Codex 122

[Epiphanius, Panarion]

Read the Panariaof the most holy bishop Epiphanius,[1]against eighty heresies, in three volumes containing seven books. It begins with barbarism and goes down to the Messalians.[2] The author writes more fully and effectually against heretics than any of his predecessors, since he has not omitted any useful argument of theirs, and has added any others that he himself could find. His style is poor, like that of one who is unfamiliar with Attic elegance. He is chiefly weak in his conflicts with impious heresies; sometimes, however, he is excellent in attack, although the character of his language and composition is by no means improved at the same time.