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