Panarion (Medicine Chest Against Heresies), Haer. 1-64 31.21.1–31.30.8
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 21
31.21.1Holl GCS 25/31:417
21. Διὸ δὴ καὶ τὰ ἀπειρημένα πάντα ἀδεῶς οἱ τελειότατοι πράττουσιν αὐτῶν, περὶ ὦν αἱ γραφαὶ διβεβαιοῦνται τοὺς ποιοῦντας αὐτὰ βασιλείαν θεοῦ μὴ κληρονομήσειν.
21. Dio dē kai ta apeirēmena panta adeōs hoi teleiotatoi prattousin autōn, peri ōn hai graphai dibebaiountai tous poiountas auta basileian theou mē klēronomēsein.
"That is why the most 'perfect' among them do without fear all the forbidden things, about which the Scriptures affirm that 'those who do them will not inherit the kingdom of God.'"
Gal 5:21 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 6:9–10 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Their 'perfect' do forbidden things without fear.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.3, alluding to Gal 5:21 and 1 Cor 6:9–10. A hostile report.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.21.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:417; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-21-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.21.2Holl GCS 25/31:417–418
καὶ γὰρ εἰδωλόθυτα ἀδιαφόρως ἐσθαίουσι, μηδὲν μολύνεσθαι ὑπʼ αὐτῶν ἠγούμενοι, καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν ἑορτάσιμον τῶν ἐθνῶν τέρψιν εἰς τιμὴν τῶν εἰδώλων γινομένην πρῶτοι συνίασιν, ὡς μηδὲ τῆς παρὰ θεῷ καὶ ἀνθρώποις μεμισημένης τῆς] τῶν θηριομάχων καὶ μονομαχίας ἀνδροφόνου θέας ἀπέχεσθαι ἐνίους αὐτῶν.
kai gar eidōlothyta adiaphorōs esthaiousi, mēden molynesthai hypʼ autōn ēgoumenoi, kai epi pasan heortasimon tōn ethnōn terpsin eis timēn tōn eidōlōn ginomenēn prōtoi syniasin, hōs mēde tēs para theǭ kai anthrōpois memisēmenēs tēs] tōn thēriomachōn kai monomachias androphonou theas apechesthai enious autōn.
"For they eat food sacrificed to idols indifferently, thinking they are not defiled by it at all, and they are the first to gather at every festive entertainment of the pagans held in honour of the idols, so that some of them do not even keep away from the murderous spectacle of fights with beasts and single combat, hateful to God and men."
Acts 15:29 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They eat idol sacrifices and attend pagan festivals and gladiator shows.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.3. A hostile report.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): θημριομάχων → θηριομάχων.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.21.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:417–418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-21-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.21.3Holl GCS 25/31:418
οἱ δὲ καὶ ταῖς τῆς σαρκὸς ἡδοναῖς κατακόρως δουλεύοντες, τὰ σαρκικὰ τοῖς σαρκικοῖς τὰ πνευματικὰ τοῖς πνευματικοῖς ἀποδέδοσθαι λέγουσιν.
hoi de kai tais tēs sarkos hēdonais katakorōs douleuontes, ta sarkika tois sarkikois ta pneumatika tois pneumatikois apodedosthai legousin.
"Others, serving the pleasures of the flesh to excess, say that fleshly things are rendered to the fleshly and spiritual things to the spiritual."
Notes and citation
Summary: Some indulge the flesh, saying the flesh gets its due.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.3. A hostile report.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.21.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-21-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.21.4Holl GCS 25/31:418
καὶ οἱ μὲν αὐτῶν λάθρα τὰς διδασκομένας ὑπʼ αὐτῶν τὴν διδαχὴν ταύτην γυναῖκας διαφθείρουσιν, ὡς πολλάκις ὑπʼ ἐνίων αὐτῶν ἐξαπατηθεῖσαι, ἔπειτα ἐπιστρέψασαι γυναῖκες εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ σὺν τῇ λοιπῇ
kai hoi men autōn lathra tas didaskomenas hypʼ autōn tēn didachēn tautēn gynaikas diaphtheirousin, hōs pollakis hypʼ eniōn autōn exapatētheisai, epeita epistrepsasai gynaikes eis tēn ekklēsian tou theou syn tę̄ loipę̄
"And some of them secretly corrupt the women who are taught this doctrine by them, as women deceived by some of them have often afterwards returned to the Church of God and confessed this along with the rest of their"
Notes and citation
Summary: Some secretly seduce the women they teach, as returning women have confessed.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.3. A hostile report; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): διφθείρουσιν → διαφθείρουσιν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.21.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-21-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.21.5Holl GCS 25/31:418
πλάνῃ καὶ τοῦτο ἐξωμολογήσαντο. οἱ δὲ καὶ κατὰ τὸ φανερὸν ἀπερυθριάσαντες, ὧν ἂν ἐρασθῶσι γυναικῶν, ταύτας ἀπʼ ἰδίας γαμετὰς ἡγήσαντο.
planę̄ kai touto exōmologēsanto. hoi de kai kata to phaneron aperythriasantes, hōn an erasthōsi gynaikōn, tautas apʼ idias gametas hēgēsanto.
"error. Others, openly casting off shame, have taken whatever women they fell in love with away from their husbands and treated them as their own wives."
Notes and citation
Summary: Others openly take other men's wives.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.3. ἀπʼ ἰδίας is read as ἀπʼ ἀνδρῶν ('from their husbands'), following the sense of Irenaeus. A hostile report.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Ethics, Marriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.21.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-21-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.21.6Holl GCS 25/31:418
ἄλλοι δʼ αὖ πάλιν σεμνῶς κατʼ ἀρχάς, ὡς μετὰ ἀδελφῶν προσποιούμενοι συνοικεῖν, προϊόντος τοῦ χρόνου ἠλέγχθησαν, ἐγκύμονος τῆς ἀδελφῆς ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ γενηθείσης.
alloi dʼ au palin semnōs katʼ archas, hōs meta adelphōn prospoioumenoi synoikein, proïontos tou chronou ēlenchthēsan, enkymonos tēs adelphēs hypo tou adelphou genētheisēs.
"Others again, at first very solemnly pretending to live with them as with sisters, were exposed as time went on, when the 'sister' became pregnant by the 'brother'."
Notes and citation
Summary: Others who claimed to live with women as sisters were exposed by pregnancies.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.3. A hostile report.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.; OCR slips.): προσπιούμενοι → προσποιούμενοι; τοῦη χρόνου ἡυλέγχθησαν → τοῦ χρόνου ἠλέγχθησαν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.21.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-21-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.21.7Holl GCS 25/31:418
Καὶ ἄλλα δὲ πολλὰ μυσαρὰ κα ἄθεα πράσσοντες ἡμῶν μέν, διὰ τὸν φόβον τοῦ θεοῦ φυλασσομένων καὶ μέχρις ἐννοίας καὶ λόγου ἁμαρτεῖν, κατατρέχουσιν ὡς ἱδιωτῶν καὶ μηδὲν ἐπισταμένων, ἐαυτοὺς δὲ ὐπερυψοῦσι, τελείους ἀποκαλοῦντες καὶ σπέρματα ἐκλογῆς.
Kai alla de polla mysara ka athea prassontes hēmōn men, dia ton phobon tou theou phylassomenōn kai mechris ennoias kai logou hamartein, katatrechousin hōs hidiōtōn kai mēden epistamenōn, eautous de yperypsousi, teleious apokalountes kai spermata eklogēs.
"And while doing many other abominable and godless things, they run us down — we who, for fear of God, guard against sinning even in thought and word — as simple people who know nothing, and exalt themselves, calling themselves perfect and seeds of election."
Notes and citation
Summary: They despise Church members as ignorant and call themselves the elect.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.21.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-21-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.21.8Holl GCS 25/31:418
ἡμᾶς μὲν γὰρ ἐν χρὴσει τὴν χάριν λαμβάνειν λέγουσι, διὸ καὶ ἀφαιρεθήσεσθαι αὐτῆς. αὐτοὺς δὲ ἱδιόκτητον ἄνωθεν ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρρήτου καὶ ἀνονομάστου συζυγίας κατεληλυθυῖαν ἔχειν τὴν χάριν, καί διὰ τοῦτο προστεθήσεσθαι αὐτοῖς. διὸ καὶ ἐκ παντὸς τρόπου δεῖν αὐτοὺς ἀεὶ τὸ τῆς συζυγίας μελετᾶν μυστήριον.
hēmas men gar en chrēsei tēn charin lambanein legousi, dio kai aphairethēsesthai autēs. autous de hidioktēton anōthen apo tēs arrētou kai anonomastou syzygias katelēlythuian echein tēn charin, kai dia touto prostethēsesthai autois. dio kai ek pantos tropou dein autous aei to tēs syzygias meletan mystērion.
"For they say that we receive grace on loan, and so will be deprived of it; but that they have grace as their own possession, come down from above from the ineffable and unnameable pair, and therefore it will be added to them. For this reason they must always practise the mystery of the pair by every means."
Luke 8:18 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They claim to own grace and say they must always practise 'the mystery of the pair'.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.4. A hostile report.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.21.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:418; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-21-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.21.9Holl GCS 25/31:418–419
καἰ τοῦτο πείθουσι τοὺς ἀνοήτους, αὐταῖς λέξεσι λέγοντες οὕτως. ὅς ἂν ἐν κόσμῳ γενόμενος γυναῖκα οὐκ ἐφίλησεν, ὥστε οὐτὴν κρατηθῆναι, οὐκ ἔστιν ἐξ ἀληθείας καὶ οὑ χωρήσει εἰς ἀλήθειαν. ὁ δὲ ἀπὸ κόσμου ὢν μὴ] κρατηθεὶς γυναικὶ οὑ χωρήσει εἰς ἀλήθειαν διὰ τὸ ἐν ἐπιθυμίᾳ κρατηθῆναι γυναικός.
kai touto peithousi tous anoētous, autais lexesi legontes houtōs. hos an en kosmǭ genomenos gynaika ouk ephilēsen, hōste outēn kratēthēnai, ouk estin ex alētheias kai hou chōrēsei eis alētheian. ho de apo kosmou ōn mē] kratētheis gynaiki hou chōrēsei eis alētheian dia to en epithymią kratēthēnai gynaikos.
"And they persuade the foolish of this, saying in these very words: 'Whoever, being in the world, has not loved a woman so as to possess her, is not of the truth and will not go to the truth. But one who is of the world, having been possessed by a woman, will not go to the truth, because he was possessed in desire for a woman.'"
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: They teach a saying that spirituals must love a woman, while worldly people are ruined by it.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.4. The editor deletes μή ('not') in the second sentence. A hostile report of a Valentinian saying.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Word split by a line-end hyphen.): κρατη- θῆναι → κρατηθῆναι.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.21.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:418–419; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-21-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.21.10Holl GCS 25/31:419
διὰ τοῦτο οὖν ἡμίν, οὓς ψυχικοὺς δνομάζουσι καὶ ἐκ κόσμου εἶναι λέγουσι, καὶ] ἀναγκαίαν εἶναι τὴν ἐγκράτειαν καἰ ἀγαθὴν πρᾶξιν, ἴνα διʼ αὐτῆς ἔλθωμεν εἰς τὸν τῆς Μεσότητος τόπον, αὐτοῖς δέ, πνευματικοῖς τε καὶ τελείοις καλουμένοις, μηδαμῶς. οὑ γὰρ πρᾶξις εἰς Πλήρωμα εἰσάγει, ἀλλὰ τὸ σπέρμα τὸ ἐκεῖθεν νήπιον μὲν ἐκπεμπόμενον, ἐνθάδε > τελειούμενον.
dia touto oun hēmin, hous psychikous dnomazousi kai ek kosmou einai legousi, kai] anankaian einai tēn enkrateian kai agathēn praxin, ina diʼ autēs elthōmen eis ton tēs Mesotētos topon, autois de, pneumatikois te kai teleiois kaloumenois, mēdamōs. hou gar praxis eis Plērōma eisagei, alla to sperma to ekeithen nēpion men ekpempomenon, enthade > teleioumenon.
"Therefore, they say, for us, whom they name psychics and say are from the world, self-control and good conduct are necessary, so that by it we may come to the place of the Middle; but for them, who are called spiritual and perfect, not at all. For it is not conduct that brings one into the Pleroma, but the seed sent out from there as an infant and perfected here."
Notes and citation
Summary: Self-control is needed for Church members but not, they say, for the spiritual.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.6.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.6.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.21.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:419; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-21-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.21.11Holl GCS 25/31:419
Ὅταν δὲ πᾶν τὸ σπέρμα τελειωθῇ, τὴν μὲν Ἀχαμὼθ τὴν Μητέρα αὐτῶν μεταστῆναι τοῦ τῆς Μεσότητος τόπου λέγουσι καὶ ἐντὸς Πληρώματος εἰσελθεῖν καὶ ἀπολαβεῖν τὸν νυμφίον αὐτῆς τὸν Σωτῆρα, τὸν ἐκ πάντων γεγονότα, ἴνα συζυγία γένηται τοῦ Σωτῆρος καὶ τῆς Σοφίας τῆς Άχαμώθ. καὶ τοῦτο εἶναι νυμφίον καὶ νύμφην, νυμφῶνα Τε τὸ πᾶν Πλήρωμα.
Hotan de pan to sperma teleiōthę̄, tēn men Achamōth tēn Mētera autōn metastēnai tou tēs Mesotētos topou legousi kai entos Plērōmatos eiselthein kai apolabein ton nymphion autēs ton Sōtēra, ton ek pantōn gegonota, ina syzygia genētai tou Sōtēros kai tēs Sophias tēs Achamōth. kai touto einai nymphion kai nymphēn, nymphōna Te to pan Plērōma.
"When all the seed has been perfected, they say, their Mother Achamoth will leave the place of the Middle, enter the Pleroma and receive her bridegroom, the Saviour who came from all, so that there may be a pairing of the Saviour and Wisdom, Achamoth. And this is the bridegroom and bride, and the whole Pleroma is the bridal chamber."
Notes and citation
Summary: At the end Achamoth enters the Pleroma as the Saviour's bride.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.21.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:419; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-21-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.21.12Holl GCS 25/31:419
τοὺς δὲ πνευματικοὺς ἀποδυσαμένους τὰς ψυχὰς καὶ πνεύματα νοερὰ γενομένους, ἀκρατήτως καὶ ἀοράτως ἐντὸς Πληρώματος εἰσελθόντας, νύμφας ἀποδοθήσεσθαι τοῖς περὶ τὸν Σωτῆρα ἀγγέλοις.
tous de pneumatikous apodysamenous tas psychas kai pneumata noera genomenous, akratētōs kai aoratōs entos Plērōmatos eiselthontas, nymphas apodothēsesthai tois peri ton Sōtēra angelois.
"The spiritual, having put off their souls and become intellectual spirits, will enter the Pleroma unhindered and unseen and be given as brides to the angels around the Saviour."
Notes and citation
Summary: The spiritual become brides of the Saviour's angels.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.21.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:419; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-21-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.21.13Holl GCS 25/31:419
τὸν δὲ Δημιουργὸν μεταβῆναι καὶ αὐτὸν εἰς τὸν τῆς Μητρὸς Σοφίας τόπον, τουτέστιν ἐν τῇ Μεσότητι. τάς τε τῶι δικαίων ψυχὰς ἀναπαύσεσθαι καὶ αὐτὰς ἐν τῷ τῆς Μεσότητος τόπῳ. μηδὲν γὰρ ψυχικὸν ἐντὸς Πληρώματος χωρεῖν.
ton de Dēmiourgon metabēnai kai auton eis ton tēs Mētros Sophias topon, toutestin en tę̄ Mesotēti. tas te tōi dikaiōn psychas anapausesthai kai autas en tǭ tēs Mesotētos topǭ. mēden gar psychikon entos Plērōmatos chōrein.
