Panarion (Medicine Chest Against Heresies), Haer. 1-64 62.4.1–64.3.13
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. 62, chapter 4
62.4.1Holl GCS 25/31:392
4 Ἀεὶ γὰρ τὸ πνεῦμα σὺν πατρὶ καὶ υἱῷ, οὐ συνάδελφον πατρὶ οὐ γεννητὸν οὐ κατιστὸν οὐκ ἀδελφὸν υἱοῦ, οὐκ ἔκγονον πατρός, ἐκ πατρὸς δὲ ἐκπορευόμενον καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ λαμβάνον, οὐκ ἀλλότριον πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ, ἀλλὰ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς οὐσίας, [ἐκ] τῆς αὐτῆς θεότητος,
4 Aei gar to pneuma syn patri kai huiǭ, ou synadelphon patri ou gennēton ou katiston ouk adelphon huiou, ouk ekgonon patros, ek patros de ekporeuomenon kai tou huiou lambanon, ouk allotrion patros kai huiou, alla ek tēs autēs ousias, [ek] tēs autēs theotētos,
For the Spirit is always with the Father and the Son, not a brother of the Father, not begotten, not created, not a brother of the Son, not an offspring of the Father, but proceeding from the Father and receiving from the Son, not alien to Father and Son, but from the same essence, the same Godhead,
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
John 15:26 (allusion, high confidence) · John 16:14 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit proceeds from the Father and shares the same essence.
- The editor deletes ἐκ. κατιστόν is read as κτιστόν.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.4.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:392; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-4-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.4.2Holl GCS 25/31:392
ἐκ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ, σὺν πατρὶ καὶ υἱῷ, ἐνυπόστατον ἀεὶ πνεῦμα ἅγιον, πνεῦμα θεῖον πνεῦμα δόξης πνεῦμα Χριστοῦ πνεῦμα πατρός, (»πὸ γὰρ πνεῦμα τοῦ πατρός, <φησί, > τὸ λαλοῦν ἐν ὑμῖν« καί »τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐφέστηκεν ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν«), τρίτον τῇ ὀνομασίᾳ ἴσον τῇ θεότητι, οὐκ ἠλλοιωμένον παρὰ πατέρα καὶ υἱόν, σύνδεσμος τῆς τριάδος, ἐπισφραγὶς τῆςν ὀμολογίας.
ek patros kai huiou, syn patri kai huiǭ, enypostaton aei pneuma hagion, pneuma theion pneuma doxēs pneuma Christou pneuma patros, (»po gar pneuma tou patros, <phēsi, > to laloun en hymin« kai »to pneuma mou ephestēken en mesǭ hymōn«), triton tę̄ onomasią ison tę̄ theotēti, ouk ēlloiōmenon para patera kai huion, syndesmos tēs triados, episphragis tēsn omologias.
from Father and Son, with Father and Son, always a subsistent Holy Spirit, divine Spirit, Spirit of glory, Spirit of Christ, Spirit of the Father (“for it is the Spirit of the Father,” he says, “who speaks in you,” and “My Spirit stands in your midst”), third in naming, equal in Godhead, not altered in comparison with Father and Son, the bond of the Trinity, the seal of the confession.
Matt 10:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Hag 2:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit is equal in Godhead, the bond of the Trinity.
- The second quotation is Hag 2:5 LXX.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.4.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:392; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-4-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.4.3Holl GCS 25/31:392–393
ὁ γὰρ υἱός φησιν »ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ πατήρ, <οἱ δύο> ἕν ἐσμεν«· καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν »εἶς εἰμι«, ἀλλὰ τῷ »ἐγώ« καὶ τῷ »ὁ πατήρ« σγμαίνει ἐνυπόστατον τὸν πατέρα καὶ ἐνυπόστατον τὸν υἱόν· καί »οἱ δύο« εἶπε, καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν »ὁ εἶς«· καὶ πάλιν »ἔν ἐσμεν«, καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν »εἶς εἰμι«.
ho gar huios phēsin »egō kai ho patēr, <hoi dyo> hen esmen«; kai ouk eipen »eis eimi«, alla tǭ »egō« kai tǭ »ho patēr« sgmainei enypostaton ton patera kai enypostaton ton huion; kai »hoi dyo« eipe, kai ouk eipen »ho eis«; kai palin »en esmen«, kai ouk eipen »eis eimi«.
For the Son says, “I and the Father, the two, are one”; and he did not say, “I am one,” but by “I” and “the Father” he signifies the Father subsistent and the Son subsistent; and he said “the two,” and did not say “the one”; and again “are one,” and not “I am one.”
John 10:30 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: John 10:30 shows two persons.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.4.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:392–393; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-4-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.4.4Holl GCS 25/31:393
ὡσαύτως δὲ »ἀπελθόντες, <φησί>, βαπτίσατε εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος«. μέσων δὲ τιθεμένων τῶν συνδέσμων, τουτέστιν τῆς συλλαβῆς τοῦ »καί« ἐλἐγχει τὸν Σαβέλλιον ματαίως τὴν συναλοιφὴν παρεισφέροντα·
hōsautōs de »apelthontes, <phēsi>, baptisate eis to onoma tou patros kai tou huiou kai tou hagiou pneumatos«. mesōn de tithemenōn tōn syndesmōn, toutestin tēs syllabēs tou »kai« elenchei ton Sabellion mataiōs tēn synaloiphēn pareispheronta;
Likewise, “Go,” he says, “baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” With the conjunctions placed between, that is, the syllable “and,” it refutes Sabellius, who vainly introduces merging;
Matt 28:19 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The baptismal formula distinguishes the three.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.4.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:393; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-4-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.4.5Holl GCS 25/31:393
ὅπου γὰρ »καί« <τίθεται>, σημαίνει ἀληθῶς πατέρα, | ἀληθῶς υἱόν, ἀληθῶς ἄγιον πνεῦμα· ὁπότε δὲ ὁμόστοιχος ἡ τριὰς καὶ ἐν ἑνὶ ὀνόματι τριὰς καλουμένη, ἐλἐγχει τὸν Ἄρειον, ὑπόβασίν τινα διανοούμενον ἐν τῇ τριάδι ἢ ἀλλοἰωσιν ἢ παραλλαγήν.
hopou gar »kai« <tithetai>, sēmainei alēthōs patera, | alēthōs huion, alēthōs agion pneuma; hopote de homostoichos hē trias kai en heni onomati trias kaloumenē, elenchei ton Areion, hypobasin tina dianooumenon en tę̄ triadi ē alloiōsin ē parallagēn.
for where “and” is placed, it signifies truly Father, truly Son, truly Holy Spirit. And since the Trinity is ranked together and called Trinity in one name, it refutes Arius, who imagines some descent, alteration or variation in the Trinity.
Notes and citation
Summary: One name refutes Arius; “and” refutes Sabellius.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.4.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:393; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-4-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.4.6Holl GCS 25/31:393
κἂν τε γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ μέζων παρὰ υἱοῦ δοξάζοντος αὐτὸν ἀπαγγέλλεται, πρεπωδεστάτως τῷ υἱῷ τὴν <ἴσην> δόξαν περιποιεῖται. τίνι γὰρ ἔπρεπε δοξάζειν <τὸν> ἴδιον πατέρα ἀλλὰ τῷ γνησίῳ υἱῷ;
kan te gar ho patēr mezōn para huiou doxazontos auton apangelletai, prepōdestatōs tǭ huiǭ tēn <isēn> doxan peripoieitai. tini gar eprepe doxazein <ton> idion patera alla tǭ gnēsiǭ huiǭ?
And even if the Father is declared greater by the Son who glorifies him, he most fittingly secures equal glory for the Son. For whom was it fitting to glorify his own Father but the genuine Son?
John 14:28 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: The Son glorifies the Father without being lesser.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.4.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:393; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-4-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.4.7Holl GCS 25/31:393
ὅταν δὲ πάλιν τὴν ἰσότητα βούλεται λέγειν, ἴνα μὴ ἐκπέσωσί τινες ἦσσόν πως περὶ υἱοῦ διανοούμενοι, οὕτως φησίν »ὁ μὴ τιμῶν τὸν υἱόν, ὡς τιμᾷ τὸν πατέρα, οὐκ ἔχει ζωὴν ἐν ἑαυτῷ« καί »πάντα τὰ τοῦ πατρός μου ἐμά ἐστι«. τί δέ ἐστι »τὰ τοῦ πατρός« ἀλλά· »θεὸς ὁ πατήρ, θεός εἰμι· ζωὴ ὁ πατήρ, ζωή εἰμι· ἀεὶ ὁ πατήρ, ἀεί εἰμι· πάντα τὰ τοῦ πατρός μου ἐμά ἐστιν«;
hotan de palin tēn isotēta bouletai legein, ina mē ekpesōsi tines ēsson pōs peri huiou dianooumenoi, houtōs phēsin »ho mē timōn ton huion, hōs timą ton patera, ouk echei zōēn en heautǭ« kai »panta ta tou patros mou ema esti«. ti de esti »ta tou patros« alla; »theos ho patēr, theos eimi; zōē ho patēr, zōē eimi; aei ho patēr, aei eimi; panta ta tou patros mou ema estin«?
But when again he wants to speak of equality, so that some may not fall away by thinking less of the Son, he says, “He who does not honor the Son as he honors the Father does not have life in himself,” and, “All that is my Father’s is mine.” What is “the Father’s,” but: “The Father is God, I am God; the Father is life, I am life; the Father is always, I am always; all that is my Father’s is mine”?
John 5:23 (quotation, medium confidence) · John 16:15 (quotation, high confidence) · John 17:10 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Scripture teaches the Son’s equality with the Father.
- The first quotation combines John 5:23 with John 6:53.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.4.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:393; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-4-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 62, chapter 5
62.5.1Holl GCS 25/31:393
5. Ὅρα δέ ὦ Σαβέλλιε, καὶ κατανόει· διάνοιξον τὰ ὄμματα τῆς καρδίας σου καὶ μὴ ἀβλέπτει. συνελθέτω ἡ διάνοιά σου καὶ τῶν ὑπὸ σοῦ ἠπατημένων Ἰωάννῃ τῷ ἁγίῳ εἰς τὸν Ἰορδάνην.
5. Hora de ō Sabellie, kai katanoei; dianoixon ta ommata tēs kardias sou kai mē ableptei. synelthetō hē dianoia sou kai tōn hypo sou ēpatēmenōn Iōannę̄ tǭ hagiǭ eis ton Iordanēn.
See, Sabellius, and consider; open the eyes of your heart and do not be blind. Let your mind and the minds of those you have deceived go with holy John to the Jordan.
Notes and citation
Summary: Sabellius is invited to the Jordan.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.5.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:393; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-5-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.5.2Holl GCS 25/31:393
ἄνοιγε τὰ ὦτά σου καὶ ἄκουε τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ προφήτου λέγοντος »ἐγὼ φωνὴ βοῶντος ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ«, ἄκουε τοῦ προδρόμου κυρίου, τοῦ ἀγγέλου καταξιωθέντος ὀνομασθῆναι, τοῦ ἀπὶ κοιλίας μητρὸς λαβόντος πνεῦμα ἅγιον καὶ σκιρτήσαντος τῇ πρὸς Ἐλισάβετ εἰσόδῳ τῆς Μαρίας·
anoige ta ōta sou kai akoue tēs phōnēs tou prophētou legontos »egō phōnē boōntos en tę̄ erēmǭ«, akoue tou prodromou kyriou, tou angelou kataxiōthentos onomasthēnai, tou api koilias mētros labontos pneuma hagion kai skirtēsantos tę̄ pros Elisabet eisodǭ tēs Marias;
Open your ears and hear the voice of the prophet saying, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness”; hear the Lord’s forerunner, who was counted worthy to be called an angel, who received the Holy Spirit from his mother’s womb and leapt when Mary came to Elizabeth;
John 1:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Mal 3:1 (allusion, medium confidence) · Luke 1:15 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 1:41 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: John the Baptist is presented as witness.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.5.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:393; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-5-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.5.3Holl GCS 25/31:393
ὅς ἔγνω ἔτι ἐν κοιλίᾳ ὑπάρχων εἴσοδον τοῦ ἰδίου δεσπότου καὶ ἐσκίρτα· ᾦ ἐδόθη τὸ μήνυμα τοῦ προκηρύγματος καὶ ἡ ἑτοιμασία τῆς ὁδοῦ τοῦ κυρίου· πείσθητι αὐτῷ, καὶ οὐ διαπέσοις ἀπὸ τοῦ σκοποῦ τῆς ἀληθείας.
hos egnō eti en koilią hyparchōn eisodon tou idiou despotou kai eskirta; ǭ edothē to mēnyma tou prokērygmatos kai hē hetoimasia tēs hodou tou kyriou; peisthēti autǭ, kai ou diapesois apo tou skopou tēs alētheias.
who, while still in the womb, knew the coming of his own Master and leapt; to whom were given the message of the forerunning proclamation and the preparing of the Lord’s way. Believe him, and you will not fall away from the goal of the truth.
Luke 1:44 (allusion, high confidence) · Isa 40:3 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: John recognized his Master even in the womb.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.5.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:393; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-5-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.5.4Holl GCS 25/31
ἰδοὺ γὰρ αὐτὸς μαρτυρεῖ λέγων πρῶτον μέν, τὸν δεσπότην ἑαυτοῦ ἐπιγνούς, ὅτι »ἐγὼ σοῦ χρείαν ἔχω καὶ σὺ ἔρχῃ πρός με«, καὶ τοῦ σωτῆρος λέγοντος »ἄφες ἄρτι, ὅπως πληρωθῇ πᾶσα δικαιοσύνη«, καὶ αὐτοῦ βαπτισθέντος ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ, ὥς φησι τὸ θεῖον εὐαγγέλιον,
idou gar autos martyrei legōn prōton men, ton despotēn heautou epignous, hoti »egō sou chreian echō kai sy erchę̄ pros me«, kai tou sōtēros legontos »aphes arti, hopōs plērōthę̄ pasa dikaiosynē«, kai autou baptisthentos hypʼ autou, hōs phēsi to theion euangelion,
For see, he himself bears witness, saying first, having recognized his Master, “I need you, and you come to me?” and the Savior saying, “Let it be so now, that all righteousness may be fulfilled”; and when he had been baptized by him, as the divine gospel says,
Matt 3:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 3:15 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: John recognized Jesus at his baptism.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.5.4 (Holl GCS 25/31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-5-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.5.5Holl GCS 25/31
[ὅτι] »ἐμαρτύρησεν Ἰωάννης λέγων ὅτι ἠνοίχθησαν οἱ οὐρανοί, καὶ τεθέαμαι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς κατερχόμενον καὶ ἐρχόμενον ἐπʼ αὐτόν. καὶ φωνὴ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, οὖτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐφʼ ὃν ηὐδόκησα«.
[hoti] »emartyrēsen Iōannēs legōn hoti ēnoichthēsan hoi ouranoi, kai tetheamai to pneuma to hagion en eidei peristeras katerchomenon kai erchomenon epʼ auton. kai phōnē ek tou ouranou, outos estin ho huios mou ho agapētos, ephʼ hon ēudokēsa«.
“John bore witness, saying, The heavens were opened, and I have seen the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove descending and coming upon him. And a voice from heaven: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
John 1:32 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 3:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 3:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: John testifies to the Spirit and the Father’s voice.
- A combination of John 1:32 and Matt 3:16–17. The editor deletes ὅτι.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.5.5 (Holl GCS 25/31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-5-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.5.6Holl GCS 25/31
ἄνω ἦν ὁ πατήρ, ὦ φιλόνεικε, ἄνωθεν ἡ φωνὴ ἤρχετο. εἰ τοίνυν ἄνωθεν ἡ φωνή, διάκρινόν μοι τὴν παραπεποιημένην σου διάνοιαν. τίνι ὁ πατὴρ ἔλεγεν »οὖτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐφʼ ὃν ηὐδόκησα«; καὶ τίς ἦν οὖτος;
anō ēn ho patēr, ō philoneike, anōthen hē phōnē ērcheto. ei toinyn anōthen hē phōnē, diakrinon moi tēn parapepoiēmenēn sou dianoian. tini ho patēr elegen »outos estin ho huios mou ho agapētos, ephʼ hon ēudokēsa«? kai tis ēn outos?
