Book of Heresies 37.1–79.8
Latin text: Marx, CSEL 38 (1898) (Latin text: F. Marx, CSEL 38 (1898), digitized by Open Greek and Latin (csel-dev, University of Leipzig), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 37
37.1CSEL 38:20
Hebion discipulus eius Cerinthi, in multis ei similiter errans saluatorem nostrum hominem de Ioseph natum carnaliter aestimabat, nihilque diuinitatis in eo fuisse docebat, sed
Hebion, the disciple of that Cerinthus, erring like him in many things, considered our Saviour a man born carnally of Joseph, and taught that there was nothing of divinity in him, but
Notes and citation
Summary: Ebion held that Christ was Joseph's son and not divine.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): ei! → ei.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 37.1 (CSEL 38:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/37-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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37.2CSEL 38:20
sicut omnes prophetas, sic et eum gratiam dei habuisse adserebat, non tamen deum maiestatis et dei patris filium cum patre sempiternum esse credebat, cum diuinae scripturae deum sempiternum cum patre uero ac sempiterno ubique testantur ac praedicant.
asserted that, like all the prophets, so he too had the grace of God; yet he did not believe that he was the God of majesty and the Son of God the Father, everlasting with the Father, although the divine Scriptures everywhere testify and proclaim him everlasting God with the true and everlasting Father.
Notes and citation
Summary: Ebion made Christ a mere prophet, against Scripture.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 37.2 (CSEL 38:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/37-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 38
38.1CSEL 38:20–21
Post istum Valentinus quidam surrexit, Pythagoricus magis quam Christianus, uanam quandam ac perniciosam doctrinam eructans et uelut arithmeticam, id est numerositatis notitiam fallacissimam praedicans, multorumque animas ignorantium captiuauit. Et inprimis quidem fuit in ecclesiam.
After him there arose a certain Valentinus, a Pythagorean rather than a Christian, belching out a vain and pernicious doctrine and preaching as it were arithmetic, that is, a most deceitful knowledge of numbers, and he took captive the souls of many ignorant people. And at first he was indeed in the church.
Notes and citation
Summary: Valentinus, more Pythagorean than Christian, taught a doctrine of numbers.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 38.1 (CSEL 38:20–21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/38-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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38.2CSEL 38:21
Elatior autem factus postmodum errore non paruo deceptus est degensque in Cypri prouincia coepit hoc definire;
But having later become more proud, he was deceived by no small error, and living in the province of Cyprus he began to define this:
Notes and citation
Summary: Valentinus fell into error in Cyprus.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 38.2 (CSEL 38:21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/38-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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38.3CSEL 38:21
Nihil erat aliud ante, inquit, in mundo, nisi Profundum maris et Silentium, quod poetae uani Chaos adserunt edocentes, deque hoc Profundo et Silentio processisse Intellectum et Veritatem, de Intellectu autem et Veritate Verbum et Vitam, de Verbo autem et Vita Hominem et Ecclesiam:
There was nothing else before in the world, he says, but the Depth of the sea and Silence, which the vain poets in their teaching call Chaos; and from this Depth and Silence proceeded Mind and Truth, from Mind and Truth the Word and Life, from the Word and Life Man and Church:
Notes and citation
Summary: Valentinus taught the first pairs of Aeons.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 38.3 (CSEL 38:21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/38-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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38.4CSEL 38:21
de Homine autem et Ecclesia processisse duodecim Aeonas, id est Saecula et de Verbo et Vita decem Aeonas processisse, de Intellectu autem et Veritate octo Aeonas, et esse hanc triacontada Saeculorum, id est triginta Aeonas Aeonon. De ogdoada ergo et decada et duodecada consistere triginta Aeonas delirat.
and from Man and Church proceeded twelve Aeons, that is, Ages, and from the Word and Life ten Aeons proceeded, and from Mind and Truth eight Aeons, and this is the triacontad of Ages, that is, thirty Aeons of Aeons. So he raves that the thirty Aeons consist of the ogdoad, the decad and the dodecad.
Notes and citation
Summary: Valentinus counted thirty Aeons.
Topics: Heresy, Gnosticism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 38.4 (CSEL 38:21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/38-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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38.5CSEL 38:21
Dicit autem Christum a patre, quem Profundum nomine appellat, ad totius mundi salutem fuisse dimissum,
He says that Christ was sent by the Father, whom he calls by the name Depth, for the salvation of the whole world,
Notes and citation
Summary: Valentinus said Christ was sent by the Depth.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 38.5 (CSEL 38:21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/38-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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38.6CSEL 38:21
deque caelo eum carnem detulisse, nihil autem accepisse de sancta uirgine, sed ut aquam per riuum, ita transisse per eam adfirmat. Animam ergo solam saluari, corpus autem hominis non saluari arbitratur.
and affirms that he brought his flesh down from heaven and took nothing from the holy Virgin, but passed through her as water through a channel. So he holds that the soul alone is saved, but the body of man is not saved.
Notes and citation
Summary: Valentinus said Christ's flesh came from heaven and passed through Mary like water.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 38.6 (CSEL 38:21; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/38-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 39
39.1CSEL 38:21–22
Alii sunt successores ipsius: Ptolemeus, qui doctrinam aeque uanam intulit, dicens quattuor esse Aeonas, et alios quattuor, nouum quid uolens commenti falsi decernere quam Valentinus doctor eius est ementitus.
Others are his successors: Ptolemy, who introduced an equally vain doctrine, saying that there are four Aeons and four others, wishing to decree something new of false invention beyond what his teacher Valentinus had falsely devised.
Notes and citation
Summary: Ptolemy, a Valentinian, taught further Aeons.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter): ementitus. U → ementitus..
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 39.1 (CSEL 38:21–22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/39-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 40
40.1CSEL 38:22
Post hunc quidam Secundus nomine Aeonas similiter docens adserit factos infinitos, Christum autem quasi per fantasiam apparuisse id est ueluti umbram humano generi, et non ueram carnem hominis habuisse suspicatur.
After him a certain man named Secundus, teaching Aeons in the same way, asserts that infinite ones were made, and supposes that Christ appeared as by a phantasm, that is, as a shadow to the human race, and did not have the true flesh of a man.
Notes and citation
Summary: Secundus taught infinite Aeons and a phantom Christ.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 40.1 (CSEL 38:22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/40-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 41
41.1CSEL 38:22
Post hunc Heracleon discipulus ipsius surrexit, dicens principium esse unum, quem deum appellat, deinde de hoc natum aliud, deque his duobus generationem multorum adserit principiorum, cum suis itidem delirans doctoribus.
After him Heracleon his disciple arose, saying that there is one first principle, which he calls God, then that another was born of it, and from these two he asserts the generation of many principles, raving likewise with his teachers.
Notes and citation
Summary: Heracleon taught a generation of many principles.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 41.1 (CSEL 38:22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/41-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 42
42.1CSEL 38:22
Marcus autem quidam post istum successor eius numerum et mensuram et cauculum, rationem etiam computationis faciens litterarum, quasi uerisimilis et cuiusdam rei nouae inuentor, cum aestimaret a quibusdam se posse laudari, non in paruam itidem erroris incurrit amentiam. Dicit enim ita:
A certain Marcus, his successor after him, making number, measure and reckoning, and a method of computing letters, as if the discoverer of something plausible and new, since he thought he could be praised by some, likewise fell into no small madness of error. For he says thus:
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcus devised a system of letters and numbers.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 42.1 (CSEL 38:22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/42-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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42.2CSEL 38:22
Viginti quattuor, inquit, litterae sunt, quae perfectionem habent omnium rerum. Propter quod et Christus, inquit, dicebat: Ego sum A et Ω. Dicebat etiam quod in postremo tempore Christus descendit ad Iesum in figura et similitudine columbae, et Christum ipsum columbam esse docebat, quae
There are twenty-four letters, he says, which hold the perfection of all things. For this reason Christ too, he says, said: “I am the A and the Ω.” He also said that in the last time Christ came down upon Jesus in the form and likeness of a dove, and taught that Christ himself was the dove, which
Rev 1:8 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 3:16 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcus taught that the Christ descended on Jesus as a dove.
- Rev 1:8; 22:13. The digital text has Q for the omega.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip (omega read as Q)): A et Q → A et Ω.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 42.2 (CSEL 38:22; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/42-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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42.3CSEL 38:22–23
descendit, inquit, ad duodecim Aeonas, id est ad duodecim apostolos, et unum ex eis cecidisse, id est Iudam, aestimabat. Christum autem putatiue dicit apparuisse, et passum fuisse quasi per umbram, non tamen uere passum corpore arbitratur.
came down, he says, to the twelve Aeons, that is, to the twelve apostles, and he held that one of them fell, that is, Judas. He says that Christ appeared in appearance and suffered as through a shadow, but holds that he did not truly suffer in the body.
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcus held that Christ suffered only in appearance.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip (l for I)): ludam → Iudam.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 42.3 (CSEL 38:22–23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/42-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 43
43.1CSEL 38:23
Post hunc Colorbasus *, qui similiter in litteris et numero elementorum astrorumque septem uitam omnium hominum et generationem consistere adserebat, non in Christi maiestate et potentia, neque in ipsius carnali praesentia ueram hominum sperari salutem aduertebat.
After him Colorbasus …, who likewise asserted that the life and generation of all men consist in letters and in the number of the elements and the seven stars, and did not see that the true salvation of men is to be hoped for in the majesty and power of Christ and in his bodily presence.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Colorbasus placed human life under letters and the stars.
- The asterisk marks a gap in the text (“…”).
