Panarion (Medicine Chest Against Heresies), Haer. 1-64 33.11.1–34.8.8
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. 33, chapter 11
33.11.1Holl GCS 25/31:462
11. Ὡς γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ βούλεται παιδεύειν τὰ τέκνα καὶ ἑκάστῃ ἡλικίᾳ ἁρμοζόμενος προβαίνει τῇ παιδείᾳ, καὶ οὐκ ἴσως τὸ μικρὸν βρέφος παιδεύει τῷ μειρακίῳ οὐδὲ τὸ μειράκιον ὡσαύτως τῷ νεανίσκῳ οὐδὲ τὸν νεανίαν τῷ τελείῳ άνδρί,
11. Hōs gar ho patēr bouletai paideuein ta tekna kai hekastę̄ hēlikią harmozomenos probainei tę̄ paideią, kai ouk isōs to mikron brephos paideuei tǭ meirakiǭ oude to meirakion hōsautōs tǭ neaniskǭ oude ton neanian tǭ teleiǭ andri,
For as a father wants to train his children and advances in training by adapting to each age, and does not train the small infant like the boy, nor the boy like the youth, nor the young man like the grown man,
Notes and citation
Summary: A father trains children differently at each age.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.11.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:462; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-11-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.11.2Holl GCS 25/31:462
άλλὰ τῷ μὲν ὐποτιτθίῳ διὰ δακτύλου παιδεία γίνεται, παιδίῳ δὲ μείζονι διὰ χειρὸς ῥαπίσματος, μειρακίῳ δὲ διὰ ἱμάντος, νεανίσκῳ διὰ ῥάβδου, ἀνδρὶ δὲ ἐκδίκησις τῶν μειζόνων παραπτωμάτων μαχαίρᾳ διὰ νόμου, οὕτως καὶ ὁ κύριος ἐξῆς ἐνομοθέτει ἑκάστῃ γενεᾷ τὰ ἁρμόζοντα.
alla tǭ men ypotitthiǭ dia daktylou paideia ginetai, paidiǭ de meizoni dia cheiros rhapismatos, meirakiǭ de dia himantos, neaniskǭ dia rhabdou, andri de ekdikēsis tōn meizonōn paraptōmatōn machairą dia nomou, houtōs kai ho kyrios exēs enomothetei hekastę̄ geneą ta harmozonta.
but the nursling is corrected with a finger, the bigger child with a slap of the hand, the boy with a strap, the youth with a rod, and the man is punished for greater offences with the sword through the law — so too the Lord legislated in turn what suited each generation.
Notes and citation
Summary: So God gave each generation laws suited to it.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): άνθρὶ → ἀνδρὶ.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.11.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:462; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-11-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.11.3Holl GCS 25/31:462
ἐκείνους μὲν γὰρ φόβῳ ἐσωφρόνιξεν, ὡς παιδίοις μικροῖς διαλεγόμενος καὶ άγνοοῦσι τὴν δύναμιν τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, τοὺς δὲ τελείους τελείων ἠξίου μυστηρίων.
ekeinous men gar phobǭ esōphronixen, hōs paidiois mikrois dialegomenos kai agnoousi tēn dynamin tou hagiou pneumatos, tous de teleious teleiōn ēxiou mystēriōn.
Those he restrained by fear, as speaking to little children who did not know the power of the Holy Spirit; but the perfect he counted worthy of perfect mysteries.
Notes and citation
Summary: Early generations were restrained by fear; the mature receive fuller teaching.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.11.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:462; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-11-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.11.4Holl GCS 25/31:462
ρίων. καὶ ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ γὰρ οὑτω πως λέγει τοῖς μαθηταῖς ἐν πολλοῖς τόποις »οὐκ οἴδατε τί ποιῶ, ὕστερον δὲ γνώσεσθε«, τουτέστιν ὅταν τέλειοι γένησθε· καὶ πάλιν »οὐκ ᾔδεισαν, ἕως ἀνέστη ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν‘.
riōn. kai en tǭ euangeliǭ gar houtō pōs legei tois mathētais en pollois topois »ouk oidate ti poiō, hysteron de gnōsesthe«, toutestin hotan teleioi genēsthe; kai palin »ouk ę̄deisan, heōs anestē ek tōn nekrōn‘.
For in the Gospel he says to the disciples in many places something like, 'You do not know what I am doing, but afterwards you will know', that is, when you become perfect; and again, 'They did not know until he rose from the dead.'
John 13:7 (quotation, high confidence) · John 20:9 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The disciples too understood only later.
- Quoting John 13:7 and alluding to John 20:9. The first word (ρίων) is a leftover fragment of μυστηρίων.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.11.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:462; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-11-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.11.5Holl GCS 25/31:462
ὁ δὲ Παῦλος »οὔπω γὰρ ἠδύνασθε, άλλʼ οὐδὲ ἔτι δύνασθε«, δεικνὺς ὅτι καιρῶν προϊόντων τελειότεραι ἐντολαί, οὖσαι μὲν αἱ αὐταί, μεταβαλλόμεναι δὲ εἰς ἑτέραν σχέσιν, ἀλλὰ τοῖς νέοις μὲν ἄλλως σχηματιζόμεναι, ἑτέρως δὲ τοῖς ἐντελεστέροις.
ho de Paulos »oupō gar ēdynasthe, allʼ oude eti dynasthe«, deiknys hoti kairōn proïontōn teleioterai entolai, ousai men hai autai, metaballomenai de eis heteran schesin, alla tois neois men allōs schēmatizomenai, heterōs de tois entelesterois.
And Paul: 'For you were not yet able, and even now you are not able', showing that as times went on the commandments were more perfect, being the same, but changed into another form, shaped one way for the young and differently for the more mature.
1 Cor 3:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul shows commands are adapted to maturity.
- Quoting 1 Cor 3:2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): σκηματιζόμεναι → σχηματιζόμεναι.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.11.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:462; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-11-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.11.6Holl GCS 25/31:462
νομοθετήσας γὰρ ὁ νόμος »ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ« οὐκ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς, ἐκβάλετε ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ, ἀλλʼ ἐὰν ἐκβάλῃ τις ὀφθαλμόν, ἐκβληθήσεται ὁ ὀφθαλμὸς τοῦ ἐκβαλόντος· ἕκαστος δὲ φειδόμενος τοῦ ἰδίου σώματος παρεδίδου τὴν σιαγόνα τύπτεσθαι καὶ οὐκ ἔτυπτε.
nomothetēsas gar ho nomos »ophthalmon anti ophthalmou« ouk eipen autois, ekbalete ophthalmon anti ophthalmou, allʼ ean ekbalę̄ tis ophthalmon, ekblēthēsetai ho ophthalmos tou ekbalontos; hekastos de pheidomenos tou idiou sōmatos paredidou tēn siagona typtesthai kai ouk etypte.
For when the law legislated 'eye for eye', it did not tell them, 'Put out an eye for an eye', but, 'If anyone puts out an eye, the eye of the one who put it out shall be put out.' And each, sparing his own body, offered his cheek to be struck and did not strike.
Exod 21:24 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The law threatened the offender, so people refrained from striking.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Word split by a line-end hyphen.): νομό- θετήσας → νομοθετήσας.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.11.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:462; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-11-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.11.7Holl GCS 25/31:462–463
καὶ ἀπὸ τότε ἐφυλάττετο τὰ νῦν ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τηλαυγῶς εἰρημένα, τότε μὲν ἀνάγκῃ ὡς νέων σωφρονιζομένων, νῦν δὲ προαιρέσει ἄτε δὴ τελείων πειθομένων.
kai apo tote ephylatteto ta nyn en tǭ euangeliǭ tēlaugōs eirēmena, tote men anankę̄ hōs neōn sōphronizomenōn, nyn de proairesei ate dē teleiōn peithomenōn.
And from that time what is now clearly said in the Gospel was kept: then by necessity, as the young were disciplined, now by choice, since the perfect are persuaded.
Notes and citation
Summary: The same ethic was kept then by compulsion, now by free choice.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.; Word split by a line-end hyphen, with an OCR slip.): εἐρη- μένα → εἰρημένα; τειθομένων → πειθομένων.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.11.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:462–463; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-11-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.11.8Holl GCS 25/31:463
εἰ δὲ φάσκεις περιπλοκὴν εἶναι ταύτην, τὸ λέγειν »ὀφθαλμὸν ἀντὶ ὀφθαλμοῦ‘ καὶ τὸ τὸν φονέα φονεύεσθαι, ἰδοὺ καὶ περὶ τῆς ὴμέρας τῆς κρίσεως βλέπομεν τὸν σωτῆρα λέγοντα »ὅτι ελεύσεται ὸ αὐτοῦ δεσπότης« τοῦτο δὲ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ ἔλεγεν, αὐτὸς πάντων ὤν δεσπότης) καί φησιν »καὶ διχοτομήσει αὐτὸν τὸν δοῦλον καὶ τὸ μέρος αύτοῦ μετὰ τῶν ἀπίστων θήσει«.
ei de phaskeis periplokēn einai tautēn, to legein »ophthalmon anti ophthalmou‘ kai to ton phonea phoneuesthai, idou kai peri tēs ēmeras tēs kriseōs blepomen ton sōtēra legonta »hoti eleusetai o autou despotēs« touto de peri heautou elegen, autos pantōn ōn despotēs) kai phēsin »kai dichotomēsei auton ton doulon kai to meros autou meta tōn apistōn thēsei«.
And if you say that this is an entanglement — saying 'eye for eye' and that the murderer be killed — see, about the day of judgement too we see the Saviour saying, 'His master will come' (he said this about himself, being master of all), and he says, 'and will cut that servant in two and assign his portion with the unbelievers.'
Matt 24:50–51 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 12:46 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ himself speaks of severe punishment at the judgement.
- Quoting Matt 24:50–51 / Luke 12:46.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.11.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:463; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-11-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.11.9Holl GCS 25/31:463
οὐκοῦν καὶ κατὰ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἐξοπλίζῃ συκοφαντῶν πάλιν ῥήματα καὶ εἴποις ἂν τοῦτον μὴ εἶναι ἀγαθόν καίτοι γε ἐκ πατρὸς ἀγαθοῦ γεγεννημένον καὶ ἀγαθὸν ὄντα), ἀλλὰ δίκαιον καὶ οὐθ᾿] ἕτερον παρὰ τὸν πατέρα.
oukoun kai kata tou sōtēros exoplizę̄ sykophantōn palin rhēmata kai eipois an touton mē einai agathon kaitoi ge ek patros agathou gegennēmenon kai agathon onta), alla dikaion kai outh᾿] heteron para ton patera.
So you are arming yourself against the Saviour too, slandering his words again, and you might say that he is not good (though he was begotten of a good Father and is good), but just, and different from the Father.
Notes and citation
Summary: Ptolemy's logic would make Christ merely 'just' and not good.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.11.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:463; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-11-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.11.10Holl GCS 25/31:463
δύνασαι ἄρα καὶ αὐτὸν ἀπαλλοτριοῦν τῆς τοῦ πατρὸς οὐσίας, ὠ οὺτος, ὁ προελθὼν ἡμῖν πάλιν διαιρέτης καὶ γεωμέτρης τῶν νόμων, τριχῶς τὰ πάντα διαιρῶν.
dynasai ara kai auton apallotrioun tēs tou patros ousias, ō outos, ho proelthōn hēmin palin diairetēs kai geōmetrēs tōn nomōn, trichōs ta panta diairōn.
So you can even estrange him from the Father's substance, you there, who have come forward to us again as a divider and geometer of laws, dividing everything in three.
Notes and citation
Summary: Such division would separate the Son from the Father.
Topics: Heresy, Christology, Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.11.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:463; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-11-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.11.11Holl GCS 25/31:463
καὶ τῷ μὲν εἰπεῖν ὅτι εἰς τύπους συμβολικῶς τινα ἐν τῷ νόμῳ γέγραπται, ὀλίγα παρήψω τῆς ἀληθείας, ἴνα διὰ τῶν ὀλίγων δυνηθῇς καὶ εἰς τὰ ἄλλα ἀπατῆσαι.
kai tǭ men eipein hoti eis typous symbolikōs tina en tǭ nomǭ gegraptai, oliga parēpsō tēs alētheias, ina dia tōn oligōn dynēthę̄s kai eis ta alla apatēsai.
And in saying that some things were written in the law symbolically as types, you touched a little on the truth, so that through the little you might be able to deceive in other things.
Notes and citation
Summary: Ptolemy's truth about types serves to deceive.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.11.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:463; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-11-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.11.12Holl GCS 25/31:463
καὶ γὰρ τῷ ὄντι »ἐκείνοις τυπικῶς συνέβαινεν, ἐγράφη δὲ ἡμῖν εἰς νουθεσίαν, εἰς οὕς τὰ τέλη τῶν αἰώνων κατήντησεν«, > φησιν ὁ ἁγιώτατος ἀπόστολος, περί τε περιτομῆς λέγων καὶ σαββάτου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων.
kai gar tǭ onti »ekeinois typikōs synebainen, egraphē de hēmin eis nouthesian, eis hous ta telē tōn aiōnōn katēntēsen«, > phēsin ho hagiōtatos apostolos, peri te peritomēs legōn kai sabbatou kai tōn allōn.
For indeed 'these things happened to them as types, but were written for our admonition, on whom the ends of the ages have come', says the most holy apostle, speaking of circumcision, sabbath and the rest.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
1 Cor 10:11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul confirms the Law's things were types for us.
- Quoting 1 Cor 10:11. The edition marks a gap.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.11.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:463; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-11-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.11.13Holl GCS 25/31:463
εἴθε δὲ τὰ πάντα ἠλήθευες καὶ οὐκέτι τρίτον μέσον θεὸν τὸν μὴ ὄντα ἔφερες ὴμῖν, μᾶλλον δὲ σαυτῷ καὶ τοῖς ὑπὸ σοῦ ήπατημένοις.
eithe de ta panta ēlētheues kai ouketi triton meson theon ton mē onta epheres ēmin, mallon de sautǭ kai tois hypo sou ēpatēmenois.
Would that you had spoken the truth in all things, and were no longer bringing us a non-existent third, middle god — or rather to yourself and to those deceived by you.
Notes and citation
Summary: Epiphanius wishes Ptolemy had not invented a third god.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.11.13 (Holl GCS 25/31:463; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-11-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 33, chapter 12
33.12.1Holl GCS 25/31:463
12. Νομίζω δὲ καὶ ἐν τῷ παρόντι ἱκανῶς πρὸς τάς σου λέξεις, ὦ ἀγύρτα, εἰρῆσθαι, ὦν ποιήσας τὸν ἔλεγχον ἐπὶ τὰς ἐξῆς αἱρέσεις βαδιοῦμαι, τὸν αὐτὸν θεὸν συνήθως ἐπικαλούμενος ἐπικουρῆσαι τῇ ἡμῶν μετριότητι εἰς τὸ φωρᾶσαι ἑκάστης αἱρέσεως παραπεποιημένης τὸν ἔλεγχον.
12. Nomizō de kai en tǭ paronti hikanōs pros tas sou lexeis, ō agyrta, eirēsthai, ōn poiēsas ton elenchon epi tas exēs haireseis badioumai, ton auton theon synēthōs epikaloumenos epikourēsai tę̄ hēmōn metriotēti eis to phōrasai hekastēs haireseōs parapepoiēmenēs ton elenchon.
I think that for the present enough has been said against your phrases, you charlatan. Having refuted them, I shall go on to the next heresies, as usual calling on the same God to help our moderate ability to expose the refutation of each counterfeit heresy.
