The Refutation of All Heresies, Book V

Book V

• The Refutation of All Heresies V.1 — Recapitulation; Characteristics of Heresy; Origin of the Name Naasseni; The System of the Naasseni. Chapter I.—Recapitulation; Characteristics of Heresy; Origin of the Name Naasseni; The System of the Naasseni. I…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.2 — Chapter II.—Naasseni Ascribe Their System, Through Mariamne, to James the Lord’s Brother; Really Traceable to the Ancient Mysteries; Their Psychology as Given in the “Gospel According to Thomas;” Assyrian Theory of…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.3 — Chapter III.—Further Exposition of the Heresy of the Naasseni; Profess to Follow Homer; Acknowledge a Triad of Principles; Their Technical Names of the Triad; Support These on the Authority of Greek Poets; Allegorize…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.4 — Chapter IV.—Further Use Made of the System of the Phrygians; Mode of Celebrating the Mysteries; The Mystery of the “Great Mother;” These Mysteries Have a Joint Object of Worship with the Naasseni; The Naasseni…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.5 — Explanation of the System of the Naasseni Taken from One of Their Hymns. The foregoing remarks, then, though few out of many, we have thought proper to bring forward. For innumerable are the silly and crazy attempts…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.6 — The Ophites the Grand Source of Heresy. These doctrines, then, the Naasseni attempt to establish, calling themselves Gnostics. But since the error is many-headed and diversified, resembling, in truth, the hydra that…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.7 — The System of the Peratæ; Their Tritheism; Explanation of the Incarnation. There is also unquestionably a certain other (head of the hydra, namely, the heresy) of the Peratæ, whose blasphemy against Christ has for…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.8 — Chapter VIII.—The Peratæ Derive Their System from the Astrologers; This Proved by a Statement of the Astrological Theories of the Zodiac; Hence the Terminology of the Peratic Heretics. Let us, then, in the first…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.9 — System of the Peratæ Explained Out of One of Their Own Books. It seems, then, expedient to set forth a certain one of the books held in repute amongst them, in which the following passage occurs: “I am a voice of…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.10 — The Peratic Heresy Nominally Different from Astrology, But Really the Same System Allegorized. Chapter X.—The Peratic Heresy Nominally Different from Astrology, But Really the Same System Allegorized. It has been…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.11 — Chapter XI.—Why They Call Themselves Peratæ; Their Theory of Generation Supported by an Appeal to Antiquity; Their Interpretation of the Exodus of Israel; Their System of “The Serpent;” Deduced by Them from…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.12 — Compendious Statement of the Doctrines of the Peratæ. This is the diversified wisdom of the Peratic heresy, which it is difficult to declare in its entirety, so intricate is it on account of its seeming to consist of…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.13 — The Peratic Heresy Not Generally Known. But since I consider that I have plainly explained the Peratic heresy, and by many (arguments) have rendered evident (a system that hitherto) has always escaped notice, and is…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.14 — The System of the Sethians; Their Triad of Infinite Principles; Their Heresy Explained; Their Interpretation of the Incarnation. Chapter XIV.—The System of the Sethians; Their Triad of Infinite Principles; Their…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.15 — Chapter XV.—The Sethians Support Their Doctrines by an Allegorical Interpretation of Scripture; Their System Really Derived from Natural Philosophers and from the Orphic Rites; Adopt the Homeric Cosmogony. These are…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.16 — The Sethian Theory Concerning “Mixture” And “Composition;” Application of It to Christ; Illustration from the Well of Ampa. Chapter XVI.—The Sethian Theory Concerning “Mixture” And “Composition;” Application of It to…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.17 — The Sethian Doctrines to Be Learned from the “Paraphrase of Seth.”. The opinion of the Sethians appears to us to have been sufficiently elucidated. If, however, any one is desirous of learning the entire doctrine…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.18 — The System of Justinus Antiscriptural and Essentially Pagan. Justinus was entirely opposed to the teaching of the holy Scriptures, and moreover to the written or oral teaching of the blessed evangelists, according as…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.19 — The Justinian Heresy Unfolded in the “Book of Baruch.”. But swear, says Justinus, if you wish to know “what eye hath not seen, and ear hath not heard, and the things which have not entered into the heart;” that is,…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.20 — The Cosmogony of Justinus an Allegorical Explanation of Herodotus' Legend of Hercules. Chapter XX.—The Cosmogony of Justinus an Allegorical Explanation of Herodotus’ Legend of Hercules. Herodotus, then, asserts that…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.21 — Justinus' Triad of Principles; His Angelography Founded on This Triad; His Explanation of the Birth, Life, and Death of Our Lord. Chapter XXI.—Justinus’ Triad of Principles; His Angelography Founded on This Triad;…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.22 — Oath Used by the Justinian Heretics; The Book of Baruch; The Repertory of Their System. Chapter XXII.—Oath Used by the Justinian Heretics; The Book of Baruch; The Repertory of Their System. Hence also, in the first…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies V.23 — Subsequent Heresies Deducible from the System of Justinus. Since, then, we have explained the attempts (at a system) of the pseudo-gnostic Justinus, it appears likewise expedient in the following books to elucidate…vatican.va