"The Demiurge too will move to the place of the Mother, Wisdom, that is, to the Middle; and the souls of the righteous will also rest in the place of the Middle. For nothing psychic enters the Pleroma."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Demiurge and righteous souls rest in the Middle.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.21.13 (Holl GCS 25/31:419; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-21-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.21.14Holl GCS 25/31:419
τούτων δὲ γενομένων οὕτως τὸ ἐμφωλεῦον τῷ κόσμῳ πῦρ ἐκλάμψαν καὶ ἐξαφθὲν καὶ κατεργασάμενον πᾶσαν ὕλην συναναλωθήσεσθαι αὐτῇ καὶ εἰς τὸ μηκέτʼ εἶναι χωρήσειν διδάσκουσι. τὸν δὲ Δημιουργὸν μηδὲν τούτων ἐγνωκέναι ἀποφαίνονται πρὸ τῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος παρουσίας.
toutōn de genomenōn houtōs to emphōleuon tǭ kosmǭ pyr eklampsan kai exaphthen kai katergasamenon pasan hylēn synanalōthēsesthai autę̄ kai eis to mēketʼ einai chōrēsein didaskousi. ton de Dēmiourgon mēden toutōn egnōkenai apophainontai pro tēs tou Sōtēros parousias.
"When this has happened, they teach, the fire lurking in the world will blaze out and be kindled, and, having overcome all matter, will be consumed with it and pass into non-existence. And they declare that the Demiurge knew none of these things before the Saviour's coming."
Notes and citation
Summary: A fire will then consume all matter and itself.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.21.14 (Holl GCS 25/31:419; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-21-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 22
31.22.1Holl GCS 25/31:419
22. Εἰσὶ δὲ οἱ λέγοντες προβλέσθαι αὐτὸν καὶ χριστόν, υἱὸν ἵδιον, ἀλλὰ καὶ * ψυχικόν, > περὶ τούτου διὰ τῶν προφητῶν λελαληκέναι. εἶναι δὲ τοῦτον τὸν διὰ Μαρίας διοδεύσαντα, καθάπερ ὕδωρ διὰ σωλῆνος ὁδεύει, καὶ εἰς τοῦτον ἐπὶ τοῦ βαπτίσματος κατελθεῖν ἐκεῖνον τὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ Πληρώματος ἐκ πάντων Σωτῆρα ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς. γεγονέναι δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀχαμὼθ σπέρμα πνευματικόν.
22. Eisi de hoi legontes problesthai auton kai christon, huion hidion, alla kai * psychikon, > peri toutou dia tōn prophētōn lelalēkenai. einai de touton ton dia Marias diodeusanta, kathaper hydōr dia sōlēnos hodeuei, kai eis touton epi tou baptismatos katelthein ekeinon ton apo tou Plērōmatos ek pantōn Sōtēra en eidei peristeras. gegonenai de en autǭ kai to apo tēs Achamōth sperma pneumatikon.
"There are some who say that he also emitted a Christ, his own son, but psychic …, and spoke about him through the prophets; and that this is the one who passed through Mary as water passes through a pipe, and that upon him at the baptism came down, in the form of a dove, that Saviour from the Pleroma who is from all. And the spiritual seed from Achamoth was also in him."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Matt 3:16 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some say the Demiurge's psychic Christ passed through Mary, and the Saviour descended on him at baptism.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.2. The edition marks gaps.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology, Baptism
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.22.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:419; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-22-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.22.2Holl GCS 25/31:419–420
τὸν οὖν κύριον ἡμῶν ἐκ τεσσάρων τούτων σύνθετον γεγονέναι φάσκουσιν, ἀποσῴζοντα τὸν τύπον τῆς ἀρχεγόνου καὶ πρώτης τετρακτύος, ἔκ τε τοῦ πνευματικοῦ ὅ ἦν ἀπὸ τῆς Ἀχαμὼθ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ψυχικοῦ ὅ ἦν ἀπὸ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ κα ἐκ τῆς οἰκονομίας ὅ ἦν κατεσκευασμένον ἀρρήτῳ τέχνῃ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ Σωτῆρος ὅ ἦν > κατελθοῦσα εἰς αὐτὸν περιστερά.
ton oun kyrion hēmōn ek tessarōn toutōn syntheton gegonenai phaskousin, aposǭzonta ton typon tēs archegonou kai prōtēs tetraktyos, ek te tou pneumatikou ho ēn apo tēs Achamōth kai ek tou psychikou ho ēn apo tou Dēmiourgou ka ek tēs oikonomias ho ēn kateskeuasmenon arrētǭ technę̄ kai ek tou Sōtēros ho ēn > katelthousa eis auton peristera.
"They declare, then, that our Lord was composed of these four, preserving the type of the original and first tetractys: of the spiritual, which was from Achamoth; of the psychic, which was from the Demiurge; of the dispensation, which was constructed by ineffable art; and of the Saviour, which was the dove that came down upon him."
Notes and citation
Summary: They say the Lord was composed of four elements.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Word split by a line-end hyphen.): ἀπο- σᾠζοντα → ἀποσῴζοντα.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.22.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:419–420; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-22-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.22.3Holl GCS 25/31:420
καὶ τοῦτον μὲν ἀπαθῆ διαμεμνηκέναι οὐ γὰρ ἐνεδέχετο παθεῖν αὐτόν, ἀκράτητον καὶ ἀόρατον ὑπάρχοντα) καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἦρθαι, προσαγομένου αὐτοῦ τῷ Πιλάτῳ, τὸ εἰς αὐτὸν κατατεθὲν πνεῦμα χριστοῦ. ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ τὸ ἀπὸ τῆς Μητρὸς σπέρμα πεπονθένα λέγουσιν. ἀπαθές γὰρ καὶ αὐτό, † τὸ πνευματικὸν καὶ ἀόρατον καὶ αὐτῷ τῷ Δημιουργῷ.
kai touton men apathē diamemnēkenai ou gar enedecheto pathein auton, akratēton kai aoraton hyparchonta) kai dia touto ērthai, prosagomenou autou tǭ Pilatǭ, to eis auton katatethen pneuma christou. allʼ oude to apo tēs Mētros sperma peponthena legousin. apathes gar kai auto, † to pneumatikon kai aoraton kai autǭ tǭ Dēmiourgǭ.
"And this [Saviour] remained impassible (for he could not suffer, being unassailable and invisible), and therefore, when he was brought before Pilate, the spirit of Christ that had been placed in him was taken away. Nor, they say, did the seed from the Mother suffer; for it too was impassible, being spiritual and invisible even to the Demiurge himself."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: They say the Saviour and the spiritual seed did not suffer.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.2. The edition marks a corrupt place (†).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Repeated word fragment.): ἀκράτητον τητον → ἀκράτητον.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.22.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:420; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-22-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.22.4Holl GCS 25/31:420
ἔπαθεν δὲ λοιπὸν ὁ κατʼ αὐτοὺς ψυχικὸς Χριστὸς καὶ ὁ ἐκ τῆς οἰκονομίας κατεσκευασμένος μυστηριωδῶς, ἵνʼ ἐπιδείξῃ > αὐτοῦ ἡ Μήτηρ τὸν τύπον τοῦ ἄνω χριστοῦ, ἐκένου τοῦ ἐπεκταθέντος τῷ σταυρῷ καὶ μορφώσαντος τὴν Ἀχαμώθ μόρφωσιν τὴν κατʼ οὐσίαν. πάντα γὰρ ταῦτα τύπους ἐκείνων εἶναι λέγουσι.
epathen de loipon ho katʼ autous psychikos Christos kai ho ek tēs oikonomias kateskeuasmenos mystēriōdōs, hinʼ epideixę̄ > autou hē Mētēr ton typon tou anō christou, ekenou tou epektathentos tǭ staurǭ kai morphōsantos tēn Achamōth morphōsin tēn katʼ ousian. panta gar tauta typous ekeinōn einai legousi.
"What suffered, then, according to them, was the psychic Christ and the one mysteriously constructed from the dispensation, so that through him the Mother might display the type of the higher Christ, the one who was stretched out on the Cross and gave Achamoth her formation as to substance. For they say that all these are types of those."
Notes and citation
Summary: Only the psychic Christ suffered, as a type of the higher Christ.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.22.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:420; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-22-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.22.5Holl GCS 25/31:420
τὰς δὲ ἐσχηκυίας τὸ σπέρμα τῆς Ἀχαμὼθ ψυχὰς ἀμείνους λέγουσι γεγονέναι τῶν λοιπῶν. διὸ καὶ πλέον τῶν ἄλλων ἠγαπῆσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ, μὴ εἰδότος τὴν αίτίαν, ἀλλὰ παρʼ αὐτοῦ λογιζομένου εἶναι τοιαυτας.
tas de eschēkuias to sperma tēs Achamōth psychas ameinous legousi gegonenai tōn loipōn. dio kai pleon tōn allōn ēgapēsthai hypo tou Dēmiourgou, mē eidotos tēn aitian, alla parʼ autou logizomenou einai toiautas.
"The souls that had the seed of Achamoth, they say, were better than the rest; therefore they were loved more than the others by the Demiurge, who did not know the reason but thought they were such because of him."
Notes and citation
Summary: Souls with the spiritual seed were favoured by the Demiurge.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ἠγκπῆσθαι → ἠγαπῆσθαι.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.22.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:420; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-22-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.22.6Holl GCS 25/31:420
οιο καί είς προφήτας, φασίν, ἔτασσεν αὐτὰς καὶ ἱερεῖς καὶ βασιλεῖς. καὶ πολλὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ σπέρματος τούτου εἰρῆσθαι διὰ τῶν προφητῶν ἐξηγοῦνται, ἅτε ὑψηλοτέρας φύσεως ὑπάρχοντος. πολλὰ δὲ καὶ τὴν Μητέρα περὶ τῶν τέρω εἰρηκέναι λέγουσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τούτου καὶ τῶν ὑπὸ τούτου γενομένων ψυχῶν *.
oio kai eis prophētas, phasin, etassen autas kai hiereis kai basileis. kai polla hypo tou spermatos toutou eirēsthai dia tōn prophētōn exēgountai, hate hypsēloteras physeōs hyparchontos. polla de kai tēn Mētera peri tōn terō eirēkenai legousin, alla kai dia toutou kai tōn hypo toutou genomenōn psychōn *.
"That is why, they say, he appointed them prophets, priests and kings. And they explain that much was spoken through the prophets by this seed, since it is of a higher nature. And they say the Mother too said much about the higher things, but also through him and through the souls made by him …"
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The prophets' words came variously from the seed, the Mother and the Demiurge.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.3. The edition marks a gap (*).
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.22.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:420; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-22-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.22.7Holl GCS 25/31:420
καὶ λοιπὸν τέμνουσι τὰς προφητείας, τὸ μέν τι ἀπὸ τῆς Μητρὸς εἰρῆσθαι θέλοντες, τὸ δέ τι ἀπὸ τοῦ σπέρματος, τὸ δέ τι ἀπὸ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ.
kai loipon temnousi tas prophēteias, to men ti apo tēs Mētros eirēsthai thelontes, to de ti apo tou spermatos, to de ti apo tou Dēmiourgou.
"And so they cut up the prophecies, holding that one part was spoken by the Mother, another by the seed, and another by the Demiurge."
Notes and citation
Summary: They divide the prophecies among three sources.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.22.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:420; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-22-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.22.8Holl GCS 25/31:420
ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν Ἰησοῦν ὡσαύτως τὸ μέν τι ἀπὸ τοῦ Σωτῆρος εἰρηκέναι, τὸ δέ τι ἀπὸ τῆς Μητρός, τὸ γε τι ἀπὸ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ, καθὼς ἐπιδείξομεν προϊόντος ἡμῖν τοῦ λόγου.
alla kai ton Iēsoun hōsautōs to men ti apo tou Sōtēros eirēkenai, to de ti apo tēs Mētros, to ge ti apo tou Dēmiourgou, kathōs epideixomen proïontos hēmin tou logou.
"And likewise Jesus spoke some things from the Saviour, some from the Mother, and some from the Demiurge, as we shall show as our account proceeds."
Notes and citation
Summary: They divide Jesus's sayings among the same sources.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.22.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:420; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-22-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.22.9Holl GCS 25/31:420–421
τὸν δὲ Δημιουργόν, ἅτε ἀγνοοῦντα τὰ ὑπὲρ αὐτόν, κινεῖσθαι μὲν ἐπὶ τοῖς λεγομένοις, καταπεφρονηκέναι δὲ αὐτῶν, ἄλλοτε ἄλλην αἰτίαν νομίσαντα, ἢ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ προφητεῦον, ἔχον καὶ αὐτὸ ἰδίαν τινὰ κίνησιν, ἢ τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἢ τὴν προσπλοκὴν τῶν χειρόνων.
ton de Dēmiourgon, hate agnoounta ta hyper auton, kineisthai men epi tois legomenois, katapephronēkenai de autōn, allote allēn aitian nomisanta, ē to pneuma to prophēteuon, echon kai auto idian tina kinēsin, ē ton anthrōpon ē tēn prosplokēn tōn cheironōn.
"The Demiurge, not knowing the things above him, was moved by what was said but despised it, thinking at different times that the cause was different: either the prophetic spirit, which itself has a movement of its own, or the man, or the admixture of inferior things."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Demiurge, ignorant, misattributed the prophecies.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Word split by a line-end hyphen.): νομί- σαντα → νομίσαντα.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.22.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:420–421; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-22-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.22.10Holl GCS 25/31:421
καὶ οὕτως ἀγνοοῦντα διατετελεκέναι ἄχρι τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ Σωτῆρος· ἐλθόντος δε τοῦ Σωτῆρος μαθεῖν αὐτὸν παρʼ αὐτοῦ πάντα λέγουσιν καὶ ἄσμενον αὐτῷ προσχωρῆσαι μετὰ πάσης τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ,
kai houtōs agnoounta diatetelekenai achri tēs parousias tou Sōtēros; elthontos de tou Sōtēros mathein auton parʼ autou panta legousin kai asmenon autǭ proschōrēsai meta pasēs tēs dynameōs autou,
"And so he continued in ignorance until the Saviour's coming. But when the Saviour came, they say, he learned everything from him and gladly joined him with all his power,"
Notes and citation
Summary: At the Saviour's coming the Demiurge learned the truth and joined him.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Repeated word fragment.): προσχωρῆσαι χωρῆσαι → προσχωρῆσαι.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.22.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:421; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-22-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.22.11Holl GCS 25/31:421
καὶ αὐτὸν εἶναι τὸν ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ ἑκατόνταρχον, λέγοντα τῷ σωτῇρι »καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ ὑπὸ τὴν ἐμαυτοῦ τοῦ ἐξουσίαν ἔχω στρατιώτας καὶ δούλους, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν προστάξω, ποιοῦσι«.
kai auton einai ton en tǭ euangeliǭ hekatontarchon, legonta tǭ sōtę̄ri »kai gar egō hypo tēn emautou tou exousian echō stratiōtas kai doulous, kai ho ean prostaxō, poiousi«.
"and that he is the centurion in the Gospel who said to the Saviour, 'For I too have under my authority soldiers and servants, and whatever I command, they do.'"
Matt 8:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 7:8 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They identify the Demiurge with the centurion of the Gospel.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.4, citing Matt 8:9 / Luke 7:8 loosely.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.22.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:421; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-22-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.22.12Holl GCS 25/31:421
τελέσειν δὲ αὐτὸν τὴν κατὰ τὸν κόσμον οἰκονομίαν μέχρι τοῦ δέοντος καιροῦ, μάλιστα δὲ διὰ τὴν τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐπιμέλειαν καὶ διὰ τὴν ἐπίγνωσιν τοῦ ἑτοιμασθέντος αὐτῷ ἐπάθλου, ὅτι εἰς τὸν τῆς Μητρὸς τόπον χωρήσει.
telesein de auton tēn kata ton kosmon oikonomian mechri tou deontos kairou, malista de dia tēn tēs ekklēsias epimeleian kai dia tēn epignōsin tou hetoimasthentos autǭ epathlou, hoti eis ton tēs Mētros topon chōrēsei.
