ἐδίαξεν → ἐδίδαξεν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.2.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.13.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-13-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.13.5Holl GCS 25/31:405
στηριχθέντα Τε ἐπὶ τούτῳ τὰ ὅλα καὶ ἀναπαυσάμενα τελέως μετὰ μεγάλης χαρᾶς φησὶν ὑμνῆσαι τὸν Προπάτορα, πολλῆς εὐφρασίας μετασχόντα.
stērichthenta Te epi toutǭ ta hola kai anapausamena teleōs meta megalēs charas phēsin hymnēsai ton Propatora, pollēs euphrasias metaschonta.
"And all things, being made firm by this and resting perfectly, sang praise to the Forefather, he says, with great joy, sharing in great gladness."
Notes and citation
Summary: The aeons, at rest, praised the Forefather with joy.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.2.6.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.2.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.13.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-13-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.13.6Holl GCS 25/31:405–406
καὶ ὑπὲρ τῆς εὐποιίας ταύτης βουλῇ μιᾷ καὶ γνώμῃ τὸ πᾶν, Πλήρωμα τῶν Αἰώνων, συνευδοκοῦντος τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος, τοῦ δὲ Πατρὸς αὐτῶν συνεπισφαγιζομένου, ἕνα ἕκαστον τῶν Αἰώνων ὅπερ εἶχεν ἐν ἑαυτῷ κάλλιστον καὶ ἀνθηρότατον συνενεγκαμένους καὶ συνερανισαμένους καὶ ταῦτα ἁρμοδίως πλέζαντας καὶ ἐμμελῶς ἑνώσαντας, προβαλέσθαι πρόβλημα εἰς τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν τοῦ Βυθοῦ,
kai hyper tēs eupoiias tautēs boulę̄ mią kai gnōmę̄ to pan, Plērōma tōn Aiōnōn, syneudokountos tou Christou kai tou Pneumatos, tou de Patros autōn synepisphagizomenou, hena hekaston tōn Aiōnōn hoper eichen en heautǭ kalliston kai anthērotaton synenenkamenous kai syneranisamenous kai tauta harmodiōs plezantas kai emmelōs henōsantas, probalesthai problēma eis timēn kai doxan tou Bythou,
"And for this benefit, with one will and mind, the whole Pleroma of the Aeons, with the consent of Christ and the Spirit and their Father sealing it, each of the Aeons bringing and contributing what was most beautiful and flowering in himself, and weaving these together fittingly and uniting them harmoniously, emitted an emission to the honour and glory of Depth,"
Notes and citation
Summary: All the aeons contributed their best to produce a new being in honour of Depth.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.2.6.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): βουσῇ μιᾷ → βουλῇ μιᾷ.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.2.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.13.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:405–406; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-13-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.13.7Holl GCS 25/31:406
τελειὁτατον κάλλος τι καὶ ἄστρον τοῦ Πληρώματος, τέλειον Καρπὸν τὸν Ἰησοῦν, ὃν καὶ Σωτῆρα προσαγορευθῆναι καὶ Χριστὸν καὶ Λόγον πατρωνυμικῶς καὶ τὰ Πάντα, διὰ τὸ ἀπὸ πάντων εἶναι· δορυφόρους τε αὐτῷ εἰς τιμὴν † τὴν αὐτῶν ὁμογενεῖς ἀγγέλους συμπροβεβλῆσθαι.
teleiotaton kallos ti kai astron tou Plērōmatos, teleion Karpon ton Iēsoun, hon kai Sōtēra prosagoreuthēnai kai Christon kai Logon patrōnymikōs kai ta Panta, dia to apo pantōn einai; doryphorous te autǭ eis timēn † tēn autōn homogeneis angelous symprobeblēsthai.
"a most perfect beauty and star of the Pleroma, the perfect Fruit, Jesus, who was also called Saviour and Christ and Word, after his fathers, and All, because he is from all; and angels of the same kind as himself were emitted together with him as bodyguards in their honour."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The joint product was Jesus, the Fruit of the Pleroma, with attendant angels.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.2.6. The edition marks a corrupt place (†).
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.2.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.13.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:406; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-13-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 14
31.14.1Holl GCS 25/31:406
14. Αὕτη μὲν οὖν ἐστιν ἡ ἐντὸς Πληρώματος ὑπʼ αὐτῶν λεγομένη πραγματεία, καὶ ἡ τοῦ πεπονθότος Αἰῶνος καὶ μετὰ μικρὸν ἀπολωλότος, ὡς πολλῇ † ὕλῃ διὰ ζήτησιν τοῦ Πατρὸς *, συμφορὰ καὶ ἡ τοῦ Ὅρου καὶ Σταυροῦ καὶ Λυτρωτοῦ καὶ Καρπιστοῦ καὶ Ὁροθέτου καὶ Μεταγωγέως ἐξ ἀγῶνος σύμπηξις καὶ ἡ τοῦ πρώτου Χριστοῦ σὺν τῷ Πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ ἐκ μετανοίας ὑπὸ τοῦ Πατρὸς αὐτῶν μεταγενεστέρα τῶν Αἰώνων γένεσις καὶ ἡ τοῦ δευτέρου Χριστοῦ, ὃν καὶ Σωτῆρα λέγουσιν, ἐξ ἐράνου σύνθετος κατασκευή.
14. Hautē men oun estin hē entos Plērōmatos hypʼ autōn legomenē pragmateia, kai hē tou peponthotos Aiōnos kai meta mikron apolōlotos, hōs pollę̄ † hylę̄ dia zētēsin tou Patros *, symphora kai hē tou Horou kai Staurou kai Lytrōtou kai Karpistou kai Horothetou kai Metagōgeōs ex agōnos sympēxis kai hē tou prōtou Christou syn tǭ Pneumati tǭ hagiǭ ek metanoias hypo tou Patros autōn metagenestera tōn Aiōnōn genesis kai hē tou deuterou Christou, hon kai Sōtēra legousin, ex eranou synthetos kataskeuē.
"This, then, is the account they give of what happened within the Pleroma: the misfortune of the Aeon who suffered and all but perished, as in much matter, through seeking the Father …; the consolidation, after struggle, of Limit, Cross, Redeemer, Fruit-bearer, Limit-setter and Transferrer; the later origin of the Aeons, the first Christ with the Holy Spirit, emitted by their Father out of repentance; and the composite construction of the second Christ, whom they also call Saviour, from contributions."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Irenaeus summarizes the Valentinian account of events inside the Pleroma.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.1. The edition marks a corrupt place (†) and a gap (*).
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.14.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:406; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-14-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.14.2Holl GCS 25/31:406
ταῦτα δὲ φανερῶς μὲν μὴ εἰρῆσθαι διὰ τὸ μὴ πάντας χωρεῖν τὴν γνῶσιν αὐτῶν, μυστηριωδῶς ὑπὸ τοῦ Σωτῆρος διὰ παραβολῶν μεμηνῦσθαι τοῖς συνιεῖν δυναμένοις οὕτως·
tauta de phanerōs men mē eirēsthai dia to mē pantas chōrein tēn gnōsin autōn, mystēriōdōs hypo tou Sōtēros dia parabolōn memēnysthai tois syniein dynamenois houtōs;
"These things were not said openly, because not all can contain their knowledge, but were indicated mysteriously by the Saviour through parables to those able to understand, thus:"
Notes and citation
Summary: They claim the Saviour revealed this system secretly in parables.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Repeated word fragment.): παραβολῶν βολῶν → παραβολῶν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.14.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:406; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-14-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.14.3Holl GCS 25/31:406
τοὺς μὲν γὰρ τριάκοντα Αἰῶνας μεμηνῦσθαι διὰ τῶν τριάκοντα ἐτῶν, ὡς προέφαμεν, ἐν οἷς οὐδὲν ἐν φανερῷ φάσκουσι πεποιηκέναι τὸν σωτῆρα, καὶ διὰ τῆς παραβολῆς τῶν ἐργατῶν τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος.
tous men gar triakonta Aiōnas memēnysthai dia tōn triakonta etōn, hōs proephamen, en hois ouden en phanerǭ phaskousi pepoiēkenai ton sōtēra, kai dia tēs parabolēs tōn ergatōn tou ampelōnos.
"the thirty Aeons are indicated, as we said before, by the thirty years in which they say the Saviour did nothing openly, and by the parable of the labourers in the vineyard."
Luke 3:23 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 20:1–16 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The thirty aeons are signified by Jesus's thirty hidden years and the parable of the labourers.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.14.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:406; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-14-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.14.4Holl GCS 25/31:406
καὶ τὸν Παῦλον φανερώτατα λέγουσι τούσδε Αἰῶνας ὀνομάζειν πολλάκις, ἔτι δὲ καὶ τὴν τάξιν αὐτῶν τετηρηκέναι οὕτως εἰπόντα »εἰς πάσας τὰς γενεὰς τῶν αἰώνων τοῦ αἰῶνος«.
kai ton Paulon phanerōtata legousi tousde Aiōnas onomazein pollakis, eti de kai tēn taxin autōn tetērēkenai houtōs eiponta »eis pasas tas geneas tōn aiōnōn tou aiōnos«.
"And they say that Paul most plainly names these Aeons many times, and even keeps their order, when he says, 'to all the generations of the aeons of the aeon.'"
Eph 3:21 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They claim Paul names the aeons in Ephesians.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.1, quoting Eph 3:21.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.14.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:406; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-14-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.14.5Holl GCS 25/31:406–407
ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡμᾶς ἐπὶ τῆς εὐχαριστίας λέγοντας »εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων« ἐκείνους τοὺς Αἰῶνας σημαίνειν· καὶ ὅπου ἂν αἰὼν ἢ αἰῶνες ὀνομάζωνται, τὴν ἀναφορὰν εἰς ἐκείνους εἶναι θέλουσιν.
alla kai hēmas epi tēs eucharistias legontas »eis tous aiōnas tōn aiōnōn« ekeinous tous Aiōnas sēmainein; kai hopou an aiōn ē aiōnes onomazōntai, tēn anaphoran eis ekeinous einai thelousin.
"And when we say at the thanksgiving, 'to the ages of the ages', they hold that we signify those Aeons; and wherever 'age' or 'ages' is named, they want it to refer to them."
Notes and citation
Summary: They read every liturgical 'for ever and ever' as a reference to their aeons.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.1. The Greek αἰών means both 'age' and 'aeon'. 'Thanksgiving' (εὐχαριστία) may mean the Eucharist.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.14.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:406–407; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-14-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.14.6Holl GCS 25/31:407
τὴν δὲ τῆς δωδεκάδος τῶν Αἰώνων προβολὴν μηνύεσθαι διὰ τοῦ δωδεκαετῆ ὄντα τὸν κύριον διαλεχθῆναι τοῖς νομοδιδασκάλοις καὶ διὰ τῆς τῶν ἀποστόλων ἐκλογῆς· δώδεκα γὰρ ἀπόστολοι.
tēn de tēs dōdekados tōn Aiōnōn probolēn mēnyesthai dia tou dōdekaetē onta ton kyrion dialechthēnai tois nomodidaskalois kai dia tēs tōn apostolōn eklogēs; dōdeka gar apostoloi.
"The emission of the dodecad of Aeons is indicated by the Lord's discussing with the teachers of the Law when he was twelve years old, and by the choice of the apostles; for there are twelve apostles."
Luke 2:42–46 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 6:13 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The twelve aeons are signified by Jesus at twelve and the twelve apostles.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.14.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:407; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-14-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.14.7Holl GCS 25/31:407
καὶ τοὺς λοιποὺς δεκαοκτὼ Αἰῶνας φανεροῦσθαι διὰ τοῦ μετὰ τὴν <ἐκ> νεκρῶν ἀνάστασιν δεκαοκτὼ μησὶν λέγειν διατετριφέναι σὺν τοῖς μαθηταῖς· ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τῶν προηγουμένων τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ δύο γραμμάτων, τοῦ τε ἰῶτα καὶ τοῦ ἦτα, τοὺς δεκαοκτὼ Αἰῶνας εὐσήμως μηνύεσθαι.
kai tous loipous dekaoktō Aiōnas phanerousthai dia tou meta tēn <ek> nekrōn anastasin dekaoktō mēsin legein diatetriphenai syn tois mathētais; alla kai dia tōn proēgoumenōn tou onomatos autou dyo grammatōn, tou te iōta kai tou ēta, tous dekaoktō Aiōnas eusēmōs mēnyesthai.
"And the remaining eighteen Aeons are revealed, they say, by his spending eighteen months with the disciples after the resurrection ⟨from⟩ the dead; and also the eighteen Aeons are clearly indicated by the first two letters of his name, iota and eta."