Notes and citation
Summary: Epiphanius concludes against Ptolemy.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.12.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:463; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-12-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.12.2Holl GCS 25/31:463
ὅτι μὲν γὰρ συρίγμασιν ἑαυτοῦ, ὡς ἀπὸ θαλάσσης ἀνελθὼν καραρίας καὶ ἔχιδναν προκαλούμενος, τὴν Φλώραν διὰ τῶν γραμμάτων αὐτήν τε καὶ ἄλλους σὺν αὐτῇ ἠπάτησεν, δέδεικται ἐν τοῖς εἰρημένοις· ἐν δὲ τῇ
hoti men gar syrigmasin heautou, hōs apo thalassēs anelthōn kararias kai echidnan prokaloumenos, tēn Phlōran dia tōn grammatōn autēn te kai allous syn autę̄ ēpatēsen, dedeiktai en tois eirēmenois; en de tę̄
That he deceived Flora by his hissings through his letter — like a sea lamprey coming up from the sea and calling out a viper — both her and others with her, has been shown in what has been said. But in the
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Summary: Ptolemy deceived Flora like a lamprey luring a viper.
- καραρίας is read as a sea creature (perhaps the lamprey, said in ancient lore to mate with vipers); uncertain.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): δέδεικατι → δέδεικται.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.12.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:463; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-12-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.12.3Holl GCS 25/31:463–464
τῆς ἀληθείας σαγήνῃ ἡς τὸ αἴνιγμα ὁ κύριος ἐν τῷ εύαγγελίῳ βασιλείαν ούρανῶν άπεφήνατο ἐνειλήσαντες καἰ τῶν πονηρῶν ἰχθύων ἕνα ὄντα αύτὸν ἐλέγξαντες τῷ τὰ μοχθηρὰ ῥήματα αὐτοῦ φωρατὰ ποιῆσαι, τῇ τῆς άληθοῦς πίστεως διδασκαλίᾳ ἡττήσαμεν.
tēs alētheias sagēnę̄ hēs to ainigma ho kyrios en tǭ euangeliǭ basileian ouranōn apephēnato eneilēsantes kai tōn ponērōn ichthyōn hena onta auton elenxantes tǭ ta mochthēra rhēmata autou phōrata poiēsai, tę̄ tēs alēthous pisteōs didaskalią hēttēsamen.
net of the truth, whose parable the Lord in the Gospel declared to be the kingdom of heaven, having enclosed him as one of the bad fish and refuted him by exposing his wicked words, we have defeated him with the teaching of the true faith.
Matt 13:47–48 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: He has caught Ptolemy in the Gospel net like a bad fish.
- Alluding to Matt 13:47–48.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ἴνα ὄντα → ἕνα ὄντα.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.12.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:463–464; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-12-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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33.12.4Holl GCS 25/31:464
ἐν τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ τοίνυν δυνάμει συντρίψαντες τοῦτον αὐτοὶ μὲν θεῷ εὐχαριστήσωμεν, ἐπὶ δὲ τὰς ἑξῆς ὁμοίως ὡς προεῖπον προέρχεσθαι ἐπιβαλώμεθα. |
en tę̄ tou theou toinyn dynamei syntripsantes touton autoi men theǭ eucharistēsōmen, epi de tas hexēs homoiōs hōs proeipon proerchesthai epibalōmetha. |
Having crushed him, then, in the power of God, let us give thanks to God, and undertake, as I said before, to proceed likewise to the next.
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Summary: Epiphanius gives thanks and moves on.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 33.12.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:464; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-33-12-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 34, chapter 1
34.1.1Holl GCS 25/31:5
Μάρκος δέ τις, ἀφʼ οὗπερ οἱ Μαρκώσιοι καλούμενοι, ἀπὸ τούτων ὁρμώμενος καὶ ἕτερα παρὰ τούτους τολμήσας κακὰ τῷ κόσμῳ ἐξήμεσε· τούτους γὰρ διαδέχεται τοὺς περὶ Σεκοῦνδον καὶ Ἐπιφάνη καὶ Πτολεμαῖον καὶ Οὐαλεντῖνον, εἰς περισσοτέραν δὲ ἀγυρτώδη συνάθροισιν ἐπήρθη.
Markos de tis, aphʼ houper hoi Markōsioi kaloumenoi, apo toutōn hormōmenos kai hetera para toutous tolmēsas kaka tǭ kosmǭ exēmese; toutous gar diadechetai tous peri Sekoundon kai Epiphanē kai Ptolemaion kai Oualentinon, eis perissoteran de agyrtōdē synathroisin epērthē.
A certain Marcus, from whom those called Marcosians [take their name], starting from these, dared other evils besides them and vomited them onto the world. He succeeds Secundus, Epiphanes, Ptolemy and Valentinus, but was carried away to a greater charlatan-like gathering.
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Summary: Marcus, founder of the Marcosians, succeeded the earlier Valentinians.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.1.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:5; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-1-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.1.2Holl GCS 25/31:5
γύναια γὰρ καὶ ἄνδρας παρʼ αὐτοῦ πεπλανημένα τε καὶ πεπλανημένους ἐπηγάγετο, ὑποληφθεὶς ὁ ἐλεεινὸς διορθωτὴς εἰναι τῶν προειρημένων ἀπατεώνων, μαγικῆς ὑπάρχων κυβείας ἐμπειρότατος.
gynaia gar kai andras parʼ autou peplanēmena te kai peplanēmenous epēgageto, hypolēphtheis ho eleeinos diorthōtēs einai tōn proeirēmenōn apateōnōn, magikēs hyparchōn kybeias empeirotatos.
For he drew after him women and men led astray by him, the wretch being taken for the corrector of the aforementioned deceivers, being most skilled in magical trickery.
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Summary: Marcus, a skilled magician, attracted men and women.
- A hostile report.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.1.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:5; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-1-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.1.3Holl GCS 25/31:5
ἀπατήσας δὲ τοὺς προειρημένους πάντας καὶ τὰς προειρημένας προσέχειν αὐτῷ ὡς γνωστικωτάτῳ καὶ δύναμιν τὴν μεγίστην ἀπὸ τῶν ἀοράτων καὶ ἀκατονομάστων τόπων ἔχοντι, ὡς πρόδρομος ὢν ἀληθῶς τοῦ Ἀντιχρίστου ἀποδέδεικται.
apatēsas de tous proeirēmenous pantas kai tas proeirēmenas prosechein autǭ hōs gnōstikōtatǭ kai dynamin tēn megistēn apo tōn aoratōn kai akatonomastōn topōn echonti, hōs prodromos ōn alēthōs tou Antichristou apodedeiktai.
Having deceived all these men and women into giving heed to him as the most 'gnostic' and as having the greatest power from the invisible and unnameable places, he has been shown to be truly a forerunner of the Antichrist.
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Summary: Marcus claimed great power and was a forerunner of Antichrist.
- Cf. Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; allusion)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.1.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:5; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-1-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.1.4Holl GCS 25/31:5
τὰ γὰρ Ἀναξιλάου παίγνια τῇ τῶν λεγομένων μάγων πανουργίᾳ συμμίξας, διʼ αὐτῶν φαντάζων τε καὶ μαγεύων, εἰς ἔκπληξιν τοὺς ὁρῶντάς τε καὶ πειθομένους αὐτῷ περιέβαλεν, | ὡς καὶ οἱ αὐτοῦ ἔτι καὶ εἰς δεῦρο τοῦτο ἐπιτελοῦσιν.
ta gar Anaxilaou paignia tę̄ tōn legomenōn magōn panourgią symmixas, diʼ autōn phantazōn te kai mageuōn, eis ekplēxin tous horōntas te kai peithomenous autǭ periebalen, | hōs kai hoi autou eti kai eis deuro touto epitelousin.
For mixing the tricks of Anaxilaus with the cunning of the so-called magi, and producing illusions and magic through them, he threw into amazement those who saw and believed him, as his followers still do to this day.
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Summary: Marcus used conjuring tricks and magic.
- Anaxilaus of Larissa wrote on conjuring tricks (cf. Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.1).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Repeated word.): αὐτοῦ αὐτοῦ ἔτι → αὐτοῦ ἔτι.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; allusion)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.1.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:5; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-1-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.1.5Holl GCS 25/31:5
οἱ δὲ τὰ ἀπὸ περιεργίας * ὁρῶντες δοκοῦσι δυνάμεις τινὰς ἐν χερσὶν αὐτοῦ ἐπιτελεῖσθαι καὶ τῶν παρʼ αὐτοῖς ταῦτα ποιούντων.
hoi de ta apo periergias * horōntes dokousi dynameis tinas en chersin autou epiteleisthai kai tōn parʼ autois tauta poiountōn.
Those who see these things of curious art … think that some powers are performed at his hands and at the hands of those among them who do these things.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: Onlookers think his tricks are miracles.
- The edition marks a gap (*).
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.1.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:5; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-1-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.1.6Holl GCS 25/31:5
τὸν γὰρ νοῦν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀπολέσαντες οὐχ ὁρῶσι, μὴ γινώσκοντες δοκιμάσαι, ὅτι ἀπὸ μαγείας ἡ σύστασις τοῦ παρʼ αὐτοῦ παιγνίου ὡς ἔπος ἐπιτελεῖται. αὐτοὶ γὰρ ἐμβρόντητοι παντάπασι γεγόνασιν, ὑπαχθέντες κακῇ τινι ὑπονοίᾳ.
ton gar noun kai autoi apolesantes ouch horōsi, mē ginōskontes dokimasai, hoti apo mageias hē systasis tou parʼ autou paigniou hōs epos epiteleitai. autoi gar embrontētoi pantapasi gegonasin, hypachthentes kakę̄ tini hyponoią.
For having lost their minds themselves, they do not see, not knowing how to test it, that the structure of his trickery is accomplished by magic, so to speak. For they have become altogether thunderstruck, led on by some evil notion.
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Summary: His followers cannot see that it is magic.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Repeated word.): ἐπιτελεῖται. ἐπιτελεῖται. → ἐπιτελεῖται..
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.1.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:5; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-1-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.1.7Holl GCS 25/31:5–6
φασὶ γὰρ τρία ποτήρια λευκῆς ὑάλου παρʼ αὐτοῖς ἑτοιμάζεσθαι κεκραμένα λευκῷ οἴνῳ καὶ ἐν τῇ ἐπιτελουμένῃ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἐπῳδῇ, τῇ νομιζομένῃ εὐχαριστίᾳ, μεταβάλλεσθαι εὐθύς, τὸ μὲν ἐρυθρὸν * ὡς αἷμα, τὸ δὲ πορφύρεον, τὸ δὲ κυάνεον.
phasi gar tria potēria leukēs hyalou parʼ autois hetoimazesthai kekramena leukǭ oinǭ kai en tę̄ epiteloumenę̄ parʼ autou epǭdę̄, tę̄ nomizomenę̄ eucharistią, metaballesthai euthys, to men erythron * hōs haima, to de porphyreon, to de kyaneon.
For they say that three cups of clear glass are prepared among them, mixed with white wine, and during the incantation he performs, the supposed thanksgiving, they are changed at once, one red … like blood, another purple, and another dark blue.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: In his 'eucharist', cups of white wine seem to turn red, purple and blue.
- The edition marks a gap (*). A hostile report of Marcosian ritual.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Word split by a line-end hyphen.): μετα- βάλλεσθαι → μεταβάλλεσθαι.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.1.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:5–6; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-1-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.1.8Holl GCS 25/31:6
Ἐγὼ τοίνυν ἵνα μὴ εἰς δεύτερον κάματον ἑαυτὸν ἐπιδῶ, ἁρκεσθῆναι δεῖν ἡγησάμην τοῖς ἀπὸ τοῦ μακαριωτάτου καὶ ἁγιωτάτου Εἰρηναίου κατʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Μάρκου καὶ τῶν ἐξ αὐτοῦ ὁρμωμένων πραγματευθεῖσιν, ἅτινα ἐνταῦθα πρὸς ἔπος ἐκθέσθαι ἐσπούδασα, καὶ ἔστιν τάδε. φάσκει γὰρ αὐτὸς Εἰρηναῖος ὁ ἅγιος ἐν τῷ ὑποφαίνειν τὰ ὑπʼ αὐτῶν γενόμενα, λέγων οὕτως· ek twn tou agiou eirhnaiou.
Egō toinyn hina mē eis deuteron kamaton heauton epidō, harkesthēnai dein hēgēsamēn tois apo tou makariōtatou kai hagiōtatou Eirēnaiou katʼ autou tou Markou kai tōn ex autou hormōmenōn pragmateutheisin, hatina entautha pros epos ekthesthai espoudasa, kai estin tade. phaskei gar autos Eirēnaios ho hagios en tǭ hypophainein ta hypʼ autōn genomena, legōn houtōs; ek twn tou agiou eirhnaiou.
So that I may not give myself a second labour, I thought I should be content with what was written against this Marcus and those who come from him by the most blessed and most holy Irenaeus, which I have taken care to set out here word for word, and it is as follows. For the holy Irenaeus himself, in exposing what they do, says thus: From the [writings] of the holy Irenaeus.
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Summary: Epiphanius will quote Irenaeus's account of Marcus word for word.
- The heading at the end is in Latin letters in the digital text ('ek twn tou agiou eirhnaiou').
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): Εἰργωαίου → Εἰρηναίου; Εἰργναῖος → Εἰρηναῖος.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; allusion)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.1.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:6; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-1-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 34, chapter 2
34.2.1Holl GCS 25/31:6
Ποτήρια οἵνῳ κεκραμένα προσποιούμενος εὐχαριστεῖν καὶ ἐπὶ πλέον ἐκτείνων τὸν λόγον τῆς ἐπικλήσεως πορφύρεα καὶ ἐρυθρὰ ἀναφαίνεσθαι ποιεῖ, ὡς δοκεῖν τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν ὑπὲρ τὰ ὄλα Χάριν τὸ αἷμα τὸ ἑαυτῆς στάζειν ἐν τῷ ἐκείνου ποτηρίῳ διὰ τῆς ἐπικλήσεως αὐτοῦ καὶ ὑπεριμείρεσθαι τοὺς παρόντας ἐξ ἐκείνου γεύσασθαι τοῦ πόματος, ἵνα καὶ εἰς αὐτοὺς ἐπομβρήσῃ ἡ διὰ τοῦ μάγου τούτου κλῃζομένη Χάρις.
Potēria hoinǭ kekramena prospoioumenos eucharistein kai epi pleon ekteinōn ton logon tēs epiklēseōs porphyrea kai erythra anaphainesthai poiei, hōs dokein tēn apo tōn hyper ta ola Charin to haima to heautēs stazein en tǭ ekeinou potēriǭ dia tēs epiklēseōs autou kai hyperimeiresthai tous parontas ex ekeinou geusasthai tou pomatos, hina kai eis autous epombrēsę̄ hē dia tou magou toutou klę̄zomenē Charis.
"Pretending to give thanks over cups mixed with wine, and extending the word of invocation at length, he makes them appear purple and red, so that Grace, from those above all things, seems to drip her own blood into his cup through his invocation, and those present long exceedingly to taste of that drink, so that the Grace invoked by this magician may rain on them too."
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Summary: Marcus makes wine appear to turn to the blood of 'Grace'.