"And he will complete the dispensation in the world until the proper time, especially because of his care for the Church and because of his knowledge of the reward prepared for him: that he will go to the Mother's place."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Demiurge governs the world until the end, expecting his reward.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.22.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:421; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-22-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 23
31.23.1Holl GCS 25/31:421
23. Ἀνθρώπων δὲ τρία γένη ὑφίστανται, πνευματικὸν χοϊκὸν ψυχικόν, καθὼς ἐγένοντο Κάϊν Ἄβελ Σήθ, <ἵνα δείξωσι> καὶ ἐκ τούτων τὰς τρεῖς φύσεις, οὐκέτι καθʼ ἕνα ἀλλὰ κατὰ γένος.
23. Anthrōpōn de tria genē hyphistantai, pneumatikon choïkon psychikon, kathōs egenonto Kaïn Abel Sēth, <hina deixōsi> kai ek toutōn tas treis physeis, ouketi kathʼ hena alla kata genos.
"They posit three kinds of human beings, spiritual, earthly and psychic, as there were Cain, Abel and Seth, ⟨in order to show⟩ from these too the three natures, no longer in individuals but in kinds."
Gen 4:1–25 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They see three human kinds typified by Cain, Abel and Seth.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.23.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:421; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-23-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.23.2Holl GCS 25/31:421
καὶ τὸ μὲν χοϊκὸν εἰς φθορὰν χωρεῖν καὶ τὸ ψυχικόν, ἐὰν τὰ βελτίονα ἕληται ἐν τῷ τῆς Μεσότητος τόπῳ ἀναπαύσεσθαι· ἐὰν δὲ τὰ χείρω, χωρήσειν καὶ αὐτὸ πρὸς τὰ ὅμοια.
kai to men choïkon eis phthoran chōrein kai to psychikon, ean ta beltiona helētai en tǭ tēs Mesotētos topǭ anapausesthai; ean de ta cheirō, chōrēsein kai auto pros ta homoia.
"The earthly goes to corruption; the psychic, if it chooses the better, will rest in the place of the Middle, but if the worse, it too will go to what is like it."
Notes and citation
Summary: The earthly perish; the psychic's fate depends on their choice.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.23.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:421; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-23-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.23.3Holl GCS 25/31:421
τὰ δὲ πνευματικά, ἃ ἐγκατασπείρει ἡ Ἀχαμώθ, ἔκτοτε ἕως τοῦ νῦν δικαίαις ψυχαῖς παιδευθέντα ἐνθάδε καὶ ἐκτραφέντα, διὰ τὸ νήπια ἐκπέμπεσθαι, ὕστερον τελειότητος ἀξιωθέντα νύμφας ἀποδοθήσεσθαι τοῖς τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἀγγέλοις δογματίζουσι, τῶν ψυχῶν αὐτῶν κατʼ ἀνάγκην ἐν Μεσότητι μετὰ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ ἀναπαυσαμένων εἰς τὸ παντελές.
ta de pneumatika, ha enkataspeirei hē Achamōth, ektote heōs tou nyn dikaiais psychais paideuthenta enthade kai ektraphenta, dia to nēpia ekpempesthai, hysteron teleiotētos axiōthenta nymphas apodothēsesthai tois tou Sōtēros angelois dogmatizousi, tōn psychōn autōn katʼ anankēn en Mesotēti meta tou Dēmiourgou anapausamenōn eis to panteles.
"The spiritual elements, which Achamoth sows from that time until now in righteous souls, trained and nourished here because they are sent out as infants, will later be counted worthy of perfection and given as brides to the Saviour's angels, they teach, while their souls necessarily rest for ever in the Middle with the Demiurge."
Notes and citation
Summary: The spiritual seeds become brides of the angels; their souls stay in the Middle.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.23.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:421; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-23-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.23.4Holl GCS 25/31:421–422
καὶ αὐτὰς μὲν τὰς ψυχὰς πάλιν ὑπομερίζοντες λέγουσιν ἃς μὲν φύσει ἀγαθάς, ἃς δὲ φύσει πονηράς. καὶ τὰς μὲν ἀγαθὰς ταύτας εἶναι τὰς δεκτικὰς τοῦ σπέρματος γινομένας, τὰς δὲ φύσει πονηρὰς μηδέποτε ἂν ἐπιδέξασθαι ἐκεῖνο τὸ σπέρμα.
kai autas men tas psychas palin hypomerizontes legousin has men physei agathas, has de physei ponēras. kai tas men agathas tautas einai tas dektikas tou spermatos ginomenas, tas de physei ponēras mēdepote an epidexasthai ekeino to sperma.
"And the souls themselves they subdivide again, saying that some are good by nature and some evil by nature; the good are those that become capable of receiving the seed, while those evil by nature would never receive that seed."
Notes and citation
Summary: Souls are good or evil by nature; only good ones receive the seed.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.7.5.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Repeated word fragment joined to the article.): τοῦσπέρματος ματος → τοῦ σπέρματος.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.7.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.23.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:421–422; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-23-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 24
31.24.1Holl GCS 25/31:422
24. Τοιαύτης δὲ τῆς ὑποθέσεως αὐτῶν οὖσης, ἣν οὖτε προφῆται ἐκήρυξαν, οὐτε ὁ κὑριος ἐδίδαξεν οὔτε ἀπόστολοι παρέδωκαν, ἣν περισσοτέρως κὺχοῦσιν πλεῖον τῶν ἄλλων ἐγνωκέναι, ἐξ ἀγράφων ἀναγινώσκοντες καὶ τὸ δὴ λεγόμενον ἐξ ἄμμου σχοινία πλέκειν ἐπιτηδεύοντες,
24. Toiautēs de tēs hypotheseōs autōn ousēs, hēn oute prophētai ekēryxan, oute ho kyrios edidaxen oute apostoloi paredōkan, hēn perissoterōs kychousin pleion tōn allōn egnōkenai, ex agraphōn anaginōskontes kai to dē legomenon ex ammou schoinia plekein epitēdeuontes,
"Such, then, is their system, which neither the prophets proclaimed, nor the Lord taught, nor the apostles handed down, but which they boast they know better than others, reading from unwritten sources and, as the saying goes, busying themselves with plaiting ropes of sand;"
Notes and citation
Summary: Their system has no basis in prophets, Lord or apostles.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.24.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:422; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-24-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.24.2Holl GCS 25/31:422
ἀξιοπίστως προσαρμόξειν πειρῶνται τοῖς εἰρημένοις ἤτοι παραβολὰς κυριακὰς ἢ ῥήσεις προφητικὰς ἢ λόγους ἀποστολικούς, ἴνα τὸ πλάσμα αὐτῶν μὴ ἀμάρτυρον εἶναι δοκῇ, τὴν μὲν τάξιν καὶ τὸν εἰρμὸν τῶν γραφῶν ὑπερβαίνοντες καὶ οσον ἐφ ἐαὐτοῖς λύοντες τὰ μέλη τῆς ἀληθείας.
axiopistōs prosarmoxein peirōntai tois eirēmenois ētoi parabolas kyriakas ē rhēseis prophētikas ē logous apostolikous, ina to plasma autōn mē amartyron einai dokę̄, tēn men taxin kai ton eirmon tōn graphōn hyperbainontes kai oson eph eautois lyontes ta melē tēs alētheias.
"and they try to fit to what they say, in a plausible way, either the Lord's parables, or prophetic sayings, or apostolic words, so that their fiction may not seem to lack witness, overstepping the order and connection of the Scriptures and, as far as in them lies, dismembering the truth."
Notes and citation
Summary: They fit Scripture passages to their fiction, ignoring their context.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ειναι οοκῃ → εἶναι δοκῇ.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.24.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:422; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-24-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.24.3Holl GCS 25/31:422
μεταφέρουσι δὲ καὶ σήμων ὑπὸ σοφοῦ τεχνίτου, λύσας τὴν ὑποκειμένην τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἰδέαν μετενέγκοι τὰς ψηφῖδας ἐκείνας καὶ μεθαρμόσοι καὶ ποιήσοι μορφὴν κυνὸς ἢ ἀλώπεκος καὶ ταύτην φαύλως κατεσκευασμένην,
metapherousi de kai sēmōn hypo sophou technitou, lysas tēn hypokeimenēn tou anthrōpou idean metenenkoi tas psēphidas ekeinas kai metharmosoi kai poiēsoi morphēn kynos ē alōpekos kai tautēn phaulōs kateskeuasmenēn,
"They transfer and alter [the Scriptures], … as if someone, when a beautiful image of a king had been made by a skilled artist [out of precious stones], were to break up the human form underlying it, move those stones about, rearrange them and make the shape of a dog or a fox, and that badly put together,"
Notes and citation
Summary: They are like someone who rearranges a mosaic of a king into a fox.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.1. Several words have fallen out of the digital text (σήμων); the comparison is supplied by sense from the parallel in Irenaeus.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.24.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:422; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-24-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.24.4Holl GCS 25/31:422
ἔπειτα διορίξοιτο καὶ λέγοι ταύτην εἶναι τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως ἐκείνην εἰκονα τὴν καλήν, ἢν ὁ σοφὸς τεχνίτης κατεσκεύασεν, δεικνὺς τὰς ψηφῖδας τὰς καλῶς ὑπὸ τοῦ τεχνίτου τοῦ πρώτου είς τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως εἰκόνα συντεθείσας, κακῶς δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ ὑστέρου εἰς κυνὸς μορφὴν μετενεχθείσας, καὶ διὰ τῆς τῶν ψηφίδων φαντασίας μεθοδεύοι τοὺς ἀπειροτέρους τοὺς κατάληψιν βασιλικῆς μορφῆς οὑκ ἐχοντας καὶ πείθοι ὅτι αὕτη ἡ σαπρὰ τῆς ἀλώπεκος ἰδέα ἐκείνη ἔστὶν ἡ καλὴ τοῦ βασιλέως εἰκών.
epeita diorixoito kai legoi tautēn einai tēn tou basileōs ekeinēn eikona tēn kalēn, ēn ho sophos technitēs kateskeuasen, deiknys tas psēphidas tas kalōs hypo tou technitou tou prōtou eis tēn tou basileōs eikona syntetheisas, kakōs de hypo tou hysterou eis kynos morphēn metenechtheisas, kai dia tēs tōn psēphidōn phantasias methodeuoi tous apeiroterous tous katalēpsin basilikēs morphēs houk echontas kai peithoi hoti hautē hē sapra tēs alōpekos idea ekeinē estin hē kalē tou basileōs eikōn.
"and then were to insist and say that this is that beautiful image of the king which the skilled artist made, pointing to the stones that had been well put together by the first artist into the king's image but badly transferred by the second into the shape of a dog, and by the appearance of the stones were to deceive the less experienced, who have no notion of the king's form, and persuade them that this rotten figure of a fox is that beautiful image of the king."
Notes and citation
Summary: The forger claims his fox is the king's image, deceiving the ignorant.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.24.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:422; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-24-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.24.5Holl GCS 25/31:422
τὸν αὐτὸν δὴ τρόπον καὶ οὖτοι γραῶν μύθους συγκαττυσαντες, ἐπειτα ῥήματα καὶ λέξεις καὶ παραβολὰς ὅθεν καὶ ποθὲν αποσπῶντες, ἐφαρμόξειν βούλονται τοῖς μύθοις αὐτῶν τὰ λόγια τοῦ θεοῦ.
ton auton dē tropon kai outoi graōn mythous synkattysantes, epeita rhēmata kai lexeis kai parabolas hothen kai pothen apospōntes, epharmoxein boulontai tois mythois autōn ta logia tou theou.
"In the same way these people too, having stitched together old wives' tales, and then tearing away words, expressions and parables from here and there, want to fit the sayings of God to their myths."
1 Tim 4:7 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: So the heretics fit God's words to their old wives' tales.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): βήματα → ῥήματα.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.24.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:422; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-24-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 25
31.25.1Holl GCS 25/31:422
καἰ öσα μὲν τοῖς ἐντὸς τοῦ Πληρώματος ἐφαρμόξουσιν, εἰρήκαμεν. ὅσα δὲ καὶ τοῖς ἐκτὸς τοῦ Πληρώματος αὐτῶν προσοικειοῦν πειρῶνται ἐκ τῶν γραφῶν, ἔστιν τοιαῦτα.
kai osa men tois entos tou Plērōmatos epharmoxousin, eirēkamen. hosa de kai tois ektos tou Plērōmatos autōn prosoikeioun peirōntai ek tōn graphōn, estin toiauta.
"We have said what they fit to the things within the Pleroma. What they try to appropriate from the Scriptures for the things outside their Pleroma is as follows."
Notes and citation
Summary: Irenaeus turns to their Scripture proofs for things outside the Pleroma.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.25.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:422; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-25-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.25.2Holl GCS 25/31:422–423
τὸν κύριον ἐν τοῖς ἐσχάτοις τοῦ κόσμου τὸν ἔσχατον τῶν Αἰώνων γεγονὸς πάθος καὶ διὰ τούτου τοῦ τέλους ἐμφήνῃ τὸ τέλος τῆς περὶ τοὺς Αἰῶνας πραγματείας.
ton kyrion en tois eschatois tou kosmou ton eschaton tōn Aiōnōn gegonos pathos kai dia toutou tou telous emphēnę̄ to telos tēs peri tous Aiōnas pragmateias.
"[They say that] the Lord [came to his passion] in the last times of the world [in order to show] the passion that befell the last of the Aeons, and by this end to reveal the end of the business concerning the Aeons."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Lord's passion at the end of time signifies the passion of the last aeon.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.2. Words have fallen out of the digital text; the bracketed words are supplied by sense from the parallel in Irenaeus.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.25.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:422–423; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-25-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.25.3Holl GCS 25/31:423
τὴν δὲ δωδεκαετῆ παρθένον ἐκείνην, τὴν τοῦ ἀρχισυναγώγου θυγατέρα, ἣν ἐπῑστὰς ὁ κύριος ἐκ νεκρῶν ἤγειρεν, τύπον εἶναι διηγοῦνται τῆς Ἀχαμώθ, ἣν ἐπεκταθεὶς ὁ Χριστὸς αὐτῶν ἐμόρφωσεν καὶ εἰς αἴσθησιν ἤγαγε τοῦ καταλιπόντος αὐτὴν φωτός.
tēn de dōdekaetē parthenon ekeinēn, tēn tou archisynagōgou thygatera, hēn epistas ho kyrios ek nekrōn ēgeiren, typon einai diēgountai tēs Achamōth, hēn epektatheis ho Christos autōn emorphōsen kai eis aisthēsin ēgage tou katalipontos autēn phōtos.
"They explain that the twelve-year-old girl, the daughter of the ruler of the synagogue, whom the Lord raised from the dead by standing over her, is a type of Achamoth, whom their Christ, stretching himself out, formed and brought to a perception of the light that had left her."
Mark 5:41–42 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jairus's daughter is read as a type of Achamoth.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): νερῶν → νεκρῶν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.25.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:423; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-25-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.25.4Holl GCS 25/31:423
ὅτι δὲ αὐτῇ ἐπέφανεν > ὁ σωτήρ, ἐκτὸς οὔσῃ τοῦ Πληρώματος ἐν ἐκτρώματος μοίρᾳ, τὸν Παῦλον λέγουσιν εἰρηκέναι ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ πρὸς Κορινθίους »ἔσχατον δὲ πάντων ὡσπερεὶ τῷ ἐκτρώματι ὤφθη κἀμοί«.
hoti de autę̄ epephanen > ho sōtēr, ektos ousę̄ tou Plērōmatos en ektrōmatos moirą, ton Paulon legousin eirēkenai en tę̄ prōtę̄ pros Korinthious »eschaton de pantōn hōsperei tǭ ektrōmati ōphthē kamoi«.
"And that the Saviour appeared to her when she was outside the Pleroma, in the condition of an untimely birth, they say Paul stated in First Corinthians: 'Last of all, as to one untimely born, he appeared to me also.'"