Notes and citation
Summary: The eighteen aeons are found in eighteen months after the resurrection and in the letters of Jesus's name.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.2. Iota (10) and eta (8) make 18 in Greek numerals.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.14.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:407; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-14-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.14.8Holl GCS 25/31:407
καὶ τοὺς δέκα Αἰῶνας ὡσαύτως διὰ τοῦ ἰῶτα γράμματος, ὃ προηγεῖται τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ, σημαίνεσθαι λέγουσιν. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο εἰρηκέναι τὸν σωτῆρα »ἰῶτα ἕν ἢ μία κεραία οὐ μὴ παρέλθῃ, ἕως ἄν πάντα γένηται«.
kai tous deka Aiōnas hōsautōs dia tou iōta grammatos, ho proēgeitai tou onomatos autou, sēmainesthai legousin. kai dia touto eirēkenai ton sōtēra »iōta hen ē mia keraia ou mē parelthę̄, heōs an panta genētai«.
"And the ten Aeons likewise, they say, are signified by the letter iota, which begins his name; and that is why the Saviour said, 'One iota or one stroke shall not pass away until all is accomplished.'"
Matt 5:18 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The ten aeons are found in the iota of Jesus's name.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.2, quoting Matt 5:18.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.14.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:407; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-14-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.14.9Holl GCS 25/31:407
Τὸ δὲ περὶ τὸν δωδέκατον Αἰῶνα γεγονὸς πάθος ὑποσημαίνεσθαι λέγουσι διὰ τῆς ἀποστασίας Ἰούδα, ὅς δωδέκατος ἦν τῶν ἀποστόλων, καὶ ὅτι τῷ δωδεκάτῳ μηνὶ ἔπαθεν· ἐνιαυτῷ γὰρ ἐνὶ βούλονται αὐτὸν μετὰ τὸ βάπτισμα αὐτοῦ κεκηρυχέναι.
To de peri ton dōdekaton Aiōna gegonos pathos hyposēmainesthai legousi dia tēs apostasias Iouda, hos dōdekatos ēn tōn apostolōn, kai hoti tǭ dōdekatǭ mēni epathen; eniautǭ gar eni boulontai auton meta to baptisma autou kekērychenai.
"The passion that befell the twelfth Aeon, they say, is hinted at by the apostasy of Judas, who was the twelfth of the apostles, and by the fact that he suffered in the twelfth month; for they hold that he preached for one year after his baptism."
Notes and citation
Summary: Wisdom's passion is signified by Judas, the twelfth apostle, and by a one-year ministry.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.14.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:407; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-14-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.14.10Holl GCS 25/31:407
ἔτι τε ἐπὶ τῆς αἱμορροούσης σαφέστατα τοῦτο δηλοῦσθαι· δώδεκα γὰρ ἔτη παθοῦσαν αὐτὴν ὑπὸ τῆς τοῦ σωτῆρος παρουσίας τεθεραπεῦσθαι, ἁψαμένην τοῦ κρασπέδου αὐτοῦ, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο εἰρηκέναι τὸν σωτῆρα »τίς μου ἥψατο;« διδάσκοντα τοὺς μαθητὰς τὸ γεγονὸς ἐν τοῖς Αἰῶσι μυστήριον καὶ τὴν ἴασιν τοῦ πεπονθότος Αἰῶνος.
eti te epi tēs haimorroousēs saphestata touto dēlousthai; dōdeka gar etē pathousan autēn hypo tēs tou sōtēros parousias tetherapeusthai, hapsamenēn tou kraspedou autou, kai dia touto eirēkenai ton sōtēra »tis mou hēpsato?« didaskonta tous mathētas to gegonos en tois Aiōsi mystērion kai tēn iasin tou peponthotos Aiōnos.
"Further, this is shown most clearly in the case of the woman with the flow of blood: she had suffered twelve years and was healed by the Saviour's coming when she touched the fringe of his garment; and that is why the Saviour said, 'Who touched me?', teaching the disciples the mystery that had happened among the Aeons and the healing of the Aeon that had suffered."
Mark 5:25–34 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 8:45 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The woman healed after twelve years is read as the suffering twelfth aeon.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.14.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:407; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-14-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.14.11Holl GCS 25/31:407–408
ἡ γὰρ παθοῦσα δώδεκα ἔτη ἐκείνη ἡ δύναμις, ἐκτεινομένης αὐτῆς καὶ εἰς ἄπειρον ῥεούσης τῆς οὐσίας, ὡς λέγουσιν, εἶ μὴ ἔψαυσε τοῦ φορήματος τοῦ υἰοῦ τουτέστιν τῆς Ἀληθείας τῆς πρώτης τετράδος ἥτις διὰ τοῦ κρασπέδου μεμήνυται, ἀνελύθη ἄν εἰς τὴν Ε; οὐσίαν αὐτῆς. ἀλλὰ ἔστη καὶ ἐπαύσατο τοῦ πάθους· ἡ γὰρ ἐξελθοῦσα δύναμις τοῦ υἱοῦ εἶναι δὲ ταύτην τὸν Ὅρον θέλουσιν) ἐθεράπευσεν αὑτὴν καὶ τὸ πάθος ἐχώρισεν ἀπʼ αὐτῆς.
hē gar pathousa dōdeka etē ekeinē hē dynamis, ekteinomenēs autēs kai eis apeiron rheousēs tēs ousias, hōs legousin, ei mē epsause tou phorēmatos tou uiou toutestin tēs Alētheias tēs prōtēs tetrados hētis dia tou kraspedou memēnytai, anelythē an eis tēn E? ousian autēs. alla estē kai epausato tou pathous; hē gar exelthousa dynamis tou huiou einai de tautēn ton Horon thelousin) etherapeusen hautēn kai to pathos echōrisen apʼ autēs.
"For that power which suffered twelve years — its substance stretching out and flowing into infinity, as they say — would have been dissolved into the [universal] substance had it not touched the Son's garment, that is, the Truth of the first tetrad, which is indicated by the fringe. But it stood still and ceased from its passion; for the power that went out from the Son (they hold this to be Limit) healed it and separated the passion from it."
Mark 5:30 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Touching the garment signifies how Limit healed the suffering aeon.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.14.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:407–408; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-14-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.14.12Holl GCS 25/31:408
Τὸ δὲ Ε; Σωτῇρα, τὸν ἐκ πάντων öντα, τὸ Πᾶν εἶναι διὰ τοῦ λόγου τοῦ »πᾶν ἄρρεν διανοῖγον μήτραν« δηλοῦσθαι λέγουσιν· ὅς τὸ Πᾶν ὢv σθείσης ἐκτὸς τοῦ Πληρώματος, ἣν δὴ καὶ δευτέραν Ὀγδοάδα περὶ ἦς μικρὸν ὕστερον ἐροῦμεν.
To de E? Sōtę̄ra, ton ek pantōn onta, to Pan einai dia tou logou tou »pan arren dianoigon mētran« dēlousthai legousin; hos to Pan ōv stheisēs ektos tou Plērōmatos, hēn dē kai deuteran Ogdoada peri ēs mikron hysteron eroumen.
"That the Saviour, who is from all, is the All, is shown, they say, by the saying, 'every male that opens the womb'; for he, being the All, opened the womb of the Intention of the Aeon that suffered, which was banished outside the Pleroma, which they also call the second Ogdoad, about which we shall speak a little later."
Luke 2:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 13:2 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: 'Every male that opens the womb' is read of the Saviour as the All.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.4, quoting Exod 13:2 / Luke 2:23. Several words have fallen out of the digital text (ὢv σθείσης); the middle of the sentence is supplied by sense from the parallel in Irenaeus.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.14.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:408; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-14-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.14.13Holl GCS 25/31:408
καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ Παύλου δὲ φανερῶς διὰ τοῦτο εἰρῆσθαι λέγουσι »καὶ αὐτὸς ἐστι τὰ πάντα«, καὶ πάλιν »πάντα εἰς αὐτὸν καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ τὰ πάντα«, καὶ πάλιν »ἐν αὐτῷ κατοικεῖ πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος«· καὶ τό »ἀνακεφαλαιώσασθαι δὲ τὰ πάντα ἐν τῷ Χριστῷ διὰ τοῦ θεοῦ«, Ε; ἑρμηνεύουσιν εἰρῆσθαι καὶ εἴ τιvα ἄλλα τοιαῦτα.
kai hypo tou Paulou de phanerōs dia touto eirēsthai legousi »kai autos esti ta panta«, kai palin »panta eis auton kai ex autou ta panta«, kai palin »en autǭ katoikei pan to plērōma tēs theotētos«; kai to »anakephalaiōsasthai de ta panta en tǭ Christǭ dia tou theou«, E? hermēneuousin eirēsthai kai ei tiva alla toiauta.
"And they say that for this reason Paul plainly said, 'And he himself is all things', and again, 'All things are to him and from him are all things', and again, 'In him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead'; and 'to sum up all things in Christ through God' they interpret as said [in this sense], and any other such passages."
Col 3:11 (quotation, medium confidence) · Rom 11:36 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 2:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 1:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They apply Paul's statements about 'all things' and 'fullness' to their system.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.4, citing Col 3:11, Rom 11:36, Col 2:9 and Eph 1:10.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.14.13 (Holl GCS 25/31:408; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-14-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 15
31.15.1Holl GCS 25/31:408
15. Ἔπειτα περὶ τοῦ Ὅρου αὐτῶν, ὅν δὴ καὶ πλείοσιν ὀνόμασιν καλοῦσι, δύο ἐνεργείας ἔχειν αὐτὸν ἀποφαίνονται, τήν τε ἑδραστικὴν καὶ τὴν μεριστικήν· καὶ καθὰ με) ἑδράζει καὶ στηρίζει, Σταυρὸν εἶναι, καθὸ δὲ μερίζει καὶ διορίζει, Ὅρον.
15. Epeita peri tou Horou autōn, hon dē kai pleiosin onomasin kalousi, dyo energeias echein auton apophainontai, tēn te hedrastikēn kai tēn meristikēn; kai katha me) hedrazei kai stērizei, Stauron einai, katho de merizei kai diorizei, Horon.
"Then, about their Limit, whom they call by several names, they declare that he has two activities, the establishing and the dividing; and insofar as he establishes and supports he is Cross, and insofar as he divides and separates he is Limit."
Notes and citation
Summary: Limit has two functions: as Cross he supports, as Limit he divides.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.15.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:408; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-15-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.15.2Holl GCS 25/31:408
τὸν δὲ σωτῆρα οὔτως λέγουσι μεμηνυκέναι τὰς ἐνεργείας αὐτοῦ· καὶ πρῶτον μὲν τὴν ἑδραστικὴν ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν »ὅς οὐ βαστάζει τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀκολουθεῖ μοι, μαθητὴς ἐμὸς οὐ δύναται εἶναι« καὶ Ε;
ton de sōtēra outōs legousi memēnykenai tas energeias autou; kai prōton men tēn hedrastikēn en tǭ eipein »hos ou bastazei ton stauron autou kai akolouthei moi, mathētēs emos ou dynatai einai« kai E?
"And the Saviour, they say, indicated his activities thus: first the establishing one, when he said, 'Whoever does not carry his cross and follow me cannot be my disciple', and"
Luke 14:27 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They read Jesus's saying about carrying the cross as the supporting function of Limit.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.5, quoting Luke 14:27.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.15.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:408; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-15-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.15.3Holl GCS 25/31:408
»ἄρας τὸν σταυρὸν ἀκολούθει μοι«· τὴν δὲ διοριστικὴν αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν »οὐκ ἦλθον βαλεῖν εἰρήνην, ἀλλὰ μάχαιραν«. καὶ τὸν Ἰωάννην δὲ λέγουσιν αὐτὸ τοῦτο μεμηνυκέναι, εἰπόντα »τὸ πτύον ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ· διακαθαριεῖ τὴν ἅλωνα καὶ συνάξει τὸ σῖτον εἰς τὴν ἀποθήκην αὐτοῦ, τὸ δὲ ἄχυρον κατακαύσει πυρὶ ἀσβέστῳ«.
»aras ton stauron akolouthei moi«; tēn de dioristikēn autou en tǭ eipein »ouk ēlthon balein eirēnēn, alla machairan«. kai ton Iōannēn de legousin auto touto memēnykenai, eiponta »to ptyon en tę̄ cheiri autou; diakathariei tēn halōna kai synaxei to siton eis tēn apothēkēn autou, to de achyron katakausei pyri asbestǭ«.
"'Take up the cross and follow me'; and his separating activity, when he said, 'I did not come to bring peace but a sword.' And they say that John indicated the same thing when he said, 'The winnowing fork is in his hand; he will clear the threshing floor and gather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.'"
