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Refutation of All Heresies

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Book 1, Preface
Book 1, Thales; His Physics and Theology; Founder of Greek Astronomy
Book 1, Pythagoras; His Cosmogony; Rules of His Sect; Discoverer of Physiognomy; His…
Book 1, 3. Empedocles; His Twofold Cause; Tenet of Transmigration
Book 1, Heraclitus; His Universal Dogmatism; His Theory of Flux; Other Systems
Book 1, Anaximander; His Theory of the Infinite; His Astronomic Opinions; His Physics
Book 1, Anaximenes; His System of “An Infinite Air; “His Views of Astronomy and Natural…
Book 1, Anaxagoras; His Theory of Mind; Recognises an Efficient Cause; His Cosmogony and…
Book 1, Archelaus; System Akin to that of Anaxagoras; His Origin of the Earth and of…
Book 1, 9. Parmenides; His Theory of “Unity; “His Eschatology
Book 1, 10. Leucippus; His Atomic Theory
Book 1, 11. Democritus; His Duality of Principles; His Cosmogony
Book 1, Xenophanes; His Scepticism; His Notions of God and Nature; Believes in a Flood
Book 1, 13. Ecphantus; His Scepticism; Tenet of Infinity
Book 1, 14. Hippo; His Duality of Principles; His Psychology
Book 1, 15. Socrates; His Philosophy Reproduced by Plato
Book 1, Plato; Threefold Classification of Principles; His Idea of God; Different…
Book 1, Aristotle; Duality of Principles; His Categories; His Psychology; His Ethical…
Book 1, The Stoics; Their Superiority in Logic; Fatalists; Their Doctrine of…
Book 1, Epicurus; Adopt’s the Democritic Atomism; Denial of Divine Providence; The…
Book 1, 20. The Academics; Difference of Opinion Among Them
Book 1, The Brachmans; Their Mode of Life; Ideas of Deity; Different Sorts Of; Their…
Book 1, 22. The Druids; Progenitors of Their System
Book 1, Hesiod; The Nine Muses; The Hesiodic Cosmogony; The Ancient Speculators,…
Book 4, System of the Astrologers; Sidereal Influence; Configuration of the Stars
Book 4, Doctrines Concerning Aeons; The Chaldean Astrology; Heresy Derivable from It
Book 4, The Horoscope the Foundation of Astrology; Indiscoverability of the Horoscope;…
Book 4, Impossibility of Fixing the Horoscope; Failure of an Attempt to Do This at the…
Book 4, Another Method of Fixing the Horoscope at Birth; Equally Futile; Use of the…
Book 4, 6. Zodiacal Influence; Origin of Sidereal Names
Book 4, Practical Absurdity of the Chaldaic Art; Development of the Art
Book 4, Prodigies of the Astrologers; System of the Astronomers; Chaldean Doctrine of…
Book 4, 9. Further Astronomic Calculations
Book 4, Theory of Stellar Motion and Distance in Accordance with Harmony
Book 4, Theory of the Size of the Heavenly Bodies in Accordance with Numerical Harmonies
Book 4, 12. Waste of Mental Energy in the Systems of the Astrologers
Book 4, Mention of the Heretic Colarbasus; Alliance Between Heresy and the Pythagorean…
Book 4, System of the Arithmeticians; Predictions Through Calculations; Numerical Roots;…
Book 4, Quibbles of the Numerical Theorists; The Art of the Frontispicists (Physiognomy);…
Book 4, 16. Type of Those Born Under Taurus
Book 4, 17. Type of Those Born Under Gemini
Book 4, 18. Type of Those Born Under Cancer
Book 4, 19. Type of Those Born Under Leo
Book 4, 20. Type of Those Born Under Virgo
Book 4, 21. Type of Those Born Under Libra
Book 4, 22. Type of Those Born Under Scorpio
Book 4, 23. Type of Those Born Under Sagittarius
Book 4, 24. Type of Those Born Under Capricorn
Book 4, 25. Type of Those Born Under Aquarius
Book 4, 26. Type of Those Born Under Pisces
Book 4, 27. Futility of This Theory of Stellar Influence
Book 4, System of the Magicians; Incantations of Demons; Secret Magical Rites
Book 4, 29. Display of Different Eggs
Book 4, 30. Self-Slaughter of Sheep
Book 4, 31. Method of Poisoning Goats
Book 4, 32. Imitations of Thunder, and Other Illusions
Book 4, 33. The Burning Aesculapius; Tricks with Fire
Book 4, The Illusion of the Sealed Letters; Object in Detailing These Juggleries
Book 4, The Divination by a Cauldron; Illusion of Fiery Demons; Specimen of a Magical…