The Father was above, you contentious man; the voice came from above. If then the voice was from above, explain to me your counterfeit thinking: to whom did the Father say, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased”? And who was this?
Matt 3:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Father speaking from above refutes Sabellius.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.5.6 (Holl GCS 25/31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-5-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.5.7Holl GCS 25/31
διὰ τί δὲ ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς κατελήλυθε, καίτοι γε σῶμα μὴ φορέσαν, τὸ πνεῦμα; ὁ γὰρ μονογενὴς μόνος <σῶμα> ἐνεδύσατο καὶ τελείως ἐνηνθρώπησεν ἀπὸ Μαρίας τῆς ἀειπαρθένου διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου,
dia ti de en eidei peristeras katelēlythe, kaitoi ge sōma mē phoresan, to pneuma? ho gar monogenēs monos <sōma> enedysato kai teleiōs enēnthrōpēsen apo Marias tēs aeiparthenou dia pneumatos hagiou,
And why did the Spirit come down in the form of a dove, though it did not wear a body? For the Only-begotten alone put on a body and became perfectly man from Mary the ever-virgin through the Holy Spirit,
Notes and citation
Summary: Only the Son took a body.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.5.7 (Holl GCS 25/31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-5-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.5.8Holl GCS 25/31
οὐκ ἀπὸ σπέρματος ἀνδρός, ἀλλὰ ἑαυτῷ ἀναπλασάμενος Ὁ ἀρχιτέχνας λόγος σῶμα ἀπὸ Μαρίας καὶ ψυχὴν τὴν ἀνθρωπείλαν καὶ νοῦ καὶ εἴ τί ἐστιν ἄνθρωπος, πάντα τελείως ἀναδεξάμενος καὶ συνενώσας τῇ ἑαυτοῦ θεότητι, οὐχ ὡς ἐν ἀνθρώπῳ οἰκήσας, (μὴ γένοιτο), αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ ἅγιος Λόγος, θεὸς Λόγος ἐνανθρωπήσας.
ouk apo spermatos andros, alla heautǭ anaplasamenos Ho architechnas logos sōma apo Marias kai psychēn tēn anthrōpeilan kai nou kai ei ti estin anthrōpos, panta teleiōs anadexamenos kai synenōsas tę̄ heautou theotēti, ouch hōs en anthrōpǭ oikēsas, (mē genoito), autos de ho hagios Logos, theos Logos enanthrōpēsas.
not from the seed of a man; but the master-craftsman Word formed for himself a body from Mary, and took up perfectly a human soul and mind and whatever man is, and united it to his own Godhead, not dwelling as in a man (God forbid), but the holy Word himself, God the Word, became man.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Word took a full human nature, not merely dwelling in a man.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.5.8 (Holl GCS 25/31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-5-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 62, chapter 6
62.6.1Holl GCS 25/31
6.΄Τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα τίνι τῷ λόγῳ ἐν εἴδει περιστερπᾶς φαίνεται; ἀλλʼ ὅπως πείσῃ σε μὴ βλασφημεῖν, ὦ ἐθελόσοφε καὶ μηδὲν ὁρθὸν διανοούμενε, ἵνα μὴ νομίσῃς τὸ πνεῦμα συναλοιφὴν εἶναι πατρὶ ἢ υἱῷ.
6.΄To de pneuma tini tǭ logǭ en eidei peristerpas phainetai? allʼ hopōs peisę̄ se mē blasphēmein, ō ethelosophe kai mēden horthon dianooumene, hina mē nomisę̄s to pneuma synaloiphēn einai patri ē huiǭ.
For what reason does the Spirit appear in the form of a dove? To persuade you not to blaspheme, you self-appointed sage who thinks nothing right, so that you may not think the Spirit is merged with the Father or the Son.
Notes and citation
Summary: The dove shows the Spirit is distinct.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.6.1 (Holl GCS 25/31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-6-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.6.2Holl GCS 25/31
διὰ τοῦτο, καίπερ αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύμνατος σῶμα μ}Η φορέσαντος, ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς σχηματίζεται, ὅπως δείξῃ σου καὶ ἐλέγξῃ σου τὴν πλάνην, ὅτι ἐνυπόστατόν ἐστι τὸ πνεῦμα καθʼ ἑαυτὸ καὶ ἐνυπόστατος ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ἐνυπόστατος ὁ μονογενης, ἀλλʼ οὐ διαιρουμέης τῆς θεότητος οὔτε ὑποβεβηκυίας τῆς ἑαυτῆς δόξης.
dia touto, kaiper autou tou hagiou pneumnatos sōma m}Ē phoresantos, en eidei peristeras schēmatizetai, hopōs deixę̄ sou kai elenxę̄ sou tēn planēn, hoti enypostaton esti to pneuma kathʼ heauto kai enypostatos ho patēr kai enypostatos ho monogenēs, allʼ ou diairoumeēs tēs theotētos oute hypobebēkuias tēs heautēs doxēs.
For this reason, though the Holy Spirit wore no body, it takes the form of a dove, to show and refute your error: that the Spirit is subsistent in itself, the Father subsistent, and the Only-begotten subsistent, yet the Godhead is not divided nor has its glory declined.
Notes and citation
Summary: Three subsistent persons, one undivided Godhead.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.6.2 (Holl GCS 25/31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.6.3Holl GCS 25/31:395
καὶ ὁρᾷς πῶς ἡ τριὰς ἀριθμεῖται, πατρὸς ἄνωθεν βοῶντος, υἱοῦ δὲ ἐν Ἰορδάνῃ βαπτιζομέ.
kai horąs pōs hē trias arithmeitai, patros anōthen boōntos, huiou de en Iordanę̄ baptizome.
And you see how the Trinity is counted: the Father crying from above, the Son being baptized
Notes and citation
Summary: The Trinity is counted at the baptism.
- The sentence continues in 62.6.4.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.6.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:395; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-6-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.6.4Holl GCS 25/31:395
νου, πνεύματος δὲ ἁγίου ἐν εἴδει περιστερᾶς ἐπιφοιτῶντος; λέγε δέ μοι τίς ἐστιν ὁ εἰρηκώς »ἰδού, συνήσει ὁ παῖς μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐφʼ ὃν ηύδόκησαα, ὃν ᾑρέτισεν ἡ ψυχή μου· θήσομαι τὸ πνεπῦμά μου ἐπʼ αὐτὸν καὶ κρίσιν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἀπαγγελεῖ· οὐκ ἐρίσει οὐδὲ κραυγάσει οὐδὲ ἀκουσθήσεται ἐν πλατείαις ἡ φωνὴ αὐτοῦ· κάλαμον συντετριμμένον οὐ κατεάξει καὶ λίνον τυφόμενον οὐ σβέσει, ἕως ἂν ἐκβάλῃ εἰς νῖκος τὴν κρίσιν« καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς.
nou, pneumatos de hagiou en eidei peristeras epiphoitōntos? lege de moi tis estin ho eirēkōs »idou, synēsei ho pais mou ho agapētos, ephʼ hon ēudokēsaa, hon hę̄retisen hē psychē mou; thēsomai to pnepyma mou epʼ auton kai krisin tois ethnesin apangelei; ouk erisei oude kraugasei oude akousthēsetai en plateiais hē phōnē autou; kalamon syntetrimmenon ou kateaxei kai linon typhomenon ou sbesei, heōs an ekbalę̄ eis nikos tēn krisin« kai ta hexēs.
in the Jordan, and the Holy Spirit coming upon him in the form of a dove? Tell me who it is that said, “Behold, my beloved servant will understand, in whom I am well pleased, whom my soul has chosen; I will put my Spirit upon him, and he will proclaim judgment to the nations; he will not quarrel nor cry out, nor will his voice be heard in the streets; a bruised reed he will not break and smoking flax he will not quench, until he brings forth judgment to victory,” and so on.
Matt 12:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 12:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 12:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 42:1 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Isaiah 42 as cited in Matthew names Father, Servant, and Spirit.
- The quotation follows Matt 12:18–20 with Isa 52:13.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.6.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:395; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-6-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.6.5Holl GCS 25/31:395
μὴ δὴ ταῦτα δυνατὰ ἔχειν ἔμφασιν τριάδος, ὦ φιλόνεικε; ἆρα περὶ ἑαυτοῦ ὁ πατὴρ τὰ τοσαῦτα ἐν τῷ προφήτῃ διεξῆλθε;
mē dē tauta dynata echein emphasin triados, ō philoneike? ara peri heautou ho patēr ta tosauta en tǭ prophētę̄ diexēlthe?
Can these not show the Trinity, you contentious man? Did the Father go through all this about himself in the prophet?
Notes and citation
Summary: The Father cannot be speaking of himself.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.6.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:395; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-6-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.6.6Holl GCS 25/31:395
τίς δέ ἐστι περὶ οὖ γέγραπται »εἶπεν ὁ κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου, κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου«; καὶ οὐκ εἶπεν »εἴσελθε εἰς ἐμέ«.
tis de esti peri ou gegraptai »eipen ho kyrios tǭ kyriǭ mou, kathou ek dexiōn mou«? kai ouk eipen »eiselthe eis eme«.
And who is it about whom it is written, “The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand”? And he did not say, “Enter into me.”
Ps 110:1 (109:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Ps 110:1 distinguishes two Lords.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.6.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:395; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-6-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.6.7Holl GCS 25/31:395
ἢ πάλιν πῶς λέγει τὸ εὐαγγέλιον »καὶ ἀνῆλθεν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ ἔρχεται κρῖναι ζῶντας.
ē palin pōs legei to euangelion »kai anēlthen eis ton ouranon kai ekathisen en dexią tou patros kai erchetai krinai zōntas.
Or again, how does the gospel say, “And he went up into heaven and sat at the right hand of the Father, and comes to judge the living
Mark 16:19 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ sits at the Father’s right hand.
- The words are creedal rather than a single gospel verse (cf. Mark 16:19).
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.6.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:395; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-6-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.6.8Holl GCS 25/31:395
καὶ νεκρούς«; ἢ πάλιν πῶς οὐκ ἔπεισάν σε οἱ δύο ἄνδρες οἱ ἐν ἐσθήσει λευκαῖς πεφηνότες, πρὸς τοὺς μαθητὰς εἰπόντες »ἄνδρες Γαλιγαῖοι, τί ἑστήκατε εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀτενίζοντες; οὖτος ὁ Ἰησοῦς ὁ ἀφʼ ὑμῶν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνληφθεὶς οὕτως ἐλεύσεται ὡς αὐτὸν εἴδετε ἀναλαμβανόμενον«;
kai nekrous«? ē palin pōs ouk epeisan se hoi dyo andres hoi en esthēsei leukais pephēnotes, pros tous mathētas eipontes »andres Galigaioi, ti hestēkate eis ton ouranon atenizontes? outos ho Iēsous ho aphʼ hymōn eis ton ouranon anlēphtheis houtōs eleusetai hōs auton eidete analambanomenon«?
and the dead”? Or again, how were you not persuaded by the two men who appeared in white garments and said to the disciples, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand gazing into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him taken up”?
Acts 1:10 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 1:11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The angels at the ascension speak of Jesus returning.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.6.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:395; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-6-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.6.9Holl GCS 25/31:395
τίνα δὲ ἔβλεπεν ὁ μακάριος Στέφανος, ὅτε ἔλεγεν »ἰδού, ὁρῶ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγμένον καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἑστῶτα ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ θεοῦ;« σὺ δέ, ὦ κατὰ πάντα ἰδιῶτα, μὴ νοήσας τὴν φωνὴν τῶν ἁγίων γραφῶν σεαυτὸν μᾶλλον ἔβλαψας καὶ τοὺς σοὶ ὑπακούσαντας, ἐκπεσὼν τῆς ἁγίας πίστεως τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ ἀληθείας.
tina de eblepen ho makarios Stephanos, hote elegen »idou, horō ton ouranon aneǭgmenon kai ton huion tou anthrōpou hestōta ek dexiōn tou theou?« sy de, ō kata panta idiōta, mē noēsas tēn phōnēn tōn hagiōn graphōn seauton mallon eblapsas kai tous soi hypakousantas, ekpesōn tēs hagias pisteōs tēs tou theou alētheias.
And whom did blessed Stephen see when he said, “Behold, I see heaven opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God”? But you, who are uninstructed in every way, not understanding the voice of the holy Scriptures, have harmed yourself more and those who listened to you, having fallen from the holy faith of God’s truth.
Acts 7:56 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Stephen saw the Son at the Father’s right hand.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.6.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:395; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-6-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 62, chapter 7
62.7.1Holl GCS 25/31:395
7. Ἔφφη γὰρ ως ἀληθῶς »ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ μετὰ ταῦτα, καὶ πλὴν ἐμοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν ἕτερος«.
7. Ephphē gar ōs alēthōs »egō eimi ho prōtos kai egō eimi ho meta tauta, kai plēn emou ouk estin heteros«.
For he said truly, “I am the first and I am after these things, and besides me there is no other.”
Isa 44:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Isaiah’s “I am the first” is taken up.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.7.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:395; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-7-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.7.2Holl GCS 25/31:395–396
ὡς ἀληθῶς γὰρ οὔκ εἰσὶ πολλοὶ θεοί, ἀλλὰ εἶς θεὸς ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ μετὰ ταῦτα, πατὴρ καὶ υἱὸς καὶ ἅγιον πνεῦημα, οὐ συναλοιφὴ οὖσα ἡ τριὰς οὐδὲ διῃρημένη τῆς ἑαυτῆς ταυτότητος, ἀλλὰ πατὴρ γεννήσας ἀληθῶς υἱὸν καὶ υἱὸς ἀληθῶς γεννηθεὶς ἐκ πατρὸς ἐνυπόστατος ἀνάρχως καὶ ἀχρόνως καὶ πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἀληθῶς ἐκ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ, τῆς αὐτῆς θεότητος, ἐκ πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ λαμβάνον, <ἐνυπόστατον> ἀεί, »εἶς θεὸς ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ μετὰ ταῦτα«.
hōs alēthōs gar ouk eisi polloi theoi, alla eis theos ho prōtos kai ho meta tauta, patēr kai huios kai hagion pneuēma, ou synaloiphē ousa hē trias oude dię̄rēmenē tēs heautēs tautotētos, alla patēr gennēsas alēthōs huion kai huios alēthōs gennētheis ek patros enypostatos anarchōs kai achronōs kai pneuma hagion alēthōs ek patros kai huiou, tēs autēs theotētos, ek patros ekporeuomenon kai tou huiou lambanon, <enypostaton> aei, »eis theos ho prōtos kai ho meta tauta«.
For truly there are not many gods, but one God, the first and the one after these things, Father and Son and Holy Spirit, the Trinity being neither a merging nor divided from its own identity: the Father who truly begot a Son, and the Son truly begotten from the Father, subsistent, without beginning and without time, and the Holy Spirit truly from Father and Son, of the same Godhead, proceeding from the Father and receiving from the Son, always subsistent: “one God, the first and the one after these things.”