- 34.2.1–34.20.12 quote Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.2–1.21.5 in Greek. Here 1.13.2. A hostile report of Marcosian ritual.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip (accent).): ἐπομβρήσῆ → ἐπομβρήσῃ.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:6; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.2.2Holl GCS 25/31:6
πάλιν δὲ γυναιξὶν ἐπιδοὺς ἐκπόματα κεκραμένα αὐτὰς εὐχαριστεῖν ἐγκελεύεται παρεστῶτος τοῦ κεκομισμένον * ἐπιλέγων ἅμα οὕτως »ἡ πρὸ τῶν ὅλων,
palin de gynaixin epidous ekpomata kekramena autas eucharistein enkeleuetai parestōtos tou kekomismenon * epilegōn hama houtōs »hē pro tōn holōn,
"Again, handing mixed cups to women, he bids them give thanks in his presence; and when this is done, he himself brings another cup, much larger than the one the deluded woman gave thanks over, and pours from the smaller, over which the woman gave thanks, into the one he has brought, at the same time saying: 'May the Grace that is before all things,"
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Summary: Marcus has women give thanks over cups, then pours into a larger cup.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.2. Several words have fallen out of the digital text (*); the middle is supplied by sense from Irenaeus.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Two words run together.): γυναιξὶνἐπιδοὺς → γυναιξὶν ἐπιδοὺς.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:6; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.2.3Holl GCS 25/31:6
ἡ ἀνεννόητος καὶ ἄρρητος Χάρις πληρώσαι σου τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον καὶ πληθύναι ἐν σοὶ τὴν γνῶσιν αὐτῆς, ἐγκατασπείρουσα τὸν κόκκον τοῦ σινάπεως εἰς τὴν ἀγαθὴν γῆν«.
hē anennoētos kai arrētos Charis plērōsai sou ton esō anthrōpon kai plēthynai en soi tēn gnōsin autēs, enkataspeirousa ton kokkon tou sinapeōs eis tēn agathēn gēn«.
"the unthinkable and ineffable, fill your inner man and multiply in you her knowledge, sowing the grain of mustard seed in good soil.'"
Eph 3:16 (echo, medium confidence) · Matt 13:31 (echo, medium confidence)
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Summary: Marcus's formula over the cup.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.2, echoing Eph 3:16 and Matt 13:31.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:6; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.2.4Holl GCS 25/31:6–7
καὶ τοιαῦτά τινα εἰπὼν καὶ ἐξοιστρήσας τὴν ταλαίπωρον θαυματοποιὸς ἀνεφάνη, τοῦ μεγάλου πληρωθέντος ἐκ τοῦ μακροῦ ποτηρίου, ὥστε καὶ ὑπερεκχεῖσθαι ἐξ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἄλλα τινὰ τούτοις παραπλήσια ποιῶν ἐξηπάτησε πολλοὺς καὶ ἀπαγήοχεν ὀπίσω αὐτοῦ.
kai toiauta tina eipōn kai exoistrēsas tēn talaipōron thaumatopoios anephanē, tou megalou plērōthentos ek tou makrou potēriou, hōste kai hyperekcheisthai ex autou. kai alla tina toutois paraplēsia poiōn exēpatēse pollous kai apagēochen opisō autou.
"And saying such things and driving the wretched woman into a frenzy, he appeared a wonder-worker, the large cup being filled from the small one, so as even to overflow from it. And by doing other things like these he deceived many and drew them after him."
Notes and citation
Summary: The larger cup overflows, and Marcus seems a wonder-worker.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.2. 'The large being filled from the small' — the text has 'long' (μακροῦ) for 'small' (μικροῦ); translated by sense.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:6–7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.2.5Holl GCS 25/31:7
Εἰκὸς δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ δαίμονά τινα πάρεδρον ἔχειν, διʼ οὗ αὐτὸς τε προφητεύειν δοκεῖ καὶ ὅσας ἀξίας ἡγεῖται <γενέσθαι> μετόχους τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ προφητεύειν ποιεῖ.
Eikos de auton kai daimona tina paredron echein, diʼ hou autos te prophēteuein dokei kai hosas axias hēgeitai <genesthai> metochous tēs charitos autou prophēteuein poiei.
"It is likely that he also has a familiar demon, through whom he himself seems to prophesy, and makes those women prophesy whom he thinks worthy ⟨to become⟩ sharers of his grace."
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcus is said to have a familiar spirit and to make women prophesy.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.2.6Holl GCS 25/31:7
μάλιστα γὰρ περὶ γυναῖκας ἀσχολεῖται καὶ τούτων τὰς εὐπαρύφους καὶ περιπορφύρους καὶ πλουσιωτάτας, ἅς πολλάκις ὑπάγεσθαι πειρώμενος, κολακεύων φησὶν αὐταῖς »μεταδοῦναί σοι θέλω τῆς ἐμῆς Χάριτος, ἐπειδὴ ὁ πατὴρ τῶν ὅλων τὸν ἄγγελόν σου διὰ παντὸς βλέπει πρὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ. ὁ δὲ τόπος τοῦ Μεγέθους ἐν ἡμῖν ἐστί·
malista gar peri gynaikas ascholeitai kai toutōn tas euparyphous kai periporphyrous kai plousiōtatas, has pollakis hypagesthai peirōmenos, kolakeuōn phēsin autais »metadounai soi thelō tēs emēs Charitos, epeidē ho patēr tōn holōn ton angelon sou dia pantos blepei pro prosōpou autou. ho de topos tou Megethous en hēmin esti;
"For he busies himself especially with women, and among these with the well-dressed, those in purple-bordered garments and the richest, whom he often tries to seduce, flattering them and saying: 'I want to give you a share of my Grace, since the Father of all always sees your angel before his face. The place of the Greatness is in us;"
Matt 18:10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcus flatters rich women, offering them his 'Grace'.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.3, alluding to Matt 18:10. A hostile report.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.2.7Holl GCS 25/31:7
δεῖ ἡμᾶς εἰς τὸ ἕν καταστῆναι. λάμβανε πρῶτον ἀπʼ ἐμοῦ καὶ διʼ ἐμοῦ τὴν Χάριν. εὐτρέπισον σεαυτὴν ὡς νύμφη ἐκδεχομένη τὸν νυμφίον ἑαυτῆς, ἵνα ἔσῃ ὅ ἐγὼ καὶ ἐγὼ ὃ σύ. καθίδρυσον ἐν τῷ νυμφῶνί σου τὸ σπέρμα τοῦ φωτός. λάβε παρʼ ἐμοῦ τὸν νυμφίον καὶ χώρησον αὐτὸν καὶ χωρήθητι ἐν αὐτῷ. ἱδού, ἡ Χάρις κατῆλθεν ἐπὶ σέ· ἄνοιξον τὸ στόμα σου καὶ προφήτευσον«.
dei hēmas eis to hen katastēnai. lambane prōton apʼ emou kai diʼ emou tēn Charin. eutrepison seautēn hōs nymphē ekdechomenē ton nymphion heautēs, hina esę̄ ho egō kai egō ho sy. kathidryson en tǭ nymphōni sou to sperma tou phōtos. labe parʼ emou ton nymphion kai chōrēson auton kai chōrēthēti en autǭ. hidou, hē Charis katēlthen epi se; anoixon to stoma sou kai prophēteuson«.
"we must be established into the One. Receive Grace first from me and through me. Make yourself ready as a bride awaiting her bridegroom, so that you may be what I am and I what you are. Establish the seed of light in your bridal chamber. Receive from me the bridegroom, and contain him and be contained in him. Behold, Grace has come down upon you; open your mouth and prophesy.'"
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcus's words of initiation, ending 'open your mouth and prophesy'.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ωυμφῶνί → νυμφῶνί.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.2.8Holl GCS 25/31:7
τῆς δὲ γυναικὸς ἀποκρινομένης »οὐ προεφήτευσα πώποτε καὶ οὐκ οἶδα προφητεύειν«, ἐπικλήσεις τινὰς ποιούμενος ἐκ δευτέρου εἰς κατάπληξιν τῆς ἀπατωμένης φησὶν αὐτῇ »ἄνοιξον τὸ στόμα σου <καὶ> λάλησον ὅ τι δήποτε καὶ προφητεύσεις«.
tēs de gynaikos apokrinomenēs »ou proephēteusa pōpote kai ouk oida prophēteuein«, epiklēseis tinas poioumenos ek deuterou eis kataplēxin tēs apatōmenēs phēsin autę̄ »anoixon to stoma sou <kai> lalēson ho ti dēpote kai prophēteuseis«.
"When the woman answers, 'I have never prophesied and do not know how to prophesy', he makes certain invocations a second time to astound the deceived woman, and says to her, 'Open your mouth ⟨and⟩ say anything at all, and you will prophesy.'"
Notes and citation
Summary: When a woman says she cannot prophesy, he tells her to say anything.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.2.9Holl GCS 25/31:7
ἡ δὲ χαυνωθεῖσα καὶ κεπφωθεῖσα ὑπὸ τῶν προειρημένων, διαθερμανθεῖσα τὴν ψυχὴν ὑπὸ τῆς προσδοκίας τοῦ μέλλειν αὐτὴς προφητεύειν, τῆς καρδίας πλέον τοῦ δέοντος παλλούσης, ἀποτολμᾷ λαλεῖν ληρώδη καὶ τὰ τυχόντα,
hē de chaunōtheisa kai kepphōtheisa hypo tōn proeirēmenōn, diathermantheisa tēn psychēn hypo tēs prosdokias tou mellein autēs prophēteuein, tēs kardias pleon tou deontos pallousēs, apotolmą lalein lērōdē kai ta tychonta,
"And she, puffed up and made giddy by what has been said, her soul heated by the expectation that she is about to prophesy, her heart beating more than it should, dares to speak nonsense and whatever comes,"
Notes and citation
Summary: Excited, the woman speaks nonsense.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.2.10Holl GCS 25/31:7
πάντα κενῶς καὶ τολμηρῶς, ἅτε ὑπὸ κενοῦ τεθερμαμμένη πνεύματος (καθὼς ὁ κρείσσων ἡμῶν ἔφη περὶ τῶν τοιούτων <προφητῶν>, ὄτι τολμηρὸν καὶ ἀναιδὲς ψυχὴ κενῷ ἀέρι θερμαινομένη)
panta kenōs kai tolmērōs, hate hypo kenou tethermammenē pneumatos (kathōs ho kreissōn hēmōn ephē peri tōn toioutōn <prophētōn>, oti tolmēron kai anaides psychē kenǭ aeri thermainomenē)
"all emptily and boldly, as one heated by an empty spirit (as one better than us said of such ⟨prophets⟩, that a soul heated by empty air is bold and shameless);"
Notes and citation
Summary: Her 'prophecy' comes from an empty spirit.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.3. The 'one better than us' is unidentified.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.2.11Holl GCS 25/31:7–8
καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου λοιπὸν προφήτιδα ἐαυτὴν ὑπολαμβάνει καὶ εὐχαριστεῖ Μάρκῳ τῷ ἐπιδιδόντι τῆς ἰδίας χάριτος αὐτῇ καὶ ἀμείβεσθαι αὐτὸν πειρᾶται, οὐ μόνον κατὰ τὴν τῶν ὑπαρχόντων δόσιν (ὅθεν καὶ χρημάτων πλῆθος πολὺ συναγήοχεν), ἀλλὰ καὶ κατὰ τὴν τοῦ σώματος κοινωνίαν, κατὰ πάντα ἑνοῦσθαι αὐτῷ προθυμουμένη, ἵνα σὺν αὐτῷ κατέλθῃ εἰς τὸ ἕν.
kai apo toutou loipon prophētida eautēn hypolambanei kai eucharistei Markǭ tǭ epididonti tēs idias charitos autę̄ kai ameibesthai auton peiratai, ou monon kata tēn tōn hyparchontōn dosin (hothen kai chrēmatōn plēthos poly synagēochen), alla kai kata tēn tou sōmatos koinōnian, kata panta henousthai autǭ prothymoumenē, hina syn autǭ katelthę̄ eis to hen.
"and from then on she supposes herself a prophetess, and gives thanks to Marcus for giving her a share of his own grace, and tries to repay him, not only by the gift of her possessions (whence he has collected a great amount of money), but also by the fellowship of the body, eager to be united with him in everything, so that she may descend with him into the One."
Notes and citation
Summary: The woman repays Marcus with money and her body.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.3. A hostile report.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:7–8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.2.12Holl GCS 25/31:8
Ἤδη δὲ τῶν πιστοτέρων τινὲς γυναικῶν τῶν ἐχουσῶν τὸν φόβον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ μὴ ἐξαπατηθεισῶν, ἃς ὁμοίω; ταῖς λοιπαῖς ἐπετήδευσε παραπείθειν κελεύων αὐταῖς προφητεύειν, καὶ] καταφυσήσασαι καὶ καταθεματίσασαι αὐτὸν ἐχωρίσθησαν τοῦ τοιούτου † θιάσου,
Ēdē de tōn pistoterōn tines gynaikōn tōn echousōn ton phobon tou theou kai mē exapatētheisōn, has homoiō? tais loipais epetēdeuse parapeithein keleuōn autais prophēteuein, kai] kataphysēsasai kai katathematisasai auton echōristhēsan tou toioutou † thiasou,
"But some of the more faithful women, who have the fear of God and were not deceived, whom he tried to persuade like the rest, bidding them prophesy, blew on him and cursed him and separated themselves from such a … company,"
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Faithful women rejected and cursed Marcus.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.4. The edition marks a corrupt place (†). 'Blew on him' (καταφυσήσασαι) is a gesture of exorcism or contempt.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.2.13Holl GCS 25/31:8
ἀκριβῶς εἰδυῖαι ὅτι προφητεύειν οὐχ ὐπὸ Μάρκου τοῦ μάγου ἐγγίνεται τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, ἀλλ οἷς ἂν ὁ θεὸς ἄνωθεν ἐπιπέμψῃ τὴν χάριν αὐτοῦ, οὗτοι θεόσδοτον ἔχουσι τὴν προφητείαν καὶ τότε λαλοῦσιν ἔνθα καὶ ὁπότε θεὸς βούλεται, ἀλλʼ οὐχ ὅτε Μάρκος κελεύει.
akribōs eiduiai hoti prophēteuein ouch ypo Markou tou magou enginetai tois anthrōpois, all hois an ho theos anōthen epipempsę̄ tēn charin autou, houtoi theosdoton echousi tēn prophēteian kai tote lalousin entha kai hopote theos bouletai, allʼ ouch hote Markos keleuei.
"knowing precisely that prophesying does not come to people from Marcus the magician, but those to whom God sends his grace from above have God-given prophecy, and speak then where and when God wills, not when Marcus commands."
Notes and citation
Summary: True prophecy is given by God, not commanded by Marcus.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): μάγος ἐγγίνεται → μάγου ἐγγίνεται.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.13 (Holl GCS 25/31:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.2.14Holl GCS 25/31:8
τὸ γὰρ κελεῦον τοῦ κελευομένου μεῖζόν τε καὶ κυριώτερον, ἐπεὶ τὸ μὲν προηγεῖται, τὸ δὲ ὑποτέτακται. εἰ οὖν Μάρκος μὲν κελεύει ἢ ἄλλος τις, ὡς εἰώθασιν ἐπὶ τοῖς δείπνοις <ἀπὸ> τοῦ οὗτοι πάντοτε παίζειν καὶ ἀλλήλοις ἐγκελεύεσθαι τὸ προφητεύειν καὶ πρὸς τὰς ἰδίας ἐπιθυμίας ἑαυτοῖς μαντεύεσθαι, ἔσται ὁ κελεύων μείζων τε καὶ κυριώτερος τοῦ προφητικοῦ πνεύματος, ἄνθρωπος ὤν, ὅπερ ἀδύνατον.
to gar keleuon tou keleuomenou meizon te kai kyriōteron, epei to men proēgeitai, to de hypotetaktai. ei oun Markos men keleuei ē allos tis, hōs eiōthasin epi tois deipnois <apo> tou houtoi pantote paizein kai allēlois enkeleuesthai to prophēteuein kai pros tas idias epithymias heautois manteuesthai, estai ho keleuōn meizōn te kai kyriōteros tou prophētikou pneumatos, anthrōpos ōn, hoper adynaton.