Book 4, 36. Mode of Managing an Apparition
Book 4, 37. Illusive Appearance of the Moon
Book 4, 38. Illusive Appearance of the Stars
Book 4, 39. Imitation of an Earthquake
Book 4, 40. Trick with the Liver
Book 4, 41. Making a Skull Speak
Book 4, The Fraud of the Foregoing Practices; Their Connection with Heresy
Book 4, Recapitulation of Theologies and Cosmogonies; System of the Persians; Of the…
Book 4, 44. Egyptian Theory of Nature; Their Amulets
Book 4, 45. Use of the Foregoing Discussions
Book 4, The Astrotheosophists; Aratus Imitated by the Heresiarchs; His System of the…
Book 4, 47. Opinions of the Heretics Borrowed from Aratus
Book 4, Invention of the Lyre; Allegorizing the Appearance and Position of the Stars;…
Book 4, Symbol of the Creature; And of Spirit; And of the Different Orders of Animals
Book 4, 50. Folly of Astrology
Book 4, The Hebdomadarii; System of the Arithmeticians; Pressed into the Service of…
Book 5, Preface
Book 5, Recapitulation; Characteristics of Heresy; Origin of the Name Naasseni; The…
Book 5, Naasseni Ascribe Their System, Through Mariamne, to James the Lord’s Brother;…
Book 5, Further Exposition of the Heresy of the Naasseni; Profess to Follow Homer;…
Book 5, Further Use Made of the System of the Phrygians; Mode of Celebrating the…
Book 5, Explanation of the System of the Naasseni Taken from One of Their Hymns
Book 5, 6. The Ophites the Grand Source of Heresy
Book 5, The System of the Peratae; Their Tritheism; Explanation of the Incarnation
Book 5, The Peratae Derive Their System from the Astrologers; This Proved by a Statement…
Book 5, System of the Peratae Explained Out of One of Their Own Books
Book 5, The Peratic Heresy Nominally Different from Astrology, But Really the Same System…
Book 5, Why They Call Themselves Peratae; Their Theory of Generation Supported by an…
Book 5, 12. Compendious Statement of the Doctrines of the Peratae
Book 5, 13. The Peratic Heresy Not Generally Known
Book 5, The System of the Sethians; Their Triad of Infinite Principles; Their Heresy…
Book 5, The Sethians Support Their Doctrines by an Allegorical Interpretation of…
Book 5, The Sethian Theory Concerning “Mixture” And “Composition; “Application of It to…
Book 5, The Sethian Doctrines to Be Learned from the “Paraphrase of Seth.”
Book 5, 18. The System of Justinus Antiscriptural and Essentially Pagan
Book 5, 19. The Justinian Heresy Unfolded in the “Book of Baruch.”
Book 5, The Cosmogony of Justinus an Allegorical Explanation of Herodotus’ Legend of…
Book 5, Justinus’ Triad of Principles; His Angelography Founded on This Triad; His…
Book 5, Oath Used by the Justinian Heretics; The Book of Baruch; The Repertory of Their…
Book 5, 23. Subsequent Heresies Deducible from the System of Justinus
Book 6, Preface
Book 6, 1. The Ophites the Progenitors of Subsequent Heresies
Book 6, 2. Simon Magus
Book 6, 3. Story of Apsethus the Libyan
Book 6, Simon’s Forced Interpretation of Scripture; Plagiarizes from Heraclitus and…
Book 6, 5. Simon Appeals to Scripture in Support of His System
Book 6, Simon’s System Expounded in the Work, Great Announcement; Follows Empedocles
Book 6, 7. Simon’s System of a Threefold Emanation by Pairs
Book 6, Further Progression of This Threefold Emanation; Co-Existence with the Double…
Book 6, Simon’s Interpretation of the Mosaic HexaËmeron; His Allegorical Representation…
Book 6, 10. Simon’s Explanation of the First Two Books of Moses
Book 6, Simon’s Explanation of the Three Last Books of the Pentateuch
Book 6, 12. Fire a Primal Principle, According to Simon
Book 6, 13. His Doctrine of Emanation Further Expanded
Book 6, Simon Interprets His System by the Mythological Representation of Helen of Troy;…
Book 6, Simon’s Disciples Adopt the Mysteries; Simon Meets St. Peter at Rome; Account of…
Book 6, 16. Heresy of Valentinus; Derived from Plato and Pythagoras
Book 6, 17. Origin of the Greek Philosophy
Book 6, 18. Pythagoras’ System of Numbers
Book 6, 19. Pythagoras’ Duality of Substances; His “Categories.”
