Epiphanius of Salamis, Medicine Cabinet, or Against Heresies 73.25.10
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Καισαρείας

, and

Caesarea

are directly attested at Epiphanius of Salamis, Medicine Cabinet, or Against Heresies 73.25.10. This passage was written ca. 374-377 CE 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 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.

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 …

[Ed. Holl 1933]

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 …

[Adapted from Williams 2013]

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Athanasius of Alexandria, Synods of Aruminium and Seleucia 29

Philostorgius, Church History 4.2

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Emesa

Epiphania

Larissa in Syria

Paraetonium in Libya

Seleucia in Isauria

Seleucia in Syria

Tripoli in Phoenicia

Tyre]

[Acacius of Caesarea

Basil of Ancyra

Eusebius of Seleucia

Eustathius of Epiphania

Eutychius of Eleutheropolis

George of Alexandria

Hypatian

Ireneaus of Tripoli

Mark

Pancratius

Paul of Emesa

Seras of Paraetonium

Uranius of Tyre

Zoilus of Larissa]

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