1 Cor 15:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul's 'untimely born' is applied to Achamoth.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.2, quoting 1 Cor 15:8.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Repeated word.): ἐκτὸς ἐκτὸς → ἐκτὸς.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.25.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:423; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-25-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.25.5Holl GCS 25/31:423
τήν τε μετὰ τῶν ἡλικιωτῶν τοῦ Σωτῆρος παρουσίαν πρὸς τὴν Ἀχαμὼθ ὁμοίως πεφανερωκέναι αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ ἐπιστολῇ εἰπόντα »δεῖ τὴν γυναῖκα κάλυμμα ἔχειν ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς διὰ τοὺς ἀγγέλους«. καὶ ὅτι ἥκοντος τοῦ Σωτῆρος πρὸς αὐτὴν διʼ αἰδῶ κάλυμμα ἐπέθετο ἡ Ἀχαμώθ <ἐπὶ τὸ πρόσωπον > Μωσέα πεποιηκέναι φανερόν, κάλυμμα θέμενον ἐπὶ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ.
tēn te meta tōn hēlikiōtōn tou Sōtēros parousian pros tēn Achamōth homoiōs pephanerōkenai auton en tę̄ autę̄ epistolę̄ eiponta »dei tēn gynaika kalymma echein epi tēs kephalēs dia tous angelous«. kai hoti hēkontos tou Sōtēros pros autēn diʼ aidō kalymma epetheto hē Achamōth <epi to prosōpon > Mōsea pepoiēkenai phaneron, kalymma themenon epi to prosōpon autou.
"And the coming of the Saviour with his companions to Achamoth he likewise revealed, they say, in the same letter, saying, 'A woman ought to have a veil on her head because of the angels.' And that Achamoth put a veil ⟨on her face⟩ out of modesty when the Saviour came to her, Moses made plain by putting a veil over his face."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
1 Cor 11:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 34:33 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The veils of 1 Corinthians and of Moses are read as Achamoth's modesty.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.2, quoting 1 Cor 11:10 and alluding to Exod 34:33. The edition marks a gap.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.25.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:423; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-25-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.25.6Holl GCS 25/31:423
καὶ τὰ πάθη δὲ αὐτῆς ἅ ἔπαθεν *, ἐπισεσημειῶσθαι τὸν κύριον φάσκουσιν, καὶ ἐν μὲν τῷ εἰπεῖν ἐν τῷ σταυρῷ »ὁ θεός μου, εἰς τί ἐγκατέλιπές με« μεμηνυκέναι αὐτὸν ὅτι ἀπελείφθη ἀπὸ τοῦ φωτὸς ἡ Σοφία καὶ ἐκωλύθη ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὅρου τῆς εἰς τοὔμπροσθεν ὁρμῆς, τὴν δὲ λύπην αὐτῆς ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν »περίλυπός ἐστιν ἡ ψυχή μου«, τὸν δὲ φόβον ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν »πάτερ, εἰ δυνατόν, παρελθέτω ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ τὸ ποτήριον« καὶ τὴν ἀπορίαν δὲ ὡσαύτως ἔ τῷ εἰρηκέναι »καὶ τί εἴπω οὐκ οἶδα«.
kai ta pathē de autēs ha epathen *, episesēmeiōsthai ton kyrion phaskousin, kai en men tǭ eipein en tǭ staurǭ »ho theos mou, eis ti enkatelipes me« memēnykenai auton hoti apeleiphthē apo tou phōtos hē Sophia kai ekōlythē hypo tou Horou tēs eis toumprosthen hormēs, tēn de lypēn autēs en tǭ eipein »perilypos estin hē psychē mou«, ton de phobon en tǭ eipein »pater, ei dynaton, parelthetō apʼ emou to potērion« kai tēn aporian de hōsautōs e tǭ eirēkenai »kai ti eipō ouk oida«.
"And the Lord, they say, indicated the passions she suffered …: by saying on the cross, 'My God, why have you forsaken me?' he showed that Wisdom was left by the light and was prevented by Limit from rushing forward; her grief by saying, 'My soul is very sorrowful'; her fear by saying, 'Father, if it is possible, let the cup pass from me'; and her perplexity likewise by saying, 'And what I shall say I do not know.'"
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Matt 27:46 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 26:38 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 26:39 (quotation, high confidence) · John 12:27 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jesus's words in the passion are read as Achamoth's passions.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.2, quoting Matt 27:46, Matt 26:38, Matt 26:39 and John 12:27. The edition marks a gap (*).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips.): ἀέ ἐμοῦ τὸ ποτήμιον → ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ τὸ ποτήριον.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.25.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:423; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-25-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.25.7Holl GCS 25/31:423–424
Τρία δὲ γένη ἀνθρώπων οὕτως δεδειχέναι διδασκουσιν αὐτόν. τὸ μὲν ὑλικὸν ἐν τῷ ἀποκριθῆναι τῷ λέγοντι. ἀκολουθήσω σοι »οὐκ ἔχι ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ποῦ τὴν κεφαλὴν κλίνῃ«. τὸ Τε δὲ ψυχικὸν ἐν τῷ εἰρηκέναι τῷ εἰπόντι· ἀκολουθήσω σοι, ἐπίτρεψον δέ μοι τοῖς οἰκείοις »οὐδεὶς ἐπʼ ἄροτρον τὴν χεῖρα ἐπιβαλὼν καὶ εἰς τὰ βλέπων εὔθετός ἐστιν ἐν τῇ
Tria de genē anthrōpōn houtōs dedeichenai didaskousin auton. to men hylikon en tǭ apokrithēnai tǭ legonti. akolouthēsō soi »ouk echi ho huios tou anthrōpou pou tēn kephalēn klinę̄«. to Te de psychikon en tǭ eirēkenai tǭ eiponti; akolouthēsō soi, epitrepson de moi tois oikeiois »oudeis epʼ arotron tēn cheira epibalōn kai eis ta blepōn euthetos estin en tę̄
"They teach that he showed the three kinds of human beings thus: the material, in answering the one who said, 'I will follow you': 'The Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head'; the psychic, in saying to the one who said, 'I will follow you, but let me first [say farewell] to those at home': 'No one who puts his hand to the plough and looks back is fit for the"
Luke 9:57–58 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 9:61–62 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jesus's replies to would-be disciples are read as the material and psychic kinds.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.3, quoting Luke 9:57–62.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Word split by a line-end hyphen.): εἰρη- κέναι → εἰρηκέναι.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.25.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:423–424; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-25-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.25.8Holl GCS 25/31:424
βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν« τοῦτον γὰρ λέγουσι τῶν μέσων εἶναι· κἀκεῖνον δὲ ὡσαύτως τὸν τὰ πλεῖστα μέρη τῆς δικαιοσύνης ὁμολογήσαντα πεποιηκέναι, ἔπειτα μὴ θελήσαντα ἀκολουθῆσαι. ἀλλὰ υπὸ πλούτου ἠττηθέντα πρὸς τὸ μὴ τέλειον γενέσθαι, καὶ τοῦτον ψυχικοῦ γένους γεγονέναι θέλουσι)·
basileią tōn ouranōn« touton gar legousi tōn mesōn einai; kakeinon de hōsautōs ton ta pleista merē tēs dikaiosynēs homologēsanta pepoiēkenai, epeita mē thelēsanta akolouthēsai. alla ypo ploutou ēttēthenta pros to mē teleion genesthai, kai touton psychikou genous gegonenai thelousi);
"kingdom of heaven' (for this one, they say, is of the middle kind); and likewise the one who professed to have done most parts of righteousness, but then would not follow, being overcome by wealth so as not to become perfect — him too they hold to be of the psychic kind;"
Matt 19:16–22 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The rich young man is also classed as psychic.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.3, alluding to Matt 19:16–22.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.25.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:424; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-25-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.25.9Holl GCS 25/31:424
τὸ δὲ πνευματικὸν ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν »ἄφες τοὺς νεκροὺς θάψαι τοὺς ἑαυτῶν νεκρούς· σὺ δὲ πορευθεὶς βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ«, καὶ ἐπὶ Ζακχαίου τοῦ τελώνου εἰπών »σπεύσας κατάβηθι, ὅτι σήμερον ἐν τῷ οἴκῳ σου δεῖ με μεῖναι«· τούτους γένους καταγγέλλουσι γεγονέναι.
to de pneumatikon en tǭ eipein »aphes tous nekrous thapsai tous heautōn nekrous; sy de poreutheis basileian tou theou«, kai epi Zakchaiou tou telōnou eipōn »speusas katabēthi, hoti sēmeron en tǭ oikǭ sou dei me meinai«; toutous genous katangellousi gegonenai.
"and the spiritual, in saying, 'Let the dead bury their own dead; but you go and [proclaim] the kingdom of God', and in saying to Zacchaeus the tax collector, 'Hurry and come down, for today I must stay in your house.' These, they declare, were of the [spiritual] kind."
Luke 9:60 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 19:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Other sayings, including to Zacchaeus, are read as the spiritual kind.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.3, quoting Luke 9:60 and Luke 19:5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.25.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:424; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-25-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.25.10Holl GCS 25/31:424
καὶ τὴν τῆς ζύμης παραβολὴν, ἣν ἡ γυνὴ ἐγκεκρυφέναι λέγεται εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία, τὰ τρία γένη δηλοῦν λέγουσι. γυναῖκα μὲν γὰρ τὴν Σοφίαν λέγεσθαι διδάσκουσιν. ἀλεύρου δὲ σάτα τρία τὰ τρία γένη τῶν ἀνθρώπων, πνευματικὸν ψυχικὸν χοϊκόν. ζύμην Τε αὐτὸν τὸν σωτῆρα εἰρῆσθαι διδάσκουσι.
kai tēn tēs zymēs parabolēn, hēn hē gynē enkekryphenai legetai eis aleurou sata tria, ta tria genē dēloun legousi. gynaika men gar tēn Sophian legesthai didaskousin. aleurou de sata tria ta tria genē tōn anthrōpōn, pneumatikon psychikon choïkon. zymēn Te auton ton sōtēra eirēsthai didaskousi.
"And the parable of the leaven which the woman is said to have hidden in three measures of flour, they say, shows the three kinds. For they teach that the woman is said to be Wisdom; the three measures of flour the three kinds of human beings, spiritual, psychic and earthly; and the leaven, they teach, is the Saviour himself."
Matt 13:33 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 13:21 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The parable of the leaven is read as Wisdom and the three kinds.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.3, on Matt 13:33.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): γεναῖκα → γυναῖκα.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.25.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:424; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-25-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.25.11Holl GCS 25/31:424
καὶ τὸν Παῦλον <δὲ> διαρρήδην εἰρηκέναι χοϊκοῦς ψυχικοὺς πνευματικούς. μέ »οἶος ὁ χοϊκός, τοιοῦτοι οἱ χοϊκοί«, ὅπου δέ »ψυχικὸς δὲ ἅνθρωπος ου δεχεται τὰ τοῦ πνεύματος«, ὅπου δέ »πνευματικὸς ἀνακρίνει τὰ πάντα«. τὸ δέ »ψυχικὸς δὲ οὑ δέχεται τὰ τοῦ πνεύματος« ἐπὶ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ φασὶν εἰρῆσθαι, ὃν ψυχικὸν ὄντα μὴ ἐγνωκέναι μήτε τὴν Μητέρα πνευματικὴν οὖσαν μήτε τὸ σπέρμα αὐτῆς μήτε τοὺς ἐν τῷ Πληρώματι Αἰῶνας.
kai ton Paulon <de> diarrēdēn eirēkenai choïkous psychikous pneumatikous. me »oios ho choïkos, toioutoi hoi choïkoi«, hopou de »psychikos de hanthrōpos ou dechetai ta tou pneumatos«, hopou de »pneumatikos anakrinei ta panta«. to de »psychikos de hou dechetai ta tou pneumatos« epi tou Dēmiourgou phasin eirēsthai, hon psychikon onta mē egnōkenai mēte tēn Mētera pneumatikēn ousan mēte to sperma autēs mēte tous en tǭ Plērōmati Aiōnas.
"And Paul, ⟨they say⟩, expressly spoke of earthly, psychic and spiritual: in one place, 'As was the earthly one, so are the earthly'; in another, 'The psychic man does not receive the things of the Spirit'; and in another, 'The spiritual man judges all things.' 'The psychic man does not receive the things of the Spirit' they say was said of the Demiurge, who, being psychic, knew neither the Mother, who is spiritual, nor her seed, nor the Aeons in the Pleroma."
1 Cor 15:48 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 2:14 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 2:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They read Paul's earthly, psychic and spiritual man as their three kinds.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.3, quoting 1 Cor 15:48, 1 Cor 2:14 and 2:15.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.25.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:424; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-25-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.25.12Holl GCS 25/31:424–425
ὅτι δὲ ὧν ἤμελλε σῴζειν ὁ Σωτήρ, τούτων τὰς ἀπαρχὰς ἀνέλαβεν τὸν Παῦλον εἰρηκέναι »καὶ εἰ ἡ ἀπαρχὴ ἁγία, καὶ τὸ φύραμα«, απαρχὴν μὲν τὸ πνευματικὸν εἰρῆσθαι διδάσκοντες, φύραμα δὲ ἡμᾶς τουτέστιν τὴν ψυχικὴν ἐκκλησίαν, ἧς τὸ φύραμα ἀνειληφέναι λέγουσιν αὐτὸν καὶ ἐν αὑτῷ συνανεστακέναι, ἐπειδὴ ἦν αὐτὸς ζύμη.
hoti de hōn ēmelle sǭzein ho Sōtēr, toutōn tas aparchas anelaben ton Paulon eirēkenai »kai ei hē aparchē hagia, kai to phyrama«, aparchēn men to pneumatikon eirēsthai didaskontes, phyrama de hēmas toutestin tēn psychikēn ekklēsian, hēs to phyrama aneilēphenai legousin auton kai en hautǭ synanestakenai, epeidē ēn autos zymē.
"And that the Saviour took up the firstfruits of those he was to save, Paul said: 'If the firstfruits are holy, so is the lump.' The firstfruits, they teach, means the spiritual, and the lump means us, that is, the psychic church, whose lump, they say, he took up and raised up with himself, since he himself was leaven."
Rom 11:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The 'firstfruits and lump' are read as the spiritual and the psychic church.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.3, quoting Rom 11:16.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): φήραμα → φύραμα.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.25.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:424–425; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-25-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 26
31.26.1Holl GCS 25/31:425
26. Καὶ ὅτι ἐπλανήθη ἡ Ἀχαμὼθ ἐκτὸς τοῦ Πληρώματος καὶ ἐμορφώθη ὑπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἀνεζητήθη ὑπὸ τοῦ Σωτῆρος, μηνύειν αὐτὸν λέγουσιν ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν αὐτὸν ἐληλυθέναι ἐπὶ τὸ πεπλανημένον <πρόβατον>.
26. Kai hoti eplanēthē hē Achamōth ektos tou Plērōmatos kai emorphōthē hypo tou Christou kai anezētēthē hypo tou Sōtēros, mēnyein auton legousin en tǭ eipein auton elēlythenai epi to peplanēmenon <probaton>.
"And that Achamoth wandered outside the Pleroma, was formed by Christ and sought by the Saviour, he indicated, they say, by saying that he came for the ⟨sheep⟩ that had gone astray."
Matt 18:12 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The lost sheep is read as Achamoth.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.4, alluding to Matt 18:12.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Repeated word fragment.): ἐμορφώθη φώθη → ἐμορφώθη.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.26.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:425; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-26-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.26.2Holl GCS 25/31:425
πρόβατον μὲν γὰρ πεπλανημένον τὴν Μητέρα αὐτῶν ἐξηγοῦντα λέγεσθαι, ἐξ ἧς τὴν ὧδε θέλουσιν ἐσπάρθαι ἐκκλησίαν· πλάνην δὲ τὴν ἐκτὸς Πληρώματος ἐν <πᾶσι> τοῖς πάθεσι ἐκκλησίαν· πλάνην δὲ τὴν ἐκτὸς Πληρώματος τίθενται.
probaton men gar peplanēmenon tēn Mētera autōn exēgounta legesthai, ex hēs tēn hōde thelousin esparthai ekklēsian; planēn de tēn ektos Plērōmatos en <pasi> tois pathesi ekklēsian; planēn de tēn ektos Plērōmatos tithentai.