Mark 10:21 (quotation, medium confidence) · Matt 10:34 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 3:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 3:17 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The sword and the winnowing fork are read as the dividing function of Limit.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.5, quoting Mark 10:21, Matt 10:34 and Matt 3:12.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Word split by a line-end hyphen.): διοριστι- κὴν → διοριστικὴν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.15.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:408; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-15-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.15.4Holl GCS 25/31:408–409
καὶ διὰ τούτου τὴv ἐνέργειαν τοῦ Ὅρου μεμηνυκέναι· πτύον γὰρ ἐκεῖνο τὸν σταυρὸν ἑρμηνεύσουσιν εἶναι, ὅν δὴ κα ἀναλίσκειν τὰ ὑλικὰ πάντα ὡς ἄχυρα πῦρ, καθαίρειν δὲ τοὺς σῳζομένους ὡς τὸ πτύον τὸν σῖτον.
kai dia toutou tēv energeian tou Horou memēnykenai; ptyon gar ekeino ton stauron hermēneusousin einai, hon dē ka analiskein ta hylika panta hōs achyra pyr, kathairein de tous sǭzomenous hōs to ptyon ton siton.
"And by this he indicated the activity of Limit; for they interpret that winnowing fork as the Cross, which consumes all material things as fire does chaff, but cleanses those who are saved as the winnowing fork does the wheat."
Notes and citation
Summary: The winnowing fork is read as the Cross, which purifies the saved.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.15.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:408–409; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-15-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.15.5Holl GCS 25/31:409
Παῦλον δὲ τὸν ἀπόστολον καὶ αὐτὸν ἐπιμιμνῄσκεσθαι τούτου τοῦ σταυροῦ λέγουσιν οὕτως »ὁ λόγος γὰρ ὁ τοῦ σταυροῦ τοῖς μὲν ἀπολλυμένοις μωρία ἐστί, τοῖς δὲ σῳζομένοις δύναμις θεοῦ«, καὶ πάλιν »ἐμοὶ δὲ μὴ γένοιτο ἐν μηδενὶ καυχᾶσθαι, εἰ μὴ ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, διʼ οὗ ἐμοὶ κόσμος ἐσταύρωται κἀγὼ κοσμῳ«.
Paulon de ton apostolon kai auton epimimnę̄skesthai toutou tou staurou legousin houtōs »ho logos gar ho tou staurou tois men apollymenois mōria esti, tois de sǭzomenois dynamis theou«, kai palin »emoi de mē genoito en mēdeni kauchasthai, ei mē en tǭ staurǭ tou Christou, diʼ hou emoi kosmos estaurōtai kagō kosmǭ«.
"And they say that the apostle Paul himself also mentions this Cross thus: 'For the word of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to those who are being saved it is the power of God'; and again, 'But far be it from me to boast of anything except the cross of Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me and I to the world.'"
1 Cor 1:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 6:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They claim Paul's words on the cross refer to their Limit.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.5, quoting 1 Cor 1:18 and Gal 6:14.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.15.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:409; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-15-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.15.6Holl GCS 25/31:409
Τοιαῦτα μὲν οὖν περὶ τοῦ Πληρώματος αὐτῶν καὶ τοῦ πλάσματος πάντων λέγουσιν, ἐφαρμόζειν βιαζόμενοι τὰ καλῶς ἐρημένα τοῖς κακῶς ἐπινενοημένοις ὑπʼ αὐτῶν. καὶ οὐ μόνον ἐκ τῶι εὐαγγελικῶν καὶ τῶν ἀποστολικῶν πειρῶνται τὰς ἀποδείξεις ποιεῖσθαι, παρατρέποντες τὰς ἐρμηνείας καὶ ῥᾳδιουργοῦντες τὰς ἐξηγήσεῖς,
Toiauta men oun peri tou Plērōmatos autōn kai tou plasmatos pantōn legousin, epharmozein biazomenoi ta kalōs erēmena tois kakōs epinenoēmenois hypʼ autōn. kai ou monon ek tōi euangelikōn kai tōn apostolikōn peirōntai tas apodeixeis poieisthai, paratrepontes tas ermēneias kai rhądiourgountes tas exēgēseis,
"Such are the things they say about their Pleroma and the fiction of all things, forcing what is well said to fit what they have wickedly devised. And not only from the Gospels and the apostolic writings do they try to make their proofs, twisting the interpretations and tampering with the explanations,"
Notes and citation
Summary: They force the Gospels and apostles to fit their fiction.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.6.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.15.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:409; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-15-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.15.7Holl GCS 25/31:409
ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκ νόμου καὶ προφητῶν, ἅτε πολλῶν παραβολῶν καὶ ἀλληγοριῶν εἰρημένων καὶ εἰς πολλὰ ἕλκεσθαι δυναμένων † τὸ ἀμφίβολον διὰ τῆς ἐξηγήσεως, * δεινοτέρως τῷ πλάσματι αὐτῶν καὶ δολίως ἐφαρμόζοντες αἰχμαλωτίζουσιν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας τοὺς μὴ ἑδραίαν τὴν πίστιν εἰς ἕνα θεὸν πατέρα παντοκράτορα καὶ εἰς ἕνα κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ διαφυλάσσοντας.
alla kai ek nomou kai prophētōn, hate pollōn parabolōn kai allēgoriōn eirēmenōn kai eis polla helkesthai dynamenōn † to amphibolon dia tēs exēgēseōs, * deinoterōs tǭ plasmati autōn kai doliōs epharmozontes aichmalōtizousin apo tēs alētheias tous mē hedraian tēn pistin eis hena theon patera pantokratora kai eis hena kyrion Iēsoun Christon ton huion tou theou diaphylassontas.
"but also from the Law and the Prophets: since many parables and allegories are spoken there which can be drawn in many directions, … the ambiguity by their interpretation, … fitting them more cleverly and craftily to their fiction, they take captive from the truth those who do not keep a firm faith in one God, the Father Almighty, and in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: They also twist the Law and Prophets and lead astray those without firm faith in one God and one Lord.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.3.6. The edition marks a corrupt place (†) and a gap (*).
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.3.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.15.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:409; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-15-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 16
31.16.1Holl GCS 25/31:409
16. Τὰ δὲ ἐκτὸς τοῦ Πληρώματος λεγόμενα ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ἐστιν τοιαῦτα· τὴν Ἐνθύμησιν τῆς ἄνω Σοφίας, ἥν καὶ Ἀχαμὼθ καλοῦσιν, ἀφορισθεῖσαν τοῦ Ε; Πληρώματος οὺν τῷ πάθει λέγουσιν ἐν σκιᾶς καὶ κενώματος τόποις ἐκβεβράσθαι κατὰ ἀνάγκην· ἔξω γὰρ φωτὸς ἐγένετο καὶ Πληρώματος, ἄμορφος καὶ ἀνείδεος ὥσπερ ἔκτρωμα, διὰ τὸ μηδὲν κατειληφέναι.
16. Ta de ektos tou Plērōmatos legomena hypʼ autōn estin toiauta; tēn Enthymēsin tēs anō Sophias, hēn kai Achamōth kalousin, aphoristheisan tou E? Plērōmatos oun tǭ pathei legousin en skias kai kenōmatos topois ekbebrasthai kata anankēn; exō gar phōtos egeneto kai Plērōmatos, amorphos kai aneideos hōsper ektrōma, dia to mēden kateilēphenai.
"What they say about things outside the Pleroma is as follows. The Intention of the higher Wisdom, whom they also call Achamoth, having been separated from the Pleroma together with her passion, was, they say, of necessity cast out into places of shadow and emptiness; for she was outside the light and the Pleroma, formless and shapeless like an untimely birth, because she had comprehended nothing."
1 Cor 15:8 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Achamoth, cast out of the Pleroma, was formless like an untimely birth.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Greek word mis-encoded in Latin letters.): XEyouaiv → λέγουσιν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.16.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:409; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-16-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.16.2Holl GCS 25/31:409–410
οἰκτείραντα δὲ αὐτὴν τὸν Ε; Χριστὸν καὶ διὰ τοῦ Σταυροῦ ἐπεκταθέντα τῇ ἰδίᾳ δυνάμει μορφῶσαι μόρφωσιν, τὴν κατʼ οὐσίαν μόνον ἀλλʼ οὐ τὴν κατὰ γνῶσιν· καὶ πράξαντα τοῦτο ἀναδραμεῖν, συστείλαντα αὐτοῦ τὴν δύναμιν, καὶ καταλιπεῖν Ε;, ὅπως αἰσθομένη τοῦ περὶ αὐτὴν πάθους διὰ τὴv ἀπαλλαγὴν τοῦ Πληρώματος ὀρεχθῇ τῶν διαφερόντων. ἔχουσά τινα ὀδμῆν ἀφθαρσίας ἐγαταλειφθεῖσαν αὐτῇ Ε; τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος.
oikteiranta de autēn ton E? Christon kai dia tou Staurou epektathenta tę̄ idią dynamei morphōsai morphōsin, tēn katʼ ousian monon allʼ ou tēn kata gnōsin; kai praxanta touto anadramein, systeilanta autou tēn dynamin, kai katalipein E?, hopōs aisthomenē tou peri autēn pathous dia tēv apallagēn tou Plērōmatos orechthę̄ tōn diapherontōn. echousa tina odmēn aphtharsias egataleiphtheisan autę̄ E? tou Christou kai tou hagiou Pneumatos.
"But Christ, pitying her, stretched himself out through the Cross and by his own power gave her a formation, as to substance only but not as to knowledge. Having done this he hastened back up, drawing in his power, and left her, so that, perceiving the passion about her through her separation from the Pleroma, she might long for the better things, having a certain fragrance of incorruption left in her by Christ and the Holy Spirit."
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ gave Achamoth form in substance, then left her longing for higher things.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Word split by a line-end hyphen, with an OCR slip.): διαφερόν- τωι → διαφερόντων.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.16.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:409–410; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-16-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.16.3Holl GCS 25/31:410
διὸ καὶ αὐτὴν τοῖς ἀμφοτέροις ὀνόμασι καλεῖσθαι, Σοφίαν τε πατρωνυμικῶς (ὁ γὰρ πατὴρ αὐτῆς Σοφία κλῄζεται) καὶ Πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἀπὸ τοῦ περὶ τὸν Χριστὸν πνεύματος.
dio kai autēn tois amphoterois onomasi kaleisthai, Sophian te patrōnymikōs (ho gar patēr autēs Sophia klę̄zetai) kai Pneuma hagion apo tou peri ton Christon pneumatos.
"Therefore she too is called by both names: Wisdom, after her father (for her father is called Wisdom), and Holy Spirit, after the spirit that is with Christ."
Notes and citation
Summary: Achamoth is called both Wisdom and Holy Spirit.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.1. 'Her father' (masculine) stands in the text for her mother Wisdom.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.16.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:410; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-16-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.16.4Holl GCS 25/31:410
μορφωθεῖσαν δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ ἔμφρονα γενηθεῖσαν, παραυτίκα δὲ κενωθεῖσαν τοῦ ἀοράτως αὐτῇ συνόντος Λόγου τουτέστιν τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐπὶ ζήτησιν ὁρμῆσαι τοῦκαταλιπόντος αὐτὴν φωτὸς καὶ μὴ δυνηθῆναι καταλαβεῖν αὐτὸ διὰ τὸ κωλυθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὅρου. καὶ ἐνταῦθα τὸν Ὅρον κωλύοντα αὐτὴν τῆς εἰς τοῦμπροσθεν ὁρμῆς εἰπεῖν »Ἰαώ«· ὅθεν τὸ Ἰαὼ ὄνομα γεγενῆσθαι φάσκουσι.
morphōtheisan de autēn kai emphrona genētheisan, parautika de kenōtheisan tou aoratōs autę̄ synontos Logou toutestin tou Christou, epi zētēsin hormēsai toukatalipontos autēn phōtos kai mē dynēthēnai katalabein auto dia to kōlythēnai hypo tou Horou. kai entautha ton Horon kōlyonta autēn tēs eis toumprosthen hormēs eipein »Iaō«; hothen to Iaō onoma gegenēsthai phaskousi.
"Having been formed and become conscious, but immediately emptied of the Word who had been invisibly with her, that is, Christ, she rushed to seek the light that had left her, and could not reach it, because she was prevented by Limit. And there Limit, hindering her from rushing forward, said 'Iao'; from which, they say, the name Iao came into being."
Notes and citation
Summary: Achamoth sought the departed light; Limit stopped her with the word 'Iao'.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.16.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:410; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-16-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.16.5Holl GCS 25/31:410
μὴ δυνηθεῖσαν δὲ διοδεῦσαι τὸν Ὅρον διὰ τὸ συμπεπλέχθαι τῷ πάθει καὶ μόνην ἀπολειφθεῖσαν ἔξω, παντὶ μέρει τοῦ πάθους ὑποπεσεῖν, πολυμεροῦς καὶ πολυποικίλου ὐπάρχοντος, καὶ παθεῖν λύπην μέν, ὅτι οὐ κατέλαβεν, φόβον δέ, μὴ καθάπερ αὐτὴν τὸ φῶς οὕτω καὶ τὸ ζῆν ἐπιλίπῃ, ἀπορίαν τε ἐπὶ τούτοις.
mē dynētheisan de diodeusai ton Horon dia to sympeplechthai tǭ pathei kai monēn apoleiphtheisan exō, panti merei tou pathous hypopesein, polymerous kai polypoikilou yparchontos, kai pathein lypēn men, hoti ou katelaben, phobon de, mē kathaper autēn to phōs houtō kai to zēn epilipę̄, aporian te epi toutois.