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 43.1 (CSEL 38:23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/43-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 44
44.1CSEL 38:23
Cerdon autem quidam surrexit post hos, peius suis doctoribus praedicans, qui cum uenisset Romam de Syria, ausus est dicere duo esse principia, id est unum deum bonum et unum malum, et deum quidem bonum bona facere, et malum mala.
A certain Cerdon arose after these, preaching worse than his teachers; when he had come to Rome from Syria, he dared to say that there are two first principles, that is, one good god and one evil, and that the good god does good things and the evil one evil.
Notes and citation
Summary: Cerdon taught a good god and an evil god.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter): praedicans I, → praedicans,.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 44.1 (CSEL 38:23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/44-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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44.2CSEL 38:23
Iesum autem saluatorem non natum adserit de uirgine, nec apparuisse in carne, nec de caelo descendisse, sed putatiue uisum fuisse hominibus, qui non uidebatur, inquit, uere, sed erat umbra: unde et putabatur quibusdam pati, non tamen uere patiebatur.
He asserts that Jesus the Saviour was not born of the Virgin, nor appeared in the flesh, nor came down from heaven, but was seen by men in appearance; he was not, he says, truly seen, but was a shadow: hence some thought that he suffered, but he did not truly suffer.
Notes and citation
Summary: Cerdon held that Christ was only a shadow.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 44.2 (CSEL 38:23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/44-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 45
45.1CSEL 38:23
Marcion autem discipulus eius, genere Ponticus, de ciuitate Sinope, urbem Romam deuenit, ibique degens sceleratam heresim seminabat, atque interrogans presbiteros sanctos ecclesiae catholicae sensus sui eis erroris mortiferi proponebat, dicens ita: Quid est, inquit, quod in euangelio dicente domino scriptum est:
Marcion, his disciple, a Pontic by birth from the city of Sinope, came to the city of Rome, and living there sowed a wicked heresy, and, questioning the holy presbyters of the catholic church, he put to them the ideas of his deadly error, saying thus: What is it, he says, that is written in the gospel where the Lord says:
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcion came to Rome and questioned the presbyters.
Topics: Heresy, Marcionism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 45.1 (CSEL 38:23; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/45-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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45.2CSEL 38:23–24
Nemo pannum rudem mittet in uestimentum uetus, neque uinum nouum in utres ueteres, alioquin rumpuntur utres, et effunditur uinum? Et iterum: Non est arbor bona quae facit malum fructum, neque arbor mala quae faciat bonum fructum.
“No one will put a piece of rough cloth on an old garment, nor new wine into old wineskins, otherwise the skins burst and the wine is poured out”? And again: “There is no good tree that bears bad fruit, nor a bad tree that bears good fruit.”
Luke 5:36–37 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 9:16–17 (quotation, medium confidence) · Luke 6:43 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcion appealed to the sayings about new wine and good and bad trees.
- Luke 5:36–37 (Matt 9:16–17); Luke 6:43.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 45.2 (CSEL 38:23–24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/45-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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45.3CSEL 38:24
Deque hoc accipiens interpretationem a sanctis presbiteris non adquiescebat ueritati, sed magis Cerdonis sui doctoris firmabat mendacium et iste similiter unum deum bonum et unum malum adnuntians;
And receiving the interpretation of this from the holy presbyters, he did not assent to the truth, but rather strengthened the lie of his teacher Cerdon, and he likewise announced one good god and one evil;
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcion rejected the presbyters' interpretation and taught two gods.
Topics: Heresy, Marcionism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 45.3 (CSEL 38:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/45-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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45.4CSEL 38:24
Christum autem putatiue apparuisse, id est quasi per umbram, et passum eum fuisse umbraliter, non tamen in uera carne credebat.
and he believed that Christ appeared in appearance, that is, as through a shadow, and that he suffered as a shadow, but not in true flesh.
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcion denied Christ's true flesh.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 45.4 (CSEL 38:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/45-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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45.5CSEL 38:24
Cata Lucan autem euangelium solum accipit, non alia euangelia, nec epistolas beati Pauli apostoli, nisi ad Timotheum et Timotheum;
He accepts only the gospel according to Luke, not the other gospels, nor the letters of the blessed apostle Paul, except to Timothy and Timothy;
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcion accepted only Luke's gospel.
- So the text (“except to Timothy and Timothy”); the sense is corrupt. Other sources say Marcion rejected the Pastoral Letters and accepted ten letters of Paul.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon, Marcionism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 45.5 (CSEL 38:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/45-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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45.6CSEL 38:24
quae enim de Christo dicunt ut de deo uero, praeterit, quae autem quasi de homine dicunt scripturae, ea accipit capitula, et neque Christum iudicem esse omnium confitetur.
for he passes over what the Scriptures say about Christ as about the true God, but accepts the chapters that the Scriptures speak as about a man, and he does not confess that Christ is the judge of all.
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcion kept only passages about Christ as man.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 45.6 (CSEL 38:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/45-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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45.7CSEL 38:24
Qui deuictus atque fugatus a beato Iohanne euangelista et a presbiteris de ciuitate Efesi Romae hanc heresim seminabat.
Defeated and driven out of the city of Ephesus by the blessed John the evangelist and by the presbyters, he sowed this heresy at Rome.
Notes and citation
Summary: Marcion, driven from Ephesus by John, spread his heresy at Rome.
- This tradition of John and Marcion at Ephesus is found only here among early sources and is chronologically difficult.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 45.7 (CSEL 38:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/45-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 46
46.1CSEL 38:24
Lucanus quidam post istum similia Marcioni statuens ac decernens, ut ille doctor ipsius Marcion, est in omnibus ementitus.
A certain Lucanus after him, establishing and decreeing things like Marcion, was false in all things, like Marcion his teacher.
Notes and citation
Summary: Lucanus followed Marcion.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 46.1 (CSEL 38:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/46-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 47
47.1CSEL 38:24
Fuit Apelles discipulus eius, similia in quibusdam Marcioni praedicans, qui interrogatus a quibusdam quo modo de fide sentiret, respondit: Non mihi opus est dicere a Marcione, ut duo principia adseram coaeterna:
Apelles was his disciple, preaching in some things like Marcion; asked by some how he thought about the faith, he replied: I do not need to say, following Marcion, that I assert two coeternal first principles:
Notes and citation
Summary: Apelles, Marcion's disciple, rejected two coeternal principles.
Topics: Heresy, Marcionism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 47.1 (CSEL 38:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/47-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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47.2CSEL 38:24
ego enim unum principium esse praedico, quem deum cognosco, qui deus fecit angelos, fecit etiam alteram uirtutem, quem deum scio esse secundum, qui et uirtus dei est, quae fecit mundum.
for I preach that there is one first principle, whom I know as God; this God made the angels, and also made another power, whom I know to be a second god, who is also the power of God, which made the world.
Notes and citation
Summary: Apelles taught one first God and a second, world-making god.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 47.2 (CSEL 38:24; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/47-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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47.3CSEL 38:24–25
Hic autem deus, qui fecit mundum, non est, inquit, bonus, ut ille qui fecit eum: subiectus autem est deo illi a quo et factus est iste, qui et nutui et iussioni et praeceptis paret illius in omnibus.
But this god who made the world is not, he says, good, as is the one who made him; but he is subject to that God by whom he was made, and obeys his nod, command and precepts in all things.
Notes and citation
Summary: Apelles' world-maker is not good but obeys the first God.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 47.3 (CSEL 38:24–25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/47-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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47.4CSEL 38:25
Cuius Arriani nunc consortes sunt atque fautores, sic praedicantes atque sentientes. Dicit autem Christum in carne apparuisse, non tamen, sicut Valentinus, de caelo carnem deposuisse.
The Arians are now his partners and supporters, preaching and thinking thus. He says that Christ appeared in the flesh, yet not, as Valentinus says, that he brought his flesh down from heaven.
Notes and citation
Summary: Philastrius links the Arians to Apelles; Apelles granted Christ flesh not from heaven.
- The comparison with the Arians is Philastrius's polemic.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 47.4 (CSEL 38:25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/47-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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47.5CSEL 38:25
Ait etiam post passionem non carnem surrexisse, sed de quattuor elementis.
He also says that after the passion it was not flesh that rose, but [that his body was] of the four elements,
Notes and citation
Summary: Apelles denied the resurrection of the flesh.
Topics: Heresy, Resurrection of the body
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 47.5 (CSEL 38:25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/47-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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47.6CSEL 38:25
id est de sicco calido umido et frigido accepisse Christum et in resurrectione iterum reddidisse elementis quae de mundo acceperat, eaque in terram dimisisse, ipsum autem in caelum sine carne ascendisse adserit. Sub apostolis itaque hae fuerunt hereses per ordinem.
that is, that Christ received it from the dry, the hot, the moist and the cold, and at the resurrection gave back again to the elements what he had received from the world and let it go into the earth, and he asserts that he himself ascended into heaven without flesh. These, then, in order, were the heresies under the apostles.
Notes and citation
Summary: Apelles said Christ returned his elemental body and ascended without flesh.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 47.6 (CSEL 38:25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/47-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 48
48.1CSEL 38:25
POST DECII AUTEM PERSECUTIONEM fuit Tatianus quidam, discipulus sancti Iustini martyris, qui recessit a ueritate post passionem ipsius, doctrinamque tanti sancti ac beati martyris et magistri contempsit in omnibus, dicens Aeonas quosdam de caelo fuisse prolatos, addens etiam hoc, Adam patrem nostrum protoplastum non saluari.
AFTER THE PERSECUTION OF DECIUS there was a certain Tatian, a disciple of the holy martyr Justin, who departed from the truth after his passion and despised in all things the teaching of so great a saint, a blessed martyr and teacher, saying that certain Aeons were put forth from heaven, adding this too, that Adam our father, the first-formed, is not saved.