"For they explain that the sheep that went astray means their Mother, from whom they hold that the church here was sown; and they take the straying to be her stay outside the Pleroma in ⟨all⟩ the passions."
Notes and citation
Summary: The straying of the sheep is Achamoth's time outside the Pleroma.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.4. The digital text repeats a phrase ('the church; the straying … outside the Pleroma'); it is translated once.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.26.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:425; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-26-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.26.3Holl GCS 25/31:425
τὴν δὲ γυναῖκα τὴν σαροῦσαν τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ εὑρίσκουσαν τὴν δραχμὴν τὴν ἄνω Σοφίαν διηγοῦνται λέγεσθαι, ἥτις ἀπολέσασα τὴν Ἐνθύμησιν αὐτῆς, ὕστερον καθαρισθέντων πάντων διὰ τῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος παρουσίας εὑρίσκει αὐτήν, διὸ καὶ ταύτην ἀποκαθίστασθαι κατʼ αὐτοὺς ἐντὸς Πληρώματος.
tēn de gynaika tēn sarousan tēn oikian kai heuriskousan tēn drachmēn tēn anō Sophian diēgountai legesthai, hētis apolesasa tēn Enthymēsin autēs, hysteron katharisthentōn pantōn dia tēs tou Sōtēros parousias heuriskei autēn, dio kai tautēn apokathistasthai katʼ autous entos Plērōmatos.
"And they explain that the woman who sweeps the house and finds the drachma means the higher Wisdom, who, having lost her Intention, later finds it when all things have been purified through the Saviour's coming; and so, according to them, this too is restored within the Pleroma."
Luke 15:8–9 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The woman with the lost coin is read as higher Wisdom recovering her Intention.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.4, on Luke 15:8.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.26.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:425; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-26-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.26.4Holl GCS 25/31:425
Συμεῶνα <δὲ> τὸν εἰς τὰς ἀγκάλας λαβόντα τὸν Χριστὸν καὶ εὐχαριστήσαντα τῷ θεῷ καὶ εἰπόντα »νῦν ἀπολύεις τὸν δοῦλόν σου, δέσποτα, κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ« τύπον εἶναι τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ λέγουσιν, ὃς ἐλθόντος τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἔμαθε τὴν μετάθεσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ηὐχαρίστησε τῷ Βυθῷ.
Symeōna <de> ton eis tas ankalas labonta ton Christon kai eucharistēsanta tǭ theǭ kai eiponta »nyn apolyeis ton doulon sou, despota, kata to rhēma sou en eirēnę̄« typon einai tou Dēmiourgou legousin, hos elthontos tou Sōtēros emathe tēn metathesin autou kai ēucharistēse tǭ Bythǭ.
"Simeon, who took Christ in his arms, gave thanks to God and said, 'Now, Master, you are letting your servant depart in peace, according to your word', they say is a type of the Demiurge, who, when the Saviour came, learned of his own transfer and gave thanks to Depth."
Luke 2:28–29 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Simeon is read as a type of the Demiurge.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.4, quoting Luke 2:29.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.26.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:425; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-26-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.26.5Holl GCS 25/31:425
καὶ διὰ τῆς Ἄννας τῆς ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ κηρυσσομένης προφήτιδος, ἑπτὰ ἔτη μετὰ ἀνδρὸς ἐζηκυίας, τὸν δὲ λοιπὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον χήρας μεμενηκυίας, ἄχρις οὗ τὸν σωτῆρα ἰδοῦσα ἐπέγνω αὐτὸν καὶ ἐλάλει περὶ αὐτοῦ πᾶσι, φανερώτατα τὴν Ἀχαμὼθ μηνύεσθαι διορίζονται, ἥτις πρὸς ὀλίγον ἰδοῦσα <τότε> τὸν Σωτῆρα μετὰ τῶν ἡλικιωτῶν αὐτοῦ, τῷ λοιπῷ χρόνῳ παντὶ μένουσα ἐν τῇ Μεσότητι προσεδέχετο αὐτόν, πότε πάλιv ἐλεύσεται καὶ ἀποκαταστήσει αὐτὴν τῇ αὐτῆς συζυγίᾳ.
kai dia tēs Annas tēs en tǭ euangeliǭ kēryssomenēs prophētidos, hepta etē meta andros ezēkuias, ton de loipon hapanta chronon chēras memenēkuias, achris hou ton sōtēra idousa epegnō auton kai elalei peri autou pasi, phanerōtata tēn Achamōth mēnyesthai diorizontai, hētis pros oligon idousa <tote> ton Sōtēra meta tōn hēlikiōtōn autou, tǭ loipǭ chronǭ panti menousa en tę̄ Mesotēti prosedecheto auton, pote paliv eleusetai kai apokatastēsei autēn tę̄ autēs syzygią.
"And by Anna, proclaimed in the Gospel as a prophetess, who lived seven years with a husband and remained a widow all the rest of the time, until she saw the Saviour, recognized him and spoke of him to all, they define that Achamoth is most plainly indicated: she, having ⟨then⟩ seen the Saviour for a short time with his companions, remained all the rest of the time in the Middle waiting for him, when he will come again and restore her to her pair."
Luke 2:36–38 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Anna the prophetess is read as a type of Achamoth.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.4, on Luke 2:36–38.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.26.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:425; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-26-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.26.6Holl GCS 25/31:425
καὶ τὸ ὄνομα δὲ αὐτῆς μεμηνῦσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἐν τῷ εἰρηκέναι »καὶ ἐδικαιώθη ἡ σοφία ἀπὸ τῶν τέκνων αὐτῆς«, καὶ ὑπὸ Παύλου δὲ οὕτως »σοφίαν δὲ λαλοῦμεν ἐν τοῖς τελείοις«.
kai to onoma de autēs memēnysthai hypo tou sōtēros en tǭ eirēkenai »kai edikaiōthē hē sophia apo tōn teknōn autēs«, kai hypo Paulou de houtōs »sophian de laloumen en tois teleiois«.
"And her name was indicated by the Saviour in saying, 'And wisdom was justified by her children', and by Paul thus: 'Yet we speak wisdom among the perfect.'"
Luke 7:35 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 2:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Texts about 'wisdom' are read as references to Achamoth.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.4, quoting Luke 7:35 and 1 Cor 2:6.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.26.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:425; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-26-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.26.7Holl GCS 25/31:425–426
καὶ τὰς συζυγίας δὲ τὰς ἐντὸς Πληρώματος τὸν Παῦλον εἰρηκέναι φάσκουσιν ἐπὶ ἑνὸς δείξαντα· περὶ γὰρ τῆς περὶ τὸν βίον συζυγίας γράφων ἔφη »τὸ μυστήριον τοῦτο μέγα ἐστίν, ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω εἰς Χριστὸν καὶ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν«.
kai tas syzygias de tas entos Plērōmatos ton Paulon eirēkenai phaskousin epi henos deixanta; peri gar tēs peri ton bion syzygias graphōn ephē »to mystērion touto mega estin, egō de legō eis Christon kai tēn ekklēsian«.
"And they declare that Paul spoke of the pairs within the Pleroma, showing it in one case; for writing about the pairing of married life he said, 'This mystery is great; but I speak of Christ and the church.'"
Eph 5:32 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They read Paul's 'great mystery' of marriage as the Pleroma's pairs.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.4, quoting Eph 5:32.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): περʼ τὸν βίον → περὶ τὸν βίον.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon, Marriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.26.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:425–426; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-26-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 27
31.27.1Holl GCS 25/31:426
27. Ἔτι δὲ Ἰωάννην τὸν μαθητὴν τοῦ κυρίου διδάσκουσι τὴν πρώτην Ὁγδοάδα μεμηνυκέναι, αὐταῖς λέξεσι λέγοντες οὕτως·
27. Eti de Iōannēn ton mathētēn tou kyriou didaskousi tēn prōtēn Hogdoada memēnykenai, autais lexesi legontes houtōs;
"Further, they teach that John the disciple of the Lord indicated the first Ogdoad, saying in these very words:"
Notes and citation
Summary: They claim John's prologue reveals the first Ogdoad.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5, introducing a Ptolemaean commentary on John 1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:426; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.2Holl GCS 25/31:426
Ἰωάννης, ὁ μαθητὴς τοῦ κυρίου, βουλόμενος εἰπεῖν τὴν τῶν ὅλων γένεσιν, καθʼ ἥν πάντα προέβαλεν ὁ Πατήρ, ἀρχήν τινα ὑποτίθεται τὸ πρῶτον γεννηθὲν ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅ δὴ καὶ υἱὸν καὶ μονογενῆ θεὸν κέκληκεν, ἐν ᾧ τὰ πάντα ὁ Πατὴρ προέβαλε σπερματικῶς.
Iōannēs, ho mathētēs tou kyriou, boulomenos eipein tēn tōn holōn genesin, kathʼ hēn panta proebalen ho Patēr, archēn tina hypotithetai to prōton gennēthen hypo tou theou, ho dē kai huion kai monogenē theon keklēken, en hǭ ta panta ho Patēr proebale spermatikōs.
"'John, the disciple of the Lord, wishing to speak of the origin of all things, by which the Father emitted everything, posits a certain Beginning, the first thing begotten by God, which he has also called Son and only-begotten God, in whom the Father emitted all things in seed."
John 1:18 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The commentary says John posits a Beginning, the Son, in whom all was emitted.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5, quoting a Valentinian (Ptolemaean) commentary on John 1:1–14; inner quotation marks mark the commentary.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:426; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.3Holl GCS 25/31:426
ὑπὸ δὲ τούτου φησὶ τὸν Λόγον προβεβλῆσθαι καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τὴν ὅλην τῶι Αἰώνων οὐσίαν, ἥν αὐτὸς ἐμόρφωσεν ὁ Λόγος. ἐπεὶ οὖν περὶ πρώτης γενέσεως λέγει, καλῶς ἀπὸ τῆς ἀρχῆς τουτέστιν τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Λόγου τὴν διδασκαλίαν ποιεῖται.
hypo de toutou phēsi ton Logon probeblēsthai kai en autǭ tēn holēn tōi Aiōnōn ousian, hēn autos emorphōsen ho Logos. epei oun peri prōtēs geneseōs legei, kalōs apo tēs archēs toutestin tou Huiou kai tou Logou tēn didaskalian poieitai.
By him, he says, the Word was emitted, and in him the whole substance of the Aeons, which the Word himself formed. Since, then, he is speaking of the first origin, he rightly begins his teaching from the Beginning, that is, from the Son and the Word.
Notes and citation
Summary: From the Beginning came the Word, who formed the aeons.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5 (the Valentinian commentary continues).
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:426; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.4Holl GCS 25/31:426
λέγει δὲ οὕτως »ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦι ὁ Λόγος καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος.
legei de houtōs »en archę̄ ēi ho Logos kai ho Logos ēn pros ton theon kai theos ēn ho Logos.
He speaks thus: 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:1 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The commentary quotes John 1:1.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5, quoting John 1:1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:426; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.5Holl GCS 25/31:426
οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν«· πρότερον διαστείλας τὰ τρία, θεὸν καὶ Ἀρχὴν καὶ Λόγον, πάλιν αὐτὰ ἑνοῖ, ἵνα καὶ τὴν προβολὴν ἑκατέρων αὐτῶν δείξῃ, τοῦ τε Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Λόγου, καὶ τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους ἅμα καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα ἕνωσιν.
houtos ēn en archę̄ pros ton theon«; proteron diasteilas ta tria, theon kai Archēn kai Logon, palin auta henoi, hina kai tēn probolēn hekaterōn autōn deixę̄, tou te Huiou kai tou Logou, kai tēn pros allēlous hama kai tēn pros ton Patera henōsin.
He was in the beginning with God.' Having first distinguished the three, God, Beginning and Word, he unites them again, to show both the emission of each of them, the Son and the Word, and their union with each other and with the Father.
John 1:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: John 1:2 is read as distinguishing and uniting God, Beginning and Word.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5, quoting John 1:2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:426; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.6Holl GCS 25/31:426
ἐν γὰρ τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἡ Ἀρχή, ἐν δὲ τῇ Ἀρχῇ καὶ ἐκ τῆς Ἀρχῆς ὁ Λόγος. καλῶς οὖν εἶπεν »ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος«· ἦν γὰρ ἐν Υἱῷ. »καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν«· καὶ γὰρ ἡ Ἀρχὴ *. καὶ »θεὸς ἦι ὁ Λόγος«, ἀκολούθως· τὸ γὰρ ἐκ θεοῦ γεννηθὲν θεός ἐστιν. »οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν« ἔδειξε τὴν τῆς προβολῆς τάξιν.
en gar tǭ Patri kai ek tou Patros hē Archē, en de tę̄ Archę̄ kai ek tēs Archēs ho Logos. kalōs oun eipen »en archę̄ ēn ho Logos«; ēn gar en Huiǭ. »kai ho Logos ēn pros ton theon«; kai gar hē Archē *. kai »theos ēi ho Logos«, akolouthōs; to gar ek theou gennēthen theos estin. »houtos ēn en archę̄ pros ton theon« edeixe tēn tēs probolēs taxin.
For the Beginning is in the Father and from the Father, and the Word is in the Beginning and from the Beginning. So he rightly said, 'In the beginning was the Word', for he was in the Son; 'and the Word was with God', for so was the Beginning …; and 'the Word was God', consistently, for what is begotten of God is God. 'He was in the beginning with God' showed the order of the emission.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
John 1:1–2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The commentary explains each clause of John 1:1–2 by its system.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5, quoting John 1:1–2. The edition marks a gap (*).
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:426; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.7Holl GCS 25/31:426
»πάντα διʼ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἕν«· πᾶσι γὰρ τοῖς μετʼ αὐτὸν Αἰῶσι μορφῆς καὶ γενέσεως αἴτιος ὁ Λόγος ἐγένετο. ἀλλʼ »ὅ γέγονεν ἐν αὐτῷ, φησί, ζωή ἐστιν«. ἐνθάδε καὶ συζυγίαν ἐμήνυσεν· τὰ μὲν γὰρ ὅλα ἔφη διʼ αὐτοῦ γεγενῆσθαι, τὴν δὲ ζωὴν ἐν αὐτῷ.
»panta diʼ autou egeneto kai chōris autou egeneto oude hen«; pasi gar tois metʼ auton Aiōsi morphēs kai geneseōs aitios ho Logos egeneto. allʼ »ho gegonen en autǭ, phēsi, zōē estin«. enthade kai syzygian emēnysen; ta men gar hola ephē diʼ autou gegenēsthai, tēn de zōēn en autǭ.
'All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being'; for the Word became the cause of form and origin for all the Aeons after him. But 'what came into being in him', he says, 'is life.' Here he also indicated a pair; for he said that the whole came into being through him, but life in him.
John 1:3–4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The commentary reads John 1:3–4 as revealing the pair Word and Life.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5, quoting John 1:3–4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): οὐδὲ ἕω → οὐδὲ ἕν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:426; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.8Holl GCS 25/31:426
αὕτη οὖν ἡ ἐν αὐτῷ γενομένη οἰκειοτέρα ἐστὶν ἐν] αὐτῷ τῶν διʼ αὐτοῦ γενομένων· σύνεστι γὰρ αὐτῷ καὶ διʼ αὐτοῦ καρποφορεῖ.
hautē oun hē en autǭ genomenē oikeiotera estin en] autǭ tōn diʼ autou genomenōn; synesti gar autǭ kai diʼ autou karpophorei.
This, then, which came into being in him, is more closely his own than the things that came into being through him; for it is with him and bears fruit through him.