Isa 44:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The one God is Father, Son, and Spirit.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.7.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:395–396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-7-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.7.3Holl GCS 25/31:396
ἄλλης δὲ πάλιν ἕνεκα οἰκονομίας καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ᾄδεται οὕτως, ἐπειδὴ πάλαι πολλάκις ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς πέφηνεν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις καὶ κατήγγειλε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ παρουσίαν ἔσεσθαι, τινὲς δὲ αὐτὸν οὐκ ἐδέξαντο, προσδοκῶντες ἕτερον ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ·
allēs de palin heneka oikonomias kai apo prosōpou autou tou Christou ądetai houtōs, epeidē palai pollakis ho kyrios hēmōn Iēsous Christos pephēnen en tois prophētais kai katēngeile tēn heautou parousian esesthai, tines de auton ouk edexanto, prosdokōntes heteron antʼ autou;
But it is also sung thus for the sake of another dispensation, and in the person of Christ himself, since of old our Lord Jesus Christ often appeared in the prophets and announced that his coming would take place; but some did not receive him, expecting another in his place;
Notes and citation
Summary: The text also speaks in Christ’s person.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.7.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-7-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.7.4Holl GCS 25/31:396
καὶ πρὸς μὲν τοὺς δειλσιδαίμονας τῶν εἰδώλων καὶ πολυθεΐαν τῷ κόσμῳ εἰσαγηοχότας, ἵνα μὴ ἐκπλαγέντες οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ καὶ ἐκτραπέντες τὰ εἴδωλα τῶν Ἀμορραίων καὶ Χετταίων καὶ Χαναναίων καὶ Φερεζαίων καὶ Εὐαίων καὶ Γεργεσαίων καὶ Ἰεβουσαίων καὶ Ἀρουκαίων καὶ Ἀσαναίων προσκυνήσωσιν, ὡς καὶ αὐτοῖς προεφητεύετο.
kai pros men tous deilsidaimonas tōn eidōlōn kai polytheïan tǭ kosmǭ eisagēochotas, hina mē ekplagentes hoi huioi Israēl kai ektrapentes ta eidōla tōn Amorraiōn kai Chettaiōn kai Chananaiōn kai Pherezaiōn kai Euaiōn kai Gergesaiōn kai Iebousaiōn kai Aroukaiōn kai Asanaiōn proskynēsōsin, hōs kai autois proephēteueto.
and it was said against those superstitious about idols who had brought polytheism into the world, so that the sons of Israel might not be dismayed and turned aside to worship the idols of the Amorites, Hittites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, Girgashites, Jebusites, Arkites and Sinites, as was foretold for them too.
Gen 10:17 (allusion, low confidence)
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Summary: It warned Israel against Canaanite idols.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.7.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-7-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.7.5Holl GCS 25/31:396
προσεκύνησαν γὰρ τῷ Βεελφεγὼρ καὶ τῷ Χαμῶς καὶ τῇ Ἀστάρτῃ καὶ τοῖς Μαζουρὼθ καὶ τοῖς νεασθὼ καὶ τῷ Βααλζεβὰθ καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς εἰδώλοις τῶν ἐθνῶν. διὸ καὶ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ὁ κύριος »ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ μετὰ ταῦτα«, ἵνα αὐτοὺς ἀποστρέψῃ τῆς τῶν ἐθνομύθων πλάνης τῶν προσκυνούντων τὴν πολυθεΐαν.
prosekynēsan gar tǭ Beelphegōr kai tǭ Chamōs kai tę̄ Astartę̄ kai tois Mazourōth kai tois neasthō kai tǭ Baalzebath kai tois loipois eidōlois tōn ethnōn. dio kai elegen autois ho kyrios »egō eimi ho prōtos kai ho meta tauta«, hina autous apostrepsę̄ tēs tōn ethnomythōn planēs tōn proskynountōn tēn polytheïan.
For they worshiped Baal-peor, Chemosh, Astarte, the Mazzaroth, the Neastho, Baal-zebub and the other idols of the nations. Therefore the Lord said to them, “I am the first and the one after these things,” to turn them from the error of the pagan myths of those who worship many gods.
Num 25:3 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 23:5 (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Kgs 1:2 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Israel worshiped foreign gods, so God declared he alone is God.
- “Neastho” is unidentified.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.7.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-7-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.7.6Holl GCS 25/31:396
καὶ ἐπειδὴ ἔμελλον τὴν παρουσίαν αὐτοῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ ἀπωθεῖσθαι, τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἔφη πρὸς τοὺς Ἰουδαίους »ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ πρῶτος καὶ Ὁ μετὰ ταῦτα«, ὁ πρῶτος ἐν σαρκὶ ἐπιδημήσας καὶ ὁ μετὰ ταῦτα ἐρχόμενος κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς, ἐπὶ τῷ σταυρῷ πεπονθὼς καὶ ταφεὶς καὶ ἀναστάς, ἐν δόξῃ μὲν ἐν αὐτῷ τῷ σώματι ἀναληφθείς, τῇ αὐτοῦ θεότητι εἰς δόξαν δὲ ἑνωθέντι καὶ φαιδρυνθέντι, μηκέτι ὑπὸ ἁφὴν ἐμπίπτοντι νυνί, μηκέτι θανάτου μετέχοντι· »ἀνέστη γὰρ Χριστός«, ὥς φησιν ἡ γραφή· »θάνατος <γὰρ> αὐτοῦ οὐκέτι κυριεύει«, φησὶν Ὁ ἀπόστολος.
kai epeidē emellon tēn parousian autou tou huiou apōtheisthai, tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou, ephē pros tous Ioudaious »egō eimi ho prōtos kai Ho meta tauta«, ho prōtos en sarki epidēmēsas kai ho meta tauta erchomenos krinai zōntas kai nekrous, epi tǭ staurǭ peponthōs kai tapheis kai anastas, en doxę̄ men en autǭ tǭ sōmati analēphtheis, tę̄ autou theotēti eis doxan de henōthenti kai phaidrynthenti, mēketi hypo haphēn empiptonti nyni, mēketi thanatou metechonti; »anestē gar Christos«, hōs phēsin hē graphē; »thanatos <gar> autou ouketi kyrieuei«, phēsin Ho apostolos.
And since they were going to reject the coming of the Son himself, our Lord Jesus Christ, he said to the Jews, “I am the first and the one after these things”: the first who came in the flesh, and the one who comes afterward to judge the living and the dead, who suffered on the cross, was buried and rose, and was taken up in glory in the very body, united to his Godhead for glory and made radiant, no longer subject to touch now, no longer sharing in death. For “Christ is risen,” as the Scripture says; “death no longer has dominion over him,” says the apostle.
Isa 44:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 6:9 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Christ is “first” in his coming and “after” in judgment.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.7.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:396; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-7-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.7.7Holl GCS 25/31:396–397
καὶ ὅρα πῶς ἡ ἀκρίβεια ὁδηγεῖ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἵνα μὴ ἐκπέσῃ κατὰ θάτερον τῶν τῆς ἀληθείας μερῶν, ἵνα, ὅταν μὲν βου- ληθείη ὁ νοῦς πολυθείαν ἐξεργάσασθαι, ἀκούσῃ ὅτι »κύριος ὁ θεός σου κύριος εἶς ἐστιν«·
kai hora pōs hē akribeia hodēgei ton anthrōpon, hina mē ekpesę̄ kata thateron tōn tēs alētheias merōn, hina, hotan men bou- lētheiē ho nous polytheian exergasasthai, akousę̄ hoti »kyrios ho theos sou kyrios eis estin«;
And see how precision guides a person so that he does not fall to either side of the truth: when the mind wants to produce polytheism, he hears, “The Lord your God is one Lord”;
Deut 6:4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Scripture guards against polytheism.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.7.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:396–397; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-7-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.7.8Holl GCS 25/31:397
ὅταν δὲ Χριστὸν ἕτερον παρὰ τὸν ἐλθόντα οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ προσδοκήσωσιν, ἀκούσωσιν »ἐγὼ ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ μετὰ ταῦτα« καί »ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ τὸ ὦ«, τὸ ἄλφα τὸ κάτω βλέπον καὶ τὸ ὦ τὸ ἄνω βλέπον, ἵνα πληρωθῇ τὸ εἰρημένον »ὁ καταβὰς αὐτός ἐστιν καὶ ὁ ἀναβὰς ὑπεράνω πάσης ἀρχῆς καὶ ἐξουσίας καὶ κυριότητος καὶ παντὸς ὀνόματος ὀνομαζομένου«.
hotan de Christon heteron para ton elthonta hoi huioi Israēl prosdokēsōsin, akousōsin »egō ho prōtos kai ho meta tauta« kai »egō eimi to alpha kai to ō«, to alpha to katō blepon kai to ō to anō blepon, hina plērōthę̄ to eirēmenon »ho katabas autos estin kai ho anabas hyperanō pasēs archēs kai exousias kai kyriotētos kai pantos onomatos onomazomenou«.
and when the sons of Israel expect another Christ besides the one who came, they hear, “I am the first and the one after these things,” and “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” the alpha looking downward and the omega looking upward, so that what was said might be fulfilled: “He who came down is himself also he who went up, far above every principality and authority and dominion and every name that is named.”
Rev 1:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 4:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 1:21 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Christ is Alpha and Omega, who descended and ascended.
- The alpha and omega are described by their letter shapes. The final quotation combines Eph 4:10 and 1:21.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.7.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:397; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-7-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.7.9Holl GCS 25/31:397
καὶ ἵνα ὅταν <τὶς> νοιμίσῃ διὰ τὸ εἰρηκέναι »ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ πρῶτος καὶ ὁ μετὰ ταῦτα« καί »ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ἄλφα καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ὦ« καί »κύριος ὁ θεός σου κύριος εἶς ἐστι« καὶ ὅτι »ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν« *, ἵνα μή τις ἀρνήσηται τὸν υἱὸν καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα,
kai hina hotan <tis> noimisę̄ dia to eirēkenai »egō eimi ho prōtos kai ho meta tauta« kai »egō eimi to alpha kai egō eimi to ō« kai »kyrios ho theos sou kyrios eis esti« kai hoti »egō eimi ho ōn« *, hina mē tis arnēsētai ton huion kai to hagion pneuma,
And lest anyone think, because he said, “I am the first and the one after these things,” and “I am the Alpha and I am the Omega,” and “The Lord your God is one Lord,” and “I am he who is” …, so that no one may deny the Son and the Holy Spirit,
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Exod 3:14 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Scripture also guards against denying Son and Spirit.
- The edition marks a gap (*).
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.7.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:397; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-7-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.7.10Holl GCS 25/31:397
διὰ τοῦτό φησιν »ὁ πατήρ μου μείζων μου ἐστί« καί »ἵνα σὲ γινώσκωσι τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεὸν καὶ ὃν εἀπέστειλας Ιησοῦν Χριστόν«· οὐχ ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ υἱὸς ἀληθινὸς θεός, ἀλλʼ ἵνα εἰς μίαν ἑνότητα ἀγάγῃ τὴν τῆς τριάδος ὀνομασίαν καὶ ἐκκλείσῃ τὴν διάνοιαν τῶν ἀθρώπων ἀπὸ πολυθεΐας εἰς μίαν θεότητα.
dia touto phēsin »ho patēr mou meizōn mou esti« kai »hina se ginōskōsi ton monon alēthinon theon kai hon eapesteilas Iēsoun Christon«; ouch hoti ouk estin ho huios alēthinos theos, allʼ hina eis mian henotēta agagę̄ tēn tēs triados onomasian kai ekkleisę̄ tēn dianoian tōn athrōpōn apo polytheïas eis mian theotēta.
for this reason he says, “My Father is greater than I,” and “that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent”; not that the Son is not true God, but to bring the naming of the Trinity into one unity and to shut people’s minds off from polytheism into one Godhead.
John 14:28 (quotation, high confidence) · John 17:3 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: “Only true God” unites the Trinity, not denying the Son.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.7.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:397; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-7-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 62, chapter 8
62.8.1Holl GCS 25/31:397
8. Ἐὰν δὲ νομίσῃ ὁ πλανηθεὶς τὴν διάνοιαν Ἄρειος τὸν ἕνα μόνον λέγεσθαι ἀληθινὸν θεὸν τουτέστι τὸν πατέρα, τὸν δὲ υἱὸν θεὸν μὲν εἶναι, οὐκ ἀληθινὸν δέ, πάλιν ἑτέρως τὸν τοιοῦτον διελέγχει, λέγων »ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, ὃ φωτίζει πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον«, περὶ δὲ τοῦ πατρὸς ὄτι »φῶς ὁ θεός«·
8. Ean de nomisę̄ ho planētheis tēn dianoian Areios ton hena monon legesthai alēthinon theon toutesti ton patera, ton de huion theon men einai, ouk alēthinon de, palin heterōs ton toiouton dielenchei, legōn »egō eimi to phōs to alēthinon, ho phōtizei panta anthrōpon erchomenon eis ton kosmon«, peri de tou patros oti »phōs ho theos«;
But if Arius, led astray in mind, thinks that only the one, that is the Father, is called true God, and that the Son is God but not true God, he refutes such a one again in another way, saying, “I am the true light, which enlightens every man coming into the world,” and of the Father, “God is light”;
John 1:9 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 John 1:5 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The Son is called “true light,” refuting Arius.
- John 1:9 is cited as a saying of Christ.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.8.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:397; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.8.2Holl GCS 25/31:397
καὶ οὐκ εἶπε »φῶς ἀληθινόν«, ἵνα ἐκ τοῦ »θεὸν ἀληθινόν« καὶ »φῶς ἀληθινόν« τὴν ἴσην θεότητα πατρὸς πρὸς υἱὸν καὶ υἱοῦ πρὸς πατέρα νοήσωμεν καὶ * ἀπὸ τοῦ τὸν πατέρα φῶς εἶναι καὶ τὸν υἱὸν θεὸν εἶναι, μὴ ἐπικεῖσθαι δὲ ἐνταῦθα ἀληθινόν.
kai ouk eipe »phōs alēthinon«, hina ek tou »theon alēthinon« kai »phōs alēthinon« tēn isēn theotēta patros pros huion kai huiou pros patera noēsōmen kai * apo tou ton patera phōs einai kai ton huion theon einai, mē epikeisthai de entautha alēthinon.
and he did not say “true light,” so that from “true God” and “true light” we may understand the equal Godhead of Father toward Son and Son toward Father, and … from the Father being light and the Son being God, “true” is not added here.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: “True” is shared between Father and Son.
- The edition marks a gap (*).
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.8.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:397; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.8.3Holl GCS 25/31:397
οὐ γὰρ ἦν χρεία εἰπεῖν, μηδεμιᾶς ἀμφιλογίας οὔσης· ἀπὸ γὰρ τοῦ »θεός« καὶ »φῶς« ἡ μία τελειότης τῆς αὐτῆς γνησιότητος, πατρὸς πρὸς τὸν υἱὸν καὶ υἱοῦ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, σαφῶς ἀπεφάνθη·
ou gar ēn chreia eipein, mēdemias amphilogias ousēs; apo gar tou »theos« kai »phōs« hē mia teleiotēs tēs autēs gnēsiotētos, patros pros ton huion kai huiou pros ton patera, saphōs apephanthē;
For there was no need to say it, since there was no dispute; for from “God” and “light” the one perfection of the same genuineness, of the Father toward the Son and the Son toward the Father, was clearly declared;
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Summary: “God” and “light” show equal genuineness.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.8.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:397; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-8-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.8.4Holl GCS 25/31:397–398
καὶ διαλέλυταί σου ἡ πᾶσα τῆς πλάνης φρενοβλάβεια. ἔστι γὰρ πατὴρ πατήρ, ἔστιν υἱὸς υἱός, ἔστιν ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἅγιον πνεῦμα, τριὰς οὖσα, μία θεότης μία δοξαλογία μία κυριότης <εἶς θεός>, ᾦ δόξα, τιμὴ καὶ κράτος πατρὶ ἐν υἱῷ, υἱῷ ἐν πατρὶ σὺν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι εἰς αἰνας αἰώνων, ἀμήν.
kai dialelytai sou hē pasa tēs planēs phrenoblabeia. esti gar patēr patēr, estin huios huios, estin hagion pneuma hagion pneuma, trias ousa, mia theotēs mia doxalogia mia kyriotēs <eis theos>, ǭ doxa, timē kai kratos patri en huiǭ, huiǭ en patri syn hagiǭ pneumati eis ainas aiōnōn, amēn.
and the whole madness of your error has been undone. For the Father is Father, the Son is Son, the Holy Spirit is Holy Spirit, being a Trinity, one Godhead, one glorification, one lordship, one God, to whom be glory, honor and might, to the Father in the Son, to the Son in the Father, with the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.