"For what commands is greater and more authoritative than what is commanded, since the one leads and the other is subject. If, then, Marcus or anyone else commands — as they are accustomed at their dinners always to play at this and bid one another prophesy and divine for themselves according to their own desires — the one who commands, being a man, will be greater and more authoritative than the prophetic Spirit, which is impossible."
Notes and citation
Summary: A man cannot command the prophetic Spirit.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): τὸ μὲγ προηγεῖται → τὸ μὲν προηγεῖται; ἐγκελεύσεθαι → ἐγκελεύεσθαι.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.14 (Holl GCS 25/31:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.2.15Holl GCS 25/31:8
ἀλλὰ τοιαῦτα κελευόμενα ὑπʼ αὐτῶν πνεύματα καὶ λαλοῦντα, ὁπότε βούλονται αὐτοί, ἐπίγεια καὶ ἀδρανῆ ἐστι, τολμηρὰ δὲ καὶ ἀναιδῆ, ὑπὸ τοῦ Σατανᾶ ἐκπεμπόμενα πρὸς ἐξαπάτησιν καὶ ἀπώλειαν τῶν μὴ εὔτονον τὴv πίστιν ἣν ἀπʼ ἀρχῆς διὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας παρέλαβον φυλασσόντων.
alla toiauta keleuomena hypʼ autōn pneumata kai lalounta, hopote boulontai autoi, epigeia kai adranē esti, tolmēra de kai anaidē, hypo tou Satana ekpempomena pros exapatēsin kai apōleian tōn mē eutonon tēv pistin hēn apʼ archēs dia tēs ekklēsias parelabon phylassontōn.
"But such spirits, commanded by them and speaking whenever they wish, are earthly and feeble, but bold and shameless, sent by Satan for the deception and destruction of those who do not keep firm the faith which they received from the beginning through the Church."
Notes and citation
Summary: Such spirits are Satan's, deceiving those weak in the Church's faith.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): φυλασσςόντων → φυλασσόντων.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.2.15 (Holl GCS 25/31:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-2-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 34, chapter 3
34.3.1Holl GCS 25/31:8
3. Ὅτι δὲ φίλτρα καὶ ἀγώγιμα πρὸς τὸ καὶ τοῖς σώμασιν αὐτῶν ἐνυβρίζειν ἐμποιεῖ οὗτος ὁ Μάρκος ἐνίαις τῶν γυναικῶν, εἰ καὶ μὴ πάσαις, αὗται πολλάκις ἐπιστρέψασαι εἰς τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ ἐξωμολογήσαντο, καὶ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἠχρειῶσθαι ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐρωτικῶς πάνυ αὐτὸν πεφιληκέναι·
3. Hoti de philtra kai agōgima pros to kai tois sōmasin autōn enybrizein empoiei houtos ho Markos eniais tōn gynaikōn, ei kai mē pasais, hautai pollakis epistrepsasai eis tēn ekklēsian tou theou exōmologēsanto, kai kata to sōma ēchreiōsthai hypʼ autou kai erōtikōs pany auton pephilēkenai;
"That this Marcus prepares love potions and charms for some of the women, if not all, so as to abuse their bodies too, these women, when they have often returned to the Church of God, have confessed, admitting that they were defiled by him in body and had loved him very passionately."
Notes and citation
Summary: Women who returned to the Church confessed that Marcus used love charms on them.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.5. A hostile report.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.3.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-3-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.3.2Holl GCS 25/31:8–9
ὥστε καὶ διάκονόν τινα τῶν ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ τῶν] ἡμετέρων ὑποδεξάμενον αὐτὸν εἰς τὸv οἶκον αὐτοῦ περιπεσεῖν ταύτῃ τῇ συμφορᾷ, τῆς γυναικὸς αὐτοῦ εὐειδοῦς ὑπαρχούσης καὶ τὴν γνώμην καὶ τὸ σῶμα διαφθαρείσης ὑπὸ τοῦ μάγου τούτου καὶ ἐξακολουθησάσης αὐτῷ πολλῷ χρόνῳ·
hōste kai diakonon tina tōn en tę̄ Asią tōn] hēmeterōn hypodexamenon auton eis tov oikon autou peripesein tautę̄ tę̄ symphorą, tēs gynaikos autou eueidous hyparchousēs kai tēn gnōmēn kai to sōma diaphthareisēs hypo tou magou toutou kai exakolouthēsasēs autǭ pollǭ chronǭ;
"So that even a deacon of ours in Asia, who received him into his house, fell into this misfortune: his wife, being beautiful, was corrupted in mind and body by this magician and followed him for a long time;"
Notes and citation
Summary: A deacon's wife in Asia was seduced by Marcus.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.5. A stray bracket is left untranslated.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Ethics, Church office
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.3.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:8–9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-3-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.3.3Holl GCS 25/31:9
ἔπειτα μετὰ πολλοῦ κόπου τῶν ἀδελφῶν ἐπιστρεψάντων αὐτήν, τὸν ἅπαντα χρόνον ἐξομολογουμένη διετέλεσε, πενθοῦσα καὶ θρηνοῦσα ἐφʼ ᾗ ἔπαθεν ὑπὸ τοῦ μάγου διαφθορᾷ.
epeita meta pollou kopou tōn adelphōn epistrepsantōn autēn, ton hapanta chronon exomologoumenē dietelese, penthousa kai thrēnousa ephʼ hę̄ epathen hypo tou magou diaphthorą.
"then, when the brethren with much labour had brought her back, she spent all her time in confession, mourning and lamenting over the corruption she had suffered from the magician."
Notes and citation
Summary: Brought back, she spent her life in penitence.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.3.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-3-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.3.4Holl GCS 25/31:9
Καὶ μαθηταὶ δὲ αὐτοῦ τινες περιπολίζοντες ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς, ἐξαπατῶντες γυναικάρια πολλὰ διέφθειραν, τελείους ἑαυτὸυς ἀναγορεύοντες, ὡς μηδενὸς δυναμένου ἐξισωθῆναι τῷ μεγέθει τῆς γνώσεως αὐτῶν, μηδʼ ἂν ΙΙαῦλον μηδʼ ἂν ΙΙέτρον εἴπῃς μηδʼ ἄλλον τινὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων,
Kai mathētai de autou tines peripolizontes en tois autois, exapatōntes gynaikaria polla diephtheiran, teleious heautous anagoreuontes, hōs mēdenos dynamenou exisōthēnai tǭ megethei tēs gnōseōs autōn, mēdʼ an IIaulon mēdʼ an IIetron eipę̄s mēdʼ allon tina tōn apostolōn,
"And some of his disciples, going about in the same places, have deceived and corrupted many silly women, proclaiming themselves perfect, as though no one could equal the greatness of their knowledge, not even Paul, or Peter, or any other of the apostles,"
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcus's disciples claim to be perfect, above the apostles.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.6.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.3.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-3-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.3.5Holl GCS 25/31:9
ἀλλὰ πλείω πάντων > ἐγνωκέναι καὶ τὸ μέγεθος τῆς γνώσεως τῆς ἀρρήτου δυνάμεως μόνους καταπεπωκέναι, εἶναί τε αὐτοὺς ἐν ὕψει ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν δύναμιν.
alla pleiō pantōn > egnōkenai kai to megethos tēs gnōseōs tēs arrētou dynameōs monous katapepōkenai, einai te autous en hypsei hyper pasan dynamin.
"but that they know more than all, and alone have drunk in the greatness of the knowledge of the ineffable power, and are on high above every power."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: They claim superior knowledge above every power.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.6. The edition marks a gap.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.3.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-3-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.3.6Holl GCS 25/31:9
διὸ καὶ ἐλευθέρως πάντα πράσσειν, μηδένα ἐν μηδενὶ φόβον ἔχοντας. διὰ γὰρ τὴν ἀπολύτρωσιν ἀκρατήτους <τε> καὶ ἀοράτους τῷ κριτῇ. εἶ δὲ καὶ ἐπιλάβοιτο αὐτῶν, παραστάντες αὐτῷ μετὰ τῆς ἀπολυτρώσεως | τάδε εἴποιεν· »ὦ πάρεδρε θεοῦ καὶ μυστικῆς πρὸ αἰώνων Σιγῆς, † ἣν τὰ Μεγέθη διὰ παντὸς βλέποντα τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ Πατρός, ὁδηγῷ σοι καὶ προσαγωγεῖ χρώμενα, ἀνασπῶσιν ἄνω τὰς αὐτῶν μορφάς, ἃς ἡ μεγαλότολμος ἐκείνη φαντασιασθεῖσα διὰ τὸ ἀγαθὸν τοῦ Προπάτορος προεβάλετο ἡμᾶς † τὰς εἰκόνας † τότε ἐνθύμιον τῶν ἄνω ὡς ἐνύπνιον ἔχουσα — ἰδοὺ ὁ κριτὴς ἐγγὺς καὶ ὁ κῆρυξ με κελεύει ἀπολογεῖσθαι·
dio kai eleutherōs panta prassein, mēdena en mēdeni phobon echontas. dia gar tēn apolytrōsin akratētous <te> kai aoratous tǭ kritę̄. ei de kai epilaboito autōn, parastantes autǭ meta tēs apolytrōseōs | tade eipoien; »ō paredre theou kai mystikēs pro aiōnōn Sigēs, † hēn ta Megethē dia pantos bleponta to prosōpon tou Patros, hodēgǭ soi kai prosagōgei chrōmena, anaspōsin anō tas autōn morphas, has hē megalotolmos ekeinē phantasiastheisa dia to agathon tou Propatoros proebaleto hēmas † tas eikonas † tote enthymion tōn anō hōs enypnion echousa — idou ho kritēs engys kai ho kēryx me keleuei apologeisthai;
"Therefore they do everything freely, having no fear in anything. For because of the 'redemption' they are unassailable ⟨and⟩ invisible to the judge. And if he should seize them, they stand before him with the redemption and say this: 'O assessor of God and of the mystic Silence before the ages, … through whom the Greatnesses, always beholding the face of the Father, using you as guide and introducer, draw their forms up above — which that very daring one, imagining them because of the Forefather's goodness, put forth as us, the images, having then a thought of the things above as in a dream — behold, the judge is near and the herald bids me make my defence;"
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Through their 'redemption' they claim immunity and recite a formula before the judge.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.6. The edition marks several corrupt places (†); the formula is translated by sense. There is no 34.3.7 in the digital text.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ἐλευθέρς πάντα → ἐλευθέρως πάντα.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.3.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-3-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.3.8Holl GCS 25/31:9
σὺ δέ, ὡς ἐπισταμένη τὰ ἀμφοτέρων, τὸν ὑπὲρ ἀμφοτέρων ἡμῶν λόγον ὡς ἕνα ὄντα τῷ κριτῇ παράστησον«.
sy de, hōs epistamenē ta amphoterōn, ton hyper amphoterōn hēmōn logon hōs hena onta tǭ kritę̄ parastēson«.
"'but you, knowing the matters of both, present to the judge the account for both of us as being one.'"
Notes and citation
Summary: The formula asks the Mother to plead their case.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.6.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.3.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-3-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.3.9Holl GCS 25/31:9
ἡ δὲ Μήτηρ ταχέως ἀκούσασα τούτων τὴν Ὁμηρικὴν Ἄϊδος κυνέην αὐτοῖς περιέθηκε πρὸς τὸ ἀοράτως ἐκφυγεῖν τὸν κριτὴν καὶ παραχρῆμα ἀνασπάσασα αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν νυμφῶνα εἰσήγαγε καὶ ἀπέδωκε τοῖς ἑαυτῶν νυμφίοις.
hē de Mētēr tacheōs akousasa toutōn tēn Homērikēn Aïdos kyneēn autois periethēke pros to aoratōs ekphygein ton kritēn kai parachrēma anaspasasa autous eis ton nymphōna eisēgage kai apedōke tois heautōn nymphiois.
"And the Mother, quickly hearing them, put on them the Homeric cap of Hades, so that they might escape the judge invisibly, and at once drew them up, brought them into the bridal chamber and gave them to their bridegrooms."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Mother makes them invisible and brings them to the bridal chamber.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.6, alluding to the cap of Hades in Homer, Iliad 5.845.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips.): τοίς ἐκυτῶν νομφίας → τοῖς ἑαυτῶν νυμφίοις.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation); Homer, Il. 5.845 (Homer, Iliad; allusion)
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.3.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-3-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.3.10Holl GCS 25/31:9–10
Τοιαῦτα δὴ λέγοντες καὶ πράττοντες καὶ ἐν τοῖς καθʼ ἡμᾶς κλίμασι τῆς Ῥοδανουσίας πολλὰς ἐξηπατήκασι γυναῖκας, αἵτινες κεκαυτηριασμέναι τὴν συνείδησιν αἶ μὲν καὶ εἰς φανερὸν ἐξομολογοῦνται, αἱ δὲ δυσωπούμεναι εἰ; τὸ παντελὲς ἀπέστησαν, ἔνιαι δὲ ἐπαμφοτερίζουσι καὶ τὸ τῆς παροιμίας πεπόνθασι, μήτε ἔξω μήτε ἔσω οὖσαι, ταύτην ἔχουσαι τὴν ἐπικαρπίαν τοῦ σπέρματος τῶν τέκνων τῆς γνώσεως.
Toiauta dē legontes kai prattontes kai en tois kathʼ hēmas klimasi tēs Rhodanousias pollas exēpatēkasi gynaikas, haitines kekautēriasmenai tēn syneidēsin ai men kai eis phaneron exomologountai, hai de dysōpoumenai ei? to panteles apestēsan, eniai de epamphoterizousi kai to tēs paroimias peponthasi, mēte exō mēte esō ousai, tautēn echousai tēn epikarpian tou spermatos tōn teknōn tēs gnōseōs.
"Saying and doing such things, they have deceived many women in our own regions of the Rhône. Some of them, their consciences seared, confess even publicly; others, ashamed of this, have withdrawn altogether; and some waver between the two and have suffered what the proverb says, being neither outside nor inside, having this as the fruit of the seed of the children of knowledge."
1 Tim 4:2 (echo, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: In the Rhône region many women were deceived; some confessed, others withdrew.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.13.7, echoing 1 Tim 4:2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.13.7 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.3.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:9–10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-3-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 34, chapter 4
34.4.1Holl GCS 25/31:10
Οὗτος οὐ > Μάρκος μήτραν καὶ ἐκδοχεῖον τῆς Κολορβάσου Σιγῆς αὑτὸν μονώτατον γεγονέναι λέγων, ἅτε μονογενὴς ὑπάρχων, αὐτὸ τὸ τοῦ Ὑστερηματος <οὖν ὁ> κατατεθὲν εἶς αὐτὸν ὧδέ πως ἀπεκύησεν.
Houtos ou > Markos mētran kai ekdocheion tēs Kolorbasou Sigēs hauton monōtaton gegonenai legōn, hate monogenēs hyparchōn, auto to tou Hysterēmatos <oun ho> katatethen eis auton hōde pōs apekyēsen.