Notes and citation
Summary: Tatian, Justin's disciple, taught Aeons and denied Adam's salvation.
- “After the persecution of Decius”: so the text; Tatian in fact lived in the second century, long before Decius (249–251).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray mark): caele → caelo; patrem. nostrum → patrem nostrum.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 48.1 (CSEL 38:25; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/48-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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48.2CSEL 38:25–26
Aeonas autem nuntians sicut Marcion delirauit. Qui etiam generationem hominum execratur, et ius nuptiarum legitimum abicit, idque iuris a deo statutum non confitetur.
He raved, announcing Aeons like Marcion. He also curses the begetting of men, rejects the lawful right of marriage, and does not confess that this right was established by God.
Notes and citation
Summary: Tatian rejected marriage.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 48.2 (CSEL 38:25–26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/48-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 49
49.1CSEL 38:26
Alii autem post istos surrexerunt cata Frigas, in Frigia prouincia habitantes. Isti prophetas et legem accipiunt, patrem et filium et spiritum confitentur, carnis surrectionem expectant, quae et catholica ecclesia praedicat:
Others arose after these, the Cataphrygians, living in the province of Phrygia. These accept the prophets and the law, confess the Father, the Son and the Spirit, and expect the resurrection of the flesh, which the catholic church also preaches:
Notes and citation
Summary: The Cataphrygians share much of the catholic faith.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 49.1 (CSEL 38:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/49-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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49.2CSEL 38:26
quosdam autem suos prophetas, id est Montanum nomine, et Priscillam et Maximillam adnuntiant, quos neque prophetae neque Christus nuntiauit.
but they proclaim certain prophets of their own, namely Montanus by name, and Priscilla and Maximilla, whom neither the prophets nor Christ announced.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Cataphrygians follow Montanus, Priscilla and Maximilla.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 49.2 (CSEL 38:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/49-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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49.3CSEL 38:26
Addunt etiam plenitudinem sancti spiritus non per apostolos beatos Christo dante fuisse concessam, sed per illos suos pseudoprophetas aestimant inpertitam, et separant se a catholica ecclesia propter illos suos pseudoprophetas et falsos doctores.
They add also that the fullness of the Holy Spirit was not granted through the blessed apostles by Christ's gift, but consider that it was imparted through those false prophets of theirs, and they separate themselves from the catholic church because of those false prophets and false teachers of theirs.
Notes and citation
Summary: They claim the fullness of the Spirit came through their prophets.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 49.3 (CSEL 38:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/49-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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49.4CSEL 38:26
Hi mortuos baptizant, publice mysteria celebrant, Pepuzam uillam suam, quae sic dicitur in Frigia, Hierusalem appellant, ubi Maximilla et Priscilla et ipse Montanus uitae tempus uanum et infructuosum habuisse dinoscuntur.
These baptize the dead, celebrate the mysteries publicly, and call their village Pepuza, so named in Phrygia, Jerusalem, where Maximilla, Priscilla and Montanus himself are known to have spent a vain and fruitless lifetime.
Notes and citation
Summary: They baptize the dead and call Pepuza Jerusalem.
Topics: Heresy, Baptism, Montanism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 49.4 (CSEL 38:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/49-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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49.5CSEL 38:26
Ubi et mysterium cynicon et infantis execranda celebratur impietas. Dicunt enim eos de infantis sanguine in pascha miscere in suum sacrificium, suisque ita ubique emittere perniciosis et falsis satellitibus.
There too the Cynic mystery and the accursed impiety concerning an infant is celebrated. For they say that at Pascha they mix the blood of an infant into their sacrifice, and so send it everywhere to their pernicious and false followers.
Notes and citation
Summary: Philastrius repeats the charge that they use an infant's blood.
- A hostile report, repeated from earlier heresiologists; translated as written.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 49.5 (CSEL 38:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/49-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 50
50.1CSEL 38:26
Post istos Theodotus quidam, Byzantius genere, denegator Christi dei nostri in persecutione extitit saluatoris, qui coepit dicere, docens ita: Communis, inquit, homo erat ut omnes homines Christus.
After these a certain Theodotus, a Byzantine by birth, became a denier of Christ our God the Saviour in persecution; he began to say, teaching thus: Christ, he says, was a common man like all men.
Notes and citation
Summary: Theodotus, who denied Christ in persecution, called him a mere man.
Topics: Heresy, Christology, Persecution
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 50.1 (CSEL 38:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/50-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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50.2CSEL 38:26
Hoc autem dicebat, ut denegationis obprobrium ab hominibus non amplius pateretur, cogitans quod si qui ei diceret: Quare negasti Christum deum ac dominum? diceret quod: Hominem negaui, non deum.
He said this so that he might no longer suffer from men the reproach of denial, thinking that if anyone said to him: Why did you deny Christ, God and Lord?, he could say: I denied a man, not God.
Notes and citation
Summary: Theodotus taught this to excuse his denial.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 50.2 (CSEL 38:26; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/50-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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50.3CSEL 38:26–27
Isti utuntur capitulis scripturarum quae de Christo ueluti de homine edocent, quae autem ut de deo dicunt, ea uero non accipiunt, legentes et nullo modo intellegentes, impietatisque paganae et caecitatis Iudaicae consortes se potius quam Christianae salutis participes demonstrantes.
These use the chapters of the Scriptures that teach about Christ as about a man, but those that speak of him as God they do not accept, reading and in no way understanding, and showing themselves partners of pagan impiety and Jewish blindness rather than sharers in Christian salvation.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Theodotians use only passages about Christ's humanity.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 50.3 (CSEL 38:26–27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/50-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 51
51.1CSEL 38:27
Sunt alii dicentes metangismon, id est filium intrare in patrem et ut uas in uase inesse, ignorantes quid adserant, cum saluator non dixit filium in patrem intrare, sed aequalitatis causae in diuinitate et potentia docuerit, non introitum aut continentiam, ut illi insaniunt id sentientes,
There are others who speak of metangismos, that is, that the Son enters into the Father and is in him as a vessel in a vessel, not knowing what they assert, since the Saviour did not say that the Son enters into the Father, but taught equality in divinity and power, not entrance or containment, as those people madly think,
John 10:30 (allusion, low confidence)
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Summary: Some teach that the Son is poured into the Father like a vessel into a vessel.
- metangismos: “pouring from vessel to vessel”.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter): sed t aequalitatis → sed aequalitatis.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 51.1 (CSEL 38:27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/51-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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51.2CSEL 38:27
et non intellegentes, quod qualis inmensus est pater, talis est et filius, talis est et spiritus sanctus, aequalis in omnibus,
and not understanding that as the Father is infinite, so is the Son, so is the Holy Spirit, equal in all things,
Notes and citation
Summary: Father, Son and Spirit are equally infinite.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 51.2 (CSEL 38:27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/51-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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51.3CSEL 38:27
ita ut sit immobilis trinitas, inmensa et omnipotens atque sempiterna ubique quae nobis nuntiatur e sanctis scripturis apertissime, ut et sint tres personae uiuentes in perpetuum, et aequales in omni maiestate et potentia, filius tamen et sanctus spiritus de patre sint proprie.
so that the Trinity is unchangeable, infinite, almighty and everlasting everywhere, as is announced to us most plainly from the holy Scriptures, so that there are three persons living for ever and equal in all majesty and power, yet the Son and the Holy Spirit are properly from the Father.
Notes and citation
Summary: Philastrius states the Trinity of three equal persons, the Son and Spirit from the Father.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 51.3 (CSEL 38:27; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/51-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 52
52.1CSEL 38:27–28
Post istos alii recedentes ab his dixerunt similia, addunt etiam Melchisedech sacerdotem dicentes uirtutem dei magnam esse, et nomina quaedam diuersa hominum adserunt a fide catholica dissonantes.
After these others, departing from them, said similar things; they add also that Melchizedek the priest is a great power of God, and they assert certain various names of men, at variance with the catholic faith.
Gen 14:18 (allusion, medium confidence) · Heb 7:1–3 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Melchizedekians call Melchizedek a great power of God.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 52.1 (CSEL 38:27–28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/52-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 53
53.1CSEL 38:28
Alii autem Noetiani ** insensati cuiusdam nomine Noeti, qui dicebat patrem omnipotentem ipsum esse Christum, et ipsum natum et ipsum passum et ipsum mortuum fuisse in corpore. Hic etiam dicebat se Mosen esse, et fratrem suum Heliam prophetam.
Others are the Noetians … from a certain senseless man named Noetus, who said that the almighty Father is himself Christ, and that he himself was born, himself suffered and himself died in the body. He also said that he was Moses, and his brother the prophet Elijah.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Noetus identified the Father with Christ.
- The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Topics: Heresy, Trinity, Monarchianism and Sabellianism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 53.1 (CSEL 38:28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/53-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 54
54.1CSEL 38:28
Sabellius post istum, de Libia, discipulus eius, similitudinem sui doctoris itidem secutus est et errorem, unde et Sabelliani postea sunt appellati, qui et Patripassiani, et Praxiani a Praxea et Hermogene, qui fuerunt in Africa, qui et ita sentientes abiecti sunt ab ecclesia catholica.
Sabellius after him, from Libya, his disciple, likewise followed the likeness and error of his teacher; hence they were afterwards called Sabellians, and also Patripassians, and Praxians from Praxeas and Hermogenes, who were in Africa; and those who thought thus were cast out by the catholic church.
Notes and citation
Summary: Sabellius followed Noetus; his followers were cast out.