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Summary: A doxology to the Trinity.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.8.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:397–398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-8-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.8.5Holl GCS 25/31:398
Ταύτην δὲ πάλιν τὴν αἵρεσιν ὡσπερεὶ λίβυν ἢ μόλουρον ἢ ἔλοπα ἢ ἕν τι τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῶν φοβερωωτάτων, οὐ μὴν δὲ δυναμένων διὰ δηγμάτων βλάπτειν ἀποσεισάμενοι καὶ δυνάμει τῆς ἁγίας τριάδος καταπεπατκότες, ἐπὶ τὰς ἑξῆς πάλιν προβαίνοντες αὐτὸν ἐπικαλεσώμεθα ἀρωγὸν τῆς ἡμετέρας πενίας τε καὶ βραχύτητος, <ὅπως > εἰς τὸ ἀξίως τὰ παρʼ ἑκάστῃ λεγόμενά τε καὶ γινόμενα * καὶ τὴν τούτων ἀντίρρησιν ποιήσασθαι βοηθηθῶμεν.
Tautēn de palin tēn hairesin hōsperei libyn ē molouron ē elopa ē hen ti tōn herpetōn tōn phoberōōtatōn, ou mēn de dynamenōn dia dēgmatōn blaptein aposeisamenoi kai dynamei tēs hagias triados katapepatkotes, epi tas hexēs palin probainontes auton epikalesōmetha arōgon tēs hēmeteras penias te kai brachytētos, <hopōs > eis to axiōs ta parʼ hekastę̄ legomena te kai ginomena * kai tēn toutōn antirrēsin poiēsasthai boēthēthōmen.
Having shaken off this heresy too, like a libys, a molouros, an elops, or one of the most frightening reptiles that cannot harm by their bites, and having trampled it by the power of the holy Trinity, let us go on to the next and call on him as helper of our poverty and smallness, so that we may be helped to set out worthily what is said and done in each … and to make the refutation of them.
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Summary: Sabellianism is set aside as a harmless-looking snake.
- The edition marks a gap (*). The snake names are left transliterated.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 62.8.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-62-8-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 63, chapter 1
63.1.1Holl GCS 25/31:398
Ὠριγένιοί τινες καλοῦνται, οὐ πανταχοῦ δὲ τοῦτο γένος ὑπάρχει, καθεξῆς δὲ οἶμαι τούτων τῶν αἱρέσεων καὶ αὕτη ἡ δηλουμένη <ἀνεφύη>.
Ōrigenioi tines kalountai, ou pantachou de touto genos hyparchei, kathexēs de oimai toutōn tōn haireseōn kai hautē hē dēloumenē <anephyē>.
Some are called Origenists; this kind is not everywhere, and I think that this heresy described arose next after these heresies.
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Summary: A sect called Origenists is introduced.
- Epiphanius distinguishes this sect (heresy 63) from the followers of Origen Adamantius (heresy 64).
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.1.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-1-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.1.2Holl GCS 25/31:398
καλοῦνται δὲ Ὠριγένιοι, οὐ πάνυ δὲ σαφῶς ἴσμεν τίνος ἕνεκα· εἰ ἀπὸ Ὠριγένους τοῦ Ἀδαμαντίου καλουμένου τοῦ συντάκτου ἢ ἄλλου τινὸς <ἔλαχον τὸ> εἶναι, ἀγνοῶ. ὅμως τοῦτο τὸ ὄνομα κατειλήφαμεν.
kalountai de Ōrigenioi, ou pany de saphōs ismen tinos heneka; ei apo Ōrigenous tou Adamantiou kaloumenou tou syntaktou ē allou tinos <elachon to> einai, agnoō. homōs touto to onoma kateilēphamen.
They are called Origenists, but we do not know very clearly why; whether they got their existence from Origen called Adamantius, the author, or from someone else, I do not know. Still, this is the name we have received.
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Summary: The origin of the name is uncertain.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.1.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:398; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-1-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.1.3Holl GCS 25/31:398–399
Ἡ αἵρεσις δέ, <ἢ> παρʼ αὐτοῖς νομι[σ]τεύεται, ὥσπερ ἀπεικαζομένη μένη τῇ τοῦ Ἐπιφάνους <τοῦ> ἄνω μοι προδεδηλωμένου ἐν ταῖς κατὰ τοὺς Γνωστικοὺς αἱρέσεσι. γραφὰς δὲ οὖτοι ἀναγινώσκουσι διαφόρους καινῆς καὶ παλαιᾶς διαθήκης. ἀθετοῦσι δὲ γάμον καὶ οὐ παύεται ἀπʼ αὐτῶν ἡ λαγνεία. τινὲς δὲ ἔφασαν αὐτὴν περὶ Ῥώωμην καὶ Ἀφρι- κὴν γεγενῆσθαι.
Hē hairesis de, <ē> parʼ autois nomi[s]teuetai, hōsper apeikazomenē menē tę̄ tou Epiphanous <tou> anō moi prodedēlōmenou en tais kata tous Gnōstikous hairesesi. graphas de outoi anaginōskousi diaphorous kainēs kai palaias diathēkēs. athetousi de gamon kai ou pauetai apʼ autōn hē lagneia. tines de ephasan autēn peri Rhōōmēn kai Aphri- kēn gegenēsthai.
The heresy practiced among them is like that of Epiphanes, whom I described above among the Gnostic heresies. They read various Scriptures of the New and Old Testaments. They reject marriage, but their lust does not cease. Some said it arose around Rome and Africa.
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Summary: The sect rejects marriage yet is licentious.
- Hostile report, given as Epiphanius writes it.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.1.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:398–399; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-1-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.1.4Holl GCS 25/31:399
μολύνουσι δὲ ἑαυτῶν τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὸν νοῦν καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ἐν ἀσελγείᾳ. οἱ μὲν γάρ εἰσι προσχήματι μοναζόντων, αἱ δὲ σὺν αὐτοῖς οὖσαι προσχήματι μοναζουςῶν. ἐφθαρμένοι δέ εἰσι τοῖς σώμασι, τὴν μὲν ἐπιθυμίαν αὐτῶν ἐκτελοῦντες, τῷ δὲ ἔργῳ κεχρημένοι (ἵνα σεμνότερον εἴπω) τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Ἱούδα τοῦ Αὐνᾶν καλουμένου.
molynousi de heautōn to sōma kai ton noun kai tēn psychēn en aselgeią. hoi men gar eisi proschēmati monazontōn, hai de syn autois ousai proschēmati monazousōn. ephtharmenoi de eisi tois sōmasi, tēn men epithymian autōn ektelountes, tǭ de ergǭ kechrēmenoi (hina semnoteron eipō) tou huiou tou Hiouda tou Aunan kaloumenou.
They defile their body, mind and soul in licentiousness. For the men have the appearance of monks, and the women with them the appearance of nuns. They are corrupted in their bodies, fulfilling their desire, but using (to put it more decently) the deed of the son of Judah called Onan.
Gen 38:9 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: They are accused of practicing the sin of Onan.
- Hostile report.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.1.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:399; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-1-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.1.5Holl GCS 25/31:399
ὡς γὰρ ἐκεῖνος τῷ σώματι μὲν τῇ Θάμαρ συνήπτετο καὶ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἐξετέλει, εἰς καταβολὴν δὲ σπέρματος κατὰ τὴν ὑπὸ θεοῦ δοθεῖσαν παιδοπούαν οὐκ ἐτελεσιούργει, ἀλλὰ ἑαυτὸν ἠδίκει, ᾧ τρόπῳ <αὐτὸς> τὸ πονηρὸν εἰργάζετο, οὕτω καὶ οὗτοι κέχρηνται μὲν ταῖς νομιζομέναις *, τελοῦντες ταύτην τὴν ἀθέμιτον ἐργαςίαν.
hōs gar ekeinos tǭ sōmati men tę̄ Thamar synēpteto kai tēn epithymian exetelei, eis katabolēn de spermatos kata tēn hypo theou dotheisan paidopouan ouk etelesiourgei, alla heauton ēdikei, hǭ tropǭ <autos> to ponēron eirgazeto, houtō kai houtoi kechrēntai men tais nomizomenais *, telountes tautēn tēn athemiton ergasian.
For as he was joined bodily to Tamar and fulfilled his desire, but did not complete it by casting seed for the begetting of children given by God, but wronged himself, in the way he did the evil, so these too use the women they regard …, performing this unlawful act.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Gen 38:9 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Their practice is compared to Onan’s.
- The edition marks a gap (*).
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.1.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:399; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-1-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.1.6Holl GCS 25/31:399
πεφιλοτίμηται γὰρ παρʼ αὐτοῖς οὐχ ἡ ἁγνεία, ἀλλʼ ὑποκριτικὴ μὲν ἁγνεία τῷ ὀνόματι καλουμένη, φιλοτίμησις δὲ ἕως τοῦ μὴ ἐγκυμονῆσαι τὴν ὑπὸ τοῦ δοκοῦντος * ἐφθαρμένην γυναῖκα, ἢ κατὰ τὸ μὴ παραστῆσαι τεκνογονίαν ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἢ ἵνα μὴ φωραθῶσιν ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπων, βουλόμενοι ἐν τιμῇ εἶναι διὰ τὴν νομιζομένην παρʼ αὐτοῖς τῆς ἁγνείας ἄσκησιν·
pephilotimētai gar parʼ autois ouch hē hagneia, allʼ hypokritikē men hagneia tǭ onomati kaloumenē, philotimēsis de heōs tou mē enkymonēsai tēn hypo tou dokountos * ephtharmenēn gynaika, ē kata to mē parastēsai teknogonian en tǭ kosmǭ ē hina mē phōrathōsin hypo anthrōpōn, boulomenoi en timę̄ einai dia tēn nomizomenēn parʼ autois tēs hagneias askēsin;
For what is prized among them is not chastity, but a hypocritical chastity so called in name, with the aim that the woman corrupted by the supposed … should not conceive, either so as not to produce children in the world or so as not to be detected by men, wishing to be held in honor for their supposed practice of chastity;
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: Their chastity is a pretense to avoid detection.
- The edition marks a gap (*).
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.1.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:399; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-1-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.1.7Holl GCS 25/31:399
ὅμως τοῦτο αὐτῶν ἐστι τὸ ἔργον, ἕτεροι δὲ αὐτὸ τοῦτο φιλοτιμοῦνται τὸ μυσαρὸν ἐπιτελεῖν οὐχὶ διὰ γυναικῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἑτέροις τρόποις, ἰδίαις χερςὶ μολυνόμενοι.
homōs touto autōn esti to ergon, heteroi de auto touto philotimountai to mysaron epitelein ouchi dia gynaikōn, alla kai heterois tropois, idiais chersi molynomenoi.
still, this is their practice; and others strive to accomplish this very abomination not with women but in other ways, defiling themselves with their own hands.
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Summary: Others defile themselves by their own hands.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.1.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:399; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-1-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.1.8Holl GCS 25/31:399
καὶ ὡσαύτως μιμοῦνται τὸν προειρημένον υἱὸν τοῦ Ἰούδα, τὴν γῆν ταῖς ἀθεμίτοις αὐτῶν ἐργαςίαις καὶ μυσαραῖς σταγόσιν ἐπιμολύνοντες καὶ ποσὶν ἑαυτῶν τὰς ῥύσεις ἑαυτῶν ἀνατρίβοντες ἐν τῇ γῇ, ἵνα μὴ δῆθεν ἁρπαγῶσι τὰ αὐτῶν σπέρματα ὑπὸ ἀκαθάρτων πνευμάτων εἰς ὑποδοχὴν ἐγκυμονήσεως δαιμόνων.
kai hōsautōs mimountai ton proeirēmenon huion tou Iouda, tēn gēn tais athemitois autōn ergasiais kai mysarais stagosin epimolynontes kai posin heautōn tas rhyseis heautōn anatribontes en tę̄ gę̄, hina mē dēthen harpagōsi ta autōn spermata hypo akathartōn pneumatōn eis hypodochēn enkymonēseōs daimonōn.
And likewise they imitate the son of Judah mentioned, defiling the earth with their unlawful acts and abominable drops, and rubbing their emissions into the earth with their feet, supposedly so that their seed may not be snatched by unclean spirits to receive the conception of demons.
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Summary: They claim to protect their seed from demons.
- Hostile report.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.1.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:399; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-1-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 63, chapter 2
63.2.1Holl GCS 25/31:399
2. Κέχρηνται δέ, ὡς ἔφην, διαφόροις γραφαῖς παλαιᾶς καὶ καινῆς διαθήκης καὶ ἀποκρύφοις τισί, μάλιστα ταῖς λεγομέναις Πράξεσιν Ἀνδρέου καὶ τῶν ἄλλων. ἤδη δὲ κἀκεῖνοι αὐτοὶ ἐκαυχήσαντο πολλάκις πεπαρρησιασμένως τοῦτο ἐπιτελεῖν.
2. Kechrēntai de, hōs ephēn, diaphorois graphais palaias kai kainēs diathēkēs kai apokryphois tisi, malista tais legomenais Praxesin Andreou kai tōn allōn. ēdē de kakeinoi autoi ekauchēsanto pollakis peparrēsiasmenōs touto epitelein.
They use, as I said, various Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and certain apocrypha, especially the so-called Acts of Andrew and others. Some of them have themselves often boasted openly of doing this.
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Summary: They use the Acts of Andrew and boast of their practice.
- No entry for the Acts of Andrew exists in the extrabiblical list.
Extrabiblical texts: Acts Andr. (Acts of Andrew; allusion)
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.2.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:399; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.2.2Holl GCS 25/31:399–400
κατηγοροῦσι δὲ δῆθεν τῶν ἐν τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τὰς ἀγαπητὰς λεγομένας συνεισάκτους γυναῖκας κεκτημένων, ὡς καὶ αὐτῶν τοῦτο ἐπιτελούντων, κρυφῆ <δὲ> διὰ τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων αἰδῶ, ἵνα * μὲν τῇ πονηρίᾳ συνάπτωνται, τῷ δὲ προσχήματι τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἕνεκα τὸ ὅνομα σεμνύνωνται.
katēgorousi de dēthen tōn en tę̄ ekklēsią tas agapētas legomenas syneisaktous gynaikas kektēmenōn, hōs kai autōn touto epitelountōn, kryphē <de> dia tēn tōn anthrōpōn aidō, hina * men tę̄ ponērią synaptōntai, tǭ de proschēmati tōn anthrōpōn heneka to honoma semnynōntai.
They accuse those in the church who have the so-called beloved women, the “subintroductae,” of doing this too, but secretly out of shame before men, so that … they may be joined in wickedness, but for appearance before men may pride themselves on the name.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: They accuse church members with spiritual companions of the same.
- The edition marks a gap (*). Συνείσακτοι were women living with clergy or ascetics in professed chastity.
Topics: Heresy, Church office
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.2.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:399–400; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.2.3Holl GCS 25/31:400
διελέχθησαν δὲ ἡμῖν καί τινες περί τινων προτελευτησίντων καὶ δῆθεν ὡς καὶ αὐτῶν τοῦτο ἐπιτελούντων, ὡς ἀπὸ τῶν βεβιασμένων ὑπʼ αὐτῶν γυναικῶν ἀκηκοότες.
dielechthēsan de hēmin kai tines peri tinōn proteleutēsintōn kai dēthen hōs kai autōn touto epitelountōn, hōs apo tōn bebiasmenōn hypʼ autōn gynaikōn akēkootes.
Some also spoke to us about certain persons who had died before, as if they too had done this, saying they had heard it from women whom they had violated.
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Summary: Rumors were told about the dead.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.2.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:400; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.2.4Holl GCS 25/31:400
ἐν οἶς καὶ ὄνομα ἐπισκόπου εἰς μέσον ἔφερον, ἐν πόλει μικρῇ τῆς Παλαιστίνης τὸν τοῦ ἐπισκόπου κλῆρον ἐπὶ ἰκανοῖς ἔτεσι διοικήσαντος, ἐσχηκότος δὲ τοιαύτας γυναῖκας ἐξυπηρετουμένας αὐτῷ, φημὶ δὲ συνεισάκτους. ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐξ ὁμολογητῶν αὐτὸν τὸν τοιοῦτον ὄντα οἵδαμεν.
en ois kai onoma episkopou eis meson epheron, en polei mikrę̄ tēs Palaistinēs ton tou episkopou klēron epi ikanois etesi dioikēsantos, eschēkotos de toiautas gynaikas exypēretoumenas autǭ, phēmi de syneisaktous. alla kai ex homologētōn auton ton toiouton onta hoidamen.
