The Refutation of All Heresies, Book VIII

Book VIII

• The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.1 — Heresies Hitherto Refuted; Opinions of the Docetæ. Since the great body of (the heretics) do not employ the counsel of the Lord, by having the beam in the eye, and announce that they see when in reality labouring…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.2 — Docetic Notion of the Incarnation; Their Doctrines of Æons; Their Account of Creation; Their Notion of a Fiery God. Chapter II.—Docetic Notion of the Incarnation; Their Doctrines of Æons; Their Account of Creation;…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.3 — Christ Undoes the Work of the Demiurge; Docetic Account of the Baptism and Death of Jesus; Why He Lived for Thirty Years on Earth. Chapter III.—Christ Undoes the Work of the Demiurge; Docetic Account of the Baptism…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.4 — Docetic Doctrine Derived from the Greek Sophists. These (statements), therefore, I consider sufficient to properly-constituted minds for the purpose of attaining unto a knowledge of the complicated and unstable…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.5 — Monoïmus; Man the Universe, According to Monoïmus; His System of the Monad. Monoïmus the Arabian was far removed from the glory of the high-sounding poet. (For Monoïmus) supposes that there is some such man as the…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.6 — Monoïmus' “Iota;” His Notion of the “Son of Man.”. The monad, (that is,) the one tittle, is therefore, he says, also a decade. For by the actual power of this one tittle, are produced duad, and triad, and tetrad, and…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.7 — Monoïmus on the Sabbath; Allegorizes the Rod of Moses; Notion Concerning the Decalogue. Chapter VII.—Monoïmus on the Sabbath; Allegorizes the Rod of Moses; Notion Concerning the Decalogue. The world, then, as Moses…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.8 — Monoïmus Explains His Opinions in a Letter to Theophrastus; Where to Find God; His System Derived from Pythagoras. Chapter VIII.—Monoïmus Explains His Opinions in a Letter to Theophrastus; Where to Find God; His…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.9 — Tatian. Tatian, however, although being himself a disciple of Justinus the Martyr, did not entertain similar opinions with his master. But he attempted (to establish) certain novel (tenets), and affirmed that there…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.10 — Hermogenes; Adopts the Socratic Philosophy; His Notion Concerning the Birth and Body of Our Lord. Chapter X.—Hermogenes; Adopts the Socratic Philosophy; His Notion Concerning the Birth and Body of Our Lord. But a…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.11 — The Quartodecimans. And certain other (heretics), contentious by nature, (and) wholly uninformed as regards knowledge, as well as in their manner more (than usually) quarrelsome, combine (in maintaining) that Easter…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.12 — The Montanists; Priscilla and Maximilla Their Prophetesses; Some of Them Noetians. Chapter XII.—The Montanists; Priscilla and Maximilla Their Prophetesses; Some of Them Noetians. But there are others who themselves…vatican.va
• The Refutation of All Heresies VIII.13 — The Doctrines of the Encratites. Others, however, styling themselves Encratites, acknowledge some things concerning God and Christ in like manner with the Church. In respect, however, of their mode of life, they pass…vatican.va