Notes and citation
Summary: Life, being 'in' the Word, is more his own than what came 'through' him.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:426; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.9Holl GCS 25/31:426–427
ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἐπιφέρει »καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων«, Ἄνθρωπον εἰπὼν ἄρτι καὶ τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν ὁμωνύμως τῷ Ἀνθρώπῳ ἐμήνυσεν, ὅπως διὰ τοῦ ἑνὸς ὀνόματος δηλώσῃ τὴν τῆς συζυγίας κοινωνίαν· ἐκ γὰρ τοῦ Λόγου καἰ τῆς Ζωῆς Ἄνθρωπος γίνεται καὶ Ἐκκλησία.
epeidē gar epipherei »kai hē zōē ēn to phōs tōn anthrōpōn«, Anthrōpon eipōn arti kai tēn Ekklēsian homōnymōs tǭ Anthrōpǭ emēnysen, hopōs dia tou henos onomatos dēlōsę̄ tēn tēs syzygias koinōnian; ek gar tou Logou kai tēs Zōēs Anthrōpos ginetai kai Ekklēsia.
For since he adds, 'and the life was the light of men', by saying 'men' just now he also indicated the Church by the same name as Man, so as to show by the one name the fellowship of the pair; for from Word and Life come Man and Church.
John 1:4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: 'Light of men' is read as revealing Man and Church.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5, quoting John 1:4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:426–427; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.10Holl GCS 25/31:427
φῶς δὲ εἶπεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὴν Ζωὴν διὰ τὸ πεφωτίσθαι αὐτοὺς ὑπʼ αὐτῆς, ὅ δὴ ἐστι μεμορφῶσθαι καὶ πεφανερῶσθαι. τοῦτο δὲ καὶ ὁ Παῦλος λέγει »πᾶν γὰρ τὸ φανερούμενον φῶς ἐστίν«. ἐπεὶ τοίνυν ἡ Ζωὴ ἐφανέρωσε καὶ ἐγέννησε τόν τε Ἄνθρωπον καὶ τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν, φῶς εἴρηται αὐτῶν.
phōs de eipen tōn anthrōpōn tēn Zōēn dia to pephōtisthai autous hypʼ autēs, ho dē esti memorphōsthai kai pephanerōsthai. touto de kai ho Paulos legei »pan gar to phaneroumenon phōs estin«. epei toinyn hē Zōē ephanerōse kai egennēse ton te Anthrōpon kai tēn Ekklēsian, phōs eirētai autōn.
He called Life the light of men because they were enlightened by her, that is, formed and made manifest. Paul says this too: 'For everything that is made manifest is light.' Since, then, Life manifested and begot Man and Church, she is said to be their light.
Eph 5:13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Life is the 'light' that manifested Man and Church.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5, quoting Eph 5:13.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:427; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.11Holl GCS 25/31:427
σαφῶς οὖν δεδήλωκεν ὁ Ἰωάννης διὰ τῶν λόγων τούτων τά τε ἄλλα καὶ τὴν τετράδα τὴν δευτέραν· Λόγον καὶ Ζωήν, Ἄνθρωπον καὶ Ἐκκλησίαν. ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ τὴν πρώτην ἐμήνυσε τετράδα.
saphōs oun dedēlōken ho Iōannēs dia tōn logōn toutōn ta te alla kai tēn tetrada tēn deuteran; Logon kai Zōēn, Anthrōpon kai Ekklēsian. alla mēn kai tēn prōtēn emēnyse tetrada.
So John has clearly shown by these words, among other things, the second tetrad: Word and Life, Man and Church. But he also indicated the first tetrad.
Notes and citation
Summary: John's prologue is said to show the second tetrad and then the first.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:427; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.12Holl GCS 25/31:427
διηγούμενος γὰρ περὶ τοῦ σωτῆρος καὶ λέγων πάντα τὰ ἐκτὸς τοῦ Πληρώματος διʼ αὐτοῦ μεμορφῶσθαι, καρπὸν εἶναί φησιν αὐτὸν παντὸς τοῦ Πληρώματος.
diēgoumenos gar peri tou sōtēros kai legōn panta ta ektos tou Plērōmatos diʼ autou memorphōsthai, karpon einai phēsin auton pantos tou Plērōmatos.
For in describing the Saviour and saying that all things outside the Pleroma were formed through him, he says that he is the fruit of the whole Pleroma.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Saviour is the fruit of the whole Pleroma.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:427; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.13Holl GCS 25/31:427
καὶ γὰρ φῶς εἴρηκεν αὐτὸν τὸ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαινόμενον καὶ μὴ καταληφθὲν ὑπʼ αὐτῆς, ἐπειδὴ πάντα τὰ γενόμενα ἐκ τοῦ πάθους ἁρμόσας ἠγνοήθη ὑπʼ αὐτῶν.
kai gar phōs eirēken auton to en tę̄ skotią phainomenon kai mē katalēphthen hypʼ autēs, epeidē panta ta genomena ek tou pathous harmosas ēgnoēthē hypʼ autōn.
For he has called him the light that shines in the darkness and was not overcome by it, since, having set in order all that came from the passion, he was not known by them.
John 1:5 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: 'The light shines in darkness' is read of the unrecognized Saviour.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5, alluding to John 1:5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.13 (Holl GCS 25/31:427; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.14Holl GCS 25/31:427
καὶ υἱὸν Τε καὶ ἀλήθειαν καὶ ζωὴν λέγει αὐτὸν καί »λόγον σάρκα γενόμενον· οὗ τὴν δόξαν ἐθεασάμεθα, φησί, καὶ ἦι ἡ δόξα αὐτοῦ οἵα ἦν ἡ τοῦ μονογενοῦς, ἡ ὑπὸ τοῦ Πατρὸς δοθεῖσα αὐτῷ, πλήρης χάριτος καἰ ἀληθείας«.
kai huion Te kai alētheian kai zōēn legei auton kai »logon sarka genomenon; hou tēn doxan etheasametha, phēsi, kai ēi hē doxa autou hoia ēn hē tou monogenous, hē hypo tou Patros dotheisa autǭ, plērēs charitos kai alētheias«.
And he calls him Son, and Truth, and Life, and 'the Word become flesh, whose glory we beheld', he says; and his glory was like that of the Only-begotten, given to him by the Father, 'full of grace and truth'.
John 1:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Saviour is called Son, Truth, Life and incarnate Word.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5, paraphrasing John 1:14.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.14 (Holl GCS 25/31:427; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.15Holl GCS 25/31:427
λέγει Τε οὕτως »καὶ ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν καὶ ἐθεασάμεθα τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, δόξαν ὡς μονογενοῦς παρὰ Πατρός, πλήρης χάριτος καὶ ἀληθείας«· ἀκριβῶς οὖν καὶ τὴν πρώτην ἐμήνυσε τετράδα, Πατέρα εἰπὼν καὶ Χάριν καὶ [τὸν] Μονογενῆ καὶ Ἀλήθειαν.
legei Te houtōs »kai ho Logos sarx egeneto kai eskēnōsen en hēmin kai etheasametha tēn doxan autou, doxan hōs monogenous para Patros, plērēs charitos kai alētheias«; akribōs oun kai tēn prōtēn emēnyse tetrada, Patera eipōn kai Charin kai [ton] Monogenē kai Alētheian.
He speaks thus: 'And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only-begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth.' So he precisely indicated the first tetrad too, naming Father, Grace, Only-begotten and Truth.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
John 1:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: John 1:14 is read as naming the first tetrad.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5, quoting John 1:14. The editor deletes τόν ('the') before Only-begotten.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.15 (Holl GCS 25/31:427; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.27.16Holl GCS 25/31:427
οὕτως ὁ Ἰωάννης περὶ τῆς πρώτης καὶ μητρὸς τῶν ὅλων Αἰώνων Ὀγδοάδος εἴρηκε. Πατέρα γὰρ εἴρηκε καὶ Χάριν καὶ Μονογενῆ καὶ Ἀλήθειαν καὶ Λόγον καὶ Ζωὴν καὶ Ἄνθρωπον καὶ Ἐκκλησίαν.
houtōs ho Iōannēs peri tēs prōtēs kai mētros tōn holōn Aiōnōn Ogdoados eirēke. Patera gar eirēke kai Charin kai Monogenē kai Alētheian kai Logon kai Zōēn kai Anthrōpon kai Ekklēsian.
Thus John spoke of the first Ogdoad, the mother of all the Aeons. For he named Father, Grace, Only-begotten, Truth, Word, Life, Man and Church.'"
Notes and citation
Summary: The commentary concludes that John named the whole first Ogdoad.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.8.5; end of the Valentinian commentary.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): Ἐκκληδσίαν → Ἐκκλησίαν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.8.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.27.16 (Holl GCS 25/31:427; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-27-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 28
31.28.1Holl GCS 25/31:427–428
28. Ὁρᾷς, ἀγαπητέ, τὴν μέθοδον, ᾗ χρώμενοι φρεναπατῶσιν ἑαυτοὐς, ἐπηρεάζοντες ταῖς γραφαῖς, τὸ πλάσμα αὐτῶν ἐξ αὐτῶν συνιστάνειν πειρώ- αὐτῶν κατανοήσῃς τὴν πανουργίαν τῆς μεθοδείας καὶ τὴv πονηρίαν τῆς πλάνης.
28. Horąs, agapēte, tēn methodon, hę̄ chrōmenoi phrenapatōsin heautous, epēreazontes tais graphais, to plasma autōn ex autōn synistanein peirō- autōn katanoēsę̄s tēn panourgian tēs methodeias kai tēv ponērian tēs planēs.
"You see, beloved, the method by which they deceive themselves, abusing the Scriptures in trying to build their fiction from them. [That is why I have set out their very words,] so that from them you may perceive the craft of their method and the wickedness of their error."
Notes and citation
Summary: Irenaeus points out their deceptive method of using Scripture.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.1. Words have fallen out of the digital text (πειρώ- αὐτῶν); the bracketed clause is supplied by sense from Irenaeus.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): μέθδον → μέθοδον.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.28.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:427–428; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-28-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.28.2Holl GCS 25/31:428
πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ εἰ προέκειτο Ἰωάννῃ τὴν ἄνω Ὀγδοάδα μηνῦσαι, τὴν τάξιν ἄν τετηρήκει τῆς προβλῆς καὶ τὴν πρώτην τετράδα σεβασμιωτάτην οὖσαν, καθὼς λέγουσιν, ἐν πρώτοις ἄν τεθείκει τοῖς ὀνόμασι καὶ οὕτως ἐπεζεύχει τὴν δευτέραν, ἵνα διὰ τῆς τάξεως τῶν ὀνομάτων ἠ δειχθῇ τῆς Ὀγδοάδος, καὶ οὐκ ἄν μετὰ τοσοῦτον διάστημα ὡς ἐκλελησμένος, ἔπειτα ἀναμνησθεὶς ἐπʼ ἐσχάτῳ τῆς πρώτης ἐμέμνητο τετράδος.
prōton men gar ei proekeito Iōannę̄ tēn anō Ogdoada mēnysai, tēn taxin an tetērēkei tēs problēs kai tēn prōtēn tetrada sebasmiōtatēn ousan, kathōs legousin, en prōtois an tetheikei tois onomasi kai houtōs epezeuchei tēn deuteran, hina dia tēs taxeōs tōn onomatōn ē deichthę̄ tēs Ogdoados, kai ouk an meta tosouton diastēma hōs eklelēsmenos, epeita anamnēstheis epʼ eschatǭ tēs prōtēs ememnēto tetrados.
"For first, if John had intended to indicate the Ogdoad above, he would have kept the order of emission, and would have put the first tetrad, being the most venerable, as they say, among the first names, and then attached the second, so that the order of the Ogdoad might be shown by the order of the names; and he would not, after so great an interval, as if he had forgotten and then remembered, have mentioned the first tetrad last of all."
Notes and citation
Summary: If John meant their Ogdoad, he would have named it in order.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.28.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:428; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-28-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.28.3Holl GCS 25/31:428
ἔπειτα δὲ καὶ τὰς συζυγίας σημᾶναι θέλων καἰ τὸ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας οὐκ ἄν παρέλιπεν ὄνομα, ἀλλʼ ἢ καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν λοιπῶν συζυγιῶν ἀρκέσθη ἀρρένων προσηγορίᾳ, ὀμοίως δυναμένων κἀκείνων συνυπακούεσθαι, ἵνα τὴν ἑνότητα διὰ πάντων ᾖ πεφυλακώς, <ἢ> εἰ τῶν λοιπῶν τὰς συζύγους κατέλεγε, καὶ τὴν τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου ἄν μεμηνύκει σύζυγον καὶ οὐκ ἄν ἀφῆκεν ἐκ μαντείας ἡμᾶς λαμβάνειν τοὔνομα αὐτῆς.
epeita de kai tas syzygias sēmanai thelōn kai to tēs Ekklēsias ouk an parelipen onoma, allʼ ē kai epi tōn loipōn syzygiōn arkesthē arrenōn prosēgorią, omoiōs dynamenōn kakeinōn synypakouesthai, hina tēn henotēta dia pantōn ę̄ pephylakōs, <ē> ei tōn loipōn tas syzygous katelege, kai tēn tou Anthrōpou an memēnykei syzygon kai ouk an aphēken ek manteias hēmas lambanein tounoma autēs.
"Then, if he had wanted to signify the pairs, he would not have left out the name of Church; either he would have been content with the names of the males for the other pairs too, since those also could be understood along with them, so as to keep consistency throughout, ⟨or⟩, if he listed the consorts of the others, he would also have indicated the consort of Man and not left us to take her name by divination."
Notes and citation
Summary: John does not name the Church or the consorts consistently, so he did not mean their pairs.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.28.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:428; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-28-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.28.4Holl GCS 25/31:428
Φανερὰ οὖν ἡ τῆς ἐξηγήσεως <αὐτῶν> παραποίησις. τοῦ γὰρ Ἰωάννου ἕνα θεὸν παντοκράτορα καὶ ἕνα μονογενῆ Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν κηρύσσοντος διʼ οὗ τὰ πάντα γεγονέναι λέγει, τοῦτον υἱὸν θεοῦ *, τοῦτον μονογενῆ, τοῦτον ποιητήν, τοῦτον φῶς ἀληθινὸν φωτίζον πάντα ἄνθρωπον, τοῦτον κόσμου ποιητήν, τοῦτον εἰς τὰ ἴδια ἐληλυθότα, τοῦτον αὐτὸν σάρκα γεγονότα καὶ ἐσκηνωκότα ἐν ἡμῖν, —
Phanera oun hē tēs exēgēseōs <autōn> parapoiēsis. tou gar Iōannou hena theon pantokratora kai hena monogenē Christon Iēsoun kēryssontos diʼ hou ta panta gegonenai legei, touton huion theou *, touton monogenē, touton poiētēn, touton phōs alēthinon phōtizon panta anthrōpon, touton kosmou poiētēn, touton eis ta idia elēlythota, touton auton sarka gegonota kai eskēnōkota en hēmin, —
"The falsification of ⟨their⟩ interpretation is therefore plain. For John proclaims one God Almighty and one only-begotten Christ Jesus, through whom he says all things came into being: this one the Son of God …, this one the Only-begotten, this one the Maker, this one the true light that enlightens every man, this one the Maker of the world, this one who came to his own, this same one who became flesh and dwelt among us —"
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
John 1:9–14 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: John proclaims one God and one Christ, the same who became flesh.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.2, drawing on John 1:3–14. The edition marks a gap (*).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Two words run together.): Ἰωάννουἕνα → Ἰωάννου ἕνα.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.28.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:428; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-28-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.28.5Holl GCS 25/31:428
οὗτοι παρατρέποντες κατὰ τὸ πιθανὸν τὴν ἐξήγησιν ἄλλον μὲν τὸν Μονογενῆ θέλουσιν εἶναι κατὰ τὴν προβολὴν ὄν δὴ καὶ Ἀρχὴν καλοῦσιν, ἄλλον δὲ τὸν Σωτῆρα γεγονέναι θέλουσι καὶ ἄλλον τὸν Λόγον υἱὸν τοῦ Μονογενοῦς καὶ ἄλλον τὸν Χριστὸν εἰς ἐπανόρθωσιν τοῦ πληρώματος προβεβλημένον.
houtoi paratrepontes kata to pithanon tēn exēgēsin allon men ton Monogenē thelousin einai kata tēn probolēn on dē kai Archēn kalousin, allon de ton Sōtēra gegonenai thelousi kai allon ton Logon huion tou Monogenous kai allon ton Christon eis epanorthōsin tou plērōmatos probeblēmenon.