"Unable to pass through Limit because she was entangled in her passion, and left alone outside, she fell under every part of the passion, which is manifold and varied: she suffered grief, because she had not comprehended; fear, lest life should leave her as the light had; and perplexity on top of these;"
Notes and citation
Summary: Achamoth, left outside, suffered grief, fear and perplexity.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.16.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:410; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-16-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.16.6Holl GCS 25/31:410
ἐν ἀγνοίᾳ δὲ τὰ πάντα· καὶ οὐ καθάπερ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτῆς, ἡ πρώτη Σοφία Αἰών, ἑτεροίωσιν ἐν τοῖς πάθεσιν εἶχεν, ἀλλὰ ἐναντιότητα. ἐπισυμβεβηκέναι δʼ αὐτῇ καὶ ἑτέραν διάθεσιν, τὴν τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς ἐπὶ τὸν ζωοποιήσαντα.
en agnoią de ta panta; kai ou kathaper hē mētēr autēs, hē prōtē Sophia Aiōn, heteroiōsin en tois pathesin eichen, alla enantiotēta. episymbebēkenai dʼ autę̄ kai heteran diathesin, tēn tēs epistrophēs epi ton zōopoiēsanta.
"and all in ignorance. And unlike her mother, the first Aeon Wisdom, she had not alteration in her passions but opposition. Another disposition also came upon her, that of turning back to the one who had given her life."
Notes and citation
Summary: Achamoth also turned back towards the one who gave her life.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.16.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:410; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-16-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.16.7Holl GCS 25/31:410
Ταύτην σύνταξιν καὶ οὐσίαν τῆς ὕλης γεγενῆσθαι λέγουσιν, ἐξ ἧς ὅδε ὁ κόσμος συνέστηκεν. ἐκ μὲν γὰρ τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς τὴν τοῦ κόσμου καὶ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ πᾶσαν ψυχὴν τὴν γένεσιν εἰληφέναι, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ φόβου καὶ τῆς λύπης τὰ λοιπὰ τὴv ἀρχὴν ἐσχηκέναι. ἀπὸ γὰρ τῶν δακρύων αὐτῆς γεγονέναι πᾶσαν ἕνυγρον οὐσίαν, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ γέλωτος τὴν φωτεινήν, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς λύπης καὶ ἐκπλήξεως τὰ σωματικὰ τοῦ κόσμου στοιχεῖα.
Tautēn syntaxin kai ousian tēs hylēs gegenēsthai legousin, ex hēs hode ho kosmos synestēken. ek men gar tēs epistrophēs tēn tou kosmou kai tou Dēmiourgou pasan psychēn tēn genesin eilēphenai, ek de tou phobou kai tēs lypēs ta loipa tēv archēn eschēkenai. apo gar tōn dakryōn autēs gegonenai pasan henygron ousian, apo de tou gelōtos tēn phōteinēn, apo de tēs lypēs kai ekplēxeōs ta sōmatika tou kosmou stoicheia.
"This, they say, became the composition and substance of matter, from which this world was made. For from her turning back all the soul of the world and of the Demiurge took its origin, and from her fear and grief the rest had their beginning. From her tears came all moist substance, from her laughter the luminous, and from her grief and astonishment the bodily elements of the world."
Notes and citation
Summary: The world's substances came from Achamoth's passions: water from her tears, light from her laughter.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.16.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:410; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-16-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.16.8Holl GCS 25/31:410
ποτὲ μὲν γὰρ ἔκλαιε καὶ ἐλυπεῖτο, ὡς λέγουσι, διὰ τὸ καταλελεῖφθαι μόνην ἐν τῷ σκότει καὶ τῷ κενώματι, ποτὲ Τε εἰς ἔννοιαν ἥκουσα τοῦ καταλιπόντος αὐτὴν φωτὸς διεχεῖτο καὶ ἐγέλα, ποτὲ δʼ αὖ πάλιν ἐφοβεῖτο, ἄλλοτε δὲ διηπόρει καὶ ἐξίστατο.
pote men gar eklaie kai elypeito, hōs legousi, dia to kataleleiphthai monēn en tǭ skotei kai tǭ kenōmati, pote Te eis ennoian hēkousa tou katalipontos autēn phōtos diecheito kai egela, pote dʼ au palin ephobeito, allote de diēporei kai existato.
"For sometimes she wept and grieved, they say, at being left alone in the darkness and emptiness; sometimes, coming to think of the light that had left her, she was cheered and laughed; sometimes again she was afraid, and at other times she was perplexed and beside herself."
Notes and citation
Summary: Achamoth alternated between weeping, laughing, fear and perplexity.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.16.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:410; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-16-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 17
31.17.1Holl GCS 25/31:410–411
17. Καὶ τί γάρ; τραγῳδία πολλὴ λοιπὸν ἦν ἐνθάδε καὶ φαντασία, ἑνὸς ἑκάστου αὐτῶν ἄλλως καὶ ἄλλως σοβαρῶς ἐκριηγουμένου, ἐκ ποταποῦ πάθους ἐκ ποίου στοιχείου ἡ οὐσία τὴν γένεσιν εἴληφεν·
17. Kai ti gar? tragǭdia pollē loipon ēn enthade kai phantasia, henos hekastou autōn allōs kai allōs sobarōs ekriēgoumenou, ek potapou pathous ek poiou stoicheiou hē ousia tēn genesin eilēphen;
"And what then? From here on there was much tragedy and fancy, each of them solemnly explaining, one in one way and another in another, from what kind of passion and from what element substance took its origin."
Notes and citation
Summary: Irenaeus mocks the Valentinians' varying accounts of the origin of substance.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.17.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:410–411; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-17-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.17.2Holl GCS 25/31:411
ἃ καὶ εἰκότως δοκοῦσί μοι μὴ ἅπαντας θέλειν ἐν φανερῷ διδάσκειν, ἀλλʼ ἢ μόνους ἐκείνους τὸς καὶ μεγάλους μισθοὺς ὑπὲρ τηλικούτων μυστηρίων τελεῖν δυναμένους.
ha kai eikotōs dokousi moi mē hapantas thelein en phanerǭ didaskein, allʼ ē monous ekeinous tos kai megalous misthous hyper tēlikoutōn mystēriōn telein dynamenous.
"And it seems to me with good reason that they do not want to teach these things openly to everyone, but only to those able to pay large fees for such great mysteries."
Notes and citation
Summary: They teach these mysteries only to those who can pay large fees.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.17.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:411; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-17-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.17.3Holl GCS 25/31:411
οὐκέτι γὰρ ταῦτα ὅμοια ἐκείνοις περὶ ὧν ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν εἴρηκε »δωρεὰν ἐλάβετε, δωρεὰν δότε«, ἀλλὰ ἀνακεχωρηκότα καὶ τερατώδη καὶ βαθέα μυστήρια μετὰ πολλοῦ καμάτου περιγινόμενα τοῖ φιλοψευδέσι.
ouketi gar tauta homoia ekeinois peri hōn ho kyrios hēmōn eirēke »dōrean elabete, dōrean dote«, alla anakechōrēkota kai teratōdē kai bathea mystēria meta pollou kamatou periginomena toi philopseudesi.
"For these are no longer like the things of which our Lord said, 'Freely you received, freely give', but remote, monstrous and deep mysteries, acquired with much labour by lovers of lies."
Matt 10:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Unlike Christ's free gift, their mysteries are sold.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.3, quoting Matt 10:8.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.17.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:411; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-17-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.17.4Holl GCS 25/31:411
τίς γὰρ οὐκ ἂν ἐκδαπανήσειε πάντα τὰ ὑπάρχοντα αὐτοῦ, ἵνα μάθῃ ὅτι ἀπὸ τῶν δακρύων τῆς Ἐνθυμήσεως τοῦ πεπονθότος Αἰῶνος θάλασσαι καὶ πηγαὶ καὶ ποταμοἰ καὶ πᾶσα ἔνυδρος οὐσία τὴν γένεσιν έεἴληφεν, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ γέλωτος αὐτῆς τὸ φῶς καὶ ἐκ τῆς ἐκπλήξεως καὶ ἀμηχανίας τὰ σωματικὰ τοῦ κόσμου στοιχεῖα;
tis gar ouk an ekdapanēseie panta ta hyparchonta autou, hina mathę̄ hoti apo tōn dakryōn tēs Enthymēseōs tou peponthotos Aiōnos thalassai kai pēgai kai potamoi kai pasa enydros ousia tēn genesin eeilēphen, ek de tou gelōtos autēs to phōs kai ek tēs ekplēxeōs kai amēchanias ta sōmatika tou kosmou stoicheia?
"For who would not spend all he has to learn that seas and springs and rivers and all watery substance took their origin from the tears of the Intention of the Aeon that suffered, light from her laughter, and the bodily elements of the world from her astonishment and helplessness?"
Notes and citation
Summary: Irenaeus ironically asks who would not pay to learn such things.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.17.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:411; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-17-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.17.5Holl GCS 25/31:411
Βούλομαι δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς συνεισενεγκεῖν τι τῇ καρποφορίᾳ αὐτῶν. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ὁρῶ τὰ μὲν γλυκέα ὕδατα ὄντα, οἷον πηγὰς καὶ ποταμοὺς καὶ ὄμβρους καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα, τὰ δὲ ἐν ταῖς θαλάσσαις ἁλμυρά, ἐπινοῦ μὴ πάντα ἀπὸ τῶν δακρύων αὐτῆς προβεβλῆσθαι, διότι τὸ δάκρυον ἁλμυρὸν τῇ ποιότητι ὑπάρχει.
Boulomai de kai autos syneisenenkein ti tę̄ karpophorią autōn. epeidē gar horō ta men glykea hydata onta, hoion pēgas kai potamous kai ombrous kai ta toiauta, ta de en tais thalassais halmyra, epinou mē panta apo tōn dakryōn autēs probeblēsthai, dioti to dakryon halmyron tę̄ poiotēti hyparchei.
"I too want to contribute something to their fruitfulness. Since I see that some waters are sweet, such as springs and rivers and rain and the like, while those in the seas are salty, I reflect that not all can have been emitted from her tears, since a tear is salty in quality."
Notes and citation
Summary: Irenaeus ironically adds his own contribution: not all waters can come from salty tears.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.17.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:411; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-17-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.17.6Holl GCS 25/31:411
φανερὸν οὖν ὅτι τὰ ἁλμυρὰ ὕδατα ταῦτά ἐστι τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν δακρύων. εἰκὸς δὲ αὐτὴν ἐν ἀγωνίᾳ πολλῇ καὶ ἀμηχανίᾳ γεγονυῖαν καὶ ἱδρωκέναι. ἐντεῦθεν δὴ κατὰ τὴν ὑπόθεσιν αὐτῶν ὑπολαμβάνειν δεῖ, πηγὰς καὶ ποταμοὺς καὶ εἴ τινα ἄλλα ὕδατα γλυκέα ὑπάρχει τὴν γένεσιν [μὴ] ἐσχηκέναι ἀπὸ τῶν <ἱδρώτων> αὐτῆς.
phaneron oun hoti ta halmyra hydata tauta esti ta apo tōn dakryōn. eikos de autēn en agōnią pollę̄ kai amēchanią gegonuian kai hidrōkenai. enteuthen dē kata tēn hypothesin autōn hypolambanein dei, pēgas kai potamous kai ei tina alla hydata glykea hyparchei tēn genesin [mē] eschēkenai apo tōn <hidrōtōn> autēs.
"It is clear, then, that the salty waters are those from the tears. And it is likely that she, being in great agony and helplessness, also sweated. From this, according to their hypothesis, one must suppose that springs and rivers and any other sweet waters had their origin from her ⟨sweat⟩."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Sweet waters, Irenaeus jokes, must come from her sweat.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.3. The editor deletes μή ('not'); ⟨sweat⟩ is the editor's supplement.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Repeated word fragment.): γεγονυῖαν νυῖαν → γεγονυῖαν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.17.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:411; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-17-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.17.7Holl GCS 25/31:411
ἀπίθανον γάρ, μιᾶς ποιότητος οὔσης τῶν δακρύων, τὰ μὲν ἁλμυρά, τὰ δὲ γλυκέα ὕδατα ἐξ αὐτῶν προελθεῖν. τοῦτο δὲ πιθανώτερον, τὰ μὲν εἶναι ἀπὸ τῶν δακρύων, τὰ δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν ἱδρώτων.
apithanon gar, mias poiotētos ousēs tōn dakryōn, ta men halmyra, ta de glykea hydata ex autōn proelthein. touto de pithanōteron, ta men einai apo tōn dakryōn, ta de apo tōn hidrōtōn.
