The Panarion of Epiphanius of Salamis. / Books II and III, : (Sects 47-80, "De Fide") / / translated by Frank Williams.

• Superior document: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 36
• TeilnehmendeR: Williams, Frank,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, New York ;, Koln : : E. J. Brill,, [1994]; 1994
• Year of Publication: 1994
• Language: English
• Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies ; 36.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes index.

Epiphanius, bishop of Salamis on Cyprus from about 367 until 402, was a witness to and participant in the troubled era after the Council of Nicaea. His Panarion, or "Medicine Chest," is an historical encyclopedia of ideas and movements he considered heretical, and of the replies Christians ought to make to them. Book II and III deal with the Trinity, the Person of Christ, the divinity and personality of the Holy Spirit, Manichaeism, penance, matrimony and celibacy, monastic regulations, the Christian Calendar, all hotly contested topics in the fourth century. Book I, issued by Brill in 1987, concerns Gnosticism and Jewish Christianity. Together, the two volumes are the only complete translation of the Panarion in a modern language.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Acknowledgements / Frank Williams -- Translators Introduction / Frank Williams -- Abbreviations / Frank Williams -- Works Cited / Frank Williams -- Anacephalaeosis IV / Frank Williams -- Anacephalaeosis V / Frank Williams -- Anacephalaeosis VI / Frank Williams -- Anacephalaeosis VII / Frank Williams -- De Fide / Frank Williams -- Selected Subject Index / Frank Williams -- Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies / Frank Williams.