"but these people, plausibly twisting the interpretation, hold that the Only-begotten, by emission, whom they also call Beginning, is one, and the Saviour who came into being another, and the Word, son of the Only-begotten, another, and the Christ emitted for the restoration of the Pleroma another."
Notes and citation
Summary: The heretics divide Only-begotten, Saviour, Word and Christ into different beings.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.28.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:428; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-28-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.28.6Holl GCS 25/31:428
καὶ ἕν ἕκαστον τῶν εἰρημένων ἄραντες ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας <καὶ> καταχρησάμενοι τοῖς ὀνόμασιν εἰς ἱδίαν ὑπόθεσιν μετήνεγκαν, ὥστε κατʼ αὐτοὺς ἐν τοῖς τοσούτοις τὸν Ἰωάννην τοῦ κυρίου Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ μνείαν μὴ ποιεῖσθαι.
kai hen hekaston tōn eirēmenōn arantes apo tēs alētheias <kai> katachrēsamenoi tois onomasin eis hidian hypothesin metēnenkan, hōste katʼ autous en tois tosoutois ton Iōannēn tou kyriou Christou Iēsou mneian mē poieisthai.
"And taking each of the things said away from the truth ⟨and⟩ misusing the names, they have transferred them to their own system, so that according to them, in all these words John makes no mention of the Lord Christ Jesus."
Notes and citation
Summary: Their reading leaves John saying nothing about Christ.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.28.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:428; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-28-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.28.7Holl GCS 25/31:428–429
εἰ γὰρ Πατέρα εἴρηκε καὶ Χάριν καὶ Μονογενῆ καὶ Ἀλήθειαν καὶ Λόγον καὶ Ζωὴν καὶ Ἄνθρωπον καὶ Ἐκκλησίαν, κατὰ τὴν ἐκείνων ὑπόθεσιν περὶ τῆς πρώτης Ὀγδοάδος εἴρηκεν, ἐν ᾗ οὐδέπω Ἰησοῦς οὐδέπω Χριστός, ὁ τοῦ διδάσκαλος.
ei gar Patera eirēke kai Charin kai Monogenē kai Alētheian kai Logon kai Zōēn kai Anthrōpon kai Ekklēsian, kata tēn ekeinōn hypothesin peri tēs prōtēs Ogdoados eirēken, en hę̄ oudepō Iēsous oudepō Christos, ho tou didaskalos.
"For if he spoke of Father, Grace, Only-begotten, Truth, Word, Life, Man and Church, according to their system he spoke of the first Ogdoad, in which there was as yet no Jesus and no Christ, the teacher's [Lord]."
Notes and citation
Summary: On their reading John spoke of an Ogdoad in which Christ has no place.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.2. The last words are uncertain in the digital text.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.28.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:428–429; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-28-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.28.8Holl GCS 25/31:429
ὅτι δὲ οὐ περὶ τῶν συζυγιῶν αὐτῶν 6 ἀπόστολος εἴρηκεν, ἀλλὰ περὶ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὅν καὶ Λόγον οἶδεν τοῦ θεοῦ, αὐτὸς πεποίηκε φανερόν.
hoti de ou peri tōn syzygiōn autōn 6 apostolos eirēken, alla peri tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou, hon kai Logon oiden tou theou, autos pepoiēke phaneron.
"But that the apostle did not speak of their pairs, but of our Lord Jesus Christ, whom he also knows as the Word of God, he himself has made plain."
Notes and citation
Summary: John himself shows he spoke of Jesus Christ, the Word.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.28.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:429; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-28-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.28.9Holl GCS 25/31:429
ἀνακεφαλαιούμενος γὰρ περὶ τοῦ εἰρημένου αὐτῷ ἄνω ἐν ἀρχῇ Λόγου ἐπεξηγεῖται »καὶ ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν«. κατὰ δὲ τὴν ἐκείνων ὑπόθεσιν οὐχ ὁ Λόγος ἐγένετο, ὅς Τε οὐδὲ ἦλθέν Ποτε ἐκτὸς Πληρώματος, ἀλλὰ ὁ ἐκ πάντων γεγονὼς καὶ μεταγενέστερος τοῦ Λόγου Σωτήρ.
anakephalaioumenos gar peri tou eirēmenou autǭ anō en archę̄ Logou epexēgeitai »kai ho Logos sarx egeneto kai eskēnōsen en hēmin«. kata de tēn ekeinōn hypothesin ouch ho Logos egeneto, hos Te oude ēlthen Pote ektos Plērōmatos, alla ho ek pantōn gegonōs kai metagenesteros tou Logou Sōtēr.
"For, summing up about the Word he had spoken of above 'in the beginning', he adds, 'And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.' But according to their system it was not the Word who became [flesh], for he never even came outside the Pleroma, but the Saviour, who came from all and is later than the Word."
John 1:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: John 1:14 says the Word became flesh, which their system denies.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.2, quoting John 1:14.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.28.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:429; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-28-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 29
31.29.1Holl GCS 25/31:429
29. Μάθετε οὖν, ἀνόητοι, ὅτι Ἰησοῦς 6 παθὼν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, 6 κατασκηνώσας ἐν ἡμῖν, οὗτος αὐτός ἐστιν 6 Λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ. εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλος τις τῶι Αἰώνων ὑπὲρ τῆς ἡμῶν αὐτῶν σωτηρίας σὰρξ ἐγένετο, εἰκὸς ἦν περὶ ἄλλου εἰρηκέναι τὸν ἀπόστολον· εἰ δὲ 6 Λόγος [ὁ] τοῦ Πατρὸς ὁ καταβὰς αὐτός ἐστιν † καὶ 6 ἀναβάς, ὁ τοῦ μόνου θεοῦ μονογενὴς υἱός, κατὰ τὴν τοῦ Πατρὸς εὐδοκίαν σαρκωθεὶς ὑπὲρ ἀνθρώπων, οὐ περὶ ἄλλου τινὸς οὐδὲ περὶ Ὀγδοάδος <ὁ Ἰωάννης> τὸν λόγον πεποίηται, ἀλλʼ τοῦ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
29. Mathete oun, anoētoi, hoti Iēsous 6 pathōn hyper hēmōn, 6 kataskēnōsas en hēmin, houtos autos estin 6 Logos tou theou. ei men gar allos tis tōi Aiōnōn hyper tēs hēmōn autōn sōtērias sarx egeneto, eikos ēn peri allou eirēkenai ton apostolon; ei de 6 Logos [ho] tou Patros ho katabas autos estin † kai 6 anabas, ho tou monou theou monogenēs huios, kata tēn tou Patros eudokian sarkōtheis hyper anthrōpōn, ou peri allou tinos oude peri Ogdoados <ho Iōannēs> ton logon pepoiētai, allʼ tou kyriou Iēsou Christou.
"Learn, then, you fools, that Jesus who suffered for us, who dwelt among us, is himself the Word of God. For if some other of the Aeons had become flesh for our salvation, it would be likely that the apostle spoke of another; but if the Word of the Father who came down is the same who also went up, the only-begotten Son of the only God, made flesh for mankind according to the Father's good pleasure, then ⟨John⟩ did not speak of any other or of an Ogdoad, but of the Lord Jesus Christ."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Eph 4:10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Jesus who suffered for us is himself the Word of God.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.2, alluding to Eph 4:10. The editor deletes ὁ ('the'); the edition marks a corrupt place (†).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): Πατὸς → Πατρὸς.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.29.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:429; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-29-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.29.2Holl GCS 25/31:429
οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ Λόγος κατʼ αὐτοὺς προηγουμένως σὰρξ γέγονεν. λέγουσι γὰρ τὸν Σωτῆρα ἐνδύσασθαι σῶμα ψυχικὸν ἐκ τῆς οἰκονομίας κατεσκευασμένον ἀρρήτῳ προνοίᾳ πρὸς τὸ ὁρατὸν γενέσθαι καὶ ψηλαφητόν.
oude gar ho Logos katʼ autous proēgoumenōs sarx gegonen. legousi gar ton Sōtēra endysasthai sōma psychikon ek tēs oikonomias kateskeuasmenon arrētǭ pronoią pros to horaton genesthai kai psēlaphēton.
"For according to them, the Word did not in the proper sense become flesh. For they say that the Saviour put on a psychic body, constructed from the dispensation by ineffable providence so as to become visible and tangible."
Notes and citation
Summary: They deny that the Word truly became flesh.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ἐνδύσχσασθαι → ἐνδύσασθαι.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.29.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:429; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-29-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.29.3Holl GCS 25/31:429
σὰρξ δέ ἐστιν ἡ ἀρχαία ἐκ τοῦ χοῦ κατὰ τὸν Ἀδὰμ ἡ] γεγονυῖα πλάσις ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἥν ἀληθῶς γεγονέναι τὸν Λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐμήνυσεν 6 Ἰωάννης.
sarx de estin hē archaia ek tou chou kata ton Adam hē] gegonuia plasis hypo tou theou, hēn alēthōs gegonenai ton Logon tou theou emēnysen 6 Iōannēs.
"But flesh is the ancient formation made by God from the dust, as in Adam, which John indicated the Word of God truly became."
Gen 2:7 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Word truly became the flesh God formed from dust.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.3, alluding to Gen 2:7.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.29.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:429; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-29-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.29.4Holl GCS 25/31:429–430
καὶ λέλυται αὐτῶν ἡ πρώτη καὶ ἀρχέγονος Ὀγδοάς. ἑνὸς γὰρ καὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ δεικνυμένου Λόγου καὶ Μονογενοῦς καὶ Ζωῆς καὶ Φωτὸς καὶ Σωτῆρος καὶ Χριστοῦ καὶ υἱοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ τούτου αὐτοῦ σαρκωθέντος ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, λέλυται ἡ τῆς Ὀγδοάδος <αὐτῶν> ταύτης δὲ λελυμένης διαπέπτωκεν αὐτῶν πᾶσα ἡ ὑπόθεσις, ἥν ψευδῶς ὀνειρώττοντες κατατρέχουσι τῶν γραφῶν, ἱδίαν ὑπόθεσιν ἀναπλασάμενοι.
kai lelytai autōn hē prōtē kai archegonos Ogdoas. henos gar kai tou autou deiknymenou Logou kai Monogenous kai Zōēs kai Phōtos kai Sōtēros kai Christou kai huiou theou, kai toutou autou sarkōthentos hyper hēmōn, lelytai hē tēs Ogdoados <autōn> tautēs de lelymenēs diapeptōken autōn pasa hē hypothesis, hēn pseudōs oneirōttontes katatrechousi tōn graphōn, hidian hypothesin anaplasamenoi.
"And their first and original Ogdoad is dissolved. For since the Word and Only-begotten and Life and Light and Saviour and Christ and Son of God are shown to be one and the same, and this same one made flesh for us, ⟨their⟩ [system] of the Ogdoad is dissolved; and when this is dissolved, their whole system collapses, which they falsely dream up, running down the Scriptures and fashioning a system of their own."
Notes and citation
Summary: Since all the titles belong to one Christ, their Ogdoad and system collapse.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.29.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:429–430; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-29-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.29.5Holl GCS 25/31:430
Ἔπειτα λέξεις καὶ ὀνόματα σποράδην κείμενα συλλέγοντες μεταφέρουσι καθὼς προειρήκαμεν ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν εἰς τὸ παρὰ φύσιν, ὅμοια ποιοῦντες τοῖς ὑποθέσεις τὰς τυχούσας αὑτοῖς προβαλλομένοις, ἔπειτα πειρωμένοις ἐκ τῶν Ὁμήρου ποιημάτων μελετᾶν αὐτάς,
Epeita lexeis kai onomata sporadēn keimena syllegontes metapherousi kathōs proeirēkamen ek tou kata physin eis to para physin, homoia poiountes tois hypotheseis tas tychousas hautois proballomenois, epeita peirōmenois ek tōn Homērou poiēmatōn meletan autas,
"Then, gathering words and names scattered here and there, they transfer them, as we said before, from what is natural to what is unnatural, doing like those who set themselves any subject that occurs to them and then try to work it out from the poems of Homer,"
Notes and citation
Summary: They are like those who build a new poem from scattered Homeric lines.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): περωμένοις → πειρωμένοις.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.29.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:430; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-29-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.29.6Holl GCS 25/31:430
ὥστε τοὺς ἀπειροτέρους δοκεῖν ἐπʼ ἐκείνης τῆς ἐξ ὑπογύου μεμελετημένης ὑποθέσεως Ὅμηρον τὰ ἔπη πεποιηκέναι καὶ πολλοὺς συναρπάζεσθαι διὰ τῆς ἐπῶν συνθέτου ἀκολουθίας, μὴ ἄρα ταῦθʼ οὕτως Ὅμηρος εἴη πεποιηκώς·
hōste tous apeiroterous dokein epʼ ekeinēs tēs ex hypogyou memeletēmenēs hypotheseōs Homēron ta epē pepoiēkenai kai pollous synarpazesthai dia tēs epōn synthetou akolouthias, mē ara tauthʼ houtōs Homēros eiē pepoiēkōs;
"so that the less experienced think that Homer composed the verses on that subject just worked out, and many are carried away by the composite sequence of verses, [wondering] whether Homer may not have composed them so;"
Notes and citation
Summary: The unwary think Homer wrote such patchwork poems.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.29.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:430; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-29-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.29.7Holl GCS 25/31:430
ὡς ὁ τὸν Ἡρακλέα ὑπὸ Εὐρυσθέως ἐπὶ τὸν ἐν τῷ Ἅιδῃ κύνα πεμπόμενον διὰ τῶν Ὁμηρικῶν στίχων γράφων οὕτως (οὐδὲν γὰρ παραδείγματος χάριν ἐπιμνησθῆναι καὶ τούτων, ὁμοίας καὶ τῆς αὐτῆς οὔσης <τῆς> ἐπιχειρήσεως τοῖς ἀμφοτέροις)·
hōs ho ton Hēraklea hypo Eurystheōs epi ton en tǭ Haidę̄ kyna pempomenon dia tōn Homērikōn stichōn graphōn houtōs (ouden gar paradeigmatos charin epimnēsthēnai kai toutōn, homoias kai tēs autēs ousēs <tēs> epicheirēseōs tois amphoterois);
"like the one who wrote about Heracles being sent by Eurystheus to the dog in Hades, using Homeric lines, thus (for nothing prevents mentioning these too as an example, the attempt of both being similar and the same):"
Notes and citation
Summary: Irenaeus introduces a Homeric cento about Heracles.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ἐπιμνησθῆνα καὶ → ἐπιμνησθῆναι καὶ.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.29.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:430; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-29-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.29.8Holl GCS 25/31:430
ὥς εἰπὼν ἀπέπεμπε δόμων βαρέα στενάχοντα φῶθʼ Ἡρακλῆα, μεγάλων ἐπιίστορα ἔργων, Εὐρυσθεύς, Σθενέλοιο πάις Περσηιάδαο ἐξ Ἐρέβευς ἄξοντα κύνα στυγεροῦ Ἀίδαο. βῆ ῥʼ ἴμεν, ὥς τε λέων ὀρεσίτροφος ἀλκὶ πεποιθώς, καρπαλίμως ἀνὰ ἄστυ, φίλοι δʼ ἅμα πάντες ἕποντο, νύμφαι τʼ ἠίθεοί τε πολύτλητοί τε γέροντες, οἴκτρʼ ὀλοφυρόμενοι, ὡς εἰ θανατὀνδε κιόντα. Ἑρμείας δʼ ἀπέπεμπεν ἰδὲ γλαυκῶπις Ἀθήνη· ᾔδεε γὰρ κατὰ θυμὸν ἀδελφεὸν ὡς ἐπονεῖτο.
hōs eipōn apepempe domōn barea stenachonta phōthʼ Hēraklēa, megalōn epiistora ergōn, Eurystheus, Stheneloio pais Persēiadao ex Erebeus axonta kyna stygerou Aidao. bē rhʼ imen, hōs te leōn oresitrophos alki pepoithōs, karpalimōs ana asty, philoi dʼ hama pantes heponto, nymphai tʼ ēitheoi te polytlētoi te gerontes, oiktrʼ olophyromenoi, hōs ei thanatonde kionta. Hermeias dʼ apepempen ide glaukōpis Athēnē; ę̄dee gar kata thymon adelpheon hōs eponeito.