"This Marcus, then, saying that he alone became the womb and receptacle of Colorbasus's Silence, being only-begotten, brought forth what was deposited in him of the Deficiency somewhat thus."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcus claimed to be the sole receptacle of Silence.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.1. The text is disordered here; translated by sense. The edition marks a gap.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.4.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-4-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.4.2Holl GCS 25/31:10
αὐτὴν τὴν πανυπερτάτην ἀπὸ τῶν ἀοράτων καὶ ἀκατονομάστων τόπων τετράδα κατεληλυθέναι σχήματι γυναικείῳ πρὸς αὐτὸν (ἐπειδή, φησί, τὸ ἄρρεν ὁ κόσμος φέρειν οὐκ ἠδύνατο) καὶ μηνῦσαι αὑτήν, τίς ἦν, καὶ τὴν τῶν πάντων γένεσιν, ἣν οὐδενὶ πώποτε οὐδὲ θεῶν οὐδὲ ἀνθρώπων ἀπεκάλυψε, τούτῳ μονωτάτῳ διηγήσασθαι οὕτως εἰποῦσαν·
autēn tēn panypertatēn apo tōn aoratōn kai akatonomastōn topōn tetrada katelēlythenai schēmati gynaikeiǭ pros auton (epeidē, phēsi, to arren ho kosmos pherein ouk ēdynato) kai mēnysai hautēn, tis ēn, kai tēn tōn pantōn genesin, hēn oudeni pōpote oude theōn oude anthrōpōn apekalypse, toutǭ monōtatǭ diēgēsasthai houtōs eipousan;
"He says that the all-highest Tetrad itself came down to him from the invisible and unnameable places in the form of a woman (since, he says, the world could not bear its male form), and revealed who she was and the origin of all things, which she had never revealed to anyone, of gods or of men, relating it to him alone, speaking thus:"
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcus claimed the Tetrad appeared to him as a woman and revealed the origin of all.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (Two words run together.): πώποτεοὐδὲ → πώποτε οὐδὲ.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.4.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-4-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.4.3Holl GCS 25/31:10
ὅτε τὸ πρῶτον ὁ Πατήρ, οὗ οὐκ ἔστιν > οὐδείς, ὁ ἀνεννόητος καὶ ἀνούσιος, ὁ μήτε ἄρρεν μήτε θῆλυ, ἠθέλησεν αὐτοῦ τὸ ἄρρητον ῥητὸν γενέσθαι καὶ τὸ ἀόρατον μορφωθῆναι, ἤνοιξε τὸ στόμα καὶ προήκατο λόγον ὅμοιον αὐτῷ· ὃς παραστὰς ὑπέδειξεν αὐτῷ ὃ ἦν, αὐτὸς τοῦ ἀοράτου μορφὴ φανείς.
hote to prōton ho Patēr, hou ouk estin > oudeis, ho anennoētos kai anousios, ho mēte arren mēte thēly, ēthelēsen autou to arrēton rhēton genesthai kai to aoraton morphōthēnai, ēnoixe to stoma kai proēkato logon homoion autǭ; hos parastas hypedeixen autǭ ho ēn, autos tou aoratou morphē phaneis.
"'When first the Father, who has no … one, the unthinkable and without substance, neither male nor female, willed that his ineffable be spoken and his invisible be formed, he opened his mouth and put forth a word like himself; which, standing by, showed him what he was, appearing itself as the form of the invisible."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Father spoke a word that showed his form.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.1. The edition marks a gap (Irenaeus: 'who has no father').
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.4.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-4-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.4.4Holl GCS 25/31:10–11
ἡ δὲ ἐκφώνησις τοῦ ὀνόματος ἐγένετο τοιαύτη· ἐλάλησε λόγον τὸν πρῶτον τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ, ἥτις ἦν ἀρχή, καὶ ἦν ἡ συλλαβὴ αὐτοῦ στοιχείων τεσσάρων. ἐπισυνῆψεν <τε> τὴν δευτέραν, καὶ ἦν καὶ αὐτὴ στοιχείων ἑξῆς ἐλάλησε τὴν τρίτην, καὶ ἦν [καὶ] αὐτὴ στοιχείων δέκα. καὶ τὴν μετὰ ταῦτα ἐλάλησε καὶ ἦν [καὶ] αὐτὴ στοιχείων δεκαδύο. οὖν ἡ ἐκφώνησις τοῦ ὅλου ὀνόματος στοιχείων μέν τριάκοντα, συλλαβῶν δὲ τεσσάρων.
hē de ekphōnēsis tou onomatos egeneto toiautē; elalēse logon ton prōton tou onomatos autou, hētis ēn archē, kai ēn hē syllabē autou stoicheiōn tessarōn. episynēpsen <te> tēn deuteran, kai ēn kai autē stoicheiōn hexēs elalēse tēn tritēn, kai ēn [kai] autē stoicheiōn deka. kai tēn meta tauta elalēse kai ēn [kai] autē stoicheiōn dekadyo. oun hē ekphōnēsis tou holou onomatos stoicheiōn men triakonta, syllabōn de tessarōn.
"The pronouncing of the name was like this: he spoke the first word of his name, which was a beginning, and its syllable was of four letters. He joined the second, and it too was of four letters. Next he spoke the third, and it was of ten letters. And he spoke the one after these, and it was of twelve letters. So the pronouncing of the whole name was of thirty letters and four syllables."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Father's name had four syllables and thirty letters.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.1. 'Four' for the second syllable is supplied from Irenaeus; the editor deletes καί ('too') twice.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ἐκφώηνσις → ἐκφώνησις.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.4.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:10–11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-4-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.4.5Holl GCS 25/31:11
ἕκαστον Τε τῶν στοιχείων ἴδια γράμματα καὶ ἴδιον χαρακτῆρα καὶ ἰδίαν ἐκφώνησιν καὶ σχήματα καὶ εἰκόνας ἔχειν καὶ μηδὲν αὐτῶν εἶναι, ὃ τὴν ἐκείνου καθορᾷ μορφήν, οὗπερ αὐτὸ στοιχεῖόν ἐστιν· ἀλλὰ οὐδὲ γινώσκειν † αὐτόν, οὐδὲ μὴν τὴν τοῦ πλησίον αὐτοῦ ἕκαστον ἐκφώνησιν γινώσκειν, ἀλλὰ ὃ † αὐτὸς ἐκφωνεῖ, ὡς τὸ πᾶς ἐκφωνοῦντα τὸ ὅλον ἡγεῖσθαι ὀνομάζειν.
hekaston Te tōn stoicheiōn idia grammata kai idion charaktēra kai idian ekphōnēsin kai schēmata kai eikonas echein kai mēden autōn einai, ho tēn ekeinou kathorą morphēn, houper auto stoicheion estin; alla oude ginōskein † auton, oude mēn tēn tou plēsion autou hekaston ekphōnēsin ginōskein, alla ho † autos ekphōnei, hōs to pas ekphōnounta to holon hēgeisthai onomazein.
"Each of the elements has its own letters, its own character, its own pronunciation, forms and images, and none of them sees the form of that of which it is an element; nor does each know …, nor even the pronunciation of its neighbour, but what it pronounces itself, it thinks it names the whole, as though pronouncing the all."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Each letter knows only its own sound and thinks it names the whole.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.1. The edition marks corrupt places (†).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): χαραχτῆρα → χαρακτῆρα.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.4.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-4-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.4.6Holl GCS 25/31:11
ἕκαστον γὰρ αὐτῶν μέρος ὂν τοῦ ὅλου τὸν ἴδιον ἦχον ὡς τὸ πᾶν ὀνομάζειν καὶ μὴ παύσασθαι ἠχοῦντα, μέχρις ὅτου ἐπὶ τὸ ἔσχατον γράμμα τοῦ ἐσχάτου στοιχείου μονογλωσσήσαντα καταντήσαι.
hekaston gar autōn meros on tou holou ton idion ēchon hōs to pan onomazein kai mē pausasthai ēchounta, mechris hotou epi to eschaton gramma tou eschatou stoicheiou monoglōssēsanta katantēsai.
"For each of them, being part of the whole, names its own sound as though it were the all, and does not stop sounding until it reaches the last letter of the last element, speaking alone."
Notes and citation
Summary: Each element sounds on as if it were the whole.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.4.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-4-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.4.7Holl GCS 25/31:11
τότε δὲ καὶ τὴν ἀποκατάστασιν τῶν ὅλων ἔφη γενέσθαι, ὅταν τὰ πάντα κατελθόντα εἰς τὸ ἓν γράμμα μίαν καὶ τὴν αὐτὴν ἐκφώνησιν ἠχήσῃ· ἧς ἐκφωνήσεως εἰκόνα τὸ ἀμὴν ὁμοῦ λεγόντων ημῶν ὑπέθετο εἶναι. τοὺς δὲ φθόγγους ὑπάρχειν τοὺς μορφοῦντας τὸν ἀνούσιον καὶ ἀγέννητον Αἰῶνα· καὶ εἶναι τούτους μορφάς, ἃς ὁ κύριος ἀγγέλους εἴρηκε, τὰς διηνεκῶς βλεπούσας τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ πατρός.
tote de kai tēn apokatastasin tōn holōn ephē genesthai, hotan ta panta katelthonta eis to hen gramma mian kai tēn autēn ekphōnēsin ēchēsę̄; hēs ekphōnēseōs eikona to amēn homou legontōn ēmōn hypetheto einai. tous de phthongous hyparchein tous morphountas ton anousion kai agennēton Aiōna; kai einai toutous morphas, has ho kyrios angelous eirēke, tas diēnekōs blepousas to prosōpon tou patros.
"And the restoration of all things, he said, will take place when all things, coming down into the one letter, sound one and the same pronunciation; the image of this pronunciation he supposed to be the Amen when we say it together. And the sounds are what form the Aeon without substance and unbegotten; and these are the forms which the Lord called angels, which continually behold the face of the Father."
Matt 18:10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The final restoration is like the congregation's joint Amen.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.1, alluding to Matt 18:10.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip (accent).): ἠχήσῆ → ἠχήσῃ.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.4.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-4-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.4.8Holl GCS 25/31:11
Τὰ δὲ ὀνόματα τῶν στοιχείων τὰ κοινὰ καὶ ῥητὰ Αἰῶνας καὶ λόγους καὶ ῥίζας καὶ σπέρματα καὶ πληρώματα καὶ καρποὺς ὠνόμασε, τὰ δὲ καθʼ ἕνα αὐτῶν καὶ ἑκάστου ἴδια ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐμπεριεχόμενα νοεῖσθαι ἔφη.
Ta de onomata tōn stoicheiōn ta koina kai rhēta Aiōnas kai logous kai rhizas kai spermata kai plērōmata kai karpous ōnomase, ta de kathʼ hena autōn kai hekastou idia en tǭ onomati tēs ekklēsias emperiechomena noeisthai ephē.
"The common and utterable names of the elements he called Aeons, words, roots, seeds, pleromas and fruits; but the individual ones, proper to each of them, he said are to be understood as contained in the name 'church'."
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcus's terms for the elements and their hidden names.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ἔδια ἐν → ἴδια ἐν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.4.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-4-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.4.9Holl GCS 25/31:11
ὧν στοιχείων τοῦ <ἐσχάτου> στοιχείου τὸ ὕστερον γράμμα φωνὴν προήκατο τὴν αὐτοῦ· οὗ <ὁ> ἦχος ἐξελθὼν κατʼ εἰκόνα τῶν στοιχείων στοιχεῖα ἴδια ἐγέννησεν· ἐξ ὧι τά τε ἐνταῦθα διακεκοσμῆσθαί φησι καὶ τὰ πρὸ τούτων γεγεννῆσθαι.
hōn stoicheiōn tou <eschatou> stoicheiou to hysteron gramma phōnēn proēkato tēn autou; hou <ho> ēchos exelthōn katʼ eikona tōn stoicheiōn stoicheia idia egennēsen; ex hōi ta te entautha diakekosmēsthai phēsi kai ta pro toutōn gegennēsthai.
"Of these elements, the last letter of the ⟨last⟩ element put forth its own voice; its sound, going out, begot elements of its own in the image of the elements; from which, he says, the things here were ordered and those before them were begotten."
Notes and citation
Summary: The last letter's sound produced the elements of this world.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.4.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-4-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.4.10Holl GCS 25/31:11–12
τὸ μέντοι γράμμα αὐτό, οὗ ὁ ἦχος ἦν συνεπακολουθῶν τῷ ἤχῳ κάτω, ὑπὸ τῆς συλλαβῆς τῆς ἑαυτοῦ ἀνειλῆφθαι ἄνω λέγει, εἰς ἀναπλήρωσιν τοῦ ὅλου· μεμενηκέναι δὲ εἰς τὰ κάτω τὸν ἦχον, ὥσπερ ἔξω ῥιφέντα.
to mentoi gramma auto, hou ho ēchos ēn synepakolouthōn tǭ ēchǭ katō, hypo tēs syllabēs tēs heautou aneilēphthai anō legei, eis anaplērōsin tou holou; memenēkenai de eis ta katō ton ēchon, hōsper exō rhiphenta.
"But the letter itself, whose sound followed the sound downward, he says was taken back up by its own syllable, to fill up the whole; while the sound remained below, as though cast outside."
Notes and citation
Summary: The letter returned above while its sound stayed below.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.2.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): τοῦ ὕλου → τοῦ ὅλου.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.4.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:11–12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-4-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.4.11Holl GCS 25/31:12
τὸ δὲ στοιχεῖον αὐτό, ἀφʼ οὗ τὸ γράμμα σὺν τῇ ἐκφωνήσει τῇ ἑαυτοῦ συγκατῆλθε κάτω, [5] γραμμάτων εἶναί φησι τριάκοντα καὶ ἓν ἕκαστον τῶν τριάκοντα γραμμάτων ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἔχειν ἕτερα γράμματα, διʼ ὧν τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ γράμματος ὀνομάζεται·
to de stoicheion auto, aphʼ hou to gramma syn tę̄ ekphōnēsei tę̄ heautou synkatēlthe katō, [5] grammatōn einai phēsi triakonta kai hen hekaston tōn triakonta grammatōn en heautǭ echein hetera grammata, diʼ hōn to onoma tou grammatos onomazetai;
"The element itself, from which the letter came down with its own pronunciation, he says is of thirty letters, and each one of the thirty letters has in itself other letters, by which the name of the letter is named;"
Notes and citation
Summary: Each letter contains further letters.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.2. A stray line number is left untranslated.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): γγαμμάτων → γραμμάτων.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.4.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-4-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.4.12Holl GCS 25/31:12
καὶ αὖ πάλιν τὰ ἕτερα διʼ ἄλλων ὀνομάζεσθαι γραμμάτων καὶ τὰ ἄλλα διʼ ἄλλων, ὡς εἰς ἄπειρον ἐκπίπτειν τὸ πλῆθος τῶν γραμμάτων. οὕτω δʼ ἂν σαφέστερον μάθοις τὸ λεγόμενον·
kai au palin ta hetera diʼ allōn onomazesthai grammatōn kai ta alla diʼ allōn, hōs eis apeiron ekpiptein to plēthos tōn grammatōn. houtō dʼ an saphesteron mathois to legomenon;
"and again the others are named by other letters, and the others by others, so that the multitude of letters falls into infinity. You may learn what is said more clearly thus:"
Notes and citation
Summary: The letters multiply to infinity.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.4.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-4-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 34, chapter 5
34.5.1Holl GCS 25/31:12
Τὸ δέλτα στοιχεῖον γράμματα ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἔχει πέντε, αὐτό τε τὸ δέλτα καὶ τὸ ε καὶ τὸ λάμβδα καὶ τὸ ταῦ καὶ τὸ ἄλφα, καὶ ταῦτα πάλιν τὰ γράμματα διʼ ἄλλων γράφεται γραμμάτων καὶ τὰ ἄλλα διʼ ἄλλων,
To delta stoicheion grammata en heautǭ echei pente, auto te to delta kai to e kai to lambda kai to tau kai to alpha, kai tauta palin ta grammata diʼ allōn graphetai grammatōn kai ta alla diʼ allōn,
"The element delta has in itself five letters: delta itself, epsilon, lambda, tau and alpha; and these letters again are written with other letters, and the others with others."
