Panarion (Medicine Chest Against Heresies), Haer. 1-64 64.72.1–64.72.9
Greek text: Holl, GCS 25/31 (Greek text: Karl Holl, ed., Epiphanius, Bände 1-2 (GCS 25, 1915, and GCS 31, 1922, Leipzig: Hinrichs), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0. The digitized file's own metadata describes it as spanning Holl's volumes 1-3 (1915-1933), but its text in fact ends at Haer. 64 (confirmed: the last division is Haer. 64, on Origen, matching the end of GCS 31); Holl's third volume (GCS 37, 1933) is not present in this digital text.).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Haer. 64, chapter 72
64.72.1Holl GCS 25/31:522
72. Ἀλλὰ ἀρκέσει μοι ταῦτα πρὸς τὸν ἐθελόσοφον Ὠριγένην, τὸν ματαίως ἑαυτῷ ἐπιθέμενον ὄνομα Ἀδαμαντίου καὶ πρὸς τὴν αὐτοῦ ἀτοπίαν κατὰ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐν πολλοῖς μέρεσι τῆς πίστεως κακῶς ἐπινενοημένον ὀλεθρίαν διδασκαλίαν.
72. Alla arkesei moi tauta pros ton ethelosophon Ōrigenēn, ton mataiōs heautǭ epithemenon onoma Adamantiou kai pros tēn autou atopian kata tēs alētheias en pollois meresi tēs pisteōs kakōs epinenoēmenon olethrian didaskalian.
But this will suffice me against Origen, the would-be philosopher, who vainly gave himself the name Adamantius, and against his absurdity, the destructive teaching wickedly devised against the truth in many parts of the faith.
Notes and citation
Summary: Epiphanius concludes against Origen.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.72.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:522; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/64-72-1/#p-64-72-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915; GCS 31, 1922); no public-domain English or FOTC translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
64.72.2Holl GCS 25/31:522
παρελθὼν δὲ καὶ τούτου τὴν αἕρεσιν καθεζῆς τὰς ἄλλας διαοκέψομαι, ἐπιπόθητοι, θεὸν συνήθως ἐπικαλούμενος ἀρωγὸν τῆς ἡμῶν ἰδιωτείας, πρὸς τὸ δυνηθῆναι ἀντισχεῖν πρὸς πᾶσαν κατὰ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐπεγειρομένην φωνὴν μάταιον καὶ ἡττῆσαι κατὰ τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἠσαΐου ῥηθέντα ὅτι »πᾶσα φωνὴ ἐπαναστήσεται ἐπὶ σέ, πάντας αὐτοὺς ἡττήσεις,
parelthōn de kai toutou tēn haeresin kathezēs tas allas diaokepsomai, epipothētoi, theon synēthōs epikaloumenos arōgon tēs hēmōn idiōteias, pros to dynēthēnai antischein pros pasan kata tēs alētheias epegeiromenēn phōnēn mataion kai hēttēsai kata ta hypo tou hagiou Ēsaïou rhēthenta hoti »pasa phōnē epanastēsetai epi se, pantas autous hēttēseis,
Passing over his heresy too, I will examine the others in order, beloved, calling on God as usual as helper of our lack of learning, so that we may be able to withstand every vain voice raised against the truth and defeat it, according to what was spoken by holy Isaiah: “Every voice that rises against you, you will defeat them all,
Isa 54:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Epiphanius moves on, citing Isaiah.
- Isa 54:17 (LXX).
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.72.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:522; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/64-72-1/#p-64-72-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915; GCS 31, 1922); no public-domain English or FOTC translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
64.72.3Holl GCS 25/31:522
οἱ δὲ ἔνοχοι ἔσονται ἐν αὐτῇ«, ἵνʼ οὕτως ἐν θεῷ τὸ ἐπάγγελμα περαιωσάμενοι τοῖς βουλομένοις νουνεχῶς ἐντυγχάνειν εἰς γυμνάσιον ἀληθείας καὶ φάρμακον ἰάσεως περὶ ἑκάστου θηρὸς καὶ ἰοβόλου ἑρπετοῦ, τῶν προσώπων τῶν αἱρέσεών φημι, δίκην ἀντιδότου καὶ ταυτησὶ τῆς τῶν Ὠριγενιαστῶν, φρύνου δίκην μεμορφωμένης ἐκ νοτίδος πολλῆς κυκῶντος καὶ φωνῇ
hoi de enochoi esontai en autę̄«, hinʼ houtōs en theǭ to epangelma peraiōsamenoi tois boulomenois nounechōs entynchanein eis gymnasion alētheias kai pharmakon iaseōs peri hekastou thēros kai iobolou herpetou, tōn prosōpōn tōn haireseōn phēmi, dikēn antidotou kai tautēsi tēs tōn Ōrigeniastōn, phrynou dikēn memorphōmenēs ek notidos pollēs kykōntos kai phōnę̄
and they will be guilty by it”; so that, having thus in God completed our undertaking for those who wish to read with understanding, as a training in truth and a healing remedy for each beast and venomous reptile (I mean the figures of the heresies), like an antidote for this one too of the Origenists, shaped like a toad from much moisture, croaking and shouting with a louder
Isa 54:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Panarion is an antidote to heresies.