Topics: Heresy, Trinity, Monarchianism and Sabellianism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 54.1 (CSEL 38:28; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/54-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 55
55.1CSEL 38:28–29
Quae est haec uanitas Galatarum, Seleuci et Hermiae hereticorum? Qui cum uolunt deum esse incorporeum, hylen etiam, id est materiam mundi coaeternam esse cum deo adserunt, et materiam quidem elementorum — quae est sine anima, inrationabilis scilicet,
What is this vanity of the Galatians, the heretics Seleucus and Hermias? Though they want God to be incorporeal, they assert that hyle, that is, the matter of the world, is coeternal with God; and the matter of the elements — which is without soul, being of course irrational,
Notes and citation
Summary: Seleucus and Hermias held matter coeternal with God.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 55.1 (CSEL 38:28–29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/55-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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55.2CSEL 38:29
quae facta est a deo patre per filium ex nihilo, ut possit esse quae ante non erat — non ita accipiunt; spiritum autem hominis, id est animam non factam a deo per filium, sed de terra esse aiunt;
and which was made by God the Father through the Son out of nothing, so that what did not exist before might exist — they do not accept in this way; and they say that the spirit of man, that is, the soul, was not made by God through the Son, but is from the earth;
Notes and citation
Summary: They deny creation from nothing and say the soul is from the earth.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 55.2 (CSEL 38:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/55-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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55.3CSEL 38:29
malum autem quondam a deo, quondam esse a materia adserunt. Saluatorem autem in carne negant sedere ad dexteram patris, sed expoliasse carnem, et posuisse in solem aestimant; quia dixit propheta, cum nesciant quid dixerit: In solem posuit tabernaculum suum.
they assert that evil is sometimes from God, sometimes from matter. They deny that the Saviour sits in the flesh at the right hand of the Father, but think that he stripped off the flesh and placed it in the sun, because the prophet said, though they do not know what he said: “In the sun he has set his tabernacle.”
Ps 19:4 (18:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They say Christ left his flesh in the sun, misreading the psalm.
- Ps 19:4 (18:5 LXX/Vulg.) in the Greek and Old Latin form.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (hyphenation): ad- dexteram → ad dexteram.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 55.3 (CSEL 38:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/55-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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55.4CSEL 38:29
Paradisum uisibilem negant a Platone, et isti uanitatibus seruientes, et animas hominum de igne et spiritu esse aestimantes. Isti baptismo non utuntur, propter uerbum hoc quod dixit Iohannes beatus baptista: Ipse uos baptizabit in spiritu et igni.
They deny a visible paradise, following Plato, these too serving vanities, and holding that the souls of men are of fire and spirit. These do not use baptism, because of the word that blessed John the Baptist said: “He will baptize you in the Spirit and fire.”
Matt 3:11 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: They reject water baptism, citing John's saying about Spirit and fire.
- Matt 3:11.
Extrabiblical texts: Plato (Plato (works); allusion)
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 55.4 (CSEL 38:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/55-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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55.5CSEL 38:29
Isti angelos dicunt creatores esse animarum nostrarum, non Christum saluatorem; mundum autem istum infernum esse adserunt, et resurrectionem in filiorum procreatione hanc esse praedicant quae fit in humano genere cottidie, non illam inmortalitatis futuram atque gloriosam adnuntiant expectantes.
These say that angels are the creators of our souls, not Christ the Saviour; they assert that this world is the underworld, and preach that the resurrection is this which takes place daily in the human race in the begetting of children, not proclaiming and expecting that future and glorious resurrection of immortality.
Notes and citation
Summary: They make angels the creators of souls and deny the future resurrection.
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 55.5 (CSEL 38:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/55-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 56
56.1CSEL 38:29
Alii sunt discipuli horum, qui Proclianitae uocantur et Hermeonitae. Addunt etiam diuersos errores, docentes, quod in Ezechiel propheta scriptum est, inquit, de quattuor animalibus, quod leonem regem esse Parthorum, uitulum Aegyptiorum, aquilam Romanorum, hominem uero piissimorum tenere similitudinem arbitrantur.
Others are their disciples, who are called Proclianites and Hermeonites. They add various errors too, teaching that what is written, they say, in the prophet Ezekiel about the four living creatures means that the lion bears the likeness of the king of the Parthians, the calf of the Egyptians, the eagle of the Romans, and the man of the most pious.
Ezek 1:10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Proclianites interpret Ezekiel's four creatures as nations.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 56.1 (CSEL 38:29; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/56-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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56.2CSEL 38:29–30
Hi Sapientia libri utuntur Sirach illius qui scripsit post Solomonem, id est post multa tempora, librum unum Sapientiae, Christum autem in carne uenisse negantes, resurrectionem et iudicium non sperantes, de uirgine natum eum non credentes.
These use the book of Wisdom of that Sirach who wrote one book of Wisdom after Solomon, that is, long after; they deny that Christ came in the flesh, do not hope for the resurrection and judgment, and do not believe that he was born of a virgin.
Notes and citation
Summary: They use Sirach and deny the incarnation and resurrection.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): iudicium! → iudicium.
Extrabiblical texts: Sir (Sirach [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; allusion)
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 56.2 (CSEL 38:29–30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/56-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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56.3CSEL 38:30
Qui in locis Galatiae commorantur, et ut uulpes latitantes plurimos depraedantur, sicut Solomon testatus est, dicens: Prendite nobis uulpes minimas exterminantes uineas domini saluatoris.
They dwell in places of Galatia, and like foxes lurking they plunder very many, as Solomon testified, saying: “Catch for us the little foxes that destroy the vineyards of the Lord the Saviour.”
Song 2:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They are the little foxes of the Song of Songs.
- Song 2:15, with “of the Lord the Saviour” added.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 56.3 (CSEL 38:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/56-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 57
57.1CSEL 38:30
Alii sunt qui Floriani siue Carpocratiani dicuntur, qui et Milites uocantur, quia de militaribus fuerunt, negantes iudicium atque resurrectionem, Christum natum de uirgine non credentes, omnemque resurrectionem in filiorum procreatione nefandi coitus aestimantes consistere, ut in ecclesia sua post occasum lucernis extinctis misceri cum mulierculis non dubitauerunt, legis praeceptum implere putantes:
Others are those who are called Florians or Carpocratians, who are also called Soldiers, because they were from the military; they deny the judgment and resurrection, do not believe that Christ was born of a virgin, and think that the whole resurrection consists in the begetting of children by wicked intercourse, so that in their church, after sunset, with the lamps put out, they did not hesitate to have intercourse with women, thinking they fulfilled the precept of the law:
Notes and citation
Summary: The Florians or Carpocratians practise promiscuous intercourse at night.
- A hostile report, repeated from earlier heresiologists; translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): dubitaueńut,IIIegis → dubitauerunt, legis.
Topics: Heresy, Ethics, Sexual morality
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 57.1 (CSEL 38:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/57-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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57.2CSEL 38:30
Nascimini et multiplicamini, Iudaismo potius et paganitati parere nefandae quam Christianae ueritati adquiescere properantes, pecudumque uitam potius et amentiam detinentes, quos et scriptura uitae pecudum comparauit.
“Be born and multiply,” hastening to obey Judaism and accursed paganism rather than to assent to Christian truth, and keeping rather the life and senselessness of cattle; these Scripture too compared to the life of cattle.
Gen 1:28 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 49:20 (48:21 LXX) (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They misuse the command to multiply and live like cattle.
- Gen 1:28 (“be born” for “increase”); cf. Ps 49:20.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 57.2 (CSEL 38:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/57-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 58
58.1CSEL 38:30
Alii sunt, qui de die paschae saluberrima ambigunt, adserentes quartadecima luna celebrandum esse pascham, non sicut ecclesia catholica celebrat, et mense Martio semper celebrandum adserunt;
Others are those who are in doubt about the most saving day of Pascha, asserting that Pascha should be celebrated on the fourteenth day of the moon, not as the catholic church celebrates it, and they assert that it should always be celebrated in the month of March;
Notes and citation
Summary: The Quartodecimans keep Pascha on the fourteenth of the moon.
Topics: Heresy, Easter and the church year
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 58.1 (CSEL 38:30; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/58-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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58.2CSEL 38:30–31
et cum hoc faciunt, diem non dominicam semper custodiunt paschae, non computantes horas et dies, sed secunda aut tertia aut quarta aut quinta aut sexta die celebrant,
and in doing this they do not always keep a Lord's day for Pascha, not reckoning the hours and days, but celebrate on the second, third, fourth, fifth or sixth day,
Notes and citation
Summary: They do not always keep Pascha on a Sunday.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 58.2 (CSEL 38:30–31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/58-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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58.3CSEL 38:31
et ei hoc errore non cognoscunt diem paschae domini nostri ueram et salubrem unam, orbi terrarum statutam et confirmatam a domino cursu, numero lunae, mensibus, embolismis, et cum haec non conputant, ignorant quid celebrant.
and in this error they do not recognize the one true and saving day of the Pascha of our Lord, appointed and confirmed for the whole world by the Lord through the course and number of the moon, the months and the intercalations; and since they do not reckon these, they do not know what they celebrate.
Notes and citation
Summary: They ignore the reckoning by which the true Paschal day is fixed.
- The digital text reads et ei hoc errore, probably for et in hoc errore; translated by sense.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 58.3 (CSEL 38:31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/58-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 59
59.1CSEL 38:31
Alia est heresis Chiliontaetitarum, id est mille annorum: quae docet ita: Cum uenerit Christus de caelo, inquit, mille anni illi erunt nobis iterum carnaliter ad uiuendum, generandum et manducandum, sicut fit nunc in hoc saeculo cottidie; ignorantes escam caelestem, id est inmortalitatis.