Notes and citation
Summary: The letter 'delta' is spelled with five letters, each spelled with more.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.5.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-5-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.5.2Holl GCS 25/31:12
εἰ οὖν ἡ πᾶσα ὑπόστασις τοῦ δέλτα εἰς ἄπειρον ἐκπίπτει, ἀεὶ ἄλλων ἄλλα γράμματα γεννώντων καὶ διαδεχομένων ἄλληλα, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ἐκείνου τοῦ στοιχείου μεῖζον εἶναι τὸ πέλαγος τῶν γραμμάτων;
ei oun hē pasa hypostasis tou delta eis apeiron ekpiptei, aei allōn alla grammata gennōntōn kai diadechomenōn allēla, posǭ mallon ekeinou tou stoicheiou meizon einai to pelagos tōn grammatōn?
"If, then, the whole substance of delta falls into infinity, letters always begetting other letters and succeeding one another, how much greater must the sea of letters of that element be?"
Notes and citation
Summary: The sea of letters is endless.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.5.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-5-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.5.3Holl GCS 25/31:12
καὶ εἰ τὸ ἓν γράμμα οὕτως ἄπειρον, ὅρα ὅλου τοῦ ὀνόματος τὸν βυθὸν τῶν γραμμάτων, ἐξ ὧν τὸν Προπάτορα ἡ Μάρκου Σιγὴ συνεστάναι ἐδογμάτισε.
kai ei to hen gramma houtōs apeiron, hora holou tou onomatos ton bython tōn grammatōn, ex hōn ton Propatora hē Markou Sigē synestanai edogmatise.
"And if one letter is so infinite, see the depth of letters of the whole name, of which Marcus's Silence taught that the Forefather consists."
Notes and citation
Summary: The whole name is an infinite depth of letters.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.5.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-5-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.5.4Holl GCS 25/31:12
διὸ καὶ τὸv Πατέρα ἐπιστάμενον τὸ ἀχώρητον αὐτοῦ δεδωκέναι τοῖς στοιχείοις, ἃ καὶ Αἰῶνας καλεῖ, ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ αὐτῶν τὴν ἰδίαν ἐκφώνησιν ἐκβοᾶν, διὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι ἕνα τὸ ὅλον ἐκφωνεῖν.
dio kai tov Patera epistamenon to achōrēton autou dedōkenai tois stoicheiois, ha kai Aiōnas kalei, heni hekastǭ autōn tēn idian ekphōnēsin ekboan, dia to mē dynasthai hena to holon ekphōnein.
"That is why the Father, knowing his own incomprehensibility, gave to the elements, which he also calls Aeons, each one of them to cry out its own pronunciation, since one could not pronounce the whole."
Notes and citation
Summary: Each aeon utters only its own sound.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.2.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.2 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.5.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-5-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.5.5Holl GCS 25/31:12
Ταῦτα δὲ σαφηνίσασαν αὐτῷ τὴν Τετρακτὺν εἰπεῖν· θέλω δή σοι καὶ αὐτὴν ἐπιδεῖξαι τὴν Ἀλήθειαν. κατήγαγον γὰρ αὐτὸν ἐκ τῶν ὕπερθεν δωμάτων, ἵνʼ ἐσίδῃς αὐτὴν γυμνὴν καὶ καταμάθῃς τὸ κάλλος αὐτῆς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀκούσῃς αὐτῆς λαλούσης καὶ θαυμάσῃς τὸ φρόνιμον αὐτῆς.
Tauta de saphēnisasan autǭ tēn Tetraktyn eipein; thelō dē soi kai autēn epideixai tēn Alētheian. katēgagon gar auton ek tōn hyperthen dōmatōn, hinʼ esidę̄s autēn gymnēn kai katamathę̄s to kallos autēs, alla kai akousę̄s autēs lalousēs kai thaumasę̄s to phronimon autēs.
"Having made these things clear to him, the Tetractys said: 'I want to show you Truth herself. For I have brought her down from the dwellings above, so that you may see her naked and learn her beauty, and also hear her speaking and marvel at her wisdom."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Tetractys promises to show Marcus Truth herself.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip (accent).; OCR slip.): τὸ κάΜ αὐτῆς → τὸ κάλλος αὐτῆς; ἀκούσῆς → ἀκούσῃς.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.5.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-5-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.5.6Holl GCS 25/31:12–13
ὅρα οὖν κεφαλὴν ἄνω, τὸ α καὶ τὸ ω, τράχηλον δὲ β καὶ ψ, ὤμους ἅμα χερσὶν γ καὶ χ, στήθη ὁ καὶ φ, διάφραγμα ε καὶ υ, κοιλίαν ζ καὶ τ, αἰδοῖα η καὶ σ, μηροὺς θ καὶ ρ, γόνατα ι καὶ π, κνήμασ κ καὶ ο, σφυρὰ λ καὶ ξ, πόδας μ καὶ ν. τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ σῶμα τῆς κατὰ τὸν μάγον Ἀληθείας, τοῦτο τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ στοιχείου, οὗτος ὁ χαρακτὴρ τοῦ γράμματος.
hora oun kephalēn anō, to a kai to ō, trachēlon de b kai ps, ōmous hama chersin g kai ch, stēthē ho kai ph, diaphragma e kai y, koilian z kai t, aidoia ē kai s, mērous th kai r, gonata i kai p, knēmas k kai o, sphyra l kai x, podas m kai n. touto esti to sōma tēs kata ton magon Alētheias, touto to schēma tou stoicheiou, houtos ho charaktēr tou grammatos.
"See, then, the head above, alpha and omega; the neck, beta and psi; shoulders with hands, gamma and chi; breast, delta and phi; diaphragm, epsilon and upsilon; belly, zeta and tau; private parts, eta and sigma; thighs, theta and rho; knees, iota and pi; legs, kappa and omicron; ankles, lambda and xi; feet, mu and nu.' This is the body of Truth according to the magician, this the shape of the element, this the character of the letter."
Notes and citation
Summary: Truth's body is made of paired letters from alpha-omega to mu-nu.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.3.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): χρακτὴρ → χαρακτὴρ.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.5.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:12–13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-5-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.5.7Holl GCS 25/31:13
καὶ καλεῖ τὸ στοιχεῖον τοῦτο Ἄνθρωπον· εἶναί τε πηγήν φησιν αὐτὸ παντὸς λόγου καὶ ἀρχὴν πάσης φωνῆς καὶ παντὸς ἀρρήτου ῥῆσιν καὶ τῆς σιωπωμένης Σιγῆς στόμα.
kai kalei to stoicheion touto Anthrōpon; einai te pēgēn phēsin auto pantos logou kai archēn pasēs phōnēs kai pantos arrētou rhēsin kai tēs siōpōmenēs Sigēs stoma.
"And he calls this element Man; and he says it is the source of every word, the beginning of every voice, the utterance of everything ineffable, and the mouth of silent Silence."
Notes and citation
Summary: This element is called Man, source of all speech.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.3.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.5.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-5-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.5.8Holl GCS 25/31:13
καὶ τοῦτο μὲν τὸ σῶμα αὐτῆς· σὺ δὲ μετάρσιον ἐγελθρας το > διανοίας νόημα τὸν αὐτογεννήτορα καὶ πατροδότορα λόγον ἀπὸ στομάτων Ἀληθείας ἄκουε.
kai touto men to sōma autēs; sy de metarsion egelthras to > dianoias noēma ton autogennētora kai patrodotora logon apo stomatōn Alētheias akoue.
"'And this is her body; but you, raising aloft the thought of your mind, hear from the mouth of Truth the self-begetting and Father-giving Word.'"
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcus is told to hear the Word from Truth's mouth.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.3. The words ἐγελθρας το are garbled (Irenaeus: ἐγείρας τὸ τῆς διανοίας νόημα); translated by sense.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ἄκους. → ἄκουε..
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.3 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.5.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-5-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 34, chapter 6
34.6.1Holl GCS 25/31:13
6. Ταῦτα δὲ ταύτης εἰπούσης, προσβλέψασαν αὐτῷ τὴν Ἀλήθειαν καὶ ἀνοίξασαν τὸ στόμα λαλῆσαι λόγον· τὸν δὲ λόγον ὄνομα γενέσθαι καὶ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο εἲναι, ὃ γινώσκομεν καὶ λαλοῦμεν, Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν· ὃ καὶ ὀνομάσασαν αὐτὴν παραυτίκα σιωπῆσαι.
6. Tauta de tautēs eipousēs, prosblepsasan autǭ tēn Alētheian kai anoixasan to stoma lalēsai logon; ton de logon onoma genesthai kai to onoma touto einai, ho ginōskomen kai laloumen, Christon Iēsoun; ho kai onomasasan autēn parautika siōpēsai.
"When she had said this, Truth looked at him, opened her mouth and spoke a word; and the word became a name, and the name is this which we know and speak: Christ Jesus. And having named it, she at once fell silent."
Notes and citation
Summary: Truth spoke the name 'Christ Jesus' and fell silent.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.6.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-6-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.6.2Holl GCS 25/31:13
προσδοκῶντος δὲ τοῦ Μάρκου πλεῖόν τι μέλλειν αὐτὴν λέγειν, πάλιν ἡ Τετρακτὺς παρελθοῦσα εἰς τὸ μέσον φησίν·
prosdokōntos de tou Markou pleion ti mellein autēn legein, palin hē Tetraktys parelthousa eis to meson phēsin;
"When Marcus expected her to say something more, the Tetractys came forward again into the middle and said:"
Notes and citation
Summary: The Tetractys speaks again.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.4.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.6.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.6.3Holl GCS 25/31:13
ὡς εὐκαταφρόνητον ἡγήσω τὸν λόγον, ὃν ἀπὸ στομάτων τῆς Ἀληθείας ἤκουσας. οὐ τοῦθʼ ὕπερ οἶδας καὶ δοκεῖς > πάλαι, ἐστὶν ὄνομα· φωνὴν γὰρ μόνον ἔχεις αὐτοῦ, τὴν δὲ δύναμιν ἀγνοεῖς.
hōs eukataphronēton hēgēsō ton logon, hon apo stomatōn tēs Alētheias ēkousas. ou touthʼ hyper oidas kai dokeis > palai, estin onoma; phōnēn gar monon echeis autou, tēn de dynamin agnoeis.
"'How contemptible you have thought the word you heard from the mouth of Truth! It is not the name you know and think you have long [possessed]; for you have only its sound, but you do not know its power."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The name 'Jesus' has a hidden power Marcus does not know.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.4. The edition marks a gap.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.6.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-6-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.6.4Holl GCS 25/31:13–14
Ἰησοῦς μὲν γάρ ἐστιν ἐπίσημον ὄνομα ἓξ ἔχον γράμματα, ὑπὸ πάντων τῶν τῆς κλήσεως γινωσκόμενον· τὸ δὲ παρὰ τοῖς Αἰῶσι τοῦ Πληρώματος, πολυμερὲς τυγχάνον, ἄλλης ἐστὶν μορφῆς καὶ ἑτέρου τύπου, γινωσκόμενον ὑπʼ ἐκείνων τῶν συγγενῶν, ὧν τὰ Μεγέθη παρʼ αὐτῷ ἐστι διὰ παντός.
Iēsous men gar estin episēmon onoma hex echon grammata, hypo pantōn tōn tēs klēseōs ginōskomenon; to de para tois Aiōsi tou Plērōmatos, polymeres tynchanon, allēs estin morphēs kai heterou typou, ginōskomenon hypʼ ekeinōn tōn syngenōn, hōn ta Megethē parʼ autǭ esti dia pantos.
"For Jesus is a notable name having six letters, known by all those of the calling; but the one among the Aeons of the Pleroma, being manifold, is of another form and a different type, known by those kindred beings whose Greatnesses are always with him."
Notes and citation
Summary: The six-letter name 'Jesus' differs from the aeonic name.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.4. 'Jesus' in Greek (Ἰησοῦς) has six letters.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.; Word split by a line-end hyphen.): Ἰησοῦς μὲν τάρ → Ἰησοῦς μὲν γάρ; πολυ- μερὲς → πολυμερὲς.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.4 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.6.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:13–14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-6-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.6.5Holl GCS 25/31:14
Ταῦτʼ οὖν τὰ παρʼ ὑμῖν εἰκοσιτέσσαρα γράμματα ἀπορροίας ὑπάρχειν γίνωσκε τῶν τριῶν δυνάμεων εἰκονικὰς τῶν περιεχουσῶν τὸν ὅλον τῶν ἄνω στοιχείων ἀριθμόν.
Tautʼ oun ta parʼ hymin eikositessara grammata aporroias hyparchein ginōske tōn triōn dynameōn eikonikas tōn periechousōn ton holon tōn anō stoicheiōn arithmon.
"Know, then, that these twenty-four letters of yours are emanations, images of the three powers which contain the whole number of the elements above."
Notes and citation
Summary: The twenty-four letters image the three higher powers.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.6.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-6-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.6.6Holl GCS 25/31:14
τὰ με) γὰρ ἄφωνα γράμματα ἐννέα νόμισον εἶναι τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τῆς Ἀληθείας διὰ τὸ ἀφώνους αὐτοὺς εἶναι τουτέστιν ἀρρήτους καὶ ἀνεκλαλήτους·
ta me) gar aphōna grammata ennea nomison einai tou Patros kai tēs Alētheias dia to aphōnous autous einai toutestin arrētous kai aneklalētous;
"Consider the nine mute letters to be of the Father and Truth, because they are mute, that is, ineffable and unspeakable;"
Notes and citation
Summary: The nine mute consonants belong to Father and Truth.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.6.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-6-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.6.7Holl GCS 25/31:14
τὰ δὲ ἡμίφωνα, ὀκτὼ ὄντα, τοῦ Λόγου καὶ τῆς Ζωῆς, διὰ τὸ μέσα ὥσπερ ὑπάρχειν τῶν τε ἀφώνων καὶ τῶν φωνηέντων καὶ ἀναδέχεσθαι τῶν μὲν ὕπερθεν τὴν ἀπόρροιαν, τῶν δʼ ὐπʼ αὐτὰ τὴν ἀναφοράν·
ta de hēmiphōna, oktō onta, tou Logou kai tēs Zōēs, dia to mesa hōsper hyparchein tōn te aphōnōn kai tōn phōnēentōn kai anadechesthai tōn men hyperthen tēn aporroian, tōn dʼ ypʼ auta tēn anaphoran;
"the semivowels, being eight, of Word and Life, because they are as it were between the mutes and the vowels, and receive the emanation of those above and the ascent of those below;"
Notes and citation
Summary: The eight semivowels belong to Word and Life.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.5.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): τῶη δʼ → τῶν δʼ.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.6.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-6-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.6.8Holl GCS 25/31:14
τὰ δὲ φωνήεντα καὶ αὐτὰ ἑπτὰ ὄντα, τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου καὶ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας, ἐπεὶ διὰ τοῦ Ἀνθρώπου > φωνὴ προελθοῦσα ἐμόρφωσε τὰ ὅλα. ὁ γὰρ ἦχος τῆς φωνῆς μορφὴν αὐτοῖς περιεποίησεν.
ta de phōnēenta kai auta hepta onta, tou Anthrōpou kai tēs Ekklēsias, epei dia tou Anthrōpou > phōnē proelthousa emorphōse ta hola. ho gar ēchos tēs phōnēs morphēn autois periepoiēsen.