- Isa 54:17 (LXX).
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.72.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:522; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/64-72-1/#p-64-72-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915; GCS 31, 1922); no public-domain English or FOTC translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
64.72.4Holl GCS 25/31:522–523
μείζονι ἐπικραυγάζοντος, λαβόμενοι τὴν τοῦ κυρίου ἀνάστασιν προπότιον ὡς εἰπεῖν, ἀποβλύσωμεν τὸ γλισχρῶδες τοῦ ἰοῦ τοῦ φρύνου καὶ ἑρπετώδους μοχθηροῦ τὴν ἀδικίαν.
meizoni epikraugazontos, labomenoi tēn tou kyriou anastasin propotion hōs eipein, apoblysōmen to glischrōdes tou iou tou phrynou kai herpetōdous mochthērou tēn adikian.
voice, taking the Lord’s resurrection as a preventive draught, so to speak, let us spit out the sticky venom of the toad and the wickedness of the evil reptile.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Lord’s resurrection counters Origenist venom.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.72.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:522–523; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/64-72-1/#p-64-72-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915; GCS 31, 1922); no public-domain English or FOTC translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
64.72.5Holl GCS 25/31:523
συμβέβηκε γὰρ αὐτῷ καὶ τοῦτο μετὰ πάντων τῶν πειθομένων αὐτῷ πάσχειν, διʼ ὃ καὶ στενάζω ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ. ὃτι οἴμοι πῶς ἐβλάβης, πόσους δὲ ἄλλους ἔβλαψας, ὡς ὑπὸ δεινῆς ἐχίδνης δηχθείς, ὑπὸ τῆς κοσμικῆς προπαιδείας φημί, καὶ ἄλλοις δηλητήριον γέγονας.
symbebēke gar autǭ kai touto meta pantōn tōn peithomenōn autǭ paschein, diʼ ho kai stenazō hyper autou. hoti oimoi pōs eblabēs, posous de allous eblapsas, hōs hypo deinēs echidnēs dēchtheis, hypo tēs kosmikēs propaideias phēmi, kai allois dēlētērion gegonas.
For this happened to him and to all who were persuaded by him, and for this I groan over him: alas, how you were harmed, and how many others you harmed! As if bitten by a terrible viper, I mean by worldly preliminary education, you became a poison for others too.
Notes and citation
Summary: Origen, harmed by pagan learning, harmed others.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.72.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:523; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/64-72-1/#p-64-72-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915; GCS 31, 1922); no public-domain English or FOTC translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
64.72.6Holl GCS 25/31:523
Φασὶ γὰρ οἱ φυσιολόγοι τὸν μυωξὸν ἐμφωλεύειν κοὶ τὰ γεννήματα αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ πολλὰ τίκτειν, ἕως πέντε καὶ ἔτι, τὰς δὲ ἐχίδνας τούτους θηρᾶσθαι.
Phasi gar hoi physiologoi ton myōxon emphōleuein koi ta gennēmata autou epi to auto polla tiktein, heōs pente kai eti, tas de echidnas toutous thērasthai.
For the naturalists say that the dormouse makes its home in a hole and bears many young in one place, up to five or more, and that vipers hunt them.
Notes and citation
Summary: The dormouse and the viper.