"For it is implausible that, tears being of one quality, both salty and sweet waters should come from them. This is more plausible: some are from the tears and some from the sweat."
Notes and citation
Summary: The irony continues: salt water from tears, fresh from sweat.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.17.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:411; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-17-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.17.8Holl GCS 25/31:411
ἐπειδὴ <δὲ> καὶ θερμὰ καὶ δριμέα τινὰ ὕδατά ἐστιν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, νοεῖν ὀφείλεις τί ποιήσασα καὶ ἐκ ποίου μορίου προήκατο κατo ταῦτα. ἁρμόζουσι γὰρ τοιοῦτοι καρποὶ τῇ ὑποθέσει αὐτῶν.
epeidē <de> kai therma kai drimea tina hydata estin en tǭ kosmǭ, noein opheileis ti poiēsasa kai ek poiou moriou proēkato kato tauta. harmozousi gar toioutoi karpoi tę̄ hypothesei autōn.
"And since there are also hot and acrid waters in the world, you must consider what she did and from what part she produced them. For such fruits suit their hypothesis."
Notes and citation
Summary: Irenaeus asks mockingly where hot and acrid waters came from.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.17.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:411; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-17-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.17.9Holl GCS 25/31:411–412
Διοδεύσασαν οὖ πᾶν πάθος τὴν Μητέρα αὐτῶν καὶ μόγις ὑπερκύψασαν ἐπὶ ἱκεσίαν τραπῆναι τοῦ καταλιπόντος αὐτὴν φωτὸς τουτέστιν τοῦ Χριστοῦ δευτέρου κατελθεῖν, τὸν Παράκλητον δὲ ἐξέπεμψεν Ε; αὐτὴν τουτέστι τὸν Σωτῆρα,
Diodeusasan ou pan pathos tēn Mētera autōn kai mogis hyperkypsasan epi hikesian trapēnai tou katalipontos autēn phōtos toutestin tou Christou deuterou katelthein, ton Paraklēton de exepempsen E? autēn toutesti ton Sōtēra,
"Their Mother, then, having passed through every passion and barely emerging, turned to supplicate the light that had left her, that is, Christ. He, having returned to the Pleroma, was reluctant to come down a second time, but sent out to her the Paraclete, that is, the Saviour,"
Notes and citation
Summary: Achamoth prayed to Christ, who sent the Saviour to her.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.5. Several words are missing in the digital text; the clause about Christ's reluctance is supplied by sense from the parallel in Irenaeus.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.17.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:411–412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-17-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.17.10Holl GCS 25/31:412
ἐνδόντος αὐτῷ πᾶσαν τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ πᾶν ὑπʼ ἐξουσίαν παραδόντος καὶ τῶν Αἰωνων δὲ ὁμοίως, ὁπως »ἐν αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα κτισθῇ, τὰ ὁρατὰ καὶ τὰ ἀόρατα, θρόνοι θεότητες κυριότητες«.
endontos autǭ pasan tēn dynamin tou Patros kai pan hypʼ exousian paradontos kai tōn Aiōnōn de homoiōs, hopōs »en autǭ ta panta ktisthę̄, ta horata kai ta aorata, thronoi theotētes kyriotētes«.
"the Father having given him all power and handed over everything under his authority, and the Aeons likewise, so that 'in him all things might be created, the visible and the invisible, thrones, divinities, dominions.'"
Col 1:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Saviour received all power from the Father and the aeons.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.5, quoting Col 1:16 with 'divinities' in place of Paul's wording.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.17.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-17-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.17.11Holl GCS 25/31:412
ἐκπέμπεται δὲ πρὸς αὐτὴν μετὰ τῶν ἠλικιωτῶν αὐτοῦ τῶν ἀγγέλων. τὴν δὲ Ἀχαμὼθ ἐντραπεῖσαν αὐτὸν λέγουσιν πρῶτον μὲν κάλυμμα ἐπιθέσθαι διʼ αἰδῶ, μετέπειτα Τε ἰδοῦσαν αὐτὸν σὺν ὅλῃ τῇ καρποφορίᾳ αὐτοῦ προσδραμεῖν αὐτῷ, δύναμιν λαβοῦσαν ἐκ τῆς ἐπιφανείας αὐτοῦ.
ekpempetai de pros autēn meta tōn ēlikiōtōn autou tōn angelōn. tēn de Achamōth entrapeisan auton legousin prōton men kalymma epithesthai diʼ aidō, metepeita Te idousan auton syn holę̄ tę̄ karpophorią autou prosdramein autǭ, dynamin labousan ek tēs epiphaneias autou.
"He is sent to her with his companions, the angels. And they say that Achamoth, abashed before him, first put on a veil out of modesty, but afterwards, seeing him with all his fruitfulness, ran to him, receiving power from his appearing."
1 Cor 11:10 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Achamoth first veiled herself, then ran to the Saviour.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.17.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-17-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.17.12Holl GCS 25/31:412
κἀκεῖνον μορφῶσαι αὐτὴν μόρφωσιν τὴν κατὰ γνῶσιν καὶ ἴασιν τῶν παθῶν ποιήσασθαι αὐτῆς, χωρίσαντα αὐτὰ αὐτῆς, μὴ ἀμελήσαντα δὲ αὐτῶν οὐ γὰρ ἦν δυνατὸν ἀφανισθῆναι Ε; ὡς τὰ τῆς προτέρας, διὰ τὸ ἑκτικὰ ἥδη καὶ δυνατὰ εἶναι), ἀλλʼ ἀποκρίναντα χωρίσει συγχέαι καὶ πῆξαι κα ἐξ ἀσωμάτου πάθους εἰς ἀσώματον τὴν] ὕλην μεταβαλεῖν αὐτά·
kakeinon morphōsai autēn morphōsin tēn kata gnōsin kai iasin tōn pathōn poiēsasthai autēs, chōrisanta auta autēs, mē amelēsanta de autōn ou gar ēn dynaton aphanisthēnai E? hōs ta tēs proteras, dia to hektika hēdē kai dynata einai), allʼ apokrinanta chōrisei syncheai kai pēxai ka ex asōmatou pathous eis asōmaton tēn] hylēn metabalein auta;
"And he gave her the formation according to knowledge and healed her passions, separating them from her but not neglecting them (for it was not possible for them to be made to disappear like those of the former, because they were already habitual and powerful); but having set them apart, he mixed and solidified them, and changed them from incorporeal passion into incorporeal matter;"
Notes and citation
Summary: The Saviour healed Achamoth and turned her passions into matter.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.17.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-17-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.17.13Holl GCS 25/31:412
Μʼ οὕτως ἐπιτηδειότητα καὶ φύσιν ἐμπεποιηκέναι αὐτοῖς, ὥστε εἰς συγκρίματα καὶ σώματα ἐλθεῖν, πρὸς τὸ γενέσθαι δύο οὐσίας, τὴν φαύλην Ε; τῶν παθῶν, τήν τε τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς ἐμπαθῆ· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο δυνάμει τὸν Σωτῆρα δεδημιουργηκέναι φάσκουσι.
Mʼ houtōs epitēdeiotēta kai physin empepoiēkenai autois, hōste eis synkrimata kai sōmata elthein, pros to genesthai dyo ousias, tēn phaulēn E? tōn pathōn, tēn te tēs epistrophēs empathē; kai dia touto dynamei ton Sōtēra dedēmiourgēkenai phaskousi.
"then he implanted in them a fitness and nature so that they might come into compounds and bodies, so that two substances might come into being: the evil one from the passions, and the one from the turning back, subject to passion. And for this reason they say that the Saviour was the potential creator."
Notes and citation
Summary: Two substances arose from the passions; the Saviour is thus the creator in potency.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.5. 'Μʼ' at the start is read as εἶθʼ ('then').
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.17.13 (Holl GCS 25/31:412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-17-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.17.14Holl GCS 25/31:412
τὴν δὲ Ἀχαμὼθ ἐκτὸς τοῦ πάθους γενομένην, καὶ] συλλαβουσαν τῇ χαρᾷ τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ φώτων τὴν θεωρίαν τουτέστιν τῶν ἀγγέλων τῶν μετʼ αὐτοῦ) καὶ ἐγκισσήσασαν σὐτοὺς κεκυηκέναι καρποὺς κατὰ τὴν εἰκόνα Ε; διδάσκουσι, κύημα πνευματικὸν καθʼ ὁμοίωσιν γεγονὸς τῶι δορυφόρων τοῦ Σωτῆρος.
tēn de Achamōth ektos tou pathous genomenēn, kai] syllabousan tę̄ charą tōn syn autǭ phōtōn tēn theōrian toutestin tōn angelōn tōn metʼ autou) kai enkissēsasan sytous kekyēkenai karpous kata tēn eikona E? didaskousi, kyēma pneumatikon kathʼ homoiōsin gegonos tōi doryphorōn tou Sōtēros.
"And Achamoth, freed from the passion, and having conceived with joy the vision of the lights with him (that is, of the angels with him), and having longed for them, bore fruits after their image, they teach: a spiritual offspring made in the likeness of the Saviour's bodyguards."
Notes and citation
Summary: Achamoth bore spiritual offspring in the image of the Saviour's angels.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.4.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.4.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.17.14 (Holl GCS 25/31:412; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-17-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 18
31.18.1Holl GCS 25/31:412–413
18. Τριῶν οὖν ἤδη τούτων ὑποκειμένων κατʼ αὐτούς, τοῦ με) ἐκ τοῦ πάθους, ἦι ὅλη· τοῦ δὲ ἐκ τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς, ὃ ἦν τὸ ψυχικόν· τοῦ Τε ὃ ἀπεκύησεν, τουτέστιν τὸ πνευματικόν, οὕτως ἐτράπη ἐπὶ τὴν μόρφωσιν αὐτῶν.
18. Triōn oun ēdē toutōn hypokeimenōn katʼ autous, tou me) ek tou pathous, ēi holē; tou de ek tēs epistrophēs, ho ēn to psychikon; tou Te ho apekyēsen, toutestin to pneumatikon, houtōs etrapē epi tēn morphōsin autōn.
"These three things, then, now being in existence according to them — that from the passion, which was matter; that from the turning back, which was the psychic; and what she bore, that is, the spiritual — she then turned to forming them."
Notes and citation
Summary: With matter, the psychic and the spiritual in existence, Achamoth began to form them.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.18.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:412–413; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-18-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.18.2Holl GCS 25/31:413
ἀλλὰ τὸ μὲν πνευματικὸν μὴ δεδυνῆσθαι αὐτὴν μορφῶσαι, ἐπειδὴ ὁμοούσιον ὑπῆρχεν αὐτῇ. τετράφθαι δὲ ἐπὶ τὴν μόρφωσιν τῆς γενομένης ἐκ τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς αὐτῆς ψυχικῆς οὐσίας προβαλεῖν τε τὰ παρὰ τοῦ Σωτῆρος μαθήματα. καὶ πρῶτον Ε;
alla to men pneumatikon mē dedynēsthai autēn morphōsai, epeidē homoousion hypērchen autę̄. tetraphthai de epi tēn morphōsin tēs genomenēs ek tēs epistrophēs autēs psychikēs ousias probalein te ta para tou Sōtēros mathēmata. kai prōton E?
"But she could not form the spiritual, since it was of the same substance as herself. She turned to the forming of the psychic substance that had come from her turning back, and put forth the teachings she had received from the Saviour. And first"
Notes and citation
Summary: Achamoth formed the psychic substance.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.18.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:413; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-18-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.18.3Holl GCS 25/31:413
μεμορφωκέναι αὐτὴν ἐκ τῆς ψυχικῆς οὐσίας λέγουσι τὸν Πατέρα καὶ βασιλέα πάντων, τῶν τε ὁμοουσίων αὐτῷ τουτέστιν τῶν ψυχικῶν, ἃ δὴ δεξιὰ καλοῦσι, καὶ τῶν ἐκ τοῦ πάθους καὶ τῆς ὕλης, ἃ δὴ ἀριστερὰ λέγουσι. πάντα τὰρ τὰ μετʼ αὐτὸν φάσκουσι Ε;
memorphōkenai autēn ek tēs psychikēs ousias legousi ton Patera kai basilea pantōn, tōn te homoousiōn autǭ toutestin tōn psychikōn, ha dē dexia kalousi, kai tōn ek tou pathous kai tēs hylēs, ha dē aristera legousi. panta tar ta metʼ auton phaskousi E?
