Talk:Epiphanius of Salamis

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I removed the assertion that Epiphanius was making stuff up, as it appeared to be pure speculation. Wesley 19:07, 1 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Here it says that Epiphanius's book was also called "Adversus Haereses". However that is the also the name of Irinaeus's main book. Is there some confusion going on, or is that correct?Jorge Stolfi 21:26, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)

There could easily be two books (or more) of that name, as it just means "Against Heresy". Deb 21:36, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)
Irinaeus' book is also known as "Contra Haereses", which means the same thing. Supergolden 08:15, 13 October 2005 (UTC)
You've confused "Contra Celsum" and "Adversus Haereses". --francis 19:23, 14 October 2005 (UTC)

I deleted the second half of the following sentence when I expanded this page, as it doesn't appear to make sense:

His most well-known book is Panarion which means "Medicine-chest" (also known as Adversus Haereses), a handbook for dealing with heretics, listing 80 heretical doctrines, some of which are not described in any other surviving documents from the time, and also quotes his interpretation of a few passages from the Gospel of Eve together with the passages themselves, as an example of this.

The Gospel of Eve page gives more info. I don't see why it shouldn't be included, as long as it is coherent and referenced. Supergolden 08:15, 13 October 2005 (UTC)