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:
When we ask again: ‘How is it that when he enjoined us in this book of yours not to do anything or receive anything without witnesses, you did not ask him: “First do you show us by witnesses that you are a prophet and that you have come from God, and show us just what Scriptures there are that testify about you—they are ashamed and remain silent. [Then we continue:] ‘Although you may not marry a wife without witnesses, or buy, or acquire property; although you neither receive an ass nor possess a beast of burden unwitnessed; and although you do possess both wives and property and asses and so on through witnesses, yet it is only your faith and your scriptures that you hold unsubstantiated by witnesses. For he who handed this down to you has no warranty from any source, nor is there anyone known who testified about him before he came. On the contrary, he received it while he was asleep.
Πάλιν ἡμῶν ἐρωτώντων: Πῶς αὐτοῦ ἐντειλαμένου ὑμῖν ἐν τῇ γραφῇ ὑμῶν μηδὲν ποιεῖν ἢ δέχεσθαι ἄνευ μαρτύρων, οὐκ ἠρωτήσατε αὐτόν, ὅτι πρῶτον αὐτὸς ἀπόδειξον διὰ μαρτύρων, ὅτι προφήτης εἶ καὶ ὅτι ἀπὸ θεοῦ ἐξῆλθες, καὶ ποία γραφὴ μαρτυρεῖ περὶ σοῦ, σιωπῶσιν αἰδούμενοι. Πρὸς οὓς εὐλόγως φαμέν: Ἐπειδὴ γυναῖκα γῆμαι οὐκ ἔξεστιν ὑμῖν ἄνευ μαρτύρων οὐδὲ ἀγοράζειν οὐδὲ κτᾶσθαι, οὔτε δὲ ὑμεῖς αὐτοὶ καταδέχεσθε ὄνους ἢ κτῆνος ἀμάρτυρον ἔχειν, ἔχετε μὲν καὶ γυναῖκας καὶ κτήματα καὶ ὄνους καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ διὰ μαρτύρων, μόνην δὲ πίστιν καὶ γραφὴν ἀμάρτυρον ἔχετε: ὁ γὰρ ταύτην ὑμῖν παραδοὺς οὐδαμόθεν ἔχει τὸ βέβαιον οὐδέ τις προμάρτυς ἐκείνου γνωρίζεται, ἀλλὰ καὶ κοιμώμενος ἐδέξατο ταύτην.