"she formed from the psychic substance, they say, the Father and King of all, both of those of the same substance as himself, that is, the psychics, which they call right, and of those from the passion and matter, which they call left. For all that came after him, they declare, he"
Notes and citation
Summary: From psychic substance Achamoth formed the Demiurge, king of right and left.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.18.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:413; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-18-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.18.4Holl GCS 25/31:413
μεμορφωκέναι, λεληθότως κινούμενον ὑπὸ τῆς Μητρός· ὅθεν καὶ Μητροπάτορα καὶ Ἀπάτορα καὶ Δημιουργὸν αὐτὸν καὶ Πατέρα καλοῦσι, τῶν μὲν δεξιῶν πατέρα λέγοντες αὐτὸν τουτέστιν τῶν ψυχικῶν, τῶν δὲ ἀριστερῶν τουτέστιν τῶν ὑλικῶν δημιουργόν, συμπάντων δὲ βασιλέα.
memorphōkenai, lelēthotōs kinoumenon hypo tēs Mētros; hothen kai Mētropatora kai Apatora kai Dēmiourgon auton kai Patera kalousi, tōn men dexiōn patera legontes auton toutestin tōn psychikōn, tōn de aristerōn toutestin tōn hylikōn dēmiourgon, sympantōn de basilea.
"formed, being secretly moved by the Mother. Hence they call him Mother-Father, Fatherless, Demiurge and Father: father of the right, that is, the psychics, demiurge of the left, that is, the material, and king of all."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Demiurge, moved secretly by the Mother, has several titles.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Repeated word.): κινούμενον κινούμενον → κινούμενον.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.18.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:413; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-18-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.18.5Holl GCS 25/31:413
τὴν γὰρ Ἐνθύμησιν ταύτην βουληθεῖσαν εἰς τιμὴν τῶν Αἰώνων τὰ πάντα ποιῆσαι, εἰκόνας λέγουσι πεποιηκέναι αὐτῶν, μᾶλλον δὲ τὸν Σωτῆρα διʼ αὐτῆς. καὶ αὐτὴν με) † ἐν εἰκόνι τοῦ ἀοράτου Πατρὸς τετηρηκέναι, μὴ γινωσκομένην ὑπὸ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ, τοῦτον δὲ τοῦ μονογενοῦς υἱοῦ, τῶν δὲ λοιπῶν Αἰώνων τοὺς ὑπὸ τούτου γεγονότας ἀρχαγγέλους τε καὶ ἀγγέλους.
tēn gar Enthymēsin tautēn boulētheisan eis timēn tōn Aiōnōn ta panta poiēsai, eikonas legousi pepoiēkenai autōn, mallon de ton Sōtēra diʼ autēs. kai autēn me) † en eikoni tou aoratou Patros tetērēkenai, mē ginōskomenēn hypo tou Dēmiourgou, touton de tou monogenous huiou, tōn de loipōn Aiōnōn tous hypo toutou gegonotas archangelous te kai angelous.
"For this Intention, wishing to make all things in honour of the Aeons, made, they say, images of them — or rather the Saviour did through her. She herself preserved … the image of the invisible Father, not being known by the Demiurge; he preserved the image of the only-begotten Son; and the archangels and angels made by him that of the other Aeons."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The lower beings are images of the aeons: Achamoth of the Father, the Demiurge of the Son.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.1. The edition marks a corrupt place (†).
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.18.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:413; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-18-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.18.6Holl GCS 25/31:413
Πατέρα οὖν καὶ θεὸν λέγουσιν αὐτὸν γεγονέναι τῶν ἐκτὸς τοῦ Πληρώματος, ποιητὴν ὄντα πάντων ψυχικῶν τε καὶ ὑλικῶν. διακρίναντα γὰρ τὰς δύο σὐσίας συγκεχυμένας καὶ ἐξ ἀσωμάτων σωματοποιήσαντα, δεδημιουργηκέναι τά τε οὐράνια καὶ τὰ γήϊνα, καὶ γεγονέναι ὑλικῶν καὶ ψυχικῶν, δεξιῶν καὶ ἀριστερῶν δημιουργόν, κούφων καἰ βαρέων, ἀνωφερῶν καὶ κατωφερῶν.
Patera oun kai theon legousin auton gegonenai tōn ektos tou Plērōmatos, poiētēn onta pantōn psychikōn te kai hylikōn. diakrinanta gar tas dyo sysias synkechymenas kai ex asōmatōn sōmatopoiēsanta, dedēmiourgēkenai ta te ourania kai ta gēïna, kai gegonenai hylikōn kai psychikōn, dexiōn kai aristerōn dēmiourgon, kouphōn kai bareōn, anōpherōn kai katōpherōn.
"They say, then, that he became Father and God of those outside the Pleroma, being maker of all psychic and material things. For, having separated the two substances that were mixed together and made bodies out of incorporeal things, he created the heavenly and the earthly things and became demiurge of material and psychic, right and left, light and heavy, those that move upward and those that move downward."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Demiurge separated the substances and made heaven and earth.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ἀσωάτων → ἀσωμάτων.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.18.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:413; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-18-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.18.7Holl GCS 25/31:413
ἑπτὰ γὰρ οὐρανοὺς κατεσκευακέναι, ὧν ἐπάνω τὸν Δημιουργὸν εἶναι λέγουσιν. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο Ἐβδομάδα καλοῦσιν αὐτόν, τὴν δὲ Μητέρα τὴν Ἀχαμὼθ Ὀγδοάδα, ἀποσῴζουσαν τὸν ἀριθμὸν τῆς ἀρχεγόνου καὶ πρώτης τοῦ Πληρώματος Ὀγδαάδος.
hepta gar ouranous kateskeuakenai, hōn epanō ton Dēmiourgon einai legousin. kai dia touto Ebdomada kalousin auton, tēn de Mētera tēn Achamōth Ogdoada, aposǭzousan ton arithmon tēs archegonou kai prōtēs tou Plērōmatos Ogdaados.
"For he constructed seven heavens, above which, they say, the Demiurge is. For this reason they call him the Hebdomad, and the Mother, Achamoth, the Ogdoad, preserving the number of the original and first Ogdoad of the Pleroma."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Demiurge made seven heavens and is called the Hebdomad; Achamoth is the Ogdoad.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.18.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:413; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-18-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.18.8Holl GCS 25/31:413–414
τοὺς δὲ ἑπτὰ οὐρανοὺς οὐκ] εἶναι νοητούς φασιν, ἀγγέλους δὲ αὐτοὺς ὑποτίθενται, καὶ τὸν Δημιουργὸν δὲ καὶ αὐτὸν ἄγγελον, θεῷ δὲ ἐοικότα, ὡς καὶ τὸν παράδεισον, ὑπὲρ τρίτον οὐρανὸν ὅντα, τέταρτον ἀρχάγγελον λέγουσι δυνάμει ὑπάρχειν καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου τι εἰληφέναι τὸν Ἀδὰμ διατετριφότα ἐν αὐτῷ.
tous de hepta ouranous ouk] einai noētous phasin, angelous de autous hypotithentai, kai ton Dēmiourgon de kai auton angelon, theǭ de eoikota, hōs kai ton paradeison, hyper triton ouranon honta, tetarton archangelon legousi dynamei hyparchein kai apo toutou ti eilēphenai ton Adam diatetriphota en autǭ.
"The seven heavens, they say, are intelligent; they suppose them to be angels, and the Demiurge himself to be an angel, but like God; and likewise paradise, which is above the third heaven, they say is in power a fourth archangel, and that Adam received something from it while he lived in it."
2 Cor 12:2–4 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The seven heavens and paradise are angels; the Demiurge is an angel like God.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.2. The οὐκ ('not') before 'intelligent' in the digital text is marked by a bracket and contradicts the sense; it is left out, following Irenaeus.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.18.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:413–414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-18-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.18.9Holl GCS 25/31:414
Ταῦτα δὲ τὸν Δημιουργὸν φάσκουσιν ἀφʼ ἑαυτοῦ μὲν ᾠῆσθαι <κατὰ Ε; κατασκευάζειν, πεποιηκέναι δʼ αὐτὰ τῆς Ἀχαμὼθ προβαλλούσης. οὐρανὸν Ε; πεποιηκέναι μὴ εἰδότα οὐρανόν· καὶ ἄνθρωπον πεπλακέναι, ἀγνοοῦντα τὸν] ἄνθρωπον· γῆν τε δεδειχέναι, μὴ ἐπιστάμενον τὴν] γῆν·
Tauta de ton Dēmiourgon phaskousin aphʼ heautou men ǭēsthai <kata E? kataskeuazein, pepoiēkenai dʼ auta tēs Achamōth proballousēs. ouranon E? pepoiēkenai mē eidota ouranon; kai anthrōpon peplakenai, agnoounta ton] anthrōpon; gēn te dedeichenai, mē epistamenon tēn] gēn;
"They declare that the Demiurge thought he was constructing these things of himself, but he made them because Achamoth put them forth. He made heaven without knowing heaven, fashioned man without knowing man, and brought earth to light without understanding earth."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Demiurge created without knowing what he made.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.3. 'Ε;' and stray brackets are apparatus residue.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.18.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-18-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.18.10Holl GCS 25/31:414
καὶ ἐπὶ πάντων οὔτως λέγουσιν ἠγνοηκέναι αὐτὸν τὰς ἰδέας ὧν ἐποίει καὶ αὐτὴν τὴν Μητέρα, αὐτὸν Τε μόνον ᾠῆσθαι πάντα εἶναι.
kai epi pantōn outōs legousin ēgnoēkenai auton tas ideas hōn epoiei kai autēn tēn Mētera, auton Te monon ǭēsthai panta einai.
"And in every case, they say, he was ignorant of the forms of what he was making, and of the Mother herself, and thought that he alone was all things."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Demiurge thought he alone existed.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ἐπολίει → ἐποίει.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.18.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-18-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.18.11Holl GCS 25/31:414
αἰτίαν δʼ αὐτῷ γεγονέναι τὴν Μητέρα τῆς ποιήσεως ταύτης φάσκουσι, τὴν σὕτω βουληθεῖσαν προαγαγεῖν αὐτόν, κεφαλὴν με) καὶ ἀρχὴν τῆς ἰδίας οὐσίας, κύριον δὲ τῆς ὅλης πραγματείας.
aitian dʼ autǭ gegonenai tēn Mētera tēs poiēseōs tautēs phaskousi, tēn sytō boulētheisan proagagein auton, kephalēn me) kai archēn tēs idias ousias, kyrion de tēs holēs pragmateias.
"They declare that the Mother was the cause of his making this, since she wished to bring him forth thus as head and beginning of his own substance and lord of the whole undertaking."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Mother made the Demiurge head of his own substance.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): αὐτίαν → αἰτίαν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.18.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-18-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.18.12Holl GCS 25/31:414
ταύτην δὲ τὴν Μητέρα καὶ Ὁγδοάδα καλοῦσι καὶ Σοφίαν καὶ Γῆν καὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ὅγιον Πνεῦμα καὶ Κύριον ἀρσενικῶς· ἔχειν ἴε τὸν τῆς Μεσότητος τόπον αὐτὴν καὶ εἶναι ὑπεράνω μὲν τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ, ὑποκάτω δὲ ἤ ἔξω τοῦ Πληρώματος μέχρι συντελείας.
tautēn de tēn Mētera kai Hogdoada kalousi kai Sophian kai Gēn kai Hierousalēm kai hogion Pneuma kai Kyrion arsenikōs; echein ie ton tēs Mesotētos topon autēn kai einai hyperanō men tou Dēmiourgou, hypokatō de ē exō tou Plērōmatos mechri synteleias.
"This Mother they call Ogdoad, Wisdom, Earth, Jerusalem, Holy Spirit, and 'Lord' in the masculine. She has the place of the Middle, and is above the Demiurge, but below or outside the Pleroma until the consummation."
Notes and citation
Summary: Achamoth, called by many names, dwells in the Middle until the end.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.18.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-18-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 19
31.19.1Holl GCS 25/31:414
19. Ἐπεὶ οὖν τὴν ὑλικὴν οὐσίαν ἐκ τριῶν παθῶν συστῆναι λέγουσι, φόβου τε καὶ λύπης καὶ ἀπορίας, ἐκ μὲν τοῦ φόβου καὶ τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς τὰ ψυχικὰ τὴν σύστασιν εἰληφέναι·
19. Epei oun tēn hylikēn ousian ek triōn pathōn systēnai legousi, phobou te kai lypēs kai aporias, ek men tou phobou kai tēs epistrophēs ta psychika tēn systasin eilēphenai;
"Since, then, they say that material substance was formed from three passions, fear, grief and perplexity, [they say that] psychic things took their constitution from fear and from the turning back;"
Notes and citation
Summary: Psychic things arose from fear and from turning back.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Repeated word, joined to the article.): τοῦφόβου φόβου → τοῦ φόβου.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.19.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-19-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.19.2Holl GCS 25/31:414
ἐκ μὲν τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς τὸν Δημιουργὸν βούλονται τὴν γένεσιν ἐσχηκέναι, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ φόβου τὴν λοιπῆν πᾶσαν ψυχικὴν ὑπόστασιν ὡς ψυχὰς ἀλόγων ζῴων καὶ θηρίων καὶ ἀνθρώπων.
ek men tēs epistrophēs ton Dēmiourgon boulontai tēn genesin eschēkenai, ek de tou phobou tēn loipēn pasan psychikēn hypostasin hōs psychas alogōn zǭōn kai thēriōn kai anthrōpōn.