Among them they even brought up the name of a bishop, who had administered the bishop’s office for a good many years in a small city of Palestine, and had had such women serving him, I mean subintroductae. But we know that this man was also one of the confessors.
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Summary: A confessor-bishop was accused.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.2.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:400; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.2.5Holl GCS 25/31:400
ὅμως τοῖς εἰρηκόσι τοῦτο καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γυναικῶν ἀκηκοέναι φάσκουσιν οὐ πεπιστεύκαμεν· ἡ γὰρ ἀνάγκη τῆς τῶν εἰρηκότων κακοτρπίας ὑπέβαλλεν ἡμῖν ποτὲ μὲν πιστεύειν, ποτὲ δὲ μὴ πιστεύειν ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ προειρημένου γέροντος ἐπισκόπου μετὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ τελευτὴν κακοφημίᾳ.
homōs tois eirēkosi touto kai apo tōn gynaikōn akēkoenai phaskousin ou pepisteukamen; hē gar anankē tēs tōn eirēkotōn kakotrpias hypeballen hēmin pote men pisteuein, pote de mē pisteuein epi tę̄ tou proeirēmenou gerontos episkopou meta tēn autou teleutēn kakophēmią.
Still, we did not believe those who said this and claimed to have heard it from the women; for the compulsion of the speakers’ bad character made us sometimes believe and sometimes not believe the ill report about the old bishop mentioned, after his death.
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Summary: Epiphanius doubts the rumor about the bishop.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.2.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:400; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-2-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.2.6Holl GCS 25/31:400
ἡ γὰρ αἰτία ἠ εἰς αὐτὸν φθάσασα τοιαύτη τις γέγονεν. ἑάλω τις τοιοῦτος ἐπὶ ἁμαρτίᾳ γυναικὸς καὶ ὡς ἠλέγχετο ὑφʼ ἡμῶν, ἀπολογίαν ταύτην ἔφερεν, ὡς τῆς συμφθαρείσης αὐῷ γυναικόςλ (καίτοι γε ἤδη πεπαλαιωμένης τὸν χρόνον καὶ ἐν ἡλικίᾳ γηραλέᾳ ὑπαρχούσης) εἰπάσης αὐτῷ τὴν τῆς κακοτροπίας ἐργασίαν, ὡς χρῆσθαι μὲν αὐτὸν ἐδίδασκεν, ἔξωθεν δὲ τὰς μυσαρὰς αὐτοῦ ῥοιὰς ἐπὶ γῆς διασκεδάζειν.
hē gar aitia ē eis auton phthasasa toiautē tis gegonen. healō tis toioutos epi hamartią gynaikos kai hōs ēlencheto hyphʼ hēmōn, apologian tautēn epheren, hōs tēs symphthareisēs auǭ gynaikosl (kaitoi ge ēdē pepalaiōmenēs ton chronon kai en hēlikią gēraleą hyparchousēs) eipasēs autǭ tēn tēs kakotropias ergasian, hōs chrēsthai men auton edidasken, exōthen de tas mysaras autou rhoias epi gēs diaskedazein.
For the charge against him arose in this way. A certain man of that kind was caught in sin with a woman, and when he was convicted by us, he offered this defense: that the woman corrupted with him (though already advanced in years and of old age) had told him the practice of that bad conduct, that the bishop taught him to have relations, but to scatter his abominable emissions outside on the ground.
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Summary: The charge came from a man caught in sin.
- Epiphanius reports a defense he did not credit.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.2.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:400; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-2-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 63, chapter 3
63.3.1Holl GCS 25/31:400
3. Καὶ αὕτη μὲν ἡ τούτων μυσαρά ἐστιν ἐργασία τὸν νοῦν αὐτῶν ἀπατῶσα καὶ ἐκ διαβόλου τετυφλωμένη.
3. Kai hautē men hē toutōn mysara estin ergasia ton noun autōn apatōsa kai ek diabolou tetyphlōmenē.
This, then, is their abominable practice, which deceives their mind and has been blinded by the devil.
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Summary: Their practice is diabolical.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.3.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:400; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-3-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.3.2Holl GCS 25/31:400–401
ὧν τὰς μαρτυρίας διʼ ὧν πίπτουσιν εἰς μέσον φέρειν οὐκ ἀναγκαῖον ἥγημαι, ἵνα μὴ δόξωμεν διʼ ὦν βουλόμεθα ἀκριβολογεῖν εἰς ἀποτροπίαν τῆς ἀθεμίτου ἐργασίας ἑκάστης αἱρέσεως, εἰς τὸ κακὸν μᾶλλον προτρέπεσθαι τῶν ἀστηρίκτων καὶ χαυνουμένων ἀεὶ τὴν διάνοιαν, τῶν τὸ πονηρὸν ἑαυ- τοῖς θηρᾶσθαι ὑπὲρ τὴν ἀγαθότητα ἐπιθυμούντων.
hōn tas martyrias diʼ hōn piptousin eis meson pherein ouk anankaion hēgēmai, hina mē doxōmen diʼ ōn boulometha akribologein eis apotropian tēs athemitou ergasias hekastēs haireseōs, eis to kakon mallon protrepesthai tōn astēriktōn kai chaunoumenōn aei tēn dianoian, tōn to ponēron heau- tois thērasthai hyper tēn agathotēta epithymountōn.
I have not thought it necessary to bring forward the texts by which they fall, lest by our wish to be precise for turning people away from the unlawful practice of each heresy, we should rather urge toward evil the unsteady and those always slack in mind, who desire to hunt out evil for themselves rather than goodness.
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Summary: Their proof-texts are not repeated.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.3.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:400–401; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-3-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.3.3Holl GCS 25/31:401
εἰς ἀλέξησιν δὲ μᾶλλον τῆς δεινῆς ταύτης καὶ ἐρπετώδους αἱρέσεως ὁλίγα ἀπὸ πολλῶν παραθήσομαι.
eis alexēsin de mallon tēs deinēs tautēs kai erpetōdous haireseōs holiga apo pollōn parathēsomai.
But rather, to ward off this terrible and reptilian heresy, I will set down a few things out of many.
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Summary: A brief refutation follows.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.3.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:401; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-3-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.3.4Holl GCS 25/31:401
Πόθεν εἰλήφατε, ὦ οὗτοι, τὴν τῆς ἀθεμίτου ἐργασίας ὑμῶν ἐπίνοιαν; πρῶτον μὲν γάρ, ὅτι τὸ πᾶν, τίνι οὐ δῆλον ἔσται ὅτι δαιμόνων ἐστὶν ἡ ὑμετέρα διδασκαλία, ἠπατημένων δὲ τὸν νοῦν καὶ ἐφθαρμένων ἡ ἐπινενοημένη κακομηχανία;
Pothen eilēphate, ō houtoi, tēn tēs athemitou ergasias hymōn epinoian? prōton men gar, hoti to pan, tini ou dēlon estai hoti daimonōn estin hē hymetera didaskalia, ēpatēmenōn de ton noun kai ephtharmenōn hē epinenoēmenē kakomēchania?
Where did you get the idea of your unlawful practice, you people? First, the whole thing — to whom will it not be plain that your teaching is of demons, the devised evil contrivance of deceived and corrupted minds?
1 Tim 4:1 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Their teaching is demonic.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.3.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:401; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-3-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.3.5Holl GCS 25/31:401
εἰ γὰρ ὅλως πονηρὸν τὸ κυΐσκειν, οὐκ ἄρα διὰ τὸ τεκνογονεῖν ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ συνάπτεσθαι σωματι.
ei gar holōs ponēron to kyïskein, ouk ara dia to teknogonein alla dia to synaptesthai sōmati.
For if conceiving is evil at all, it is not because of begetting children, but because of being joined to a body.
Notes and citation
Summary: If conception were evil, so would be intercourse.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.3.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:401; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-3-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.3.6Holl GCS 25/31:401
πῶς οὖν ἡττημένοι ἡδονῇ συνάπτεσθε σώματι; καὶ εἰ οὐ πονηρὸν τὸ συναφθῆναι σώματι, οὑδὲ πονηρὸν τὸ συναφθέντα τελεσιουργεῖν τὸ γεγενημένον. ἢ γὰρ ἀποταξάμενον <δεῖ> ἄνθρωπον μὴ γεωργεῖν τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. ὡς »ὁ Ἄβελ ἦν ποιμὴν προβάτων, Κάϊν δὲ ἐργαζόμενος τὴν γῆν«.
pōs oun hēttēmenoi hēdonę̄ synaptesthe sōmati? kai ei ou ponēron to synaphthēnai sōmati, houde ponēron to synaphthenta telesiourgein to gegenēmenon. ē gar apotaxamenon <dei> anthrōpon mē geōrgein ta epi tēs gēs. hōs »ho Abel ēn poimēn probatōn, Kaïn de ergazomenos tēn gēn«.
How then, overcome by pleasure, are you joined to a body? And if it is not evil to be joined to a body, neither is it evil, once joined, to bring to completion what has come about. Or else one who has renounced must not cultivate the things of the earth, as “Abel was a shepherd of sheep, but Cain a tiller of the ground.”
Gen 4:2 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: If union is not evil, neither is its fruit.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.3.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:401; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-3-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.3.7Holl GCS 25/31:401
εἰ δὲ γεωργεῖ τις τὴν γῆν, ὡς ὁ Νῶς, ὃς »ἐγένετο ἀνὴρ γεωργὸς καὶ ἐφύτευσεν ἀμπελῶνα«, οὐκ ἐφύτεθσεν, ἵνα βότρυν μὴ ἐνέγκῃ, ἀλλʼ ἐφύτευσε »καὶ ἔπιεν ἐκ τοῦ καρποῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐμεθύσθη«, ὡς γέγραπται.
ei de geōrgei tis tēn gēn, hōs ho Nōs, hos »egeneto anēr geōrgos kai ephyteusen ampelōna«, ouk ephytethsen, hina botryn mē enenkę̄, allʼ ephyteuse »kai epien ek tou karpou autou kai emethysthē«, hōs gegraptai.
But if someone cultivates the earth, like Noah, who “became a husbandman and planted a vineyard,” he did not plant it so as not to bear a grape cluster, but planted it “and drank of its fruit and became drunk,” as it is written.
Gen 9:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 9:21 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Noah planted to harvest fruit.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.3.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:401; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-3-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.3.8Holl GCS 25/31:401
<ἐξ>ῆν δὲ συγγνώμην τῷ γλεριβτθ ἀπονεῖμαι. εὐάρεστος γὰρ τῷ θεῷ ὑπάρχων οὐ διὰ ἀσωτίαν τὴν μέθην ὑπέστη, ἀλλὰ λύπῃ φερόμενος τάχα ἐκεκάρωτο καὶ μὴ φέρων ἐξ ἀμφοτέρων διὰ τὸ ἀσθενὲς καὶ γηραλέον ἀσθενείᾳ ὑπέπεσεν, οὑχ
<ex>ēn de syngnōmēn tǭ gleribtth aponeimai. euarestos gar tǭ theǭ hyparchōn ou dia asōtian tēn methēn hypestē, alla lypę̄ pheromenos tacha ekekarōto kai mē pherōn ex amphoterōn dia to asthenes kai gēraleon astheneią hypepesen, houch
One may grant pardon to the old man. Being pleasing to God, he did not undergo drunkenness through dissipation, but perhaps, carried away by grief, he was stupefied, and not bearing both, through weakness and old age he fell into infirmity, not
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Summary: Noah’s drunkenness is excused.
- γλεριβτθ in the digital text is read as “old man” (γέροντι) by sense.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.3.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:401; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-3-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.3.9Holl GCS 25/31:401
ἵνα χλευασθῇ ὑπὸ τοῦ τέκνου. ὁ δὲ καταγελάσας ἑαυτῷ εἴληφε τὴν κατάραν, ἵνα κολάζωνται οἱ ἐνσκήπτοντες τοῖς πατράσιν αὐτῶν ὅβριν καὶ οἱ ἐν ἡμῖν διαλογισμοὶ ἐπεγειρόμενοι κατὰ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ γνώσεως καὶ καλῶς τεταγμένης διατάξεως.
hina chleuasthę̄ hypo tou teknou. ho de katagelasas heautǭ eilēphe tēn kataran, hina kolazōntai hoi enskēptontes tois patrasin autōn hobrin kai hoi en hēmin dialogismoi epegeiromenoi kata tēs tou theou gnōseōs kai kalōs tetagmenēs diataxeōs.
so that he might be mocked by his son. The one who mocked brought the curse on himself, so that those who hurl insult at their fathers may be punished, and the thoughts in us that rise against the knowledge of God and his well-ordered ordinance.
Gen 9:22 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 9:25 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Cor 10:5 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Ham’s mockery brought a curse.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.3.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:401; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-3-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 63, chapter 4
63.4.1Holl GCS 25/31:401–402
4. Εἰ γὰρ καξὶ οὐ δεδόξασται ὁ γάμος ὡς ἡ παρθενία, ὑπὲρ αὐτὸν δὲ ὑπάρχει ἠ παρθενία (παρθενία δὲ ἀληθεύουσα ἔνδοξος καὶ ἐνάρετος κέκληται, οὐ μεμολυσμένη), καὶ ὁ γάμος δὲ σεμνός, <εἴ τις> εἰς παιδοποιίαν, οὐκ εἰς αἰσχύνην τὰ ἐκ θεοῦ καλῶς κεκτισμένα † ἀπαγορεύει, ἀλλʼ οὔτε ἄλλως μεταχειρίζεται τῆς τοῦ γάμου κοινωνίας τὴν ἐκ θεοῦ τεταγμένην ἀγωγήν.
4. Ei gar kaxi ou dedoxastai ho gamos hōs hē parthenia, hyper auton de hyparchei ē parthenia (parthenia de alētheuousa endoxos kai enaretos keklētai, ou memolysmenē), kai ho gamos de semnos, <ei tis> eis paidopoiian, ouk eis aischynēn ta ek theou kalōs kektismena † apagoreuei, allʼ oute allōs metacheirizetai tēs tou gamou koinōnias tēn ek theou tetagmenēn agōgēn.
For even if marriage is not glorified like virginity, and virginity is above it (true virginity is called glorious and virtuous, not defiled), marriage too is honorable, if one … for the begetting of children, and does not turn to shame what was well created by God, nor handle otherwise the order of marital union appointed by God.
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Summary: Marriage is honorable, though virginity is higher.
- The edition marks a corrupt word (†).
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.4.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:401–402; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-4-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.4.2Holl GCS 25/31:402
παρθενία γάρ ἐστιν ἠλθῶς [ὡς] ἐκείνη ἡ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγίου ἀποστόλου ἐπαινουμένη, ὅτι »ἡ παρθένος καὶ ἡ ἄγαμος μεριμνᾷ τὰ τοῦ κυρίου, πῶς ἀρέσει τῷ κυρίῳ, ἵνα ᾖ ἁγία τῷ σώματι καὶ τῇ ψυχῇ«, ἵνα δείξῃ ὅτι οὑδεμίαν αἱτίαν ἀμπλακημάτων κἂν ὐπονοηθῆναι ἡ μονότης ἐνδέχεται.
parthenia gar estin ēlthōs [hōs] ekeinē hē hypo tou agiou apostolou epainoumenē, hoti »hē parthenos kai hē agamos merimną ta tou kyriou, pōs aresei tǭ kyriǭ, hina ę̄ hagia tǭ sōmati kai tę̄ psychę̄«, hina deixę̄ hoti houdemian haitian amplakēmatōn kan yponoēthēnai hē monotēs endechetai.
For true virginity is that praised by the holy apostle: “The virgin and the unmarried woman care for the things of the Lord, how to please the Lord, that she may be holy in body and in spirit,” to show that the single life does not admit even the suspicion of any cause of sin.
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1 Cor 7:34 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 7:32 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Paul praises true virginity.