Another is the heresy of the Chiliasts, that is, of the thousand years, which teaches thus: When Christ comes from heaven, it says, there will be those thousand years for us again to live carnally, to beget and to eat, as happens now daily in this age; not knowing the heavenly food, that is, of immortality,
Rev 20:4–6 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Chiliasts expect a carnal thousand-year reign.
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology, The thousand years
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 59.1 (CSEL 38:31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/59-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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59.2CSEL 38:31
tis illud praemium adfuturum, non hoc caducum et transiens, cum et dominus in euangelio Iudaeis quibusdam hoc suspicantibus.
and that that reward will come, not this perishable and passing one, as the Lord too [said] in the gospel to certain Jews who supposed this:
Notes and citation
Summary: The Lord answered those who expected such things.
- The section begins with the fragment “tis”, apparently the end of a word split from 59.1; the sentence lacks its verb and is translated by sense.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 59.2 (CSEL 38:31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/59-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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59.3CSEL 38:31
Nescitis, inquit, scripturas et uirtutes earum ignorantes: nam in die iudicii non nubent, neque nubentur, sed erunt sicut angeli. Et iterum apostolus dicit: Non est regnum dei esca et potus, sed iustitia, pax, gaudium in spiritu domini sempiternum.
“You do not know,” he says, “the Scriptures,” being ignorant of their power: “for on the day of judgment they will not marry nor be given in marriage, but will be like angels.” And again the apostle says: “The kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness, peace and joy in the Spirit of the Lord everlasting.”
Matt 22:29–30 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 14:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ and Paul show that the kingdom is not carnal.
- Matt 22:29–30; Rom 14:17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter): sempiternum. I → sempiternum..
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 59.3 (CSEL 38:31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/59-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 60
60.1CSEL 38:31
Alii post hos sunt heretici qui euangelium cata Iohannem et Apocalypsin ipsius non accipiunt. et cum non intellegunt uirtutem scripturae nec desiderant discere, in heresi permanent pereuntes,
After these there are other heretics who do not accept the gospel according to John and his Apocalypse; and since they do not understand the power of Scripture and do not wish to learn, they remain in heresy and perish,
Notes and citation
Summary: Some reject John's gospel and Apocalypse.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon, Canon of Scripture
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 60.1 (CSEL 38:31; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/60-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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60.2CSEL 38:31–32
ut etiam Cerinthi illius heretici esse audeant dicere *** et Apocalypsin ipsius itidem non beati Iohannis euangelistae et apostoli, sed Cerinthi heretici, qui tunc ab apostolis beatis hereticus manifestatus abiectus est ab ecclesia.
so that they even dare to say that [the gospel] is by that heretic Cerinthus … and likewise his Apocalypse, not by the blessed John the evangelist and apostle but by Cerinthus the heretic, who was then exposed as a heretic by the blessed apostles and cast out of the church.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: They ascribe John's writings to Cerinthus.
- The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon, Canon of Scripture
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 60.2 (CSEL 38:31–32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/60-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 61
61.1CSEL 38:32
Manichei post hos de Persida a Mane nomine siue Turbone ita dicto surrexerunt, fomenta de illis perniciosa su-
The Manichees arose after these from Persia, from one named Mani, also called Turbo, taking pernicious fuel from those
Notes and citation
Summary: The Manichees arose from Mani in Persia.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 61.1 (CSEL 38:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/61-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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61.2CSEL 38:32
mentes prioribus, qui duos deos, unum bonum et unum malum esse adserentes, et pugnam inter deum et deum esse praedicantes, et hominis quidem animam de deo esse proprie
earlier ones, asserting that there are two gods, one good and one evil, preaching a battle between god and god, and holding that the soul of man is properly from God,
Notes and citation
Summary: The Manichees teach two warring gods.
- The word sumentes is split between 61.1 and 61.2 in the digital text.
Topics: Heresy, Manichaeism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 61.2 (CSEL 38:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/61-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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61.3CSEL 38:32
putantes, corpus autem a diabolo factum arbitrantur, resurrectionem negantes, iudicium non sperantes, daemones colentes, elementa adorantes, deorum dearumque nomina, ut pagani, inuocantes, et masculofeminas quasdam esse docentes et utriusque naturae participes, et nefandae turpitudini seruientes.
but think that the body was made by the devil; they deny the resurrection, do not hope for the judgment, worship demons, adore the elements, invoke the names of gods and goddesses like the pagans, teach that there are certain man-women sharing both natures, and serve accursed shamefulness.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Manichees make the body the devil's work and worship the elements.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 61.3 (CSEL 38:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/61-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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61.4CSEL 38:32
Qui ab Archelao sancto episcopo in disputatione superati, abiecti atque notati, manifestati sunt uniuersis in illo tempore, et ut latrones iam sub figura confessionis Christianae multorum animas mendacio ac pecudali turpitudine non desinunt captiuare:
Defeated in a disputation by the holy bishop Archelaus, they were cast out and branded and exposed to all at that time, and like robbers, under the guise of the Christian confession, they do not cease to take captive the souls of many by lies and beastly shamefulness:
Notes and citation
Summary: Archelaus defeated the Manichees in debate.
- The disputation of Archelaus is told in the Acts of Archelaus (Hegemonius).
Topics: Heresy, Manichaeism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 61.4 (CSEL 38:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/61-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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61.5CSEL 38:32
qui et in Hispania et quinque prouinciis latere dicuntur, multosque hac cottidie fallacia captiuare.
they are said to lurk in Spain and the Five Provinces, and to take many captive by this deceit daily.
Notes and citation
Summary: Manichees lurk in Spain and southern Gaul.
- The Five Provinces: southern Gaul.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 61.5 (CSEL 38:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/61-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 62
62.1CSEL 38:32
Alii sunt Patriciani, a Patricio quodam, qui fuit in urbe Roma. Hi carnem hominis non a deo factam adserunt, sed a diabolo arbitrantur.
Others are the Patricians, from a certain Patricius who was in the city of Rome. These assert that human flesh was not made by God, but hold that it was made by the devil.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Patricians say human flesh was made by the devil.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 62.1 (CSEL 38:32; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/62-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.2CSEL 38:32–33
Hanc etiam contemnendam et modis omnibus abiciendam decernunt, ut etiam ultro quidam de eis sibi mortem inferre non dubitauerint.
They also decree that it is to be despised and rejected in every way, so that some of them did not even hesitate to bring death on themselves of their own accord.
Notes and citation
Summary: Some Patricians killed themselves out of contempt for the flesh.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 62.2 (CSEL 38:32–33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/62-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 63
63.1CSEL 38:33
Symmachiani alii discipuli istius eadem sentientes in omnibus, non sperantes iudicium, uitiis saecularibus et carnalibus concupiscentiis praedicant seruiendum.
Others, the Symmachians, his disciples, holding the same views in all things, not hoping for the judgment, preach that one should serve worldly vices and carnal desires.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Symmachians preach serving the desires of the flesh.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray hyphen): uitiis- saecularibus → uitiis saecularibus.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 63.1 (CSEL 38:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/63-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 64
64.1CSEL 38:33
Paulus quidam fuit Samosatenus post hos in Syria, qui uerbum dei, id est Christum deum dei filium substantiuum ac personalem et sempiternum esse cum patre denegabat, prolatiuum autem, id est quasi aera quendam dicebat, non tamen personam uiuam filii sempiternam cum sempiterno patre credendam docebat.
After these there was a certain Paul of Samosata in Syria, who denied that the Word of God, that is, Christ, God, the Son of God, is substantial, personal and everlasting with the Father; he said rather that he was uttered, that is, as it were a kind of air, and taught that the Son is not to be believed a living person, everlasting with the everlasting Father.
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul of Samosata denied that the Word is a personal, eternal Son.
Topics: Heresy, Christology, Monarchianism and Sabellianism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 64.1 (CSEL 38:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/64-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.2CSEL 38:33
Hic Christum hominem iustum, non deum uerum praedicabat, iudaeizans potius, qui et circumcisionem docebat; unde et Zenobiam quandam reginam in oriente tunc temporis ipse docuit iudaeizare.
He preached Christ as a righteous man, not true God, Judaizing rather, and he also taught circumcision; hence he himself taught a certain Zenobia, queen in the East at that time, to Judaize.
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul of Samosata taught Christ as a mere man and taught Zenobia to Judaize.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 64.2 (CSEL 38:33; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/64-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 65
65.1CSEL 38:33–34
Post istum Fotinus doctrinam eius secutus in omnibus similiter praedicabat, inque hoc mendacio perseuerans proiectus est de ecclesia Sirmiensium ciuitatis, a sanctis episcopis superatus.
After him Photinus, following his teaching in all things, preached in the same way, and persisting in this lie he was cast out of the church of the city of Sirmium, overcome by holy bishops.
Notes and citation
Summary: Photinus followed Paul of Samosata and was deposed at Sirmium.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 65.1 (CSEL 38:33–34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/65-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 66
66.1CSEL 38:34
SUNT ARRIANI ab Arrio presbitero Alexandriae ciuitatis, qui sub Alexandro episcopo bonae memoriae fuit et Constantino sancto imperatore bonae memoriae, dicens filium dei deo similem:
THERE ARE THE ARIANS, from Arius, a presbyter of the city of Alexandria, who lived under Alexander the bishop of good memory and Constantine the holy emperor of good memory, saying that the Son of God is like God:
Notes and citation
Summary: The Arians, from Arius of Alexandria, call the Son like God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): ARBIANI → ARRIANI.
Topics: Heresy, Christology, Arianism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 66.1 (CSEL 38:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/66-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.2CSEL 38:34
nomine tenus similem autem dicens, et non de ipsius patris diuina credendo substantia, heresim periculosam incurrit. Nam et creatura similis deo dicitur, cum dicat scriptura: Faciamus hominem ad imaginem et similitudinem nostram.
but by saying he is like only in name, and not believing that he is from the very divine substance of the Father, he fell into a dangerous heresy. For a creature too is called like God, since Scripture says: “Let us make man in our image and likeness.”