"from the turning back they hold that the Demiurge had his origin, and from fear all the rest of the psychic existence, such as the souls of irrational animals, beasts and humans."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Demiurge came from turning back, other souls from fear.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.19.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-19-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.19.3Holl GCS 25/31:414
Ε; διὰ τοῦτο ἀτονώτερον αὐτὸν ὑπάρχοντα πρὸς τὸ γινώσκειν τὰ πνευματικὰ αὐτὸν νενομικέναι μόνον εἶναι θεὸν καὶ διὰ τῶν προφητῶν εἰρηκέναι »ἐγὼ θεός, πλὴν ἐμοῦ οὐδείς«.
E? dia touto atonōteron auton hyparchonta pros to ginōskein ta pneumatika auton nenomikenai monon einai theon kai dia tōn prophētōn eirēkenai »egō theos, plēn emou oudeis«.
"For this reason, being too weak to know spiritual things, he thought that he alone was God, and said through the prophets, 'I am God; besides me there is no one.'"
Isa 45:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 46:9 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Demiurge, ignorant of higher things, declared himself the only God.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.4, quoting Isa 45:5 (cf. 46:9).
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.19.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:414; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-19-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.19.4Holl GCS 25/31:414–415
ἐκ δὲ τῆς λύπης τὰ πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας διδάσκουσι γεγονέαι· ὅθεν Ε; τὸν Διάβολον τὴν γένεσιν ἐσχηκέναι, ὅν καὶ Κοσμοκράτορα καλοῦσι, καὶ τὰ δαιμόνια καὶ τοὺς ἀγγέλους καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν πωευματικὴν τῆς | πονηρίας ὑπόστασιν.
ek de tēs lypēs ta pneumatika tēs ponērias didaskousi gegoneai; hothen E? ton Diabolon tēn genesin eschēkenai, hon kai Kosmokratora kalousi, kai ta daimonia kai tous angelous kai pasan tēn pōeumatikēn tēs | ponērias hypostasin.
"From grief, they teach, came the spiritual forces of wickedness; from which the devil had his origin, whom they also call World-ruler, and the demons and the angels and all the spiritual existence of wickedness."
Eph 6:12 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The devil and demons came from Achamoth's grief.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Word split by a line-end hyphen.): ἀγ- γἐλους → ἀγγέλους.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.19.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:414–415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-19-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.19.5Holl GCS 25/31:415
ἀλλὰ τὸν μὲν Δημιουργὸν υἱὸν ψυχικὸν τῆς Μητρὸς αὐτῶν λέγουσι, τὸν δὲ Κοσμοκράτορα κτίσμα τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ. καὶ τὸν μὲν Κοσμοκράτορα γινώσκειν τὰ ὑπὲρ αὐτόν, ὅτι πενῦμά ἐστι τῆς πονηρίας, τὸν δὲ Δημιουργὸν ἀγνοεῖν, ἅτε Ψυχικὸν ὑπάρχοντα.
alla ton men Dēmiourgon huion psychikon tēs Mētros autōn legousi, ton de Kosmokratora ktisma tou Dēmiourgou. kai ton men Kosmokratora ginōskein ta hyper auton, hoti penyma esti tēs ponērias, ton de Dēmiourgon agnoein, hate Psychikon hyparchonta.
"But they call the Demiurge the psychic son of their Mother, and the World-ruler a creature of the Demiurge. And the World-ruler knows the things above him, because he is a spirit of wickedness, but the Demiurge does not know them, being psychic."
Notes and citation
Summary: The World-ruler, a spirit, knows what the psychic Demiurge does not.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.19.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-19-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.19.6Holl GCS 25/31:415
οἰκεῖν δὲ τὴν Μητέρα αὐτῶν εἰς τὸν ὑπερουράνιον τόποι τουτέστιν ἐν τῇ Μεσότητι, τὸν Δημιουργὸν δὲ εἰς τὸν ἐπουράνιον τόποv τουτέστιν ἐν τῇ Ἐβδομάδι, τὸν > Κοσμοδράτορα ἐν τῷ καθʼ ἡμᾶς κόσμῳ.
oikein de tēn Mētera autōn eis ton hyperouranion topoi toutestin en tę̄ Mesotēti, ton Dēmiourgon de eis ton epouranion topov toutestin en tę̄ Ebdomadi, ton > Kosmodratora en tǭ kathʼ hēmas kosmǭ.
"Their Mother dwells in the supercelestial place, that is, in the Middle; the Demiurge in the celestial place, that is, in the Hebdomad; and the World-ruler in our world."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Mother, the Demiurge and the World-ruler dwell at three levels.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.19.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-19-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.19.7Holl GCS 25/31:415
ἐκ δὲ τῆς ἐκπλήξεως καὶ ἀμηχανίας ὡς ἐκ τοῦ > στασιμωτέρου τὰ σωματικὰ καθὼς προείπαμεν τοῦ κόσμου στοιχεῖα γεγονέναι. γῆν μὲν κατὰ τὴν ἐκπλήξεως στάσιν, ὕδωρ δὲ κατὰ τὴν φόβου κίνησιν, ἀέρα δὲ κατὰ τὴν λύπης πῆξιν. τὸ δὲ πῦρ ἅπασιν αὐτοῖς ἐμπεφυκέναι θάνατον καὶ φθοράν, ὡς καὶ τὴν ἄγνοιαν τοῖς τρισὶ πάθεσιν ἐγεκρύφθαι διδάσκουσι.
ek de tēs ekplēxeōs kai amēchanias hōs ek tou > stasimōterou ta sōmatika kathōs proeipamen tou kosmou stoicheia gegonenai. gēn men kata tēn ekplēxeōs stasin, hydōr de kata tēn phobou kinēsin, aera de kata tēn lypēs pēxin. to de pyr hapasin autois empephykenai thanaton kai phthoran, hōs kai tēn agnoian tois trisi pathesin egekryphthai didaskousi.
"From astonishment and helplessness, as from the more stable part, came the bodily elements of the world, as we said before: earth from the fixity of astonishment, water from the movement of fear, air from the congealing of grief; and fire is inherent in them all as death and corruption, just as they teach that ignorance is hidden in the three passions."
Notes and citation
Summary: Earth, water, air and fire correspond to Achamoth's passions.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Garbled word in the digital text.): οιοασκουσι → διδάσκουσι.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.19.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-19-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.19.8Holl GCS 25/31:415
Δημιουργήσαντα δὴ τὸν κόσμον πεποιηκέναι καὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν χοϊκόν, οὐκ ἀπὸ ταύτης δὲ τῆς ξηρᾶς Τῆς, ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ τῆς ἀοράτου οὐσίας, ἀπὸ τοῦ κεχυμένου καὶ ῥευστοῦ τῆς ὕλης λαβόντα. καὶ εἰς τοῦτον ἐμφυσῆσαι τὸν ψυχικὸν διορίζονται.
Dēmiourgēsanta dē ton kosmon pepoiēkenai kai ton anthrōpon ton choïkon, ouk apo tautēs de tēs xēras Tēs, alla apo tēs aoratou ousias, apo tou kechymenou kai rheustou tēs hylēs labonta. kai eis touton emphysēsai ton psychikon diorizontai.
"Having created the world, he also made the earthly man, not from this dry earth, but from the invisible substance, taking from the fluid and flowing part of matter; and into him, they define, he breathed the psychic man."
Gen 2:7 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Demiurge made the earthly man from fluid matter and breathed into him the psychic man.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.5, alluding to Gen 2:7.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): χϊκόν → χοϊκόν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.19.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-19-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.19.9Holl GCS 25/31:415
καὶ τοῦτον εἶναι τὸν κατʼ εἰκόνα κα ὁμοίωσιν γεγονότα, καὶ κατʼ εἰκόνα μὲν τὸν ὐλικὸν ὑπάρχειν, παραπλήσιον μέν, ἀλλʼ οὐχ ὁμοούσιον ὅντα τῷ θεῷ. καθʼ ὁμοίωσιν δὲ τὸν ψυχικόν, ὅθεν καὶ πνεῦμα ζωῆς τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ εἰρῆσθαι, ἐκ πνευματικῆς ἀπορροίας οὖσαν.
kai touton einai ton katʼ eikona ka homoiōsin gegonota, kai katʼ eikona men ton ylikon hyparchein, paraplēsion men, allʼ ouch homoousion honta tǭ theǭ. kathʼ homoiōsin de ton psychikon, hothen kai pneuma zōēs tēn ousian autou eirēsthai, ek pneumatikēs aporroias ousan.
"And this is the one made 'according to image and likeness': according to image is the material man, close to God but not of the same substance; according to likeness is the psychic, whence his substance is also called 'spirit of life', being from a spiritual outflow."
Gen 1:26 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 2:7 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Image and likeness are read as the material and the psychic man.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.5, on Gen 1:26 and 2:7.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.19.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-19-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.19.10Holl GCS 25/31:415
ὕστερον δὲ περιτεθεῖσθαι λέγουσιν αὐτῷ τὸν δερμάτινον χιτῶνα. τοῦτο δὲ τὸ αἰσθητὸν σαρκίον εἶναι θέλουσι.
hysteron de peritetheisthai legousin autǭ ton dermatinon chitōna. touto de to aisthēton sarkion einai thelousi.
"Later, they say, the 'garment of skin' was put around him; this they hold to be the perceptible flesh."
Gen 3:21 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The 'garments of skin' are the fleshly body.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.5, on Gen 3:21.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.19.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:415; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-19-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.19.11Holl GCS 25/31:415–416
Τὸ δὲ κύημα τῆς Μητρὸς αὐτῶν τῆς Ἀχαμὼθ ὃ κατὰ τὴν θεωρίαν τῶν περὶ τὸν Σωτῆρα ἀγγέλων ἀπεκύησεν, ὁμοούσιον ὑπάρχον τῇ Μητρὶ πενυματικόν, καὶ αὑτὸ ἠγνοηκέναι τὸν Δημιουργὸν λέγουσι καὶ λεληθότως κατατεθεῖσθαι εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ εἰδότος αὐτοῦ, ἵνα | διʼ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὴν αὐτοῦ ψυχὴν σπαρὲν καὶ εἰς τὸ ὑλικὸν τοῦτο σῶμα, κυοφορηθέν > ἐν τούτοις καὶ αὐξηθὲν ἔτοιμον γένηται πρὸς ὑποδοχὴν τοῦ γελείου > ἔλαθεν οὖν, ὥς φασι,
To de kyēma tēs Mētros autōn tēs Achamōth ho kata tēn theōrian tōn peri ton Sōtēra angelōn apekyēsen, homoousion hyparchon tę̄ Mētri penymatikon, kai hauto ēgnoēkenai ton Dēmiourgon legousi kai lelēthotōs katatetheisthai eis auton mē eidotos autou, hina | diʼ autou eis tēn autou psychēn sparen kai eis to hylikon touto sōma, kyophorēthen > en toutois kai auxēthen etoimon genētai pros hypodochēn tou geleiou > elathen oun, hōs phasi,
"The offspring of their Mother Achamoth, which she bore by beholding the angels around the Saviour, being spiritual and of the same substance as the Mother, was, they say, also unknown to the Demiurge, and was secretly deposited in him without his knowing, so that, sown through him into the soul that came from him and into this material body, carried in the womb … in these and grown, it might become ready to receive the perfect … It escaped, then, as they say,"
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Achamoth's spiritual seed was secretly sown through the Demiurge into humans.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.6. The edition marks gaps.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Word split in the digital text.): ἠγνοη κέναι → ἠγνοηκέναι.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.19.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:415–416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-19-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.19.12Holl GCS 25/31:416
τὸν Δημιουργὸν ὁ συγκατασπαρεὶς τῷ ἐμφυσήματι αὐτοῦ ὑπὸ τῆς Σοφίας πνευματικὸς ἄνθρωπος ἀρρήτῳ > προνοίᾳ. ὡς γὰρ τὴν Μητέρα ἠγνοηκέναι, οὕτω καὶ τὸ σολερνα ἀτῆς. ὅ δὴ καὶ αὐτὸ Ἐκκλησίαν εἶναι λέγουσιν, ἀντίτυπον τῆς ἄνω Ἐκκλησίας. καὶ τοῦτο εἶναι τὸν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἄνθρωπον ἀξιοῦσιν.
ton Dēmiourgon ho synkataspareis tǭ emphysēmati autou hypo tēs Sophias pneumatikos anthrōpos arrētǭ > pronoią. hōs gar tēn Mētera ēgnoēkenai, houtō kai to solerna atēs. ho dē kai auto Ekklēsian einai legousin, antitypon tēs anō Ekklēsias. kai touto einai ton en autois anthrōpon axiousin.
