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The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis Books II and III. De Fide Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis Books II and III. De Fide Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies Editors Johannes van Oort & Einar Thomassen Editorial Board J.D. BeDuhn, A.D. DeConick, W.-P. Funk I. Gardner, S.N.C. Lieu, A. Marjanen P. Nagel, L. Painchaud, B.A. Pearson N.A. Pedersen, S.G. Richter, J.M. Robinson M. Scopello, J.D. Turner, G. Wurst VOLUME 79 The titles published in this series are listed at brill.com/nhms The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis Books II and III. De Fide Second, revised edition Translated by Frank Williams LEIDEN • BOSTON 2013 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Epiphanius, Saint, Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus, approximately 310-403. [De fide. English] The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis. Books II and III, De fide / translated by Frank Williams. — Second, revised edition. pages cm. — (Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; volume 79) Includes index. ISBN 978-90-04-22841-2 (hardback : alk. paper)—ISBN 978-90-04-23312-6 (e-book) 1. Christian heresies—Early works to 1800. 2. Apologetics—Early works to 1800. I. Title. BR65.E653P36513 2012 273’.4—dc23 2012031957 This publication has been typeset in the multilingual “Brill” typeface. With over 5,100 characters covering Latin, IPA, Greek, and Cyrillic, this typeface is especially suitable for use in the humanities. For more information, please see www.brill.com/brill-typeface. ISSN 0929–2470 ISBN 978-90-04-22841-2 (hardback) ISBN 978-90-04-23312-6 (e-book) Copyright 2013 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Global Oriental, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers and Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. This book is printed on acid-free paper. CONTENTS (Most sections of the work are titled as in the manuscripts. Modern titles are indicated with an asterisk.) Acknowledgments .......................................................................................... vii Translator’s Introduction .............................................................................. ix Abbreviations ................................................................................................... xiii Works Cited ...................................................................................................... xvii *Anacephalaeosis IV ...................................................................................... 1 47. Against Encratites ................................................................................... 3 48. Against those who are called Phrygians or Montanists .............. 6 49. Against Quintillianists or Pepuzians ................................................ 22 50. Against Quartodecimans ...................................................................... 24 51. Against the sect which does not accept the Gospel according to John, or his Revelation ..................................................................... 26 52. Against Adamians ................................................................................... 68 53. Against Sampsaeans ............................................................................... 71 54. Against Theodotians .............................................................................. 73 55. Against Melchizidekians ....................................................................... 78 56. Against Bardesianists ............................................................................. 88 57. Against Noetians ..................................................................................... 91 58. Against Valesians .................................................................................... 100 59. Against the impure “Purists” (Cathari) ............................................ 104 60. Against Angelics ...................................................................................... 115 61. Against Apostolics .................................................................................. 116 62. Against Sabellians ................................................................................... 123 63. Against the first type of Origenist, who are shameful as well ......................................................................................................... 130 64. Against Origen, also called Adamantius .......................................... 134 vi contents *Anacephalaeosis V ........................................................................................ 215 65. Against Paul the Samosatian ............................................................... 216 66. Against Manichaeans ............................................................................ 226 67. Against Hieracites ................................................................................... 316 68. Against the schism of Melitius the Egyptian ................................. 324 69. Against the Arian Nuts .......................................................................... 333 *Anacephalaeosis VI ...................................................................................... 411 70. On the schism of the Audians ............................................................ 412 71. Against Photinians ................................................................................. 428 72. Against Marcellians ................................................................................ 433 73. Against Semi-Arians ............................................................................... 443 74. Against Pneumatomachi ...................................................................... 483 75. Against Aerius .......................................................................................... 504 76. Against Anomoeans ............................................................................... 511 *Anacephalaeosis VII ..................................................................................... 581 77. Against Dimoerites, called Apollinarians by some ...................... 582 78. Against Antidicomarians ...................................................................... 616 79. Against Collyridians ............................................................................... 637 80. Against Massalians ................................................................................. 646 *De Fide .............................................................................................................. 655 Index ................................................................................................................... 683 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I need to thank my daughter Marge, who scanned the book from which I worked; Mattie Kuiper, Tessel Jonquière, Wilma de Weert and Rizalyn Rafael of Brill for their patience and help; Dr. Hans van Oort for his valuable suggestions; my indexer Dan Connolly and especially my wife Charlotte, for her considerable technical help and for the constant encouragement which is much needed in a work of this sort. TRANSLATOR’S INTRODUCTION Here, in response to numerous requests, is our revised version of Books II and III of the Panarion along with De Fide, Epiphanius’ summary of the catholic faith as he understood it. A great deal need not be said by way of introduction. The text from which this is made is again Holl’s, with notes completed after his death by his grateful pupil Hans Lietzmann. We have used Dummer’s reedition, which includes various suggestions for the improvement of Holl’s text. For Epiphanius’ life and work and our defense of him, the reader is referred to the introduction to our Book I, the second edition, Brill, 2007. The style of Books II and III is perhaps marginally better than that of Book I; Epipha- nius quotes a number of better educated authors, some of his own writing is formal, and he is discussing contemporary controversies with which he was involved. However, the same criticisms which apply to the rest of the Panarion, apply here. The content is of particular interest to the patrologist, church historian, theologian, student of Gnosticism or Manichaeism, and the Christian with theological interests, because it represents the Christian fourth century as described by an active participant. Politically the church was trium- phant and exercised considerable control over the lives of its people. The monastic movement was new, on the rise and very important. Internally, however, the church seethed with controversy, deathly serious, with all parties convinced that the right answer was available in an infallible, self- interpreting scripture, and that one’s eternal salvation depended upon understanding it. Because Epiphanius was on the winning side we have the Panarion entire. Its comprehensiveness undoubtedly made it an important weapon for the group which gained control of the church. As the years between 325 and 381 were crucial to the Arian problem which the Council of Nicaea had failed to settle, this is given significant space in the Panarion’s Books II and III.
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