Gen 1:26 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Calling the Son only like God makes him like a creature.
Topics: Heresy, Christology, Trinity, Arianism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 66.2 (CSEL 38:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/66-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.3CSEL 38:34
Non tamen est homo aut angelus de deo proprie ac naturaliter, id est de diuina illa substantia patris inenarranda et sempiterna genitus, ut unicus filius, qui genitus est de patre proprie sempiternus, sed homo et angelus facti sunt ex nihilo.
Yet man or angel is not properly and naturally from God, that is, begotten of that ineffable and everlasting divine substance of the Father, as the only Son, who is properly begotten of the Father and everlasting; but man and angel were made out of nothing.
Notes and citation
Summary: Only the Son is begotten of the Father's substance; creatures are made from nothing.
Topics: Christology, Trinity
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 66.3 (CSEL 38:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/66-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.4CSEL 38:34
Filius autem cum sit uerus, oportet ut de diuina illa substantia patris genitus cognoscatur. Verus enim deus alio modo esse non potest filius unicus nisi sit de patris illa diuina substantia proprie genitus.
But since he is the true Son, he must be recognized as begotten of that divine substance of the Father. For the only Son cannot be true God in any other way unless he is properly begotten of that divine substance of the Father.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Son is true God because begotten of the Father's substance.
Topics: Christology, Trinity
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 66.4 (CSEL 38:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/66-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.5CSEL 38:34
Sempiterna similitudo itaque filii est secundum opera, quia sicut facit pater, et filius similiter facit omnia de ipsius qualitatis diuina substantia genitus, quia de ipso natus est proprie sempiternus, non factus ex nihilo, ut homo et angelus aut creatura aliqua quae est < in > omnibus occidens.
So the everlasting likeness of the Son is according to works, because as the Father does, so the Son likewise does all things, begotten of the divine substance of his quality, because he was born of him properly, everlasting, not made out of nothing like man and angel or any creature, which is perishing in all things.
John 5:19 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Son's likeness to the Father lies in his works, since he is begotten, not made.
- Cf. John 5:19. The angle brackets around in are the editor's supplement.
Topics: Christology, Trinity
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 66.5 (CSEL 38:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/66-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 67
67.1CSEL 38:34
Alii sunt Semiarriani. Hi de patre et filio bene sentiunt, unam qualitatis substantiam, unam diuinitatem esse credentes, spiritum autem non de diuina substantia, nec deum uerum,
Others are the Semi-Arians. These think rightly about the Father and the Son, believing that there is one substance of quality, one divinity; but the Spirit, they say, is not of the divine substance, nor true God,
Notes and citation
Summary: The Semi-Arians deny the Spirit's divinity.
Topics: Heresy, Trinity, The Holy Spirit
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 67.1 (CSEL 38:34; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/67-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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67.2CSEL 38:34–35
sed factum atque creatum spiritum praedicantes, ut eum coniungant et comparent creaturae, cum Christus dominus patri et sibi in fide baptismi salutis aeternae coniuncxerit, eumque cum patre et filio cunctis credentibus adorandum iusserit, omnique saeculo deum ueram praedicandum statuerit: non intellegentes quod euangelista cum dicit:
but preach the Spirit as made and created, so as to join and compare him to the creature, although Christ the Lord joined him to the Father and himself in the faith of the baptism of eternal salvation, commanded that he be worshipped with the Father and the Son by all believers, and established that he be preached as true God in every age: not understanding that when the evangelist says:
Matt 28:19 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ joined the Spirit to the Father and Son in baptism.
Topics: Heresy, Trinity, Baptism, The Holy Spirit
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 67.2 (CSEL 38:34–35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/67-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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67.3CSEL 38:35
Omnia per ipsum facta sunt, et sine ipso factum est nihil, non de spiritu sancto dicit, quasi factum spiritum per filium.
“All things were made through him, and without him nothing was made,” he is not speaking about the Holy Spirit, as if the Spirit were made through the Son.
John 1:3 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: John 1:3 does not imply that the Spirit was made.
- John 1:3.
Topics: Trinity, The Holy Spirit
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 67.3 (CSEL 38:35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/67-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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67.4CSEL 38:35
Nam propheta trinitatem omnia fecisse uisibilia et inuisibilia definit, dicens: Verbo domini caeli firmati sunt, et spiritu oris eius omnis uirtus eorum. In omni itaque creatura, quae facta est per spiritum, non aliquid praetermisit quod non per eum factum sit;
For the prophet defines that the Trinity made all things visible and invisible, saying: “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made firm, and by the Spirit of his mouth all their power.” So in all creation, which was made through the Spirit, he left out nothing that was not made through him;
Ps 33:6 (32:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The psalm shows the Trinity creating all things.
- Ps 33:6 (32:6 LXX/Vulg.).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): uisibilia ( et → uisibilia et.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 67.4 (CSEL 38:35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/67-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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67.5CSEL 38:35
alioquin in fide seruus cum domino non iungeretur, si esset creatura diuinus et sanctus spiritus. Cuius causa omnis scriptura et dominus concedi omnia peccata hominibus praeter blasphemiam diuini et adorandi spiritus caelesti sententia pronuntiauerat.
otherwise, in the faith, a servant would not be joined with the Lord, if the divine and Holy Spirit were a creature. For this reason all Scripture and the Lord pronounced by heavenly sentence that all sins are forgiven to men except blasphemy against the divine and adorable Spirit.
Matt 12:31 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Blasphemy against the Spirit is unforgivable, which shows his divinity.
Topics: Trinity, The Holy Spirit
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 67.5 (CSEL 38:35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/67-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 68
68.1CSEL 38:35
Eunomiani post hos ab Eunomio discipulo Arrii, in omnibus inimici uerae fidei, aiunt tres esse diuersas qualitatis substantias, ut auri, argenti et aeris, et patrem quidem fecisse filium, et iterum filium, qui est creatura, fecisse, inquit, spiritum sanctum:
After these the Eunomians, from Eunomius, a disciple of Arius, enemies of the true faith in all things, say that there are three different substances of quality, as of gold, silver and bronze, and that the Father made the Son, and again that the Son, who is a creature, made, he says, the Holy Spirit:
Notes and citation
Summary: The Eunomians teach three unequal substances.
Topics: Heresy, Trinity, Arianism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 68.1 (CSEL 38:35; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/68-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.2CSEL 38:35–36
et adserunt filium non patri esse similem, quia creatura est, neque spiritum filio similem, quia a filio factus est, impietati paganae et iniquitati Iudaicae consentientes apertissime quam Christianae doctrinae ac fidei catholicae parere uolentes.
and they assert that the Son is not like the Father, because he is a creature, nor the Spirit like the Son, because he was made by the Son, agreeing most openly with pagan impiety and Jewish iniquity rather than wishing to obey Christian doctrine and the catholic faith.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Eunomians deny that the Son is like the Father.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): quia. a filio → quia a filio.
Topics: Heresy, Trinity, Arianism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 68.2 (CSEL 38:35–36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/68-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 69
69.1CSEL 38:36
Alii sunt qui circa incorporationem aberrant, dicentes non animam ueram hominis rationabilem accepisse saluatorem, sed corpus solum hominis, et cum subtrahant animam a cor-
Others are those who go astray about the incarnation, saying that the Saviour did not take a true rational human soul, but only a human body; and since they take the soul away from the
Notes and citation
Summary: Some deny that Christ took a human soul.
Topics: Heresy, Christology, Incarnation
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 69.1 (CSEL 38:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/69-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.2CSEL 38:36
pore, ueram denegant hominis salubritatem. Quomodo itaque potest dici anima, quae non sumpta est a saluatore? cum saluator dicat: Tristis est anima mea usque ad mortem.
body, they deny man's true salvation. How then can a soul be spoken of which was not assumed by the Saviour? For the Saviour says: “My soul is sorrowful even to death.”
Matt 26:38 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ's words show he had a human soul.
- Matt 26:38. The word corpore is split between 69.1 and 69.2.
Topics: Heresy, Christology, Incarnation
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 69.2 (CSEL 38:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/69-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.3CSEL 38:36
Alioquin anima dici non potuit, nisi esset in eo cuius et *** causa aduenerat. Itaque haec utraque (in> incorporatione saluatoris, id est corpus erat et anima, quae pro nostra salute dignatus est sumere.
Otherwise it could not be called a soul unless it were in him for whose … sake he had come. So both these were in the Saviour's incarnation, that is, body and soul, which he deigned to take for our salvation.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ took both body and soul.
- The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”); the angle brackets around in are the editor's supplement.
Topics: Christology, Incarnation
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 69.3 (CSEL 38:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/69-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.4CSEL 38:36
Scire nos conuenit quod et animam ueram hominis habuit, intellectum habentem, et corpus hominis, sensum carnalem itidem, ut et dolere possit corpore et emori.
We should know that he had both a true human soul, having understanding, and a human body, with bodily sensation likewise, so that he could both feel pain in the body and die.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ had a rational soul and a body able to suffer.
Topics: Christology, Incarnation
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 69.4 (CSEL 38:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/69-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.5CSEL 38:36
Tamen de sancto spiritu facta haec cognoscitur caro et creata anima scilicet, sicut scriptum est in euangelio: Spiritus sanctus superueniet in te, et uirtus altissimi obumbrabit te: et quod animam ueram habuit *** dicens: Animam meam pro uobis pono:
Yet this flesh is known to have been made by the Holy Spirit, and the soul, of course, created, as it is written in the gospel: “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you”; and that he had a true soul … saying: “I lay down my soul for you”:
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Luke 1:35 (quotation, high confidence) · John 10:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit formed Christ's flesh, and Christ spoke of his soul.