"and the vowels, which are seven, of Man and Church, since a voice going forth through Man formed all things; for the sound of the voice gave them form."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The seven vowels belong to Man and Church.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.5. The edition marks a gap.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): προελοῦσα → προελθοῦσα.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.6.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-6-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.6.9Holl GCS 25/31:14
ἔστιν > μὲν Λόγος ἔχων καὶ ἡ Ζωὴ τὰ ὀκτώ, ὁ δὲ Ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἡ Ἐκκλησία τὰ ἑπτά, ὁ δὲ Πατὴρ καὶ ἡ Ἀλήθεια τὰ ἐννέα.
estin > men Logos echōn kai hē Zōē ta oktō, ho de Anthrōpos kai hē Ekklēsia ta hepta, ho de Patēr kai hē Alētheia ta ennea.
"So Word and Life have the eight, Man and Church the seven, and Father and Truth the nine."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The letters are divided 8, 7 and 9 among the pairs.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.5. The edition marks a gap.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.6.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-6-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.6.10Holl GCS 25/31:14
ἐπὶ Τε τοῦ ὑστερήσαντος λόγου ὁ ἀφεδρασθεὶς ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ κατῆλθεν, ἐκπεμφθεὶς ἐπὶ τὸν ἀφʼ οὗ ἐχωρίσθη ἐπὶ διορθώσει τῶν πραχθέντων, ἵνα ἡ τῶν πληρωμάτων ἑνότης ἰσότητα ἔχουσα καρποφορῇ μίαν ἐν πᾶσι τὴν ἐκ πάντων δύναμιν.
epi Te tou hysterēsantos logou ho aphedrastheis en tǭ Patri katēlthen, ekpemphtheis epi ton aphʼ hou echōristhē epi diorthōsei tōn prachthentōn, hina hē tōn plērōmatōn henotēs isotēta echousa karpophorę̄ mian en pasi tēn ek pantōn dynamin.
"But because of the deficient number, the one who was seated apart in the Father came down, sent to the one from whom he had been separated, for the correction of what had been done, so that the unity of the Pleromas, having equality, might bear as fruit one power in all, from all."
Notes and citation
Summary: One was sent down to correct the deficient number.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.5.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ἐΠὶ διορθώσει → ἐπὶ διορθώσει.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.6.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-6-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.6.11Holl GCS 25/31:14
καὶ οὕτως ὁ τῶν ἑπτὰ τὴν τῶν ὀκτὼ ἐκομίσατο δύναμιν καὶ ἐγένοντο οἱ > τόποι ὅμοιοι τοῖς ἀριθμοῖς, ὀγδοάδες ὄντες, οἵτινες τρὶς ἐφʼ ἑαυτοὺς ἐλθόντες τὸν τῶν εἰκοσιτεσσάρων ἀνέδειξαν ἀριθμόν.
kai houtōs ho tōn hepta tēn tōn oktō ekomisato dynamin kai egenonto hoi > topoi homoioi tois arithmois, ogdoades ontes, hoitines tris ephʼ heautous elthontes ton tōn eikositessarōn anedeixan arithmon.
"And so the one of the seven received the power of the eight, and the … places became like the numbers, being ogdoads, which, multiplied three times, showed the number twenty-four."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Three groups of eight make twenty-four.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.5. The edition marks a gap.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.6.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-6-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.6.12Holl GCS 25/31:14–15
τὰ μέντοι τρία στοιχεῖα, ἅ φησιν αὐτὸς τῶν τριῶν ἐν συζυγίᾳ δυνάμεων ὑπάρχειν, ἅ ἐστιν ἕξ, ἀφʼ ὧι ἀπερρύη τὰ εἰκοσιτέσσαρα στοιχεῖα, τετραπλασιασθέντα τῷ τῆς ἀρρήτου τετράδος λόγῳ τὸν αὐτὸν αὐτοῖς ἀριθμὸν ποιεῖ, ἅπερ φησὶν τοῦ ἀνονομάστου ὑπάρχειν.
ta mentoi tria stoicheia, ha phēsin autos tōn triōn en syzygią dynameōn hyparchein, ha estin hex, aphʼ hōi aperryē ta eikositessara stoicheia, tetraplasiasthenta tǭ tēs arrētou tetrados logǭ ton auton autois arithmon poiei, haper phēsin tou anonomastou hyparchein.
"The three elements, however, which he says belong to the three powers in pairs, which are six, from which the twenty-four elements flowed, when quadrupled by the ratio of the ineffable Tetrad make the same number as they, which he says belong to the Unnameable."
Notes and citation
Summary: Six times four gives twenty-four.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.6.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:14–15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-6-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.6.13Holl GCS 25/31:15
φορεῖσθαι δὲ αὐτὰ ὑπὸ τῶν τριῶν δυνάμεων εἰς ὁμοιότητα τοῦ ἀοράτου, ὧν στοιχείων εἰκόνας εἰκόνων τὰ παρʼ ἡμῖν διπλᾶ γράμματα ὑπάρχειν, ἃ συναριθμούμενα τοῖς εἰκοσιτέσσαρσι στοιχείοις δυνάμει τῇ κατὰ ἀναλογίαν <τὸν> τῶν τριάκοντα ποιεῖ ἀριθμόν.
phoreisthai de auta hypo tōn triōn dynameōn eis homoiotēta tou aoratou, hōn stoicheiōn eikonas eikonōn ta parʼ hēmin dipla grammata hyparchein, ha synarithmoumena tois eikositessarsi stoicheiois dynamei tę̄ kata analogian <ton> tōn triakonta poiei arithmon.
"They are borne by the three powers in the likeness of the invisible; and our double letters are images of images of these elements, which, counted with the twenty-four elements by analogy, make ⟨the⟩ number thirty."
Notes and citation
Summary: The double letters bring the number to thirty.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.5.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.5 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.6.13 (Holl GCS 25/31:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-6-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 34, chapter 7
34.7.1Holl GCS 25/31:15
7. Τούτου τοῦ λόγου καὶ τῆς οἰκονομίας ταύτης καρπόν φησιν ἐν ὁμοιώματι εἰκόνος πεφηνέναι ἐκεῖνον τὸν μετὰ τὰς ἡμέρας ἓξ τέταρτον ἀναβάντα εἰς τὸ ὄρος καὶ γενόμενον ἕκτον, τὸν καταβάντα καὶ κρατηθέντα ἐν τῇ
7. Toutou tou logou kai tēs oikonomias tautēs karpon phēsin en homoiōmati eikonos pephēnenai ekeinon ton meta tas hēmeras hex tetarton anabanta eis to oros kai genomenon hekton, ton katabanta kai kratēthenta en tę̄
"The fruit of this reasoning and this dispensation, he says, appeared in the likeness of an image: that one who after six days went up the mountain as the fourth and became the sixth, who came down and was held in the"
Matt 17:1 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Transfiguration is read numerically.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.6, alluding to Matt 17:1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.7.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-7-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.7.2Holl GCS 25/31:15
ἑβδομάδι, ἐπίσημον ὀγδοάδα ὑπάρχοντα καὶ ἔχοντα ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὸν ἅπαντα τῶν στοιχείων ἀριθμόν, <ὅν> ἐφανέρωσεν ἐλθόντος αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ βάπτισμα ἡ τῆς περιστερᾶς κάθοδος, ἥτις ἐστὶν ωݲ καὶ· ὁ γὰρ αὐτῆς ἓν καὶ ὀκτακόσια· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο Μωυσέα ἐν τῇ
hebdomadi, episēmon ogdoada hyparchonta kai echonta en heautǭ ton hapanta tōn stoicheiōn arithmon, <hon> ephanerōsen elthontos autou epi baptisma hē tēs peristeras kathodos, hētis estin ōݲ kai; ho gar autēs hen kai oktakosia; kai dia touto Mōysea en tę̄
"hebdomad, being the notable ogdoad and having in himself the whole number of the elements, ⟨which⟩ the descent of the dove revealed when he came to baptism, which is omega and alpha; for its number is eight hundred and one. And for this reason Moses said that on the"
Matt 3:16 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The dove at the baptism has the number 801, omega and alpha.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.6. The letters of περιστερά ('dove') add up to 801, like ω (800) + α (1). The numerals are garbled in the digital text.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon, Baptism
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.7.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-7-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.7.3Holl GCS 25/31:15
ἕκτῃ τῶν ἡμερῶν εἰρηκέναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον γεγονέναι, καὶ τὴν οἰκονομίαν δὲ * ἐν τῇ ἕκτῃ τῶν ἡμερῶν * ἥτις ἐστὶ <ἡ> παρασκευή, τὸν ἔσχατον ἄνθρωπον ἀναγέννησιν τοῦ πρώτου ἀνθρώπου πεφηνέναι, ἧς οἰκονομίας ἀρχὴν καὶ τέλος καὶ τὴν ἕκτην ὥραν εἶναι, ἐν ᾗ προσηλώθη τῷ ξύλῳ.
hektę̄ tōn hēmerōn eirēkenai ton anthrōpon gegonenai, kai tēn oikonomian de * en tę̄ hektę̄ tōn hēmerōn * hētis esti <hē> paraskeuē, ton eschaton anthrōpon anagennēsin tou prōtou anthrōpou pephēnenai, hēs oikonomias archēn kai telos kai tēn hektēn hōran einai, en hę̄ prosēlōthē tǭ xylǭ.
"sixth of the days man was made; and the dispensation … on the sixth of the days, which is the Preparation, the last man appeared for the regeneration of the first man; and the beginning and end of this dispensation was the sixth hour, in which he was nailed to the tree."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Gen 1:31 (allusion, medium confidence) · John 19:14 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Cor 15:45 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Man's creation and Christ's crucifixion on the sixth day and hour are linked.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.6, alluding to Gen 1:26–31 and Mark 15:33 / John 19:14. The edition marks gaps.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.7.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-7-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.7.4Holl GCS 25/31:15–16
τὸν γὰρ τέλειον Νοῦν, ἐπιστάμενον τὸν τῶν ἓξ ἀριθμόν, δύναμιν ποιήσεως καὶ ἀναγεννήσεως ἔχοντα, φανερῶσαι τοῖς υἱοῖς τοῦ φωτὸς τὴν διὰ τοῦ φανέντος ἐπισήμου εἰς αὐτὸν διʼ αὐτοῦ γενομένην ἀναγέννησιν. ἔνθεν καὶ τὰ διπλᾶ γράμματα τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἐπίσημον ἔχειν φησίν. ὁ γὰρ ἐπίσημος ἀριθμὸς συγκερασθεὶς τοῖς εἰκοσιτέσσαρσι στοιχείοις τὸ τριακονταγράμματον ὄνομα ἀπετέλεσεν.
ton gar teleion Noun, epistamenon ton tōn hex arithmon, dynamin poiēseōs kai anagennēseōs echonta, phanerōsai tois huiois tou phōtos tēn dia tou phanentos episēmou eis auton diʼ autou genomenēn anagennēsin. enthen kai ta dipla grammata ton arithmon episēmon echein phēsin. ho gar episēmos arithmos synkerastheis tois eikositessarsi stoicheiois to triakontagrammaton onoma apetelesen.
"For the perfect Mind, knowing the number six, which has the power of making and regeneration, revealed to the sons of light the regeneration that came about through the notable one who appeared in him. Hence, he says, the double letters also have the notable number. For the notable number, blended with the twenty-four elements, completed the thirty-letter name."
Notes and citation
Summary: The number six signifies creation and regeneration.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.6. The 'notable' (ἐπίσημον) is the obsolete numeral sign for six.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): στοιχείοισ τὸ → στοιχείοις τὸ.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.6 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.7.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:15–16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-7-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.7.5Holl GCS 25/31:16
Κέχρηται δὲ διακόνῳ τῷ τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀριθμῶν μεγέθει, ὥς φησιν ἡ Μάρκου Σιγή, ἵνα τῆς αὐτοβουλήτου βουλῆς φανερωθῇ ὁ καρπός. τὸν μέντοι ἐπίσημον τοῦτον ἀριθμὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος, φησί, τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐπισήμου μορφωθέντα νόησον τὸν ὥσπερ μερισθέντα ἢ διχοτομηθέντα καὶ ἔξω μείναντα, ος τῇ ἑαυτοῦ δυνάμει τε καὶ φρονήσει διὰ τῆς ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ προβολῆς τοῦτον | τὸν τῶν ἑπτὰ δυνάμεων κατὰ μίμησιν τῆς ἑβδομάδος D228 δυνάμεως ἐψύχωσε κόσμον καὶ ψυχὴν ἔθετο εἶναι τοῦ ὁρωμένου παντός.
Kechrētai de diakonǭ tǭ tōn hepta arithmōn megethei, hōs phēsin hē Markou Sigē, hina tēs autoboulētou boulēs phanerōthę̄ ho karpos. ton mentoi episēmon touton arithmon epi tou parontos, phēsi, ton epi tou episēmou morphōthenta noēson ton hōsper meristhenta ē dichotomēthenta kai exō meinanta, os tę̄ heautou dynamei te kai phronēsei dia tēs apʼ autou probolēs touton | ton tōn hepta dynameōn kata mimēsin tēs hebdomados D228 dynameōs epsychōse kosmon kai psychēn etheto einai tou horōmenou pantos.
"He has used as his servant the greatness of the seven numbers, as Marcus's Silence says, so that the fruit of the self-willed counsel might be revealed. Consider for the present, he says, this notable number to be the one formed upon the notable, which was as it were divided or cut in two and remained outside, which by its own power and wisdom, through its own emission, ensouled this world of seven powers in imitation of the power of the hebdomad, and made it to be the soul of the whole visible universe."
Notes and citation
Summary: The number seven ensouls the world.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.7. A stray page number is left untranslated.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.7 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.7.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-7-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.7.6Holl GCS 25/31:16
κέχρηται οὖν καὶ αὐτὸς οὗτος τῷδε τῷ ἔργῳ ὡς αὐθαιρέτως ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ γενομένῳ, τὰ δὲ διακονεῖ, μιμήματα ὄντα τῶι ἀμιμήτων, τὴν Ἐνθύμησιν τῆς Μητρός.
kechrētai oun kai autos houtos tǭde tǭ ergǭ hōs authairetōs hypʼ autou genomenǭ, ta de diakonei, mimēmata onta tōi amimētōn, tēn Enthymēsin tēs Mētros.
"This one too, then, uses this work as though made by him of his own choice, while the rest serve as imitations of the inimitable, the Intention of the Mother."
Notes and citation
Summary: The lower beings are imitations of the Mother's Intention.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.7.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.7 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.7.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-7-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.7.7Holl GCS 25/31:16
καὶ ὁ μὲν πρῶτος οὐρανὸς φθέγγεται τὸ α, ὁ δὲ μετὰ τοῦτον τὸ ε, ὁ δὲ τρίτος <τὸ> η, τέταρτος δὲ καὶ μέσος τῶν ἑπτὰ τὴν ἰῶτα δύναμιν ἐκφωνεῖ, ὁ δὲ πέμπτος τὸ ο, ἕκτος δὲ τὸ υ, ἕβδομος δὲ καὶ τέταρτος ἀπὸ τοῦ μέσου τὸ ω στοιχεῖον ἐκβοᾷ, καθὼς ἡ Μάρκου Σιγὴ ἡ πολλὰ μὲν φλυαροῦσα μηδὲν δὲ ἀληθὲς λέγουσα διαβεβαιοῦται.
kai ho men prōtos ouranos phthengetai to a, ho de meta touton to e, ho de tritos <to> ē, tetartos de kai mesos tōn hepta tēn iōta dynamin ekphōnei, ho de pemptos to o, hektos de to y, hebdomos de kai tetartos apo tou mesou to ō stoicheion ekboą, kathōs hē Markou Sigē hē polla men phlyarousa mēden de alēthes legousa diabebaioutai.