Book 6, 20. Pythagoras’ Cosmogony; Similar to that of Empedocles
Book 6, 21. Other Opinions of Pythagoras
Book 6, 22. The “Sayings” Of Pythagoras
Book 6, 23. Pythagoras’ Astronomic System
Book 6, Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from the Platonic and Pythagoric Philosophy;…
Book 6, The Tenet of the Duad Made the Foundation of Valentinus’ System of the Emanation…
Book 6, Valentinus’ Explanation of the Existence of Christ and the Spirit
Book 6, Valentinus’ Explanation of the Existence of Jesus; Power of Jesus Over Humanity
Book 6, 28. The Valentinian Origin of the Creation
Book 6, The Other Valentinian Emanations in Conformity with the Pythagorean System of…
Book 6, Valentinus’ Explanation of the Birth of Jesus; Twofold Doctrine on the Nature of…
Book 6, Further Doctrines of Valentinus Respecting the Aeons; Reasons for the Incarnation
Book 6, 32. Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from Plato
Book 6, 33. Secundus’ System of Aeons; Epiphanes; Ptolemaeus
Book 6, System of Marcus; A Mere Impostor; His Wicked Devices Upon the Eucharistic Cup
Book 6, 35. Further Acts of Jugglery on the Part of Marcus
Book 6, The Heretical Practices of the Marcites in Regard of Baptism
Book 6, Marcus’ System Explained by Irenaeus; Marcus’ Vision; The Vision of Valentinus…
Book 6, 38. Marcus’ System of Letters
Book 6, 39. The Quaternion Exhibits “Truth.”
Book 6, 40. The Name of Christ Jesus
Book 6, 41. Marcus’ Mystic Interpretation of the Alphabet
Book 6, 42. His System Applied to Explain Our Lord’s Life and Death
Book 6, 43. Letters, Symbols of the Heavens
Book 6, 44. Respecting the Generation of the Twenty-Four Letters
Book 6, 45. Why Jesus is Called Alpha
Book 6, 46. Marcus’ Account of the Birth and Life of Our Lord
Book 6, The System of Marcus Shown to Be that of Pythagoras, by Quotations from the…
Book 6, Their Cosmogony Framed According to These Mystic Doctrines of Letters
Book 6, 49. The Work of the Demiurge Perishable
Book 6, 50. Marcus and Colarbasus Refuted by Irenaeus
Book 7, Preface
Book 7, Heresy Compared to (1) the Stormy Ocean, (2) the Rocks of the Sirens; Moral from…
Book 7, 2. The System of Basilides Derived from Aristotle
Book 7, 3. Sketch of Aristotle’s Philosophy
Book 7, 4. Aristotle’s General Idea
Book 7, 5. Nonentity as a Cause
Book 7, 6. Substance, According to Aristotle; The Predicates
Book 7, Aristotle’s Cosmogony; His “Psychology; “His “Entelecheia; “His Theology; His…
Book 7, Basilides and Isidorus Allege Apostolic Sanction for Their Systems; They Really…
Book 7, 9. Basilides Adopts the Aristotelian Doctrine of “Nonentity.”
Book 7, 10. Origin of the World; Basilides’ Account of the “Sonship.”
Book 7, 11. The “Great Archon” Of Basilides
Book 7, 12. Basilides Adopts the “Entelecheia” Of Aristotle
Book 7, 13. Further Explanation of the “Sonship.”