- Luke 1:35; John 10:15 (“soul” for “life”). The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 69.5 (CSEL 38:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/69-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.6CSEL 38:36
et de carne passibili ad Thoman: *** quod spiritus non habet ossa et carnem, sicut me uidetis. Et apostolus Petrus beatus de saluatore testatus est, dicens: Cuius anima non derelicta est in infernum, nec caro eius uidit corruptionem.
and of the flesh able to suffer, to Thomas: … “that a spirit does not have bones and flesh, as you see me have.” And the blessed apostle Peter testified about the Saviour, saying: “Whose soul was not left in the underworld, nor did his flesh see corruption.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Luke 24:39 (quotation, high confidence) · John 20:27 (allusion, medium confidence) · Acts 2:31 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The risen Christ's words and Peter's sermon show his true flesh and soul.
- Luke 24:39 (addressed to the disciples; Philastrius says to Thomas, cf. John 20:27); Acts 2:31. The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 69.6 (CSEL 38:36; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/69-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.7CSEL 38:36–37
Ei quo autem incarnatus est, et homo nostrae causa salutis et deus uerus creditur, cognoscitur, colitur et in ecclesia catholica praedicatur.
From the fact that he became incarnate, he is believed, known, worshipped and preached in the catholic church as both man, for the sake of our salvation, and true God.
Notes and citation
Summary: The catholic church confesses Christ as man and true God.
- The digital text reads Ei quo, probably for Ex quo; translated by sense.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 69.7 (CSEL 38:36–37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/69-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 70
70.1CSEL 38:37
Alii sunt Tropitae qui dicunt conuersum uerbum in carnem, non intellegentes quod ait apostolus beatus Iohannes: verbum caro factum est, et habitauit in nobis; non adtendentes quod uerbum est inmutabile et inconuertibile, id est deus dei filius, caro autem quam accepit pro nostra salute, ipse eam formando adsumpsit et induit nostrae causa incapacitatis.
Others are the Tropites, who say that the Word was changed into flesh, not understanding what the blessed apostle John says: “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us”; not attending to the fact that the Word is unchangeable and unalterable, that is, God the Son of God, while the flesh which he took for our salvation he himself formed and assumed and put on for the sake of our incapacity.
John 1:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Tropites wrongly say the Word was changed into flesh.
- John 1:14.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): accepit! → accepit.
Topics: Heresy, Christology, Incarnation
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 70.1 (CSEL 38:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/70-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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70.2CSEL 38:37
Ad eum uisendum itaque res istae in unum coniunctae pro nostra salute non mutationem uerbi in carnem, sed adsumptionem magis rei uisibilis declarabant, ut inuisibilis per uisibilem carnem uideri possit, credi atque cognosci, et ab humano genere capaciter adorari.
So these things joined into one for our salvation, so that he might be seen, declared not a change of the Word into flesh but rather the assumption of a visible thing, so that the invisible one might be seen through visible flesh, believed and known, and worshipped by the human race according to its capacity.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Word assumed visible flesh without change.
Topics: Christology, Incarnation
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 70.2 (CSEL 38:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/70-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 71
71.1CSEL 38:37
Alii autem sunt heretici qui circa passionem aberrant, dicentes quod in passione dimiserit dominus noster Christus carnem, et sic ascendit in caelum, et non est iam in ea, inquit, diuinitas.
Others are heretics who go astray about the passion, saying that in the passion our Lord Christ laid aside the flesh and so ascended into heaven, and that divinity, they say, is no longer in it.
Notes and citation
Summary: Some say Christ laid aside his flesh at the passion.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 71.1 (CSEL 38:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/71-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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71.2CSEL 38:37
Neque enim post passionem resurrexit in carne, neque cum carne ascendit in caelum, cum salus omnis hominis in passione carnis ipsius, et surrectione et ascensione in caelum consistat. sine cunctatione nobis et credentibus uniuersis;
For neither, they say, did he rise in the flesh after the passion, nor ascend into heaven with the flesh; whereas all man's salvation consists in the passion of his flesh and in its resurrection and ascension into heaven, beyond doubt for us and for all believers;
Notes and citation
Summary: Salvation depends on Christ's bodily resurrection and ascension.
Topics: Heresy, Christology, Resurrection and ascension of Christ
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 71.2 (CSEL 38:37; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/71-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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71.3CSEL 38:37–38
cum et apostolis beati angeli dixerint pro nostra fide ac laetitia in Actibus Apostolorum, quod: Sicut uidistis eum ascendentem in caelum, sic eum iterum sperate uenturum de caelo.
since the blessed angels also said to the apostles, for our faith and joy, in the Acts of the Apostles: “As you saw him ascending into heaven, so hope that he will come again from heaven.”
Acts 1:11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The angels at the ascension promised his return.
- Acts 1:11, freely cited.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology, Second coming of Christ
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 71.3 (CSEL 38:37–38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/71-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 72
72.1CSEL 38:38
Alii sunt Aeriani, ab Aerio quodam sic appellati, qui abstinentiis uacant, et in prouincia Pamphiliae quam plurimi commorantur, qui et Encratitae dicuntur, id est abstinentes.
Others are the Aerians, so called from a certain Aerius, who devote themselves to abstinence, and very many of them live in the province of Pamphylia; they are also called Encratites, that is, the abstinent.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Aerians or Encratites practise abstinence.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word and stray letter): Encra t titae → Encratitae.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 72.1 (CSEL 38:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/72-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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72.2CSEL 38:38
Hi non possident aliquid, escas abominantur, quas deus cum benedictione humano generi tribuit: damnant etiam de lege nuptias, non a deo institutas adserentes.
These own nothing, abhor foods which God gave to the human race with blessing, and also condemn marriage according to the law, asserting that it was not instituted by God.
1 Tim 4:3 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They reject foods and marriage.
- Cf. 1 Tim 4:3.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 72.2 (CSEL 38:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/72-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 73
73.1CSEL 38:38
Alia est heresis Borborianorum, qui uitiis inplicati saeculi et malis concupiscentiis seruientes non sperant iudicium futurum, sed potius carnalem saeculi concupiscentiam laudant.
Another is the heresy of the Borborians, who, entangled in the vices of the world and serving evil desires, do not hope for a judgment to come, but rather praise the carnal desire of the world.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Borborians praise carnal desire.
Topics: Heresy, Sexual morality
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 73.1 (CSEL 38:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/73-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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73.2CSEL 38:38
Hi itaque in caenum euntes et inde obliti de caeno, facies et membra sua deformantes, eademque cunctis uelut culpandam creaturam dei demonstrantes:
So these go into the mud and, smeared with mud from it, disfigure their faces and limbs, and show these to all as though the creation of God were to be blamed:
Notes and citation
Summary: The Borborians smear themselves with mud.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter): deformantes, w eademque → deformantes, eademque.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 73.2 (CSEL 38:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/73-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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73.3CSEL 38:38
cum illa uorago culparum et uitiorum perniciosa damnatio ex hominum uoluntate, non legis diuinae permissione descenderit.
whereas that abyss of faults and vices, a pernicious condemnation, came down from the will of men, not by the permission of the divine law.
Notes and citation
Summary: Vice comes from human will, not God's law.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 73.3 (CSEL 38:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/73-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 74
74.1CSEL 38:38
Alii sunt Artotyritae nomine in Galatia, qui panem et caseum offerant, non illud quod ecclesia catholica et apostolica celebrat offerendo.
Others are the Artotyrites by name in Galatia, who offer bread and cheese, not what the catholic and apostolic church celebrates in its offering.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Artotyrites offer bread and cheese.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 74.1 (CSEL 38:38; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/74-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 75
75.1CSEL 38:38–39
Alii sunt iterum Ascodrugitae in Galatia, qui utrem inflantes ponunt et cooperiunt in sua ecclesia et circumeunt eum insanientes potius et bacchantes, sicut illi pagani Liberipatriani, insanis mentibus more gentilium furentes, et non intellegentes quod ait saluator, utres nouos sumendos, inque eos nouum uinum mittendum, non in ueteres.
Others again are the Ascodrugites in Galatia, who set up an inflated wineskin and cover it in their church and go around it, raving rather and revelling like those pagan worshippers of Father Liber, raging with mad minds after the manner of the gentiles, and not understanding what the Saviour said, that new wineskins must be taken and new wine put into them, not into old.
Matt 9:17 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Ascodrugites dance round a wineskin, misreading Christ's saying.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 75.1 (CSEL 38:38–39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/75-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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75.2CSEL 38:39
Et cum suis caecitatibus properant inseruire, alieni modis omnibus Christianae salutis repperiuntur, cum apostolus deiciat iustificationem illam Iudaicam carnalemque uanitatem, Christi autem ueram et plenam confirmat sententiam dicens: Vetera transierunt, ecce noua omnia per Christum facta sunt.
And as they hasten to serve their blindness, they are found strangers in every way to Christian salvation, since the apostle casts down that Jewish justification and carnal vanity, but confirms the true and full judgment of Christ, saying: “The old things have passed away; behold, all things have been made new through Christ.”
2 Cor 5:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul declares the old things passed away in Christ.
- 2 Cor 5:17.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters): deiciat Ii iustificationem → deiciat iustificationem.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 75.2 (CSEL 38:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/75-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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75.3CSEL 38:39
De lege enim et umbra dicebat dominus et sua gratia plenitudinis, duorumque hominum *** quod ait apostolus: Primus homo de terra terrenus, secundus homo de caelo caelestis.
