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iii.iii.iv.i
The Ophites the Progenitors of Subsequent Heresies.iii.iii.iv.ii
Simon Magus.iii.iii.iv.iii
Story of Apsethus the Libyan.iii.iii.iv.iv
Simon's Forced Interpretation of Scripture; Plagiarizes from Heraclitus and Aristotle; Simon's System of Sensible and Intelligible Existences.iii.iii.iv.v
Simon Appeals to Scripture in Support of His System.iii.iii.iv.vi
Simon's System Expounded in the Work, Great Announcement; Follows Empedocles.iii.iii.iv.vii
Simon's System of a Threefold Emanation by Pairs.iii.iii.iv.viii
Further Progression of This Threefold Emanation; Co-Existence with the Double Triad of a Seventh Existence.iii.iii.iv.ix
Simon's Interpretation of the Mosaic Hexaëmeron; His Allegorical Representation of Paradise.iii.iii.iv.x
Simon's Explanation of the First Two Books of Moses.iii.iii.iv.xi
Simon's Explanation of the Three Last Books of the Pentateuch.iii.iii.iv.xii
Fire a Primal Principle, According to Simon.iii.iii.iv.xiii
His Doctrine of Emanation Further Expanded.iii.iii.iv.xiv
Simon Interprets His System by the Mythological Representation of Helen of Troy; Gives an Account of Himself in Connection with the Trojan Heroine; Immorality of His Followers; Simon's View of Christ; The Simonists' Apology for Their Vice.iii.iii.iv.xv
Simon's Disciples Adopt the Mysteries; Simon Meets St. Peter at Rome; Account of Simon's Closing Years.iii.iii.iv.xvi
Heresy of Valentinus; Derived from Plato and Pythagoras.iii.iii.iv.xvii
Origin of the Greek Philosophy.iii.iii.iv.xviii
Pythagoras' System of Numbers.iii.iii.iv.xix
Pythagoras' Duality of Substances; His “Categories.”iii.iii.iv.xx
Pythagoras' Cosmogony; Similar to that of Empedocles.iii.iii.iv.xxi
Other Opinions of Pythagoras.iii.iii.iv.xxii
The “Sayings” Of Pythagoras.iii.iii.iv.xxiii
Pythagoras' Astronomic System.iii.iii.iv.xxiv
Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from the Platonic and Pythagoric Philosophy; The Valentinian Theory of Emanation by Duads.iii.iii.iv.xxv
The Tenet of the Duad Made the Foundation of Valentinus' System of the Emanation of Æons.iii.iii.iv.xxvi
Valentinus' Explanation of the Existence of Christ and the Spirit.iii.iii.iv.xxvii
Valentinus' Explanation of the Existence of Jesus; Power of Jesus Over Humanity.iii.iii.iv.xxviii
The Valentinian Origin of the Creation.iii.iii.iv.xxix
The Other Valentinian Emanations in Conformity with the Pythagorean System of Numbers.iii.iii.iv.xxx
Valentinus' Explanation of the Birth of Jesus; Twofold Doctrine on the Nature of Jesus' Body; Opinion of the Italians, that Is, Heracleon and Ptolemæus; Opinion of the Orientals, that Is, Axionicus and Bardesanes.iii.iii.iv.xxxi
Further Doctrines of Valentinus Respecting the Æons; Reasons for the Incarnation.iii.iii.iv.xxxii
Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from Plato.iii.iii.iv.xxxiii
Secundus' System of Æons; Epiphanes; Ptolemæus.iii.iii.iv.xxxiv
System of Marcus; A Mere Impostor; His Wicked Devices Upon the Eucharistic Cup.iii.iii.iv.xxxv
Further Acts of Jugglery on the Part of Marcus.iii.iii.iv.xxxvi
The Heretical Practices of the Marcites in Regard of Baptism.iii.iii.iv.xxxvii
Marcus' System Explained by Irenæus; Marcus' Vision; The Vision of Valentinus Revealing to Him His System.iii.iii.iv.xxxviii
Marcus' System of Letters.iii.iii.iv.xxxix
The Quaternion Exhibits “Truth.”iii.iii.iv.xl
The Name of Christ Jesus.iii.iii.iv.xli
Marcus' Mystic Interpretation of the Alphabet.iii.iii.iv.xlii
His System Applied to Explain Our Lord's Life and Death.iii.iii.iv.xliii
Letters, Symbols of the Heavens.iii.iii.iv.xliv
Respecting the Generation of the Twenty-Four Letters.iii.iii.iv.xlv
Why Jesus is Called Alpha.iii.iii.iv.xlvi
Marcus' Account of the Birth and Life of Our Lord.iii.iii.iv.xlvii
The System of Marcus Shown to Be that of Pythagoras, by Quotations from the Writings of Marcus' Followers.iii.iii.iv.xlviii
Their Cosmogony Framed According to These Mystic Doctrines of Letters.iii.iii.iv.xlix
The Work of the Demiurge Perishable.iii.iii.iv.l
Marcus and Colarbasus Refuted by Irenæus.iii.iii.iv.li