Epiphanius of Salamis, Medicine Cabinet, or Against Heresies 73.25.10
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Context
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 cites the text of the Synodical Letter of the Council of Seleuceia called by
Constantius II in late September of 359 in order to reconcile the pro-Nicene and anti-Nicene
bishops. Acacius of Caesarea and his influential party, who would not join the majority in
compromise, were summarily deposed, and he swiftly departed for Constantinople to plead
before the emperor.
Text
Τῇ πίστει ὑπέγραψαν οἱ παρόντες· Βασίλειος, Μάρκος καὶ Γεώργιος ὁ τῆς
Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐπίσκοπος, Παγκράτιος καὶ Ὑπατιανὸς καὶ οἱ πλεῖστοι ἐπίσκοποι τῆς δύσεως.
Γεώργιος ἐπίσκοπος Ἀλεξανδρείας ἐξεθέμην τὴν πίστιν· οὕτως ὁμολογῶ φρονεῖν ὡς πρόκειται.
Ἀκάκιος ἐπίσκοπος Καισαρείας ἐξεθέμην τὴν πίστιν· οὕτως ὁμολογῶ
φρονεῖν ὡς πρόκειται. Οὐράνιος ἐπίσκοπος Τύρου Εὐτύχιος ἐπίσκοπος Ἐλευθεροπόλεως Ζωΐλος
ἐπίσκοπος Λαρίσσης τῆς Συρίας Σέρας ἐπίσκοπος ἐκ Παραιτωνίου τῆς Λιβύης Παῦλος ἐπίσκοπος
Ἐμίσης Εὐστάθιος ἐπίσκοπος Ἐπιφανίας Εἰρηναῖος ἐπίσκοπος Τριπόλεως τῆς Φοινίκης Εὐσέβιος
ἐπίσκοπος Σελευκείας τῆς Συρίας …1
Textual Note
Ed. Holl 1933Translation
Those present have signed this creed: Basil, Mark, George the bishop
of Alexandria, Pancratius, Hypatian, and most of the bishops of the West. I, George,
bishop of Alexandria, have issued this creed. I agree to profess as it is set forth
here. I, Acacius, bishop of Caesarea, have issued this creed. I
agree to profess as it is set forth here. Uranius, bishop of Tyre Eutychius, bishop of
Eleutheropolis Zoilus, bishop of Larissa in Syria Seras, bishop of Paraetonium in Libya
Paul, bishop of Emisa Eustathius, bishop of Epiphania Ireneaus, bishop of Tripoli in
Phoenicia Eusebius, bishop of Seleucia in Syria …2
Translation Note
Adapted from Williams 2013Works Cited
- 1 Epiphanius, Epiphanius: Panarion haereses 65-80; De fide, ed. Karl Holl, vol. 3, Die griechischen christlichen Schriftsteller 37 (Leipzig: J. C. Hinrichs, 1933), bk: 73.25, p: 300.
- 2 Burchard of Mt. Sion, Burchard of Mt. Sion OP: Description of the Holy Land (1274-85), in Pilgrimage to Jerusalem and the Holy Land, 1187-1291, trans. Denys Pringle, Crusade Texts in Translation 23 (London: Routledge, 2018), 241–320, bk: 73.25.10, p: 471.
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