"And the first heaven sounds alpha, the one after it epsilon, the third eta, the fourth and middle of the seven pronounces the power of iota, the fifth omicron, the sixth upsilon, and the seventh and fourth from the middle cries out the element omega — as Marcus's Silence, which babbles much but says nothing true, affirms."
Notes and citation
Summary: The seven heavens each sound a vowel.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.7.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (The digit 0 for the letter omicron.): πέμπτος τὸ 0 → πέμπτος τὸ ο.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.7 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.7.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-7-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.7.8Holl GCS 25/31:16
αἵτινες δυνάμεις ὁμοῦ, φησί, πᾶσαι εἰς ἀλλήλας συμπλακεῖσαι ἠχοῦσι καὶ δοξάζουσιν ἐκεῖνον ὑφʼ οὗ προεβλήθησαν, ἡ δὲ δόξα τῆς ἠχῆς ἀναπέμπεται εἰς τὸν Προπάτορα. ταύτης μέντοι τῆς δοξολογίας τὸν ἦχον εἰς τὴν γῆν φερόμενόν φησι πλάστην γενέσθαι καὶ γεννήτορα τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
haitines dynameis homou, phēsi, pasai eis allēlas symplakeisai ēchousi kai doxazousin ekeinon hyphʼ hou proeblēthēsan, hē de doxa tēs ēchēs anapempetai eis ton Propatora. tautēs mentoi tēs doxologias ton ēchon eis tēn gēn pheromenon phēsi plastēn genesthai kai gennētora tōn epi tēs gēs.
"These powers, he says, all entwined together, sound and glorify him by whom they were emitted, and the glory of the sound is sent up to the Forefather. The sound of this glorification, borne to the earth, he says, became the fashioner and begetter of the things on earth."
Notes and citation
Summary: The heavens' praise, reaching earth, fashions earthly things.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.8.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.; Repeated word.): τῆς ἠΧῆς → τῆς ἠχῆς; ἐπὶ τῆς τῆς γῆς → ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.8 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.7.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-7-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.7.9Holl GCS 25/31:16–17
Τε ἀπόδειξιν φέρει ἀπὸ τῶν ἄρτι γεννωμένων βρεφῶν, ὧν ἡ ψυχὴ ἅμα τῷ ἐκ μήτρας προελθεῖν ἐπιβοᾷ ἑνὸς ἑκάστου τῶν στοιχείων τούτων τὸν ἦχον. καθὼς οὖν αἱ ἑπτά, φησί, δυνάμεις δοξάζουσι τὸν Λόγον, οὕτως καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ ἐν τοῖς βρέφεσι κλαίουσα καὶ θρηνοῦσα * Μάρκον δοξάζει αὐτόν.
Te apodeixin pherei apo tōn arti gennōmenōn brephōn, hōn hē psychē hama tǭ ek mētras proelthein epiboą henos hekastou tōn stoicheiōn toutōn ton ēchon. kathōs oun hai hepta, phēsi, dynameis doxazousi ton Logon, houtōs kai hē psychē en tois brephesi klaiousa kai thrēnousa * Markon doxazei auton.
"He brings a proof from newborn infants, whose soul, as soon as they come from the womb, cries out the sound of each one of these elements. As, then, the seven powers glorify the Word, so also the soul in infants, weeping and wailing …, glorifies him."
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Newborn cries are said to echo the heavenly vowels.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.8. The edition marks a gap (*); 'Marcus' is a stray word here.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.8 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.7.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:16–17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-7-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.7.10Holl GCS 25/31:17
διὰ τοῦτο δὲ καὶ τὸν Δαυὶδ εἰρηκέναι »ἐκ στόματος νηπίων καὶ θηλαζόντων κατηρτίσω αἶνον«, καὶ πάλιν »οἱ οὐρανοὶ διηγοῦνται δόξαν θεοῦ«· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἔν τε πόνοις καὶ ταλαιπωρίαις ψυχὴ γενομένη, εἰς διυλισμὸν αὐτῆς, ἐπιφωνεῖ τὸ ω εἰς σημεῖον αἰνέσεως, ἵνα γνωρίσασα ἡ ἄνω ψυχὴ τὸ συγγενὲς αὐτῆς βοηθὸν αὐτῇ καταπέμψῃ.
dia touto de kai ton Dauid eirēkenai »ek stomatos nēpiōn kai thēlazontōn katērtisō ainon«, kai palin »hoi ouranoi diēgountai doxan theou«; kai dia touto en te ponois kai talaipōriais psychē genomenē, eis diylismon autēs, epiphōnei to ō eis sēmeion aineseōs, hina gnōrisasa hē anō psychē to syngenes autēs boēthon autę̄ katapempsę̄.
"And that is why David said, 'Out of the mouth of infants and nurslings you have perfected praise', and again, 'The heavens declare the glory of God.' And that is why, when the soul is in pains and distress, for its own relief it cries out 'O' as a sign of praise, so that the soul above, recognizing its kin, may send down help to it."
Ps 8:2 (8:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 19:1 (18:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: He applies psalms about infants' praise and the heavens to his system.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.8, quoting Ps 8:2 (LXX 8:3) and Ps 19:1 (LXX 18:2).
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.8 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.7.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-7-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 34, chapter 8
34.8.1Holl GCS 25/31:17
8. Καὶ περὶ μὲν τοῦ παντὸς ὀνόματος, τριάκοντα ὄντος γραμμάτων τούτου, καὶ τοῦ Βυθοῦ, τοῦ αὔξοντος ἐκ τῶν τούτου γραμμάτων, ἔτι τε > τῆς Ἀληθείας σώματος δωδεκαμελοῦς ὄντος, ἑκάστου > ἐκ δύο γραμμάτων συνεστῶτος, καὶ τῆς δωνῆς αὐτῆς, ἣν προσωμίλησε <προσωμίλησε μὴ> προσομιλήσασα, καὶ περὶ τῆς ἐπιλύσεως τοῦ μὴ λαληθέντος ὀνόματος καὶ περὶ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου ψυχῆς καὶ ἀνθρώπου, καθὰ ἔχουσι τὴν κατʼ εἰκόνα οἰκονομίαν, οὕτως ἐλήρησεν.
8. Kai peri men tou pantos onomatos, triakonta ontos grammatōn toutou, kai tou Bythou, tou auxontos ek tōn toutou grammatōn, eti te > tēs Alētheias sōmatos dōdekamelous ontos, hekastou > ek dyo grammatōn synestōtos, kai tēs dōnēs autēs, hēn prosōmilēse <prosōmilēse mē> prosomilēsasa, kai peri tēs epilyseōs tou mē lalēthentos onomatos kai peri tēs tou kosmou psychēs kai anthrōpou, katha echousi tēn katʼ eikona oikonomian, houtōs elērēsen.
"About the whole name, then, which is of thirty letters, and about Depth, which grows from its letters, and further about the body of Truth, which has twelve members, each made of two letters, and about her voice, which she spoke without speaking, and about the explanation of the name that was not spoken, and about the soul of the world and of man, according as they have the dispensation after the image — so he babbled."
Notes and citation
Summary: Irenaeus sums up Marcus's teaching on the name and Truth's body.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.9. The text is garbled in places (δωνῆς for φωνῆς, a repeated προσωμίλησε); translated by sense.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.9 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.8.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.8.2Holl GCS 25/31:17
ἑξῆς δὲ ὡς ἀπὸ τῶν ὀνομάτων ἰσάριθμον δύναμιν ἐπέδειξεν ἡ Τετρακτὺς αὐτῷ ἀπαγγελοῦμεν, ἵνα μηδὲν λάθῃ σε τῶι εἰς ἡμᾶς ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ λεγομένων ἐληλυθότων, ἀγαπητέ, καθὼς πολλάκις ἀπᾐτησας παρʼ ημῶν.
hexēs de hōs apo tōn onomatōn isarithmon dynamin epedeixen hē Tetraktys autǭ apangeloumen, hina mēden lathę̄ se tōi eis hēmas hypʼ autou legomenōn elēlythotōn, agapēte, kathōs pollakis apę̄tēsas parʼ ēmōn.
"Next we shall report how the Tetractys showed him a power equal in number from the names, so that nothing of what has come to us from him may escape you, beloved, as you have often asked of us."
Notes and citation
Summary: Irenaeus will next report Marcus's number-mysticism of names.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.14.9.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.14.9 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.8.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.8.3Holl GCS 25/31:17
Οὕτως οὖν ἀπαγγέλλει ἡ πάνσοφος αὐτῶν Σιγὴ τὴν γένεσιν τῶν εἰκοσιτεσσάρων στοιχείων· τῇ Μονότητι συνυπάρχειν ἑνότητα, ἐξ ὧι δύο προβολαί, καθὰ προείρηται, Μονάς τε καὶ τὸ Ἕν, δὶς δύο οὒσαι τέσσαρες ἐγένοντο· δὶς γὰρ δύο τέσσαρες.
Houtōs oun apangellei hē pansophos autōn Sigē tēn genesin tōn eikositessarōn stoicheiōn; tę̄ Monotēti synyparchein henotēta, ex hōi dyo probolai, katha proeirētai, Monas te kai to Hen, dis dyo ousai tessares egenonto; dis gar dyo tessares.
"Thus, then, their all-wise Silence announces the origin of the twenty-four elements: with Oneness there coexists Unity, from which come two emissions, as said before, Monad and the One; being twice two, they became four; for twice two is four."
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcus derives the numbers from Oneness and Unity.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.15.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): γένεσθιν → γένεσιν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.15.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.8.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-8-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.8.4Holl GCS 25/31:17
καὶ πάλιν αἱ δύο καὶ τέσσαρες εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ συντεθεῖσαι τὸν τῶν ἓξ ἐφανέρωσαν ἀριθμόν, οὓτοι δὲ οἱ ἓξ τετραπλασιασθέντες τὰς εἰκοσιτέσσαρας ἀπεκύησαν μορφάς.
kai palin hai dyo kai tessares eis to auto syntetheisai ton tōn hex ephanerōsan arithmon, houtoi de hoi hex tetraplasiasthentes tas eikositessaras apekyēsan morphas.
"And again the two and the four put together revealed the number six; and these six, multiplied by four, brought forth the twenty-four forms."
Notes and citation
Summary: Two and four make six; six times four make twenty-four.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.15.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.15.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.8.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-8-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.8.5Holl GCS 25/31:17–18
καὶ τὰ με) τῆς πρώτης τετράδος ὀνόματα, ἅγια ἁγίων νοούμενα καὶ μὴ δυνάμενα λεχθῆναι, γινώσκεσθαι ὑπὸ μόνου τοῦ Υἱοῦ, ἃ ὁ Πατὴρ οἶδεν τίνα ἐστίν· τὰ δὲ σεμνῶς καὶ μετὰ πίστεως ὀνομαζόμενα παρʼ αὐτῷ ἐστι ταῦτα· Ἄρρητος καὶ Σιγή, Πατήρ τε καὶ Ἀλήθεια.
kai ta me) tēs prōtēs tetrados onomata, hagia hagiōn nooumena kai mē dynamena lechthēnai, ginōskesthai hypo monou tou Huiou, ha ho Patēr oiden tina estin; ta de semnōs kai meta pisteōs onomazomena parʼ autǭ esti tauta; Arrētos kai Sigē, Patēr te kai Alētheia.
"And the names of the first tetrad, understood as holy of holies and not able to be spoken, are known by the Son alone; the Father knows what they are. But those named with reverence and faith among him are these: Ineffable and Silence, Father and Truth."
Notes and citation
Summary: The first tetrad's utterable names are Ineffable, Silence, Father and Truth.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.15.1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.): ὁ Πατὴρ οὖδεν → ὁ Πατὴρ οἶδεν.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.15.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.8.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:17–18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-8-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.8.6Holl GCS 25/31:18
ταύτης δὲ τῆς τετράδος ὁ σύμπας ἀριθμός ἐστι στοιχείων εἰκοσιτεσσάρων. τὸ γὰρ Ἄρρητος ὄνομα γράμματα ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἑπτά, ἡ δὲ Σειγὴ πέντε καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ πέντε καὶ ἡ Ἀλήθεια ἑπτά, ἃ συντεθέντα ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτό, τὰ δὶς πέντε καὶ δὶς ἑπτά, τὸν τῶν εἰκοσιτεσσάρων ἀριθμὸν ἀνεπλήρωσεν.
tautēs de tēs tetrados ho sympas arithmos esti stoicheiōn eikositessarōn. to gar Arrētos onoma grammata echei en heautǭ hepta, hē de Seigē pente kai ho Patēr pente kai hē Alētheia hepta, ha syntethenta epi to auto, ta dis pente kai dis hepta, ton tōn eikositessarōn arithmon aneplērōsen.
"The whole number of this tetrad is twenty-four letters. For the name Arrhetos ('Ineffable') has seven letters in it, Seige ('Silence') five, Pater ('Father') five, and Aletheia ('Truth') seven; which, put together, twice five and twice seven, completed the number twenty-four."
Notes and citation
Summary: The Greek names of the first tetrad have 24 letters in all.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.15.1. Σειγή is spelled with ει to make five letters.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.15.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.8.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-8-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.8.7Holl GCS 25/31:18
ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ ἡ δευτέρα τετράς, Λόγος καὶ Ζωή, Ἄνθρωπος καὶ Ἐκκλησία, τὸν αὐτὸν ἀριθμὸν τῶν στοιχείων ἀνέδειξαν.
hōsautōs de kai hē deutera tetras, Logos kai Zōē, Anthrōpos kai Ekklēsia, ton auton arithmon tōn stoicheiōn anedeixan.
"Likewise the second tetrad, Word and Life, Man and Church, showed the same number of elements."
Notes and citation
Summary: The second tetrad's names also total 24 letters.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.15.1.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.15.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.8.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-8-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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34.8.8Holl GCS 25/31:18
καὶ τὸ τοῦ σωτῆρος δὲ ῥητὸν ὄνομα Ἰησοῦς γραμμάτων ὑπάρχειν ἕξ τὸ δὲ ἄρρητον αὐτοῦ γραμμάτων εἰκοσιτεσσάρων· υἱὸς Χρειστὸς γραμμάτων δώδεκα, τὸ δὲ ἐν Χριστῷ ἄρρητον γραμμάτων τριάκοντα. καὶ διὰ τοῦτό φησιν αὐτὸν α καὶ ω, ἵνα τὴν περιστερὰν μηνύσῃ, τοῦτον ἔχοντος τὸν ἀριθμὸν τούτου τοῦ ὀρνέου.
kai to tou sōtēros de rhēton onoma Iēsous grammatōn hyparchein hex to de arrēton autou grammatōn eikositessarōn; huios Chreistos grammatōn dōdeka, to de en Christǭ arrēton grammatōn triakonta. kai dia touto phēsin auton a kai ō, hina tēn peristeran mēnysę̄, touton echontos ton arithmon toutou tou orneou.
"And the Saviour's utterable name, Iesous, is of six letters, but his ineffable name of twenty-four letters; Huios Chreistos ('Son Christ') is of twelve letters, and the ineffable name in Christ of thirty letters. And for this reason he says he is alpha and omega, to indicate the dove, since this bird has this number."
Rev 1:8 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Numbers are drawn from the names Jesus, Son and Christ.
- Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.15.1, alluding to Rev 1:8.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip.; Stray letter.): ὑπάρχειν ἕξμ → ὑπάρχειν ἕξ; πριτάκοντα → τριάκοντα.
Extrabiblical texts: Irenaeus, Irenaeus, Haer. 1.15.1 (Irenaeus, Against Heresies; quotation)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 34.8.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/33-11-1/#p-34-8-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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