Epiphanius of Salamis, Medicine Cabinet, or Against Heresies 73.23.2-4
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Καισαρείας

, and

Caesarea

are directly attested at Epiphanius of Salamis, Medicine Cabinet, or Against Heresies 73.23.2-4. This passage was written ca. 374-377 C.E. possibly in Cypriot Salamis. Epiphanius, who spent his early life and career as a student and monk in southern Palestine and Egypt, was appointed bishop of Salamis on Cyprus in ca. 365-367 C.E., a post he held until his death in 403 C.E. He became a formidable champion of Orthodoxy, repeatedly entering into bitter controversy with the sees at Jerusalem and Alexandria. His Medicine Cabinet (πανάριον, κιβώτιον, panarion, arcula), or Against Heresies (κατὰ αἱρέσεων, adversus haereses), was a long compendium of portraits in wayward sectarianism, stretching from the Greek philosophers and Judaism up to his own time. The aim was to furnish theological and rhetorical antidotes to heresy. It has great historical value for its detailed information on figures of the eastern Church, frequently paraphrasing or quoting from earlier works or otherwise lost documents. In his chapter on the Semi-Arians, Epiphanius discusses the internal conflict during the mid-4th century among Arius’ successors, the Homoiousians, which involved a powerful party lead by Acacius, the formidable bishop of Caesarea.

(2) διηνέχθησαν οὖν οἱ αὐτοὶ πάλιν πρὸς τοὺς σὺν αὐτοῖς διὰ μίση τινῶν καὶ ζῆλον ἀνθρώπινον ἐρεσχελοῦντες ἑκάτερος πρὸς ἑκάτερον καὶ φιλαρχοῦντες, καὶ ἐκρατύνθη τότε τὸ μέρος τούτων τῶν Ἡμιαρείων, τῶν περὶ Βασίλειον φημὶ καὶ Γεώργιον καὶ Σιλουανὸν καὶ λοιπούς· <…> ἔχοντες μεθ’ ἑαυτῶν σαρκὸς δεξιάν, Κωνστάντιον τὸν βασιλέα, οἱ περὶ Εὐδόξιον καὶ Γεώργιον τὸν Ἀλεξανδρέα καὶ Εὐζώϊον τὸν Ἀντιοχέα. καὶ οἱ μὲν περὶ Βασίλειον καὶ Γεώργιον τὸν Λαοδικέα ἐταπεινώθησαν, καίπερ πολλὰ ἰσχύσαντες, ἐξ ὧν πάλιν ἕτεροι διῃρέθησαν τῆς αὐτῆς αἱρέσεως καὶ συνόδου, καὶ γέγονε τὸ τῶν Ἀρειανῶν σύστημα εἰς τρία τάγματα. Ἀκάκιος γὰρ ὁ Παλαιστινὸς ὁ Καισαρείας ἅμα Μελιτίῳ καὶ Οὐρανίῳ τῷ Τυρίῳ καὶ Εὐτυχίῳ τῷ Ἐλευθεροπολίτῃ, διὰ τὸν πρὸς Κύριλλον τὸν Ἱεροσολυμίτην ζῆλόν τε καὶ μῖσος, ἀνθίστατο τοῖς περὶ Βασίλειον καὶ Γεώργιον τὸν Λαοδικέα καὶ Σιλουανὸν τὸν Ταρσέα, Ἐλεύσιόν τε τὸν Κυζίκου, Μακεδόνιον τὸν Κωνσταντινουπολίτην, Εὐστάθιον τὸν Σεβαστείας, καὶ Ἀνιανὸν τὸν Ἀντιοχέα, τότε κατασταθέντα, κατ’ αὐτῶν <τε> ἑαυτὸν στρατεύσας ὁ αὐτὸς Ἀκάκιος πολλὴν φύρσιν εἰργάσατο.

[Ed. Holl 1933]

(2) And so the (Semi-Arians) fell out with their allies, and they quarreled with each other and competed for leadership because of the hatred of some of them and from jealousy, that human emotion. And at that time the party of these Semi-Arians—I mean Basil, George, Silvanus, and the rest of them—were in control. But <the others>—the party of Eudoxius, George of Alexandria, and Euzoeus of Antioch—<opposed them>, having (on their side) the right hand of human flesh, the emperor Constantius. (3) Although they flexed their muscles a lot, the party of Basil and George of Laodicea was humiliated. Still others of them broke with this faction and confederacy, and the Arian movement became three groups. (4) For because of his envy and hatred of Cyril of Jerusalem, Acacius of Caesarea in Palestine, along with Melitius, Uranius of Tyre, and Eutychius of Eluetheropolis opposed the party of Basil, George of Laodicea, Silvanus of Tarsus, Eleusius of Cyzicus, Macedonius of Constantinople, Eustathius of Sebaste, and the newly consecrated bishop of Antioch, Anianus. <And> by leading his troops against them, Acacius caused a great deal of confusion.

[Adapted from Williams 2013]

Works Cited

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[Alexandria

Ancyra

Antioch on the Orontes

Constantinople

Cyzicus

Eleutheropolis

Jerusalem

Laodicea in Syria

Sebaste

Tarsus

Tyre]

[Acacius, bishop of Caesarea in Palestine

Anianus of Antioch

Arius

Basil of Ancyra

Constantius II, emperor

Cyril of Jerusalem

Eleusius of Cyzicus

Eudoxius of Antioch

Eustathius of Sebaste

Eutychius of Eleutheropolis

Euzoeus of Antioch

George of Alexandria

George of Laodicea in Syria

Macedonius of Constantinople

Meletius of Antioch

Silvanus of Tarsus

Uranius of Tyre]

[Christianity

Culture and Society

Roman History]