- The editor deletes ὡς.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.4.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:402; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-4-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.4.3Holl GCS 25/31:402
ἀλλὰ καὶ * τὸν Ἀρραὰρ οἴδαμεν παιδοποιοῦντα, φίλον δὲ ὄντα τῷ κυρίῳ, Ἰσαὰκ δὲ καὶ Ἰακὼβ καὶ τοὺς καθεξῆς· καὶ οὔτε ἑαυτοὺς ἐμόλυναν ἀθεμίτοις πράξεσι, παραπτόμενοι μυσαρῶν καὶ* οὔτε ἀντιθέτως ἔσχον πρὸς τὴν ἐκ θεοῦ καλῶς τεταγμένην διὰ σεμνοῦ γάμου παιδοποιίαν
alla kai * ton Arraar oidamen paidopoiounta, philon de onta tǭ kyriǭ, Isaak de kai Iakōb kai tous kathexēs; kai oute heautous emolynan athemitois praxesi, paraptomenoi mysarōn kai* oute antithetōs eschon pros tēn ek theou kalōs tetagmenēn dia semnou gamou paidopoiian
But … we know that Abraham begot children and was the Lord’s friend, and Isaac and Jacob and the rest; they neither defiled themselves with unlawful acts, touching abominations …, nor opposed the begetting of children through honorable marriage well appointed by God;
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Jas 2:23 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: The patriarchs begot children in honorable marriage.
- The edition marks gaps (*).
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.4.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:402; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-4-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.4.4Holl GCS 25/31:402
οὔτε οἱ ἐν αὐτοῖς ἁγνείαν τε καὶ παρθενίαν ἀσκήσαντες παρέφθειραν τὸν ἀγῶνα καὶ ἑτέρως μετεποιήσαντο, ὡς διὰ κυβείας τὸν ἐνάρετον τῆς ἀθλήσεως τρόπον ὐποδύντες.
oute hoi en autois hagneian te kai parthenian askēsantes parephtheiran ton agōna kai heterōs metepoiēsanto, hōs dia kybeias ton enareton tēs athlēseōs tropon ypodyntes.
nor did those among them who practiced chastity and virginity corrupt the contest and pervert it into something else, slipping into the virtuous manner of contest by trickery.
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Summary: The chaste among them kept the contest honestly.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.4.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:402; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-4-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.4.5Holl GCS 25/31:402
καὶ Ἠλίας μὲν παντελπῶς ἐν πόλεσι τάχιον οὐκ εἰσᾐει οὐδὲ μετὰ γυναικῶν συνόμιλος ἐγίνετο, ἐν δὲ ἐρημίαις διατελῶν ὑπῆρχε καὶ Ἐλισσαῖος καὶ Ἰωάννης καὶ πάντες οἱ τὸν μέγαν τουτονὶ χαρακτῆρα τῆς τῶν ἀγγέλων μιμήσεως <ἐνδείξαντες> καλῶς κατὰ τὴν εὐαγγελικὴν διάταξιν τοῦ κυρίου ἑαυτοὺς διὰ βασιλείαν οὐρανῶν εὐνούχισαν.
kai Ēlias men pantelpōs en polesi tachion ouk eisę̄ei oude meta gynaikōn synomilos egineto, en de erēmiais diatelōn hypērche kai Elissaios kai Iōannēs kai pantes hoi ton megan toutoni charaktēra tēs tōn angelōn mimēseōs <endeixantes> kalōs kata tēn euangelikēn diataxin tou kyriou heautous dia basileian ouranōn eunouchisan.
And Elijah hardly ever entered cities quickly nor associated with women, but lived in deserts; so too Elisha and John and all who showed this great pattern of imitating the angels, who rightly, according to the Lord’s gospel ordinance, made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven.
Matt 19:12 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Elijah, Elisha, and John lived as eunuchs for the kingdom.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.4.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:402; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-4-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.4.6Holl GCS 25/31:402
Καὶ πολλὰ μὲν οὖν ἔχοντες περὶ τούτων λέγειν καὶ ἐκ πολλῶν συστάσεων τῆς θείας γραφῆς τὴν αὐτῶν δυνάμενοι διελέγξαι διάνοιαν ὑπὸδιαβόλου ἐμπαιζομένην, ἀρκούμεθα τοῖς ὀλίγοις τούτοις.
Kai polla men oun echontes peri toutōn legein kai ek pollōn systaseōn tēs theias graphēs tēn autōn dynamenoi dielenxai dianoian hypodiabolou empaizomenēn, arkoumetha tois oligois toutois.
And though we could say much about these things and refute their thinking, mocked by the devil, from many proofs of the divine Scripture, we are content with these few.
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Summary: A few arguments suffice.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.4.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:402; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-4-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.4.7Holl GCS 25/31:402
ἐπειδὴ γὰρ παντὶ σαφές ἐστιν ὅτι οὐ συνέσεως παρʼ αὐτοῖς ἡ ἐργασίακ οὐδὲ ἐκ θεοῦ ἡ τοιαύτη γνῶσις, ἀλλὰ <ἐκ> δαιμόνων ἐνεργείας ἡ χλεύη καὶ ἡ μτῶσις αὐτῶν τῆς ἀθεμίτου ἐργασίας γίνεται.
epeidē gar panti saphes estin hoti ou syneseōs parʼ autois hē ergasiak oude ek theou hē toiautē gnōsis, alla <ek> daimonōn energeias hē chleuē kai hē mtōsis autōn tēs athemitou ergasias ginetai.
For it is plain to everyone that their practice is not of understanding, nor is such knowledge from God, but the mockery and the fall into their unlawful practice come about by the working of demons.
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Summary: Their practice comes from demons.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.4.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:402; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-4-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.4.8Holl GCS 25/31:402–403
καὶ αὐτὴν δὲ παρωσάμενοι, ὥσπερ τὴν δεινὴν σκυτάλην τὴν ἔχιδναν καλουμένην, οὖσαν μὲν τῷ σώματι βραχεῖαν, τῇ δὲ ἰοβολίᾳ δεινὸν ἆσθμα ἐμπνέουσαν καὶ εἰς τοὺς πλησιάζοντας τὴν λύμην ἐμφυσῶσαν, ταύτην συντρίψαντες ἐπὶ τὰς ἐξῆς ἴωμεν, θεὸν ἀρωγὸν ἐπικαλεσάμενοι εἰς τὴν τῆς πάσης πραγματείας ἡμῶν ἐν θεῷ ἐπαγγελίαν.
kai autēn de parōsamenoi, hōsper tēn deinēn skytalēn tēn echidnan kaloumenēn, ousan men tǭ sōmati bracheian, tę̄ de iobolią deinon asthma empneousan kai eis tous plēsiazontas tēn lymēn emphysōsan, tautēn syntripsantes epi tas exēs iōmen, theon arōgon epikalesamenoi eis tēn tēs pasēs pragmateias hēmōn en theǭ epangelian.
Having thrust this one aside too, like the dreadful skytale called the viper, which is short of body but by its venom breathes a dreadful breath and blows destruction on those who come near, let us crush it and go on to the next, calling on God as helper for the promise of our whole work in God.
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Summary: The sect is crushed like a viper.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 63.4.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:402–403; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-63-4-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 64, chapter 1
64.1.1Holl GCS 25/31:403
Ὠριγένης, ὁ καὶ Ἀδαμάντιος ἐπικληθείς, καθεξῆς τούτοις ἀκολουθεῖ. οὗτος παῖς μὲν ἦν Λεωνίδου τοῦ ἀγίου καὶ μακαρίτου μάρτυρος, καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ τὰ πλεῖστα διωχθεὶς ἐν τῇ νέᾳ αὐτοῦ ἡλικίᾳ, ἀνὴρ ὢν κατὰ τὴν τῶν Ἑλλήνων παιδείαν λόγιος καὶ ἐν ἐκκλησίᾳ ἀνατεθραμμένος, ἐν χρόνοις Δεκίου τοῦ βασιλέως ἐγνρίζετο ἐπὶ τῆς Ἀλεξανδρέων.
Ōrigenēs, ho kai Adamantios epiklētheis, kathexēs toutois akolouthei. houtos pais men ēn Leōnidou tou agiou kai makaritou martyros, kai autos de ta pleista diōchtheis en tę̄ neą autou hēlikią, anēr ōn kata tēn tōn Hellēnōn paideian logios kai en ekklēsią anatethrammenos, en chronois Dekiou tou basileōs egnrizeto epi tēs Alexandreōn.
Origen, also called Adamantius, follows next after these. He was the son of Leonides, the holy and blessed martyr, and was himself persecuted a great deal in his youth; a man learned in the education of the Greeks and brought up in the church, he became known in Alexandria in the times of the emperor Decius.
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Summary: Origen, son of the martyr Leonides, is introduced.
- Origen flourished long before Decius, under whom he suffered at the end of his life; Epiphanius’s dating is kept.
Topics: Heresy, Persecution
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.1.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:403; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-1-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.1.2Holl GCS 25/31:403
ἦν γὰρ τῷ γένει μὲν Αἰγύτιος, ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ δὲ ἐνχηκὼς τὴν οἴκησιν καὶ ἀνατροφήν, τάχα δὲ καὶ ἐν Ἀθήναις φοιτήσας ἐν τοῖς παιδευτηρίοις χρόνῳ τινί.
ēn gar tǭ genei men Aigytios, en Alexandreią de enchēkōs tēn oikēsin kai anatrophēn, tacha de kai en Athēnais phoitēsas en tois paideutēriois chronǭ tini.
He was Egyptian by race, but had his home and upbringing in Alexandria, and perhaps also attended the schools in Athens for some time.
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Summary: Origen was an Egyptian of Alexandria.
- That Origen studied at Athens is reported only as possible.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.1.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:403; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-1-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.1.3Holl GCS 25/31:403
πολλὰ δὲ λέγεται πεπονθέναι ὑπὲρ τοῦ ἁγίου λόγου τῆς πίστεως καὶ ὀνόματος Χριστοῦ, τοῦτο μὲν ἐν τῇ πόλει πολλάκις συρόμενος, ὀνειδιζόμενος, βασάνοις ἀνηκέστοις ὑποβαλλόμενος.
polla de legetai peponthenai hyper tou hagiou logou tēs pisteōs kai onomatos Christou, touto men en tę̄ polei pollakis syromenos, oneidizomenos, basanois anēkestois hypoballomenos.
He is said to have suffered much for the holy word of the faith and the name of Christ, often being dragged through the city, reviled, and subjected to incurable tortures.
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Summary: Origen suffered much for Christ.
Topics: Persecution, Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.1.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:403; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-1-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.1.4Holl GCS 25/31:403
καὶ γὰρ καὶ καιρῷ ποτε, ὡς λόγος, ξυρήσαντες αὐτὸν οἱ Ἕλληνες πρὸς τῇ ἀναβάσει τοῦ Σαραπείου καλουμένου τεμένους τοῦ αὐτῶν εἰδώλου καθίσαντες αὐτὸν προσέταξαν θαλλοὺς φοινίκων ἐπιδιδόναι τοῖς ἐπὶ τὸ ἀθεμιτουργεῖν καὶ προσκυνεῖν τῷ εἰδώλῳ ἀνιοῦσι· τοιοῦτον γὰρ σχῆμα ἐπέχουσιν οἱ τῶν εἰδώλων αὐτῶν ἱερεῖς.
kai gar kai kairǭ pote, hōs logos, xyrēsantes auton hoi Hellēnes pros tę̄ anabasei tou Sarapeiou kaloumenou temenous tou autōn eidōlou kathisantes auton prosetaxan thallous phoinikōn epididonai tois epi to athemitourgein kai proskynein tǭ eidōlǭ aniousi; toiouton gar schēma epechousin hoi tōn eidōlōn autōn hiereis.
For once, as the story goes, the pagans shaved him, sat him at the steps of the so-called Serapeum, the precinct of their idol, and ordered him to hand out palm branches to those going up to perform the unlawful rite and worship the idol; for their idols’ priests have such an appearance.
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Summary: Pagans forced Origen to hand out palms at the Serapeum.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.1.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:403; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-1-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.1.5Holl GCS 25/31:403–404
ὁ δὲ λαβὼν μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ κξξαὶ καὶ πεπαρρησιασμένῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ, οὐ δείσας οὐδὲ διστάσας ἐβόα λέγων »δεῦτε λάβετε οὐ τὸν θαλλὸν τοῦ εἰδώλου. ἀλλὰ τὸν θαλλὸν Χριστοῦ«. καὶ πολλὰ ἔστιν ἅ περὶ αὐτὸν ἀνδραγαθήματα ἀναφέρουσιν οἱ παλαιοὶ κατὰ παράδοσιν.
ho de labōn megalę̄ tę̄ phōnę̄ kxxai kai peparrēsiasmenę̄ tę̄ dianoią, ou deisas oude distasas eboa legōn »deute labete ou ton thallon tou eidōlou. alla ton thallon Christou«. kai polla estin ha peri auton andragathēmata anapherousin hoi palaioi kata paradosin.
But he took them and, with a loud voice and a bold mind, not afraid or hesitating, cried out, “Come, take not the branch of the idol, but the branch of Christ!” And there are many brave deeds of his which the ancients report by tradition.
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Summary: Origen boldly offered the branch of Christ.
Topics: Persecution, Martyrdom
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.1.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:403–404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-1-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 64, chapter 2
64.2.1Holl GCS 25/31:404
2. Ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἔμεινεν αὐτῷ τὰ τοῦ βραβείου εἰς τέλος. διὰ γὰρ τὸ ἐξοχώτατον τῆς λογιότητος αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆς προπαιδείας ἐπὶ πλείστῳ φθόνῳ διεβέβλητο καὶ μᾶλλον τοῦτο παρώξυνε τοὺς κατὰ καιρὸν τότε τὴν ἐξουσιαστικὴν ἀρχὴν διέποντας.
2. Allʼ ouk emeinen autǭ ta tou brabeiou eis telos. dia gar to exochōtaton tēs logiotētos autou kai tēs propaideias epi pleistǭ phthonǭ diebeblēto kai mallon touto parōxyne tous kata kairon tote tēn exousiastikēn archēn diepontas.
But the prize did not remain his to the end. For because of the surpassing eminence of his learning and education he was slandered with very great envy, and this especially provoked those who held authority at that time.
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Summary: Origen’s learning drew envy.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.2.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.2.2Holl GCS 25/31:404
κακομηχανίᾳ γὰρ διαβολικῇ ἐπενόησαν οἱ τῆς κακίας ἐργάται αἰσχρότητα τῷ ἀνδρὶ ἐμποιῆσαι καὶ τιμωρίαν τοιαύτην ὁρίσαι, εἰς παράχρησιν δὴ τοῦ αὐτοῦ σώματος Αἰιθίοπα αὐτῷ παρασκευάσαντες.
kakomēchanią gar diabolikę̄ epenoēsan hoi tēs kakias ergatai aischrotēta tǭ andri empoiēsai kai timōrian toiautēn horisai, eis parachrēsin dē tou autou sōmatos Aiithiopa autǭ paraskeuasantes.
For by devilish contrivance the workers of evil planned to bring disgrace on the man and appointed this kind of punishment: they prepared an Ethiopian to abuse his body.
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Summary: Persecutors threatened Origen with sexual abuse.
- This story of Origen’s lapse is reported by Epiphanius alone among early sources and is doubted by modern scholars; it is translated as written.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.2.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.2.3Holl GCS 25/31:404
ὁ δὲ μὴ φέρων τὴν τοσαύτην τῆς διαβολικῆς ἐνεργείας ἐπίνοιαν ἔρρηξε φωνήν, τῶν ἀμφοτέρων προτεθέντων αὐτῷ πραγμάτων θῦσαι μᾶλλο ἑλόμενος.
ho de mē pherōn tēn tosautēn tēs diabolikēs energeias epinoian errēxe phōnēn, tōn amphoterōn protethentōn autǭ pragmatōn thysai mallo helomenos.
He, unable to bear such a scheme of devilish working, broke out and cried that, of the two things set before him, he chose rather to sacrifice.
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Summary: Origen chose to sacrifice rather than be abused.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.2.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.2.4Holl GCS 25/31:404
οὐ μὴν δὲ ἑκουσίᾳ γνώμῃ τοῦτο ἐπετέλεσεν, ὡε πολὺς ᾂδεται λόγος· ἀλλʼ ἐπειδὴ ὅλως καθωμολόγησε τοῦτο πρᾶξαι, βαλόντες ἐπὶ χεῖρας αὐτοῦ λίβανον εἰς τὴν τοῦ βωμοῦ πυρὰν καθῆκαν.
ou mēn de hekousią gnōmę̄ touto epetelesen, hōe polys ądetai logos; allʼ epeidē holōs kathōmologēse touto praxai, balontes epi cheiras autou libanon eis tēn tou bōmou pyran kathēkan.