Book 7, Whence Came the Gospel; The Number of Heavens According to Basilides; Explanation…
Book 7, God’s Dealings with the Creature; Basilides’ Notion of (1) the Inner Man, (2) the…
Book 7, 16. The System of Saturnilus
Book 7, Marcion; His Dualism; Derives His System from Empedocles; Sketch of the Doctrine…
Book 7, Source of Marcionism; Empedocles Reasserted as the Suggester of the Heresy
Book 7, The Heresy of Prepon; Follows Empedocles; Marcion Rejects the Generation of the…
Book 7, The Heresy of Carpocrates; Wicked Doctrines Concerning Jesus Christ; Practise…
Book 7, 21. The System of Cerinthus Concerning Christ
Book 7, 22. Doctrine of the Ebionaeans
Book 7, 23. The Heresy of Theodotus
Book 7, 24. The Melchisedecians; The Nicolaitans
Book 7, 25. The Heresy of Cerdon
Book 7, 26. The Doctrines of Apelles; Philumene, His Prophetess
Book 8, Preface
Book 8, 1. Heresies Hitherto Refuted; Opinions of the Docetae
Book 8, Docetic Notion of the Incarnation; Their Doctrines of Aeons; Their Account of…
Book 8, Christ Undoes the Work of the Demiurge; Docetic Account of the Baptism and Death…
Book 8, 4. Docetic Doctrine Derived from the Greek Sophists
Book 8, MonoÏmus; Man the Universe, According to MonoÏmus; His System of the Monad
Book 8, 6. MonoÏmus’ “Iota; “His Notion of the “Son of Man.”
Book 8, MonoÏmus on the Sabbath; Allegorizes the Rod of Moses; Notion Concerning the…
Book 8, MonoÏmus Explains His Opinions in a Letter to Theophrastus; Where to Find God;…
Book 8, 9. Tatian
Book 8, Hermogenes; Adopts the Socratic Philosophy; His Notion Concerning the Birth and…
Book 8, 11. The Quartodecimans
Book 8, The Montanists; Priscilla and Maximilla Their Prophetesses; Some of Them Noetians
Book 8, 13. The Doctrines of the Encratites
Book 9, Preface
Book 9, 1. An Account of Contemporaneous Heresy
Book 9, Source of the Heresy of Noetus; Cleomenes His Disciple; Its Appearance at Rome…
Book 9, 3. Noetianism an Offshoot from the Heraclitic Philosophy
Book 9, 4. An Account of the System of Heraclitus
Book 9, Heraclitus’ Estimate of Hesiod; Paradoxes of Heraclitus; His Eschatology; The…
Book 9, Conduct of Callistus and Zephyrinus in the Matter of Noetianism; Avowed Opinion…
Book 9, The Personal History of Callistus; His Occupation as a Banker; Fraud on…
Book 9, 8. Sect of the Elchasaites; Hippolytus’ Opposition to It
Book 9, Elchasai Derived His System from Pythagoras; Practised Incantations
Book 9, 10. Elchasai’s Mode of Administering Baptism; Formularies
Book 9, 11. Precepts of Elchasai
Book 9, 12. The Heresy of the Elchasaites a Derivative One
Book 9, 13. The Jewish Sects
Book 9, 14. The Tenets of the Esseni
Book 9, 15. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
Book 9, 16. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
Book 9, 17. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
Book 9, 18. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
Book 9, 19. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
Book 9, 20. The Tenets of the Esseni Concluded
Book 9, 21. Different Sects of the Esseni
Book 9, Belief of the Esseni in the Resurrection; Their System a Suggestive One
Book 9, 23. Another Sect of the Esseni: The Pharisees
Book 9, 24. The Sadducees
Book 9, 25. The Jewish Religion
Book 9, 26. Conclusion to the Work Explained
Book 10, Preface
Book 10, 1. Recapitulation
Book 10, 2. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers
Book 10, 3. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers Continued
Book 10, 4. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers Continued
Book 10, 5. The Naasseni
Book 10, 6. The Peratae
Book 10, 7. The Sethians
Book 10, 8. Simon Magus
Book 10, 9. Valentinus
Book 10, 10. Basilides
Book 10, 11. Justinus
Book 10, 12. The Docetae
Book 10, 13. MonoÏmus
Book 10, 14. Tatian
Book 10, 15. Marcion and Cerdo
Book 10, 16. Apelles
Book 10, 17. Cerinthus
Book 10, 18. The Ebionaeans
Book 10, 19. Theodotus
Book 10, 20. Melchisedecians
Book 10, 21. The Phrygians or Montanists
Book 10, 22. The Phrygians or Montanists Continued
Book 10, 23. Noetus and Callistus
Book 10, 24. Hermogenes
Book 10, 25. The Elchasaites
Book 10, 26. Jewish Chronology
Book 10, 27. Jewish Chronology Continued
Book 10, 28. The Doctrine of the Truth
Book 10, 29. The Doctrine of the Truth Continued
Book 10, 30. The Author’s Concluding Address
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