- Epiphanius’s natural-history lore; source uncertain.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.72.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:523; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/64-72-1/#p-64-72-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915; GCS 31, 1922); no public-domain English or FOTC translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
64.72.7Holl GCS 25/31:523
καὶ ἐὰν εὔρῃ ὅλον τὸν φωλεὸν ἡ ἔχιδνα, μὴ δυναμένη τοὺς ὅλους καταφαγεῖν, ὑπὸ ἓν ἐσθίει εἰς κόρον ἕνα ἢ δύο, τῶν δὲ λοιπῶν κατακεντήσασα τοὺς όφθαλμοὺς σιτία φέρει καὶ ἀνατρέφει τυφλὰ γεγονότα, ἕως ὅτε βούλεται ἕκαστον αὐτῶν προφέ- ρειν καὶ τοῦτον ἐσθίειν.
kai ean eurę̄ holon ton phōleon hē echidna, mē dynamenē tous holous kataphagein, hypo hen esthiei eis koron hena ē dyo, tōn de loipōn katakentēsasa tous ophthalmous sitia pherei kai anatrephei typhla gegonota, heōs hote bouletai hekaston autōn prophe- rein kai touton esthiein.
And if the viper finds the whole nest, unable to eat them all, it eats one or two at once to its fill, and pricking out the eyes of the rest brings them food and rears them blinded, until it wishes to bring out each of them and eat it.
Notes and citation
Summary: The viper blinds the young dormice.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.72.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:523; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/64-72-1/#p-64-72-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915; GCS 31, 1922); no public-domain English or FOTC translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
64.72.8Holl GCS 25/31:523
ἐὰν δὲ συμβῇ τινὰς ἀπείρους περιτυχεῖν τοῖς τοιούτοις καὶ λάβωσιν αὐτὰ εἰς ἐδωδήν, δηλητήριον ἑαυτοῖς λαμβάνουσιν > ἀπὸ τοῦ τῆς τῆς ἔχίδνης ἀνατεθραμμένα.
ean de symbę̄ tinas apeirous peritychein tois toioutois kai labōsin auta eis edōdēn, dēlētērion heautois lambanousin > apo tou tēs tēs echidnēs anatethrammena.
And if it happens that inexperienced people come upon such creatures and take them for food, they take poison for themselves, since they have been reared by the viper.
Notes and citation
Summary: Those who eat the blinded dormice are poisoned.
- τῆς is doubled in the digital text.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.72.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:523; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/64-72-1/#p-64-72-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915; GCS 31, 1922); no public-domain English or FOTC translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
64.72.9Holl GCS 25/31:523–524
οὓτω καὶ σύ, ὦ Ὠρίγενες, ἀπὸ τῆς προειρημένης ‘Ελληνικῆς παιδείας τυ- φλωθεὶς τὸν νοῦν ἐξήμεσας ἰὸν τοῖς πεισθεῖσί σοι καὶ γέγονας αὐτοῖς εὶς βρῶμα δηλητηρίου, διʼ ὦν αὐτὸς ἠδίκησαι ἀδικήσας τοὺς πλείους.
houtō kai sy, ō Ōrigenes, apo tēs proeirēmenēs ‘Ellēnikēs paideias ty- phlōtheis ton noun exēmesas ion tois peistheisi soi kai gegonas autois eis brōma dēlētēriou, diʼ ōn autos ēdikēsai adikēsas tous pleious.
So you too, Origen, blinded in mind by the aforementioned Greek education, have vomited venom for those persuaded by you and have become poisonous food for them, and by what you did you were yourself wronged while wronging the majority.
Notes and citation
Summary: Origen, blinded by Greek education, poisoned his followers.
- End of Heresy 64. The digital text adds, after the last sentence, a leaked German editorial note (Holl’s apparatus on an addition in manuscript M); removed as a correction.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (leaked German editorial note (apparatus) appended to the text): κύριον. Das Mehr in M gegenüber U ist, wie schon der unepiphanische διαλαλιὰ u. παρεξηγεῖσθαι sind dem Epiphanius unbekannt) zeigt, der aus S. 410, 8 ff geschöpfte Zusatz eines Lesers, dem die letzte Auseinandersetzung mit Origenes noch nicht ganz genügte. Man beachte auch, wie sich in Wendung· dann würde Johannes der Täufer — das Urbild des Mönchs! dem Satan zusammen im Himmel sein, die eigentümlich mönchische Auffassung verrät. → .
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.72.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:523–524; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/64-72-1/#p-64-72-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915; GCS 31, 1922); no public-domain English or FOTC translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.