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 Manichaeans, who are also called Aconites?* are disciples of Manes the Persian. While they say that Christ is some sort of apparition, they worship the sun and moon and pray to the stars and powers and demons. They introduce two eternally existing principles, the one good and the other evil, and they hold that Christ only apparently came and suffered. They speak impiously of the Old Testament and of the God who spoke in it. They state that the whole world was not made by God, but only a part of it.
Μανιχαῖοι, οἱ καὶ Ἀκονῖται. Οὗτοι Μάνη τοῦ Πέρσου μαθηταὶ Χριστὸν μὲν σχήματι λέγοντες, ἥλιον δὲ σέβοντες καὶ σελήνην ἄστροις τε καὶ δυνάμεσι καὶ δαίμοσιν εὐχόμενοι, ἀρχὰς δύο εἰσηγούμενοι, πονηράν τε καὶ ἀγαθήν, ἀεὶ οὔσας: Χριστὸν δὲ δοκήσει πεφηνέναι καὶ πεπονθέναι, παλαιὰν διαθήκην βλασφημοῦντες καὶ τὸν ἐν αὐτῇ λαλήσαντα θεόν, κόσμον οὐ τὸν πάντα, ἀλλὰ μέρος ἐκ θεοῦ γεγενῆσθαι ὁριζόμενοι.