The Four Classes of Samaritans.
The Gorthenes celebrate their feasts at other times than Sebyaeans.
The Sebyaeans differ from the Gorthenes by reason of their feasts.
The Seven Heresies of the Jews.
Thus far the summary of the thirteen heresies contained in the second part of Book II.
The following belong to this third part, in which thirteen heresies are contained:
Thus far for the eighteen heresies of the fourth part of Book II.
The following five heresies are contained in the fifth part of Book II:
Thus far the five heresies of the fifth part of Book II.
The following seven heresies are contained in the first part of Book III:
Thus far similarly the seven heresies of the first part of Book III.
In the second part of Book III there are four heresies:
The Severians. A certain Severus, in turn, going still further than Apelles, rejects wine on the basis of a legend that the vine was bred of the commerce that Satan in the form of a serpent had with the earth. Woman, moreover, he deprecates, declaring that she has her existence from a sinister power. He furthermore introduces certain appellations of archons, and certain apocryphal books. Like the rest, he rejects the resurrection of the body and the Old Testament.
Σευηριανοί. Σευῆρός τις πάλιν τῷ Ἀπελλῇ ἐποχούμενος τὸν οἶνον ἀποβάλλεται καὶ τὴν ἄμπελον ἐκ τοῦ δρακοντοειδοῦς Σατᾶν καὶ γῆς μυθολογῶν πεφυκέναι, συνελθόντων ἀλλήλοις. Γυναῖκα δὲ παραιτεῖται φάσκων ἀριστερᾶς δυνάμεως αὐτὴν ὑπάρχειν. Ὀνομασίας δέ τινας ἀρχόντων καὶ βίβλους ἀποκρύφους παράγει. Ὁμοίως δὲ τοῖς ἄλλοις τὴν τῆς σαρκὸς ἀνάστασιν ἀθετεῖ καὶ παλαιὰν διαθήκην.