He did not, however, do this of his own free will, as the common account says; but since he had agreed at all to do it, they put incense into his hands and cast it into the altar fire.
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Summary: Incense was put in his hands and cast on the altar.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.2.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.2.5Holl GCS 25/31:404
καὶ οὕτως τοῦ αρτυρίου ἀπὸ τῶν κριβάντων ὁμολογητῶν τε καὶ μαρτύρων ἀπεβλήθη τότε καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐξεώθη.
kai houtōs tou artyriou apo tōn kribantōn homologētōn te kai martyrōn apeblēthē tote kai apo tēs ekklēsias exeōthē.
And so he was then cast out of martyrdom by the confessors and martyrs who judged him, and expelled from the church.
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Summary: Origen was expelled from the church.
- Hostile report; see the note on 64.2.2.
Topics: Persecution
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.2.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:404; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-2-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.2.6Holl GCS 25/31:404–405
ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ δὲ τοῦτο ὑποστὰς καὶ μὴ δυνάμενος τὴν τῶν ὀνειδιζόντων χλεύην φέρειν ἀνεχώρησε καὶ τὴν Παλαιστινῶν, τούτεστι τῆς Ἰουδαίας κατ- οικεῖν γῆν εἵλατς.
en Alexandreią de touto hypostas kai mē dynamenos tēn tōn oneidizontōn chleuēn pherein anechōrēse kai tēn Palaistinōn, toutesti tēs Ioudaias kat- oikein gēn heilats.
Having undergone this in Alexandria, and unable to bear the mockery of those who reviled him, he withdrew and chose to live in the land of the Palestinians, that is, of Judea.
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Summary: Origen withdrew to Palestine.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.2.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:404–405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-2-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.2.7Holl GCS 25/31:405
ἀνελθὼν γοῦν εἰς τὰ Ἱεροσόλυμα καὶ ὡς τοιοῦτος ἐξηγητὴς καὶ λόγιος προετρέπετο ἀπὸ τοῦ ἱερατείου ἐπὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας εἰπεῖν· φαςὶ γὰρ αὐτὸν καὶ πρεσβυτερίου κατηξιῶσθαι τὸ πρίν, πρὶν ἢ τοῦ θῶσαι.
anelthōn goun eis ta Hierosolyma kai hōs toioutos exēgētēs kai logios proetrepeto apo tou hierateiou epi tēs ekklēsias eipein; phasi gar auton kai presbyteriou katēxiōsthai to prin, prin ē tou thōsai.
Going up to Jerusalem, as such an interpreter and learned man, he was urged by the clergy to speak in the church; for they say he had been counted worthy of the presbyterate before, before he sacrificed.
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Summary: In Jerusalem he was asked to preach.
Topics: Church office
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.2.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-2-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.2.8Holl GCS 25/31:405
προτρεπομένων οὖν, ὡς ἔφην, αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας εἰπεῖν καὶ πολλὰ καταναγκασάντων τῶν τὸ τηνικαῦτα ἐν Ἱεροσολύοις τὴν ἱερωσύνην τῆς ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας διεπόντων, ἀναστὰς ἐπὶ πόδας τὸ ῥητὸν μόνον τὸν τοῦ ψαλμοῦ τοῦ τεσσαρακοστοῦ ἐνάτου ἐπειπών, τὴν πᾶσαν διαστολὴν παρελθών, ὡς λέγει ὁ ψαλμός,
protrepomenōn oun, hōs ephēn, auton epi tēs ekklēsias eipein kai polla katanankasantōn tōn to tēnikauta en Hierosolyois tēn hierōsynēn tēs hagias ekklēsias diepontōn, anastas epi podas to rhēton monon ton tou psalmou tou tessarakostou enatou epeipōn, tēn pasan diastolēn parelthōn, hōs legei ho psalmos,
So when, as I said, they urged him to speak in the church, and those who then held the priesthood of the holy church in Jerusalem pressed him much, he rose to his feet and spoke only the verse of the forty-ninth psalm, passing over the whole passage before it, as the psalm says:
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Summary: Origen read one verse of Psalm 49 (50).
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.2.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-2-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.2.9Holl GCS 25/31:405
»τῷ δὲ ἁμαρτωλῷ εἶπεν ὁ θεός· ἵνα τί σὺ ἐκδγῇ τὰ δικαιώματά μου καὶ ἀναλαμβάνεις τὴν διαθήκην μου διὰ στόματός σου«; πτύξας τὸ βιβλίο ἐπέδωκε καὶ ἐκάθισε μετὰ κλαθμοῦ καὶ δακρύων, τῶν πάντων ὁμοῦ σὺν αὐτῷ κλαιόντων.
»tǭ de hamartōlǭ eipen ho theos; hina ti sy ekdgę̄ ta dikaiōmata mou kai analambaneis tēn diathēkēn mou dia stomatos sou«? ptyxas to biblio epedōke kai ekathise meta klathmou kai dakryōn, tōn pantōn homou syn autǭ klaiontōn.
“But to the sinner God said, Why do you recount my statutes and take my covenant in your mouth?” He folded up the book, handed it back, and sat down with weeping and tears, all weeping together with him.
Ps 50:16 (49:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: He read Ps 50:16 and sat down weeping.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.2.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-2-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Haer. 64, chapter 3
64.3.1Holl GCS 25/31:405
3. Μετὰ χρόνον ἀπʼ ἐντεῦθεν προτρεπομένων αὐτὸν πολλῶν καὶ ἀναγκαζόντων, Ἀμβροσίῳ τινὶ συντυχὼν τῶν διαφανῶν ἐν αὐλαῖς βασιλικαῖς (τινὲς δὲ τοῦτον τὸν Ἀμβρόσιον ἔφασαν οἱ μὲν Μαρκιωνιστήν, οἱ δὲ Σαβελλιανόν) κατήχησε γοῦν τὸν αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τῆς αἱρέσεως ἐκκλῖναι καὶ ἀναθεματίσαι καὶ τὴν πίστιν ἀναδέξασθαι τῆς ἀγίας θεοῦ ἐκκλησίας· ἦν γὰρ τότε ὁ αὐτὸς Ὠριγένης τῆς ὀρθῆς καὶ καθολικῆς πίστεως.
3. Meta chronon apʼ enteuthen protrepomenōn auton pollōn kai anankazontōn, Ambrosiǭ tini syntychōn tōn diaphanōn en aulais basilikais (tines de touton ton Ambrosion ephasan hoi men Markiōnistēn, hoi de Sabellianon) katēchēse goun ton auton apo tēs haireseōs ekklinai kai anathematisai kai tēn pistin anadexasthai tēs agias theou ekklēsias; ēn gar tote ho autos Ōrigenēs tēs orthēs kai katholikēs pisteōs.
Some time after this, many urging and pressing him, he met one Ambrose, one of the prominent men at the imperial court (some said this Ambrose was a Marcionite, others a Sabellian), and instructed him to turn away from his heresy, anathematize it, and accept the faith of God’s holy church; for Origen was at that time of the orthodox and catholic faith.
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Summary: Origen converted Ambrose from heresy.
- Eusebius says Ambrose had been a Valentinian (Hist. eccl. 6.18.1).
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.3.1 (Holl GCS 25/31:405; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-3-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.3.2Holl GCS 25/31:405–406
ὁ δὲ προειρημένος Ἀμβρόσιος ἐπειδὴ ἀπὸ ἄλλης αἱρέσεως καὶ <οἶα> ἀνὴρ λόγιος καὶ σπουδαῖος περὶ τὰς [θείας] ἀναγνώσεις τῶν θείων γραφῶν, γραφῶν, διὰ τὴν ἐν ταῖς θείαις βίβλοις βαθύτητα τῶν νοημάτων ἠξίωσε τὸν αὐτὸν Ὠριγένην φράσαι αὐτῷ.
ho de proeirēmenos Ambrosios epeidē apo allēs haireseōs kai <oia> anēr logios kai spoudaios peri tas [theias] anagnōseis tōn theiōn graphōn, graphōn, dia tēn en tais theiais biblois bathytēta tōn noēmatōn ēxiōse ton auton Ōrigenēn phrasai autǭ.
The aforementioned Ambrose, since he came from another heresy and was a learned man eager about reading the divine Scriptures, asked this Origen to explain to him the depth of the thoughts in the divine books.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: Ambrose asked Origen to explain Scripture.
- A long stretch of the editor’s apparatus (on Ps 49:16, Eusebius, Jerome, and the Suda) leaked into the digital text and is removed; the editor deletes θείας before “readings”; a repeated “of the Scriptures” is left untranslated.
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- Digital text corrected (leaked critical apparatus in the digital text): 8 Psal. 49, 16; vgl. Origenes selbst zu dieser Stelle Sel. in psalmos XII 348 Lommatzsch ὅτι οὐ δεῖ ἁμαρτάνοντα ἐν διδασκάλου προκαθέζεσθαι τάζει — 15 anders Eusebius h. e. VI 18, 1; S. 556, 9 Schwartz Ἀμβρόσιος τὰ τῆς Οὐαλεντίνου φρονῶν αἱρέσεως πρὸς τῆς ὑπὸ Ὠριγένους πρεσβευομένης ἀληθείας ἀλεγχθείς, dagegen üvereinstimmen (viell. weil aus Epiph. schöpfend) Hieronymus de vir ill. 56 Ambrosius primum Marcionites, dein ab Origene correctus; beides verbunden bei Suidas s. v. Ὠριγένης ΙΙ, 1; 1277, 20f Bernhardy Ἀμβρόσιος.., ὃς... ἀπέστη τῆς Οὐαλεντίνου καὶ Μαρκίωνος αἱρέσεως — 19 vgl. Eusebius h. e. VI 23, 1f; S. 568, 22ff Schwartz ἐξ ἐκείνουδὲ καὶ Ὠριγένει τῶν εἰς τὰς θείας γραφὰς ὑπομνημάτων ἐγίνετο ἀρχή, Ἀμβροσίου παρορμῶντος αὐτὸν μυρίαις ἅσαις οὐ προτροπαῖς ταῖς διὰ λόγων καὶ παρακλήσεσιν αὐνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀφθονωτάταις τῶν ἐπιτηδείων χορηγίαις. ταχυγράφοι τε γὰρ αὐτῷ πλείους ἢ ἑπτὰ τὸν ἀριθμὴν παρῆσαν ὑπαγορεύοντι, χρόνοις τεταγμένοις ἀλλήλους ἀμείβοντες, βιβλιογράφοι τε οὐχ ἥττους ὑπῆρχε → .
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.3.2 (Holl GCS 25/31:405–406; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-3-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.3.3Holl GCS 25/31:406
ὁ δὲ βουλόμενος εἰς ἐκείνου καθῆκον καὶ προτροπὴν πάσης γραφῆς ὡς εἰπεῖν ἑρμηνεὺς γενέσθαι [καὶ] ἐξηγήσασθαι ἐπετήδευσε καὶ ἐν τῇ Τύρῳ τῆς Φοινίκης, ὡς λόγος ἔχει, εἴκοσι ὀκτὼ ἔτη *,
ho de boulomenos eis ekeinou kathēkon kai protropēn pasēs graphēs hōs eipein hermēneus genesthai [kai] exēgēsasthai epetēdeuse kai en tę̄ Tyrǭ tēs Phoinikēs, hōs logos echei, eikosi oktō etē *,
He, wishing to fulfill his duty and request to become the interpreter, so to speak, of all Scripture, set himself to expound it, and in Tyre of Phoenicia, as the story goes, for twenty-eight years …,
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Summary: Origen expounded Scripture at Tyre for 28 years.
- The edition marks a gap (*); the editor deletes καί.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.3.3 (Holl GCS 25/31:406; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-3-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.3.4Holl GCS 25/31:406–407
πολιτείᾳ μὲν ὑπερβαλλούςῃ καὶ σχολῇ καὶ καμάτῳ *, τοῦ μὲν Ἀμβροσίου τὰ πρὸς τροφὰς αὐτῷ τε καὶ τοῖς ὀξυγράφοις [καὶ] τοῖς ὑπηρετοῦσιν αὐτῷ ἐπαρκοῦντος, χάρτην τε καὶ τὰ ἄλλα τῶν ἀναλωμάτων, καὶ τοῦ Ὠριγένους ἔν τε ἀγρυπνίαις καὶ ἐν σχολῇ μεγίστῃ τὸν κάματον τὸν περὶ τῆς γραφὴς διανύοντος.
politeią men hyperballousę̄ kai scholę̄ kai kamatǭ *, tou men Ambrosiou ta pros trophas autǭ te kai tois oxygraphois [kai] tois hypēretousin autǭ eparkountos, chartēn te kai ta alla tōn analōmatōn, kai tou Ōrigenous en te agrypniais kai en scholę̄ megistę̄ ton kamaton ton peri tēs graphēs dianyontos.
with surpassing conduct, study and labor …, Ambrose supplying sufficient means for food for him and for the stenographers who served him, paper and the other expenses, while Origen accomplished his labor on Scripture in vigils and very great study.
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Summary: Ambrose funded Origen’s scribes and materials.
- The edition marks a gap (*). A long stretch of the editor’s apparatus (Eusebius, Epiphanius’s On Weights and Measures, Jerome, Photius, the Suda) leaked into the digital text and is removed; the editor deletes καί.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (leaked critical apparatus in the digital text): ἐπα- ἅμα καὶ κόραις ἐπὶ τὸ καλλιγραφεῖν ἠσκημέναις· ὧν ἁπάντων τὴν δέουσαν τῶν ἐπιτηδείων ἄφθονον περιουσίαν ὁ Ἀμβρόσιος παρεστήσατο· ναὶ μὴν καὶ ἐν τῇ καὶ μάλιστα αὐτὸν προὔτρεπεν ἐπὶ τὴν τῶν ὑπομνημάτων σὐνταξιν 5 vgl. de mens. ac pond. 18, 21; S. 171 2ff Lagarde ἐλθὼν δὲ εἰς Καισάρειαν τὴν Στράτωνος καὶ διατρίψας εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα χρόνον ὀλίγον, εἶτα ἐλθὼν εἰς Τύρον ἐπὶ ἔτη κݲηݲ ὡς ὁ λόγος ἔχει, τὴν μὲν πολιτείαν ἐνησκεῖτο, τὰς δὲ γραφὰς ἡρμήνευσεν; darnach Suidas s. v. Ὠριγένηε ΙΙ 1; 1279, 14 Bernhardy πᾶσαν δὲ θείαν γραφῆν ἡρμήνευσεν ἐπὶ ἔτη ιݲηݲ (liew wohl κݲηݲ). — Die 28 Jahre als Zeit, über die sich die Auslegungstätigkeit des Origenes erstrechte, enthalten wohl gute geschichtliche Erinnerung. Denn nach dem Ausbruch der decianischen Verfolgung hat Origenes keine Schriften mehr verfaßt; andrerseits untrliegt es keinem Anstand, den Johanneskommentar, mit deme er began, auf etwa 221 anzusetzen. Der Irrtum des Epiph. liegt freilich darin, daß er den Origenes diese ganze Zeit in Tyrus zubringen läßt. — Der Tod in Tyrus ist außerdem bezeugt durch Hieronymus vir. ill. 54 mortuus est Tyri, in qua urbe et sepultus est u. ep. 84, 7, 6; S. 130, 3f Hiberg centum et quinquaginta prope anni sunt, ex quo origenes dorminit Tyri, sowie durch eine Überlieferung bei Photius cod. 118 φαςὶ δὲ αὐτὸν ὅ τε Πάμφιλος μάρτυς καὶ ἕτεροι πλεῖστοι, οἵτινες ἀπʼ αὐτῶν τῶν ἑωρακότων Ὠριγένην τὰ περὶ τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ἠκριβώσαντο διαβοήτῳ μαρτυρίῳ τοῦ βίου ἐξεληλυθέναο ἐπʼ αὐτῆς τῆς Καισαρείας, Δεκίου τὴν κατὰ τῶν Χριστιανῶν ὠμότητα πνέοντος. οἱ δέ φασιν αὐτὸν ἕως Γάλλο καὶ Βολουσιανοῦ διαρκέσαντα καὶ ἑξηκοστὸν ἔνατον ἔτος τῆς ἡλικίας ἄγοντα ἐν Τύρῳ καὶ τελευτῆσαι καὶ ταφῇ παραδοθῆναι, vgl. Suidas s. v. Ὠριγένης ΙΙ 1; 1277 12 Bernhardy ἔζησε δὲ ἕως Γάλλου καὶ βολουσιανοῦ τουτέστιν ἕως θݲ καὶ ξݲ ἐτῶν τῆς ἡλικίας αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐκοιμήθη ἐν Τύρῳ ἐ ᾗ καὶ ἐτάφη. Die mittelalterlichen Zeugnise dafür bei Piper ZKG I 207ff κοῦντος → ἐπαρκοῦντος.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.3.4 (Holl GCS 25/31:406–407; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-3-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.3.5Holl GCS 25/31:407–408
ὅθεν τὸ πρῶτον αὐτοῦ ἐπιμελῶς φιλοτιμησαμένου συναγαγεὶν τῶν ἕξ ἑρμηνειῶν, Ἀκύλα Συμμάχου τῶν τε ἑβδομήκοντα δύο καὶ Θεοδοτίωνος,
hothen to prōton autou epimelōs philotimēsamenou synagagein tōn hex hermēneiōn, Akyla Symmachou tōn te hebdomēkonta dyo kai Theodotiōnos,
Hence first he took great pains to collect the six translations, of Aquila, Symmachus, the Seventy-two and Theodotion,
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Summary: Origen collected the Greek translations of the Old Testament.
