The Refutation of All Heresies, Book VII

Book VII

• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.1 — Heresy Compared to (1) the Stormy Ocean, (2) the Rocks of the Sirens; Moral from Ulysses and the Sirens. Chapter I.—Heresy Compared to (1) the Stormy Ocean, (2) the Rocks of the Sirens; Moral from Ulysses and the…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.2 — The System of Basilides Derived from Aristotle. Since, therefore, in the six books preceding this, we have explained previous (heretical opinions), it now seems proper not to be silent respecting the (doctrines) of…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.3 — Sketch of Aristotle's Philosophy. Aristotle, then, makes a threefold division of substance. For one portion of it is a certain genus, and another a certain species, as that (philosopher) expresses it, and a third a…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.4 — Aristotle's General Idea. We affirm the existence of animal absolutely, not some animal. And this animal is neither ox, nor horse, nor man, nor god; nor is it significant of any of these at all, but is animal…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.5 — Nonentity as a Cause. If, however, this animality is not any of these (species), the subsistence, according to Aristotle, of the things that are generated, derived its reality from non-existent entities. For…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.6 — Substance, According to Aristotle; The Predicates. Since, however, as I have stated, substance is threefold, viz., genus, species, (and) individual; and (since) we have set down animality as being the genus, and man…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.7 — Aristotle's Cosmogony; His “Psychology;” His “Entelecheia;” His Theology; His Ethics; Basilides Follows Aristotle. Chapter VII.—Aristotle’s Cosmogony; His “Psychology;” His “Entelecheia;” His Theology; His Ethics;…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.8 — Basilides and Isidorus Allege Apostolic Sanction for Their Systems; They Really Follow Aristotle. Chapter VIII.—Basilides and Isidorus Allege Apostolic Sanction for Their Systems; They Really Follow Aristotle.…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.9 — Basilides Adopts the Aristotelian Doctrine of “Nonentity.”. Since, therefore, “nothing” existed,—(I mean) not matter, nor substance, nor what is insubstantial, nor is absolute, nor composite, (nor conceivable, nor…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.10 — Origin of the World; Basilides' Account of the “Sonship.”. All things, therefore whatsoever it is possible to declare, and whatever, being not as yet discovered, one must omit, were likely to receive adaptation to…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.11 — The “Great Archon” Of Basilides. When, therefore, a first and second ascension of the Sonship took place, and the Holy Spirit itself also remained after the mode mentioned, the firmament was placed between the…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.12 — Basilides Adopts the “Entelecheia” Of Aristotle. This, then, constitutes the entelecheiaof the natural organic body, according to Aristotle, (viz.,) a soul operating in the body, without which the body is able to…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.13 — Further Explanation of the “Sonship.”. When, therefore, according to these (heretics), the entire world and super-mundane entities were finished, and (when) nothing exists labouring under deficiency, there still…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.14 — Whence Came the Gospel; The Number of Heavens According to Basilides; Explanation of Christ's Miraculous Conception. Chapter XIV.—Whence Came the Gospel; The Number of Heavens According to Basilides; Explanation of…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.15 — Chapter XV.—God’s Dealings with the Creature; Basilides’ Notion of (1) the Inner Man, (2) the Gospel; His Interpretation of the Life and Sufferings of Our Lord. When, therefore, he says, the entire Sonship shall have…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.16 — The System of Saturnilus. But one Saturnilus, who flourished about the same period with Basilides, but spent his time in Antioch, (a city) of Syria, propounded opinions akin to whatever (tenets) Menander (advanced).…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.17 — Marcion; His Dualism; Derives His System from Empedocles; Sketch of the Doctrine of Empedocles. Chapter XVII.—Marcion; His Dualism; Derives His System from Empedocles; Sketch of the Doctrine of Empedocles. But…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.18 — Source of Marcionism; Empedocles Reasserted as the Suggester of the Heresy. When, therefore, Marcion or some one of his hounds barks against the Demiurge, and adduces reasons from a comparison of what is good and…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.19 — The Heresy of Prepon; Follows Empedocles; Marcion Rejects the Generation of the Saviour. Chapter XIX.—The Heresy of Prepon; Follows Empedocles; Marcion Rejects the Generation of the Saviour. The principal heresy of…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.20 — The Heresy of Carpocrates; Wicked Doctrines Concerning Jesus Christ; Practise Magical Arts; Adopt a Metempsychosis. Chapter XX.—The Heresy of Carpocrates; Wicked Doctrines Concerning Jesus Christ; Practise Magical…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.21 — The System of Cerinthus Concerning Christ. But a certain Cerinthus, himself being disciplined in the teaching of the Egyptians, asserted that the world was not made by the primal Deity, but by some virtue which was…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.22 — Doctrine of the Ebionæans. The Ebionæans, however, acknowledge that the world was made by Him Who is in reality God, but they propound legends concerning the Christ similarly with Cerinthus and Carpocrates. They live…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.23 — The Heresy of Theodotus. But there was a certain Theodotus, a native of Byzantium, who introduced a novel heresy. He announces tenets concerning the originating cause of the universe, which are partly in keeping with…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.24 — The Melchisedecians; The Nicolaitans. While, however, different questions have arisen among them, a certain (heretic), who himself also was styled Theodotus, and who was by trade a banker, attempted to establish (the…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.25 — The Heresy of Cerdon. But one Cerdon himself also, taking occasion in like manner from these (heretics) and Simon, affirms that the God preached by Moses and the prophets was not Father of Jesus Christ. For (he…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VII.26 — The Doctrines of Apelles; Philumene, His Prophetess. But Apelles, sprung from these, thus expresses himself, (saying) that there is a certain good Deity, as also Marcion supposed, and that he who created all things…vatican.va