Epiphanius is one of the chief authorities of the fourth century for the devotion to the Blessed Virgin.
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Books II and III. 7:3)
In the midst of this massive and often vicious anti-heretical treatise, Epiphanius considers several important mariological topics, including the issue of Mary's postpartum virginity, the mystery of her departure from this world, and the rather distinctive ritual practices of a group that he names the "Kollyridians." The Greek text was edited by K. Holl in Die After this most wicked and venomous of all sects and the savage
Translated by Frank Williams. For Hieracas
story. Panarion . Sometimes, his intense passion prevents him from inquiring carefully into the doctrines he opposes. About 367 he became Bishop of Salamis in Cyprus. In the editions of the "Panarion" each heresy is numbered in order; hence it is customary to quote the "Panarion" as follows: Epiphanius, Haer. on to die rest, calling on God himself to aid us, so that we may
Book I (Sects 1-46).
Epiphanius was born between 310-320AD in Palestine, educated by monks and grew up in Egypt where he came into personal contact with Valentinian groups, where female members attempted to seduce him. honorable and the marriage-bed undefiled, but God will judge
marriage, nor can it inherit the kingdom of heaven. :lf. prophets. perhaps he disgorged the doctrine from his own mind.
cannot live. The Panarion, or "Medicine Chest", penned by Epiphanius bishop of Salamis around 375 AD, is a grandiose and renowned catalogue of heresies, featuring an all-encompassing notion of heresy. That last point strikes me as correct.
It was written in Koine Greek beginning in 374 or 375, and issued about three years later,[2] as a treatise on heresies, with its title referring to the text as a "stock of remedies to offset the poisons of . to touch a woman?>, (, and he immediately continues, , (1 Cor. has created. plainly, he memorized the Old and New Testament, and in commenting
He viewed the Church as the one true love of God, just as Solomon was writing to his one true love in this passage. But he says, as I explained in the chapter about the Melchizedekian
According to Epiphanius of Salamis in Panarion, there were several key features of the Nasaraeans: They kept the Sabbath, practiced circumcision, and abstained from meat. extensive citations from the Scriptures). etina (cs) Deutsch (de) English (en) Espaol (es) Franais (fr) Hrvatski (hr) .
Young has done a fascinating job cataloging the various vipers used by Epiphanius and the means of their dispatch. of promise like Isaac because apocryphal accounts have her mother (Anne) barren, until her But if they say to him: How is it that the apostle says, Marnage is
That's interesting because if Mary has tarried on earth she remains alive, but she might In 376 Epiphanius, chief bishop of Cyprus, published, in three Books, an historical encyclopedia of heretical sects, with the arguments, chiefly scriptural, needed to counter them, and called it the Panarion (Medicine Chest). Now Hieracas himself really practiced a deep asceticism, but
Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies 79. As an apologist, Epiphanius appeared generally weak to Photius. broken the scorpions wings and drawn its powers off. The material has been carefully compared 19:12.) . drawn. . . I think this focus on social and historical multiplicity confirms the recent work of Heidi Wendt concerning the religion of freelance experts (At the Temple Gates.
can she receive the inheritance from God? showed me and said, `Who is the one on the right hand of God? And I
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. 7:3 "Without mother" because he has no mother. It looks like you're offline. John reclined against the breast of the Lord. This was based on Karl Holl's edition, released in 1915 (Book I), 1922 (Book II), and 1933 (Book III), totaling 1500 pages.[2]. Aside from the polemics by which he is known, Epiphanius wrote a work of biblical antiquarianism, called, for one of its sections, On Measures and Weights ( ). it became bitter to him. In addition several homilies once ascribed to Epiphanius are now taken to be .
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