"'So saying, he sent from the house, groaning heavily, the hero Heracles, skilled in great deeds, — Eurystheus, son of Sthenelus, descendant of Perseus — to bring from Erebus the dog of hateful Hades. And he went on his way like a mountain-bred lion trusting in his strength, swiftly through the city, and all his friends followed together, young women and young men and much-enduring old men, lamenting piteously, as for one going to his death. And Hermes sent him on, and grey-eyed Athena; for she knew in her heart how her brother toiled.'"
Notes and citation
Summary: The cento assembles Homeric lines into a story of Heracles.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.4. A cento of lines from the Odyssey and Iliad (including Od. 10.76, Il. 19.123, Od. 11.623, Il. 8.368, Od. 6.130, Il. 24.327, Il. 2.409); the exact line sources are uncertain.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation); Homer, Od. (Homer, Odyssey; quotation); Homer, Il. (Homer, Iliad; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.29.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:430; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-29-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.29.9Holl GCS 25/31:430
τίς οὐκ ἄν τῶν ἀπανούργων συναρπαγείη ὑπὸ τῶν ἐπῶν τούτων καὶ νομίσειεν οὕτως αὐτὰ Ὅμηρον ἐπὶ ταύτης τῆς ὐποθέσεως πεποιηκέναι;
tis ouk an tōn apanourgōn synarpageiē hypo tōn epōn toutōn kai nomiseien houtōs auta Homēron epi tautēs tēs ypotheseōs pepoiēkenai?
"Which of the simple would not be carried away by these verses and think that Homer composed them so on this subject?"
Notes and citation
Summary: The simple would believe Homer wrote the cento.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.29.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:430; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-29-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.29.10Holl GCS 25/31:430–431
ὁ δʼ ἔμπειρος τῆς Ὁμηρικῆς ὑποθέσεως <ἐπιγνώσεται ἐπιγνώσεται> μὲν τὰ ὑπόθεσιν οὐκ> ἐπιγνώσεται, εἰδὼς ὅτι τὸ μέν τι αὐτῶν ἐστι περὶ Ὀδυσσέως εἰρημένον, τὸ δὲ περὶ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Ἡρακλέος, τὸ δὲ περὶ τοῦ Πριάμου, τὸ δὲ περὶ Μενελάου καὶ Ἀγαμέμνονος· ἄρας δὲ αὐτὰ καὶ ἕν ἕκαστον ἀποδοὺς τῇ ἰδίᾳ <βίβλῳ> ἐκποδὼν ποιήσει τὴν <παροῦσαν> ὑπόθεσιν.
ho dʼ empeiros tēs Homērikēs hypotheseōs <epignōsetai epignōsetai> men ta hypothesin ouk> epignōsetai, eidōs hoti to men ti autōn esti peri Odysseōs eirēmenon, to de peri autou tou Hērakleos, to de peri tou Priamou, to de peri Menelaou kai Agamemnonos; aras de auta kai hen hekaston apodous tę̄ idią <biblǭ> ekpodōn poiēsei tēn <parousan> hypothesin.
"But one who is experienced in the Homeric subject matter will recognize the verses but will not recognize the subject, knowing that one of them was said about Odysseus, another about Heracles himself, another about Priam, another about Menelaus and Agamemnon; and taking them and restoring each to its own ⟨book⟩, he will put the ⟨present⟩ subject out of the way."
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Summary: One who knows Homer recognizes the lines and restores each to its place.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.4. The digital text is disordered here (repeated ἐπιγνώσεται); the sense is clear from Irenaeus.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.29.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:430–431; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-29-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.29.11Holl GCS 25/31:431
Τε καὶ ὁ τὸν κανόνα τῆς ἀληθείας ἀκλινῆ ἐν ἑαυτῷ κατέχων, ὅν διὰ τοῦ βαπτίσματος εἴληφεν, τὰ μὲν ἐκ τῶν γραφῶν ὀνόματα καὶ τὰς λέξεις καὶ τὰς παραβολὰς ἐπιγνώσεται, τὴν δὲ βλάσφημον ὑπόθεσιν ταύτην οὐκ καὶ γὰρ εἰ τὰς ψηφῖδας γνωρίσει,
Te kai ho ton kanona tēs alētheias aklinē en heautǭ katechōn, hon dia tou baptismatos eilēphen, ta men ek tōn graphōn onomata kai tas lexeis kai tas parabolas epignōsetai, tēn de blasphēmon hypothesin tautēn ouk kai gar ei tas psēphidas gnōrisei,
"So too one who holds unwavering within himself the rule of truth, which he received through baptism, will recognize the names, words and parables from the Scriptures, but will not recognize this blasphemous system. For even if he recognizes the stones,"
Notes and citation
Summary: One who holds the rule of truth received at baptism recognizes Scripture but not the heresy.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon, Baptism
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.29.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:431; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-29-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.29.12Holl GCS 25/31:431
ἀλλὰ τὴν ἀλώπεκα ἀντὶ τῆς βασιλικῆς εἰκόνος οὐ παραδέξεται· ἕν ἕκαστον δὲ τῶν εἰρημένων ἀποδοὺς τῇ ἰδίᾳ τάξει καὶ προσαρμόσας τῷ τῆς ἀληθείας σωματίῳ γυμνώσει καὶ ἀνυπόστατον ἐπιδείξει τὸ πλάσμα αὐτῶν.
alla tēn alōpeka anti tēs basilikēs eikonos ou paradexetai; hen hekaston de tōn eirēmenōn apodous tę̄ idią taxei kai prosarmosas tǭ tēs alētheias sōmatiǭ gymnōsei kai anypostaton epideixei to plasma autōn.
"he will not accept the fox in place of the king's image; but restoring each of the things said to its own order and fitting it to the body of the truth, he will lay bare their fiction and show it to be without foundation."
Notes and citation
Summary: Restoring each text to its place exposes the heresy.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.29.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:431; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-29-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 31, chapter 30
31.30.1Holl GCS 25/31:431
30. Ἐπειδὴ <δὲ> τῇ σκηνῇ ταύτῃ λείπει ἡ ἀπολύτρωσις, ἵνα τις τὸν μῖμον αὐτῶν περαιώσας τὸ ἀνασκευάζοντα λόγον ἐπενέγκῃ, καλῶς ἔχειν ὐπελάβομεν ἐπιδεῖξαι πρότερον ἐν οἷς οἶ πατέρες αὐτοὶ τοῦδε τοῦ μύθου διαφέρονται πρὸς ἀλλήλους, ὡς ἐκ διαφόρων πνευμάτων τῆς πλάνης ὄντες.
30. Epeidē <de> tę̄ skēnę̄ tautę̄ leipei hē apolytrōsis, hina tis ton mimon autōn peraiōsas to anaskeuazonta logon epenenkę̄, kalōs echein ypelabomen epideixai proteron en hois oi pateres autoi toude tou mythou diapherontai pros allēlous, hōs ek diaphorōn pneumatōn tēs planēs ontes.
"But since this play lacks its closing scene, so that someone, having finished their farce, might add the refuting argument, we thought it good first to show how the very fathers of this myth differ among themselves, as being from different spirits of error."
Notes and citation
Summary: Irenaeus will first show how the Valentinian teachers disagree among themselves.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.5. ἀπολύτρωσις ('release', 'redemption') is here the finale of a play.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.30.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:431; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-30-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.30.2Holl GCS 25/31:431
καὶ ἐκ τούτου γὰρ ἀκριβέστατα συνιδεῖν ἔσται (καὶ πρὸ τῆς ἀποδείξεως) βεβαίαν τὴν ὐπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας κηρυσσομένην ἀλήθειαν καὶ τὴν ὑπὸ τούτων παραπεποιημένην ψευδηγορίαν.
kai ek toutou gar akribestata synidein estai (kai pro tēs apodeixeōs) bebaian tēn ypo tēs ekklēsias kēryssomenēn alētheian kai tēn hypo toutōn parapepoiēmenēn pseudēgorian.
"For from this too it will be possible to see most accurately (even before the proof) that the truth proclaimed by the Church is firm, and that the falsehood devised by these people is false."
Notes and citation
Summary: Their disagreements show the Church's truth is firm.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.9.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.9.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.30.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:431; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-30-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.30.3Holl GCS 25/31:431
Ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἐκκλησία, καίπερ καθʼ ὅλης τῆς οἰκουμένης ἕως περάτων τῆς γῆς διεσπαρμένη, παρὰ δὲ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ τῶι ἐκείνων μαθητῶν παραλαβοῦσα τὴν εἰς ἕνα θεὸν πατέρα παντοκράτορα τὸν πεποιηκότα τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν καὶ τὰς θαλάσσας καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτοῖς πίστιν
Hē men gar ekklēsia, kaiper kathʼ holēs tēs oikoumenēs heōs peratōn tēs gēs diesparmenē, para de tōn apostolōn kai tōi ekeinōn mathētōn paralabousa tēn eis hena theon patera pantokratora ton pepoiēkota ton ouranon kai tēn gēn kai tas thalassas kai panta ta en autois pistin
"For the Church, though dispersed throughout the whole world to the ends of the earth, received from the apostles and their disciples the faith in one God, the Father Almighty, who made heaven and earth and the seas and all that is in them;"
Acts 4:24 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Church everywhere received from the apostles faith in one God the Father, Creator.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.10.1, the rule of faith.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (The participle 'who made' has dropped out, leaving the article doubled; Irenaeus's text has πεποιηκότα.): τὸν τὸν οὐρανὸν → τὸν πεποιηκότα τὸν οὐρανὸν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.10.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Trinity, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.30.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:431; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-30-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.30.4Holl GCS 25/31:431
καὶ εἰς ἕνα Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ τὸν σαρκωθέντα ὑπὲρ τῆς ἡμετέρας σωτηρίας
kai eis hena Christon Iēsoun ton huion tou theou ton sarkōthenta hyper tēs hēmeteras sōtērias
"and in one Christ Jesus, the Son of God, who was made flesh for our salvation;"
Notes and citation
Summary: And in one Christ Jesus, Son of God, incarnate for our salvation.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.10.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.10.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Christology, Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.30.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:431; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-30-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.30.5Holl GCS 25/31:431–432
καὶ εἰς πνεῦμα ἅγιον τὸ διὰ τῶι προφητῶν κεκηρυχὸς τὰς οἰκονομίας καὶ τὴν ἔλευσιν καὶ τὴν ἐκ τῆς παρθένου γέννησιν καὶ τὸ πάθος καὶ τὴν ἔγερσιν ἐκ νεκρῶν καὶ τὴν ἔνσαρκον εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἀνάληψιν τοῦ ἠγαπημένου * Χριστοῦ Ἰησοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν καὶ τὴν τῶν οὐρανῶν ἐν τῇ δόξῃ τοῦ πατρὸς παρουσίαν αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ ἀνακεφαλαιώσασθαι τὰ πάντα καὶ ἀναστῆσαι πᾶσα σάρκα πάσης ἀνθρωπότητος,
kai eis pneuma hagion to dia tōi prophētōn kekērychos tas oikonomias kai tēn eleusin kai tēn ek tēs parthenou gennēsin kai to pathos kai tēn egersin ek nekrōn kai tēn ensarkon eis tous ouranous analēpsin tou ēgapēmenou * Christou Iēsou tou kyriou hēmōn kai tēn tōn ouranōn en tę̄ doxę̄ tou patros parousian autou epi to anakephalaiōsasthai ta panta kai anastēsai pasa sarka pasēs anthrōpotētos,
"and in the Holy Spirit, who through the prophets proclaimed the dispensations and the coming, and the birth from the virgin, and the passion, and the rising from the dead, and the bodily taking up into heaven of the beloved … Christ Jesus our Lord, and his coming from heaven in the glory of the Father to sum up all things and to raise up all flesh of all humanity,"
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Eph 1:10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: And in the Holy Spirit, who foretold Christ's birth, passion, resurrection, ascension and return.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.10.1. The edition marks a gap (*).
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.10.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Christology, Trinity, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.30.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:431–432; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-30-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.30.6Holl GCS 25/31:432
ἵνα Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν καὶ θεῷ καὶ σωτῆρι καὶ βασιλεῖ κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ ἀοράτου πᾶι γόνυ κάμψῃ ἐπουρανίων καὶ ἐπιγείων καὶ καταχθονίων καὶ πᾶσα γλῶσσα ἐξομολογήσηται αὐτῷ καὶ κρίσιν δικαίαν ἐν τοῖς πᾶσι ποιήσηται,
hina Christǭ Iēsou tǭ kyriǭ hēmōn kai theǭ kai sōtēri kai basilei kata tēn eudokian tou patros tou aoratou pai gony kampsę̄ epouraniōn kai epigeiōn kai katachthoniōn kai pasa glōssa exomologēsētai autǭ kai krisin dikaian en tois pasi poiēsētai,
"so that to Christ Jesus our Lord and God and Saviour and King, according to the good pleasure of the invisible Father, 'every knee should bow, of things in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess' him, and that he should execute just judgement on all,"
Phil 2:10–11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Every knee will bow to Christ, who will judge all justly.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.10.1, quoting Phil 2:10–11.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.10.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.30.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:432; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-30-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.30.7Holl GCS 25/31:432
τὰ με) πνευματικὰ τῆς πονηρίας καὶ ἀγγέλους τοὺς παραβεβηκότας καὶ ἐν ἀποστασίᾳ γεγονότας καὶ τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς καὶ ἀδίκους καὶ ἀνόμους καὶ βλασφήμους τῶι ἀνθρώπων εἰς τὸ αἰώνιον πῦρ πέμψῃ,
ta me) pneumatika tēs ponērias kai angelous tous parabebēkotas kai en apostasią gegonotas kai tous asebeis kai adikous kai anomous kai blasphēmous tōi anthrōpōn eis to aiōnion pyr pempsę̄,
"sending into eternal fire the spiritual forces of wickedness, and the angels who transgressed and fell into apostasy, and the ungodly, unjust, lawless and blasphemous among men,"
Eph 6:12 (allusion, medium confidence) · Matt 25:41 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The wicked spirits and wicked people will be sent into eternal fire.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.10.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.10.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.30.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:432; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-30-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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31.30.8Holl GCS 25/31:432
τοῖς δὲ δικαίοις καὶ ὁσίοις καὶ τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ τετηρηκόσι καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ αὐτοῦ διαμεμενηκόσι (τοῖς <μὲν> τοῖς Τε ἐκ μετανοίας) ζωὴν χαρισάμενος ἀφθαρσίαν δωρήσηται καὶ δόξαν αἰωνίαν περιποιήσῃ —
tois de dikaiois kai hosiois kai tas entolas autou tetērēkosi kai en tę̄ agapę̄ autou diamemenēkosi (tois <men> tois Te ek metanoias) zōēn charisamenos aphtharsian dōrēsētai kai doxan aiōnian peripoiēsę̄ —
"but granting life to the righteous and holy, who have kept his commandments and remained in his love (some from the beginning, others after repentance), bestowing incorruption on them and surrounding them with eternal glory —"
Notes and citation
Summary: The righteous and the repentant will receive life, incorruption and glory.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.10.1. The words 'from the beginning' are supplied from Irenaeus, the text having only τοῖς μὲν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.10.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 31.30.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:432; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/31-21-1/#p-31-30-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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