- A long stretch of the editor’s apparatus (on the Hexapla) leaked into the digital text and is removed.
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- Digital text corrected (leaked critical apparatus in the digital text): φιλοτιμη- 3ff Klarer u. richtiger als unsere Stelle, in der der Name Ἑξαπλᾶ (vgl. S. 408, 7ff) auf die 6 griechischen Übersetzungen bezogen scheint, sind die anderweitigen Angaben des Epiph. de mens. ac pond. 7, 3; S. 159, 6ff Lagarde τὰς γὰρ ἔξ ἑρμηνείας καὶ τὴν Ἑρβαϊκὴν γραφὴν ἑβραϊκοῖς στοιχείοις καὶ ἡήμασιν αὐτοῖς ἐν σελίδι μιᾷ συντεθεικὼς ἄλλην σελίδα ἀντιπαρέθετο διʼ Ἑλληνικῶν μὲν γραμμάτων, Ἐβραϊκῶν δὲ λέξεων πρὸς κατὰλήψιν τῶν μὴ εἰδότων Ἑβραϊκὰ στοιχεῖα εἰς τὸ διὰ τῶν Ἐλληνικῶν εἰδέναι τῶν Ἐβραϊκῶν λογίων τὴν δύναμιν καὶ οὕτω τοῖς γενομένοις ὑπʼ αὐτοῦ Ἐξαπλοῖς ἢ Ὀκταπλοῖς τὰς μὲν δύο Ἐβραϊκὰς σελίδας καὶ τὰς ἕξ τῶν ἑρμηνευτῶν ἐκ παραλλήλου ἀντιπαραθεὶς μεγάλην ὠφέλειαν γνώσεως τἔδωκε τοῖς φιλοκάλοις 18,21ff; S. 171, 5ff τὰ Ἐξαπλᾶ καὶ τὰς δύο τῶν Ἐβραϊκῶν σελίδας ἄντικρυ ἐκ παραλλήλου μιᾶς ἑρμηνείας πρὸς τὴν ἑτέραν συνέθηκεν, Ἐαπλπα τὰς βίβλους ὀνομάσας.... εὑρὼν δὲ τῆς πέμκτης καὶ ἕκτης ἐκδόσεως τὰς βίβλους... ταῖς πρὸ αὐτῶν τέσσαρσιν ἀκολούθως τῇ παραθέσει συννφήνας τὴν μίαν πέμπτην ὡνόμασεν, ἐπιγράψας διὰ τοῦ πέμπτου στοιχείου τῆς πέμπτης τὸν ἀριθμὸν καὶ δηλώσας τὸ ὄνομα· ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τῇ μετʼ αὐτὴν τὸ ἐπίσημον ἐπιγράψας τὸ τῆς ἕκτῆς ἑρμηνείας ὅνομα ἐδήλωσαν... Τετραπλᾶ γάρ εἰσι τὰ Ἐλληνικά, ὅταν αἰ τοῦ Ἀκύλα καὶ Συμμάχου καὶ τῶ ἑβδομήκοντα δύο καὶ Θεοδοτίωνος ἑρμηνεῖαι συντεταγμέναι ὦσι· τῶν τεσσάρων δὲ τούτων σελίδων ταῖς δυςὶ ταῖς Ἐβραϊκαῖς συναφθεςῶν Ἐξαπλᾶ καλεῖται· ἐὰν δὲ καὶ ἡ έμπτη καὶ ἡ ἕκτη ἑρμηνεία συναφθῶσιν ἀκολούθως τούτοις Ὀκταπλᾶ καλεῖται.,.. τὰς δύο Ἐβραϊκὰς πρώτας κειμένας, μετὰ ταύτας δὲ πρώτην τὴν τοῦ Ἀκύλα τεταγμένην, μεθʼ ἣν καὶ τῆν τοῦ Συμμάχου, ἔπειτα τὴν τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα δύο, μεθʼ ἃς ἡ τοῦ Θεοδοτίωνος συντέτακται καὶ ἑξῆς ἡ Πέμπτη τε καὶ ἕκτη... Ὠριγένης πυθόμενος τὴν τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα δύο ἔκδοσιν ἀκρβῆ εὢαι μέσην ταύτην συνέθηκεν, ὅπως τὰς ἐντεῦθεν καὶ ἐντεῦθεν ἑρμηνείας διελέγχῃ; beachte auch Panarin haer. 65, 4, 5ff zu Psal. 109,3 ὡς οἱ ἑβδομήκοντα ἡραμήνευσαν· ὡς δὲ οἱ ἄλλοι ἐκδόται, Ἀκύλας μὲν... Σύμμαχος δέ... Θεοδοτίων δὲ... Πέμπτη δὲ ἔκδοσις... ἡ δὲ ἕκτη ἔκδοσις... ἐν δὲ τῷ Ἐβραϊκ«ῷ...(doch beweist diese Stelle nicht sicher, daß epiph. die Haxapla gesehen hat; Epiph. kann die Angaben auch aus dem Psalmenkommentar geschöpft haben). — Damit in der hauptsafche übereinstinmend Eusebius h. e. IV 16,4; σαμένου → φιλοτιμησαμένου.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.3.5 (Holl GCS 25/31:407–408; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-3-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.3.6Holl GCS 25/31:408
πέμπτης τε καὶ ἕκτης ἐκδόσεως <τὰς βίβλους ἐξέδωκεν>, μετὰ παραθέσεως ἑκάστης λέξεως Ἑβραϊκῆς καὶ αὐτῶν ὁμοῦ τῶν <Ἑβραϊκῶν> στοιχείων· ἐκ παραλλήλου δὲ ἄντικρυς, δευτέρᾳ σελίδι χρώμενος κατὰ σύνθεσιν Ἑβραϊκῆς μὲν τῆς λέξεως, διʼ Ἑλληνικῶν δὲ [τῶν] γραμμάτων ἑτέραν πάλιν πεποίηκε σύνθεσιν· ὡς εἶναι μὲν ταῦτα καὶ καλεῖσθαι Ἑξαπλᾶ, ἐπὶ <δὲ>
pemptēs te kai hektēs ekdoseōs <tas biblous exedōken>, meta paratheseōs hekastēs lexeōs Hebraïkēs kai autōn homou tōn <Hebraïkōn> stoicheiōn; ek parallēlou de antikrys, deuterą selidi chrōmenos kata synthesin Hebraïkēs men tēs lexeōs, diʼ Hellēnikōn de [tōn] grammatōn heteran palin pepoiēke synthesin; hōs einai men tauta kai kaleisthai Hexapla, epi <de>
and published the books of the fifth and sixth editions, setting beside each Hebrew word the Hebrew letters themselves; and opposite, in parallel, using a second column, he made another arrangement of the Hebrew word in Greek letters; so that these are and are called the Hexapla, and in addition to
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: He set out Hebrew and transliterated columns beside the Greek.
- The editor deletes τῶν.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.3.6 (Holl GCS 25/31:408; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-3-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915; GCS 31, 1922); no public-domain English or FOTC translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
64.3.7Holl GCS 25/31:408–409
τὰς Ἐλληνικὰς ἑρμηνείας <γενέσθαι> δύο ὁμοῦ παραθέσεις, Ἑβραϊκῆς φύσει διʼ <Ἐβραϊκῶν> στοιχείων καὶ Ἑβραϊκῆς διʼ Ἑλληνικῶν στοιχείων, ὥστε εἶναι τὴν πᾶσαν παλαιὰν διαθήκην διʼ Ἑξαπλῶν καλουμένων καὶ διὰ τῶν δύο τῶν Ἑβραϊκῶν ῥημάτων.
tas Ellēnikas hermēneias <genesthai> dyo homou paratheseis, Hebraïkēs physei diʼ <Ebraïkōn> stoicheiōn kai Hebraïkēs diʼ Hellēnikōn stoicheiōn, hōste einai tēn pasan palaian diathēkēn diʼ Hexaplōn kaloumenōn kai dia tōn dyo tōn Hebraïkōn rhēmatōn.
the Greek translations there are two parallel columns, of Hebrew in Hebrew letters and of Hebrew in Greek letters, so that the whole Old Testament is in the so-called Hexapla and in the two columns of Hebrew words.
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Summary: The Hexapla contained the whole Old Testament.
- Epiphanius’s explanation of the name Hexapla differs from his account in On Weights and Measures.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.3.7 (Holl GCS 25/31:408–409; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-3-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.3.8Holl GCS 25/31:409
Ταύτην ὁμοῦ πᾶσαν τὴν πραγματείαν ὁ ἀνὴρ μετὰ καμάτου πεφιλοτίμητο· ἀλλὰ οὐκ εἰς τέλος τὸ κλέος αὐτοῦ ἄσβεστον διήνυσε.
Tautēn homou pasan tēn pragmateian ho anēr meta kamatou pephilotimēto; alla ouk eis telos to kleos autou asbeston diēnyse.
The man took pains with all this work together with great labor; but he did not keep his fame unquenched to the end.
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Summary: Origen’s fame did not last.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.3.8 (Holl GCS 25/31:409; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-3-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.3.9Holl GCS 25/31:409
συμβέβηκε γὰρ αὐτῷ τὸ τῆς πολυπειρίας εἰς μέγα πτῶμα. ἐξ αὐτοῦ γὰρ τοῦ σκποῦ, βουλόμενος μηδὲν τῶν θείων γραφῶν ἐᾶσιν ἀνερμένευτον, εἰς ἐπαγωγὴν ἑαυτὸν περιέβαλεν ἁμαρτίας καὶ θανάσιμα ἐξηγήσατο ῥήματα, ἐξ οὗπερ οἱ Ὠριγενιασταὶ καλούμενοι, οὐχ
symbebēke gar autǭ to tēs polypeirias eis mega ptōma. ex autou gar tou skpou, boulomenos mēden tōn theiōn graphōn easin anermeneuton, eis epagōgēn heauton periebalen hamartias kai thanasima exēgēsato rhēmata, ex houper hoi Ōrigeniastai kaloumenoi, ouch
For his wide learning turned into a great fall for him. From that very aim, wishing to leave nothing of the divine Scriptures unexplained, he involved himself in inducement to sin and expounded deadly doctrines, from which come those called Origenists — not
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Summary: His wish to explain everything led him into error.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.3.9 (Holl GCS 25/31:409; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-3-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.3.10Holl GCS 25/31:409
οἱ πρῶτοι οἱ τὴν αἰσχρουργίαν *· οὐ γὰρ ἔχω περὶ ἐκείνων λέγειν, ὡς καὶ ἤδη προιεῖπον, εἰ ἐκ τούτου τοῦ Ὠριγένους, τοῦ καὶ Ἀδαμαντίου, ἐσχήκασι τὴν ἀρχὴν ἢ ἕτερόν τινα ἀρχηγὸν ἐσχήκασιν, <καὶ αὐτὸν>
hoi prōtoi hoi tēn aischrourgian *; ou gar echō peri ekeinōn legein, hōs kai ēdē proieipon, ei ek toutou tou Ōrigenous, tou kai Adamantiou, eschēkasi tēn archēn ē heteron tina archēgon eschēkasin, <kai auton>
the first ones, who … the obscene practice; for I cannot say of them, as I said before, whether they took their origin from this Origen, also called Adamantius, or had some other founder,
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: These Origenists differ from the earlier sect.
- The edition marks a gap (*).
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.3.10 (Holl GCS 25/31:409; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-3-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.3.11Holl GCS 25/31:409
Ὠριγένηνα λεγόμενον. φαςὶ δὲ καὶ τοῦτον τὸν Ὠριγένην ἐπινενοηκέναι <τι> ἑαυτῷ κατὰ τὸ σωμάτιον, οἱ μὲν <γὰρ> λέγουσιν αὐτὸν νεῦρον ἀποτετμηκέναι διὰ τὸ μὴ ἡδονῇ ὀχλεῖσθαι μηδὲ ὲν ταῖς κινήσεσι ταῖς σωματικαῖς φλέγηεσθαί τε καὶ πυρπολεῖσθαι.
Ōrigenēna legomenon. phasi de kai touton ton Ōrigenēn epinenoēkenai <ti> heautǭ kata to sōmation, hoi men <gar> legousin auton neuron apotetmēkenai dia to mē hēdonę̄ ochleisthai mēde en tais kinēsesi tais sōmatikais phlegēesthai te kai pyrpoleisthai.
also called Origen. They say that this Origen too devised something against his body; some say he cut a nerve so as not to be troubled by pleasure nor inflamed and set on fire by bodily motions.
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Summary: Reports that Origen mutilated himself.
- Eusebius (Hist. eccl. 6.8) reports Origen’s self-castration.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.3.11 (Holl GCS 25/31:409; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-3-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.3.12Holl GCS 25/31:409
ἄλλοι δὲ οὐχί φασιν, ἀλλʼ ἐπενόησέ τι φάρμακον ἐπιθεῖναι τοῖς μορίοις καὶ ἀποξηρᾶναι. ἕτεροι δὲ καὶ ἄλλα εἰς αὐτὸν ἀναφέρειν τολμῶσιν, ὡς ὅτι καὶ βοτάνην τινὰ ηὗρεν ἰατρικὴν μνήμης ἕνεκα.
alloi de ouchi phasin, allʼ epenoēse ti pharmakon epitheinai tois moriois kai apoxēranai. heteroi de kai alla eis auton anapherein tolmōsin, hōs hoti kai botanēn tina hēuren iatrikēn mnēmēs heneka.
Others say not, but that he devised a drug to apply to his parts and dry them up. Others dare to report other things of him too, such as that he found a medicinal herb to aid his memory.
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Summary: Other rumors about Origen are reported.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.3.12 (Holl GCS 25/31:409; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-3-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.3.13Holl GCS 25/31:409
καὶ τὰ μὲν ὑπέρογκα περὶ αὐτοῦ λεγόμενα οὐ πάνυ πεπιστεύκαμεν, ὅμως τὰ λεγόμενα ἐξειπεῖν οὐ παρελίπομεν.
kai ta men hyperonka peri autou legomena ou pany pepisteukamen, homōs ta legomena exeipein ou parelipomen.
The more extravagant things said of him we have not quite believed; still, we have not omitted to relate what is said.
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Summary: Epiphanius doubts the extravagant rumors.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Pan. 64.3.13 (Holl GCS 25/31:409; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-panarion/62-4-1/#p-64-3-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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