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:
Moreover, they call us Hetaerlasts, or Associators, because, they say, we introduce an associate with God by declaring Christ to the Son of God and God. We say to them in rejoinder: ‘The Prophets and the Scriptures have delivered this to us, and you, as you persistently maintain, accept the Prophets. So, if we wrongly declare Christ to be the Son of God, it is they who taught this and handed it on to us. But some of them say that it is by misinterpretation that we have represented the Prophets as saying such things, while others say that the Hebrews hated us and deceived us by writing in the name of the Prophets so that we might be lost.
Καλοῦσι δὲ ἡμᾶς ἑταιριαστάς, ὅτι, φησίν, ἑταῖρον τῷ θεῷ παρεισάγομεν λέγοντες εἶναι τὸν Χριστὸν υἱὸν θεοῦ καὶ θεόν. Πρὸς οὕς φαμεν, ὅτι τοῦτο οἱ προφῆται καὶ ἡ γραφὴ παραδέδωκεν: ὑμεῖς δέ, ὡς διισχυρίζεσθε, τοὺς προφήτας δέχεσθε. Εἰ οὖν κακῶς λέγομεν τὸν Χριστὸν θεοῦ υἱόν, ἐκεῖνοι ἐδίδαξαν καὶ παρέδωκαν ἡμῖν. Καί τινες μὲν αὐτῶν φασιν, ὅτι ἡμεῖς τοὺς προφήτας ἀλληγορήσαντες τοιαῦτα προστεθείκαμεν, ἄλλοι δέ φασιν, ὅτι οἱ Ἑβραῖοι μισοῦντες ἡμᾶς ἐπλάνησαν ὡς ἀπὸ τῶν προφητῶν γράψαντες, ἵνα ἡμεῖς ἀπολώμεθα.