For the Lord was speaking of the law and the shadow and of his grace of fullness, and of the two men … as the apostle says: “The first man was from the earth, earthy; the second man from heaven, heavenly.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
1 Cor 15:47 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The saying contrasts the law with Christ's fullness, as Paul contrasts the two men.
- 1 Cor 15:47. The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 75.3 (CSEL 38:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/75-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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75.4CSEL 38:39
Quod enim erat per umbram, et quod erat futurum in domini praesentia maius et melius, hoc nuntiabat docendo ac rebus testantibus confirmando.
For what existed in shadow, and what was to be greater and better in the Lord's presence, this he announced by teaching and confirmed by the witness of events.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ showed the fulfilment of the law's shadow.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 75.4 (CSEL 38:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/75-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 76
76.1CSEL 38:39
Alii sunt Passalorinchitae, qui digitum inponentes in nares et ora sua et labia quasi silentium semper exercent, non rei aliae nisi taciturnitati quasi studium commodantes.
Others are the Passalorynchites, who, putting a finger into their nostrils and mouth and lips, practise as it were perpetual silence, devoting zeal to nothing but taciturnity.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Passalorynchites keep silence with a finger on the mouth.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 76.1 (CSEL 38:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/76-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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76.2CSEL 38:39
Hoc autem facientes quasi prophetas beatos cupiunt imitari, quia ait Dauid beatus: Pone, domine, custodiam ori meo, et ostium circumstantiae labiis meis.
In doing this they wish to imitate as it were the blessed prophets, because blessed David says: “Set, O Lord, a guard on my mouth, and a door of enclosure about my lips.”
Ps 141:3 (140:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: They appeal to the psalmist's prayer for a guard on the mouth.
- Ps 141:3 (140:3 LXX/Vulg.).
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 76.2 (CSEL 38:39; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/76-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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76.3CSEL 38:39–40
Et quia ieiuniis beati prophetae uacantes silentium saepius commodabant, inde usurpantes isti aestimant aliquid obseruare, Pythagoricam uanitatem potius quam prophetarum caelestem uitam et sapientiam sequi properantes.
And because the blessed prophets, devoting themselves to fasts, often practised silence, these, taking this over, think they are observing something, hastening to follow Pythagorean vanity rather than the heavenly life and wisdom of the prophets.
Notes and citation
Summary: Their silence follows Pythagoras rather than the prophets.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter): uacantes i silentium → uacantes silentium.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 76.3 (CSEL 38:39–40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/76-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 77
77.1CSEL 38:40
Alii sunt Aquarii sic dicti, qui in sacramentis caelestibus offerunt aquam, non illud quod ecclesia catholica et apostolica facere consueuit.
Others are the so-called Aquarians, who offer water in the heavenly sacraments, not what the catholic and apostolic church is accustomed to do.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Aquarians offer water in the Eucharist.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 77.1 (CSEL 38:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/77-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 78
78.1CSEL 38:40
Alii sunt heretici, qui prophetas cottidie adserunt et prophetias fieri praedicant, ignorantes legem et prophetas usque ad beatum Iohannem fuisse baptistam, finemque legis et prophetarum in Christi praesentia conpletum atque consummatum.
Others are heretics who assert that there are prophets daily and preach that prophecies take place, not knowing that the law and the prophets were until blessed John the Baptist, and that the end of the law and the prophets was fulfilled and completed in the presence of Christ.
Matt 11:13 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 16:16 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some claim that prophecy continues, though the prophets ended with John.
Topics: Heresy, Spiritual gifts and visions
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 78.1 (CSEL 38:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/78-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 79
79.1CSEL 38:40
Alii sunt autem Coluthiani a Colutho quodam ita dicto in Aegypto, qui dicunt deum malorum non esse factorem. Econtra autem alter ei opponebat dicens deum malorum esse factorem, qui et ipse erat hereticus pariter, et cum utrique contentioni ferebantur inani, nescierunt potentiam rationis.
Others are the Colluthians, from a certain Colluthus so called in Egypt, who say that God is not the maker of evils. Another, on the contrary, opposed him, saying that God is the maker of evils, and he too was equally a heretic; and since both were carried away by empty contention, they did not know the force of reason.
Notes and citation
Summary: Colluthus and his opponent disputed whether God makes evils.
Topics: Heresy, Evil and its origin
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 79.1 (CSEL 38:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/79-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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79.2CSEL 38:40
Scriptura enim deum facere bona et nihilominus et mala facere praedicauit, cum dicat propheta: Ego sum dominus, qui facio pacem, et creo mala. Et alter propheta: Si est, inquit, malities in ciuitate, quam deus non fecit.
For Scripture preached that God makes good things and nonetheless also makes evils, since the prophet says: “I am the Lord, who make peace and create evils.” And another prophet: “If there is evil in a city, which God has not done.”
Isa 45:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Amos 3:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Isaiah and Amos speak of God creating evils.
- Isa 45:7; Amos 3:6.
Topics: Evil and its origin
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 79.2 (CSEL 38:40; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/79-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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79.3CSEL 38:40–41
Sed mala ista non natura esse dixit scriptura a deo facta, sed causis existentibus hominum scilicet, in lege peccantium domino, quae sunt temptationes persecutiones diuersaeque angustiae quae deo permittente insurgunt peccantibus, sicut scriptum est: Quis dedit Israhel in direptione? nonne dominus, cui peccauerunt, et noluerunt in uiis eius ambulare?
But Scripture said that these evils are not made by God by nature, but arise from causes, namely those of men who sin against the Lord in the law; these are temptations, persecutions and various distresses which, God permitting, rise up against sinners, as it is written: “Who gave Israel up to plunder? Was it not the Lord, against whom they sinned, and they would not walk in his ways?”
Isa 42:24 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Such evils are punishments that God permits for sin.
- Isa 42:24.
Topics: Evil and its origin
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 79.3 (CSEL 38:40–41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/79-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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79.4CSEL 38:41
Non autem fecisse mala deum natura dicit scriptura alicubi: Ecce enim, inquit, omnia ualde bona quae fecit deus, in libro Geneseos. id est creaturae mundi. Et alibi propheta dicit: Quoniam deus malum non fecit, neque delectatur in perditione uiuorum.
But Scripture nowhere says that God made evils by nature: “For behold,” it says, “all things that God made are very good,” in the book of Genesis, that is, the creatures of the world. And elsewhere the prophet says: “For God did not make evil, nor does he delight in the destruction of the living.”
Gen 1:31 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Genesis and Wisdom show that God made nothing evil by nature.
- Gen 1:31; Wis 1:13, cited as “the prophet” (“evil” for “death”).
Extrabiblical texts: Wis 1:13 (Wisdom of Solomon [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)
Topics: Evil and its origin
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 79.4 (CSEL 38:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/79-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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79.5CSEL 38:41
Quia ergo non causa dei creantis est mala naturaliter, sed hominum uoluntatis, quae obnoxia legi dei et iudicio urguetur et coercitione constringitur, conuersionis causa a domino haec inferuntur hominibus cottidie. Cum ergo.
Since, then, evils are not naturally the cause of God the creator but of the will of men, which, subject to the law of God, is pressed by judgment and restrained by correction, these things are brought upon men daily by the Lord for the sake of their conversion. When, then,
Notes and citation
Summary: God brings such evils on men to convert them.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 79.5 (CSEL 38:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/79-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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79.6CSEL 38:41
haec dicuntur, quomodo dicta sunt ignorantur. Quae enim imputantur hominibus in coercitione mala, haec eruditionis et utilitatis sunt plena, quae hominum uoluntas peruersa pati meretur, cum dicat apostolus: Numquid iniustus deus, qui infert iram suam hominibus?
these things are said, how they are said is not understood. For the evils charged to men as correction are full of instruction and benefit, which the perverse will of men deserves to suffer, since the apostle says: “Is God unjust, who inflicts his wrath on men?”
Rom 3:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Corrective evils are full of benefit.
- Rom 3:5.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 79.6 (CSEL 38:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/79-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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79.7CSEL 38:41
Non tamen sine utilitate et emolumento futuro haec cuncta humano generi fieri permittuntur. Iustus enim in tribulatione sustinendo fidelior et iustior conprobatur, peccator autem aut peccare desinit emendatus, aut perseuerans de mundo tollitur, ne in corpore constitutus amplius delinquere uideatur.
Yet all these things are not permitted to happen to the human race without benefit and future gain. For the righteous man, by enduring in tribulation, is proved more faithful and more righteous, while the sinner either ceases to sin, being corrected, or, persisting, is taken from the world, lest, remaining in the body, he should be seen to sin further.
Notes and citation
Summary: Trials prove the righteous and correct or remove the sinner.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): uideatur.. → uideatur..
Topics: Ethics, Suffering and affliction
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 79.7 (CSEL 38:41; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/79-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Marx, CSEL 38 (1898), digital text (OCR slips corrected by logged corrections; words in Marx's square brackets translated and marked). No public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.
79.8CSEL 38:41–42
Ergo aut emendatus, cum superest adhuc in corpore, bonum iam opus facere non retardabit, aut mens accersitur, ut desinat a peccato, quod ait apostolus: Qui mortuus est, iustificatus est a peccato.
So either, being corrected while he still remains in the body, he will not delay to do good works, or his mind is summoned so that he may cease from sin, as the apostle says: “He who has died is justified from sin.”
Rom 6:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Death frees the sinner from further sin.
- Rom 6:7.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 79.8 (CSEL 38:41–42; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/79-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
Permanent link: https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/79-8
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Marx, CSEL 38 (1898), digital text (OCR slips corrected by logged corrections; words in Marx's square brackets translated and marked). No public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.