"the Demiurge's notice, the spiritual man sown together with his breath by Wisdom, by an ineffable … providence. For as he did not know the Mother, so he did not know her seed; and this they say is the Church, the counterpart of the Church above. And this they hold to be the man within them."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The spiritual seed, the Church, escaped the Demiurge's notice.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.6. The edition marks a gap; σολερνα ἀτῆς is read as σπέρμα αὐτῆς ('her seed').
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.19.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-19-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.19.13Holl GCS 25/31:416
ὥστε ἔχειν αὐτοὺς τὴν μὲν ψυχὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ, τὸ δὲ σῶμα ἀπὸ τοῦ χοὺς καὶ τὸ σαρκικὸν ἀπὸ τῆς ὕλης, τὸν δὲ πνευματικὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀπὸ Τῆς Μητρὸς Τῆς Ἀχαμώθ.
hōste echein autous tēn men psychēn apo tou Dēmiourgou, to de sōma apo tou chous kai to sarkikon apo tēs hylēs, ton de pneumatikon anthrōpon apo Tēs Mētros Tēs Achamōth.
"So they have their soul from the Demiurge, their body from the dust and the fleshly part from matter, and the spiritual man from the Mother, Achamoth."
Notes and citation
Summary: Humans have soul, body, flesh and spirit from different sources.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.5.6.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): πνευμκτικὸν → πνευματικὸν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.5.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.19.13 (Holl GCS 25/31:416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-19-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 20
31.20.1Holl GCS 25/31:416
20. Τριῶν οὖν ὅντων τὸ μὲν ὑλικόν, ὅ καὶ ἀριστερὸν καλοῦσι, κατὰ ἀνάγκην ἀπόλλυσθαι λέγουσιν ἅτε μηδεμίαν ἐπιδέξασθαι πνοὴν ἀφθαρσίας δυνάμενον. τὸ δὲ ψυχικόν, ὅ καὶ δεξιὸν προσαγορεύουσιν, ἅτε μέσον ὃν τοῦ τε πνευματικοῦ καὶ τοῦ ὑλικοῦ, ἐκεῖσε χωρεῖν, ὅπου ἂν καὶ τὴν πρόσκλισιν ποιήσηται.
20. Triōn oun hontōn to men hylikon, ho kai aristeron kalousi, kata anankēn apollysthai legousin hate mēdemian epidexasthai pnoēn aphtharsias dynamenon. to de psychikon, ho kai dexion prosagoreuousin, hate meson hon tou te pneumatikou kai tou hylikou, ekeise chōrein, hopou an kai tēn prosklisin poiēsētai.
"There being three [elements], then, the material, which they also call the left, they say necessarily perishes, as it cannot receive any breath of incorruption. The psychic, which they also call the right, being midway between the spiritual and the material, goes wherever it inclines."
Notes and citation
Summary: The material perishes; the psychic goes where it inclines.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.20.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-20-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.20.2Holl GCS 25/31:416
τὸ δὲ πνευματικὸν ἐκπεπέμφθαι, ὅπως ἐνθάδε τῷ ψυχικῷ συζυγὲν μορφωθῇ, συμπαιδευθὲν αὐτῷ ἐν τῇ ἀναστροφῇ. καὶ τοῦτʼ εἶναι λέγουσι τὸ ἂλας καὶ τὸ φῶς τοῦ κόσμου. ἔδει γὰρ τῷ ψυχικῷ καὶ αἰσθητῶν παιδευμάτων. διὸ καὶ κόσμον κατεσκευάσθαι λέγουσι.
to de pneumatikon ekpepemphthai, hopōs enthade tǭ psychikǭ syzygen morphōthę̄, sympaideuthen autǭ en tę̄ anastrophę̄. kai toutʼ einai legousi to alas kai to phōs tou kosmou. edei gar tǭ psychikǭ kai aisthētōn paideumatōn. dio kai kosmon kateskeuasthai legousi.
"The spiritual was sent forth so that, united here with the psychic, it might be formed, being trained together with it in conduct. And this, they say, is 'the salt' and 'the light of the world'. For the psychic needed perceptible teaching too; that is why, they say, the world was constructed."
Matt 5:13–14 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The spiritual seed is 'the salt and light of the world' and is trained alongside the psychic.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.1, alluding to Matt 5:13–14.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ἐκπεπέγφθαι → ἐκπεπέμφθαι.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.20.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-20-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.20.3Holl GCS 25/31:416
καὶ τὸν σωτῆρα δὲ ἐπὶ τοῦτο παραγεγονέναι τὸ ψυχικόν, ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτεξούσιόν ἐστιν, ὅπως αὐτὸν σὠσῃ.
kai ton sōtēra de epi touto paragegonenai to psychikon, epei kai autexousion estin, hopōs auton sōsę̄.
"And the Saviour came for this psychic element, since it has free will, in order to save it."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Saviour came to save the psychic element, which has free will.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.20.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:416; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-20-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.20.4Holl GCS 25/31:416–417
ὦν γὰρ ἤμελλε σᾠζειν, τὰς ἀπαρχὰς αὐτὸν εἰληφέναι φάσκουσιν, ἀπὸ μὲν τῆς Ἀχαμὼθ τὸ πνευματικόν, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ ἐνδεδύσθαι τὸν ψυχικὸν χριστόν, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς οἰκονομίας περιτεθεῖσθαι σῶμα, ψυχικὴν ἔχον οὐσίαν, κατεσκευασμένον δὲ ἀρρήτῳ τέχνῃ πρὸς τὸ καὶ ὁρατὸν καὶ ψηλαφητὸν καὶ παθητὸν γενέσθαι. καὶ ὑλικὸν δὲ οὐδʼ ὁτιοῦν εἰληφέναι λέγουσιν αὐτόν. μὴ γὰρ εἶναι τὴν ὕλην δεκτικὴν σωτηρίας.
ōn gar ēmelle sǭzein, tas aparchas auton eilēphenai phaskousin, apo men tēs Achamōth to pneumatikon, apo de tou Dēmiourgou endedysthai ton psychikon christon, apo de tēs oikonomias peritetheisthai sōma, psychikēn echon ousian, kateskeuasmenon de arrētǭ technę̄ pros to kai horaton kai psēlaphēton kai pathēton genesthai. kai hylikon de oudʼ hotioun eilēphenai legousin auton. mē gar einai tēn hylēn dektikēn sōtērias.
"For he took, they declare, the firstfruits of those he was to save: from Achamoth the spiritual; from the Demiurge he put on the psychic Christ; and from the dispensation a body was put around him, having psychic substance, but constructed by ineffable art so as to become visible, tangible and capable of suffering. But they say he took nothing material at all, for matter is not capable of salvation."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Saviour took spiritual, psychic and a special body, but nothing material.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Repeated word.): ἀπὸ ἀπὸ δὲ → ἀπὸ δὲ.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.20.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:416–417; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-20-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.20.5Holl GCS 25/31:417
τὴν δὲ συντέλειαν ἔσεσθαι, ὅταν μορφωθῇ καὶ τελειωθῇ γνώσει πᾶν τὸ πνευματικόν, τουτέστιν οἱ πνευματικο(??) ἄνθρωποι οἶ τὴν τελείαν γνῶσιν ἔχοντες περὶ θεοῦ καὶ > τῆς Ἀχαμὼθ μεμυημένοι μυστήρια.
tēn de synteleian esesthai, hotan morphōthę̄ kai teleiōthę̄ gnōsei pan to pneumatikon, toutestin hoi pneumatiko(??) anthrōpoi oi tēn teleian gnōsin echontes peri theou kai > tēs Achamōth memyēmenoi mystēria.
"The consummation will come when everything spiritual has been formed and perfected by knowledge, that is, the spiritual people who have perfect knowledge of God and have been initiated into the mysteries of Achamoth."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The end comes when all spiritual people are perfected in knowledge.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.1. The edition marks a gap.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.20.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:417; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-20-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.20.6Holl GCS 25/31:417
εἶναι δὲ τούτους > ὑποτίθενται. ἐπαιδεύθησαν δὲ τὰ ψυχικὰ οἱ ψυχικοὶ ἄνθρωποι, οἱ διʼ ἔργων καὶ πίστεως ψιλῆς βεβαιούμενοι καὶ μὴ τὴν τελείαν γνῶσιν ἔχοντες. εἶναι δὲ τούτους ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἡμᾶς λέγουσι.
einai de toutous > hypotithentai. epaideuthēsan de ta psychika hoi psychikoi anthrōpoi, hoi diʼ ergōn kai pisteōs psilēs bebaioumenoi kai mē tēn teleian gnōsin echontes. einai de toutous apo tēs ekklēsias hēmas legousi.
"They suppose that these are … The psychic people were trained in psychic things, those who are made firm by works and bare faith and do not have perfect knowledge. These, they say, are we of the Church."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Church members are merely psychic, relying on works and bare faith.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.2. The edition marks a gap; Irenaeus has 'they suppose that they themselves are these'.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.20.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:417; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-20-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.20.7Holl GCS 25/31:417
διὸ καὶ ἡμῖν μὲν ἀναγκαῖον εἶναι τὴν ἀγαθὴν πρᾶξιν ἀποφαίνονται ἄλλως γὰρ ἀδύνατον σωθῆναι), αὐτοὺς δὲ μὴ διὰ πράξεως ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ φύσει πνευματικοὺς εἶναι πάντῃ τε καὶ πάντως σωθήσεσθαι δογματίζουσιν.
dio kai hēmin men anankaion einai tēn agathēn praxin apophainontai allōs gar adynaton sōthēnai), autous de mē dia praxeōs alla dia to physei pneumatikous einai pantę̄ te kai pantōs sōthēsesthai dogmatizousin.
"Therefore they declare that good conduct is necessary for us (for otherwise it is impossible to be saved), but they teach that they themselves will be saved entirely and in every case, not by conduct but because they are spiritual by nature."
Notes and citation
Summary: They say Church members need good works, but they are saved by nature.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.20.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:417; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-20-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.20.8Holl GCS 25/31:417
ὡς γὰρ τὸ χοϊκὸν ἀδύνατον σωτηρίας μετασχεῖν οὑ γὰρ εἶναι δεκτικὸν αὐτῆς λέγουσιν αὐτό), οὕτως πάλιν τὸ πνευματικόν, ὃ αὐτοὶ εἶναι θέλουσιν, ἀδύνατον φθορὰν καταδέξασθαι, κἂν ὁποίαις συγκαταγένωνται πράξεσιν.
hōs gar to choïkon adynaton sōtērias metaschein hou gar einai dektikon autēs legousin auto), houtōs palin to pneumatikon, ho autoi einai thelousin, adynaton phthoran katadexasthai, kan hopoiais synkatagenōntai praxesin.
"For just as the earthly cannot share in salvation (for it is not, they say, capable of receiving it), so again the spiritual, which they hold themselves to be, cannot receive corruption, whatever deeds they may be involved in."
Notes and citation
Summary: They claim the spiritual cannot be corrupted by any deed.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.20.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:417; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-20-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.20.9Holl GCS 25/31:417
ὅν γὰρ τρόπον χρυσὸς ἐν βορβόρῳ κατατεθεὶς οὐκ ἀποβάλλει τὴν καλλονὴν αὐτοῦ, ἀλλὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φυσιν διαφυλάττει, τοῦ βορβόρου μηδὲν ἀδικῆσαι δυναμένου τὸν χρυσόν, οὕτω δὲ καὶ αὐτοὺς λέγουσι, κἂν ἐν ὁποίαις ὑλικαῖς πράξεσι καταγένωνται, μηδὲν αὐτοὺς παραβλάπτεσθαι μηδὲ ἀποβάλλειν τὴν πνευματικὴν ὑπόστασιν.
hon gar tropon chrysos en borborǭ katatetheis ouk apoballei tēn kallonēn autou, alla tēn idian physin diaphylattei, tou borborou mēden adikēsai dynamenou ton chryson, houtō de kai autous legousi, kan en hopoiais hylikais praxesi katagenōntai, mēden autous parablaptesthai mēde apoballein tēn pneumatikēn hypostasin.
"For as gold placed in mud does not lose its beauty but keeps its own nature, the mud being unable to harm the gold, so they say of themselves: whatever material deeds they may be involved in, they are not harmed at all and do not lose their spiritual substance."
Notes and citation
Summary: Like gold in mud, they say, they are unharmed by what they do.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ἀπβοάλλει → ἀποβάλλει.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.20.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:417; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-12-1/#p-31-20-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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