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iii.iii.v.i
Heresy Compared to (1) the Stormy Ocean, (2) the Rocks of the Sirens; Moral from Ulysses and the Sirens.iii.iii.v.ii
The System of Basilides Derived from Aristotle.iii.iii.v.iii
Sketch of Aristotle's Philosophy.iii.iii.v.iv
Aristotle's General Idea.iii.iii.v.v
Nonentity as a Cause.iii.iii.v.vi
Substance, According to Aristotle; The Predicates.iii.iii.v.vii
Aristotle's Cosmogony; His “Psychology;” His “Entelecheia;” His Theology; His Ethics; Basilides Follows Aristotle.iii.iii.v.viii
Basilides and Isidorus Allege Apostolic Sanction for Their Systems; They Really Follow Aristotle.iii.iii.v.ix
Basilides Adopts the Aristotelian Doctrine of “Nonentity.”iii.iii.v.x
Origin of the World; Basilides' Account of the “Sonship.”iii.iii.v.xi
The “Great Archon” Of Basilides.iii.iii.v.xii
Basilides Adopts the “Entelecheia” Of Aristotle.iii.iii.v.xiii
Further Explanation of the “Sonship.”iii.iii.v.xiv
Whence Came the Gospel; The Number of Heavens According to Basilides; Explanation of Christ's Miraculous Conception.iii.iii.v.xv
God's Dealings with the Creature; Basilides' Notion of (1) the Inner Man, (2) the Gospel; His Interpretation of the Life and Sufferings of Our Lord.iii.iii.v.xvi
The System of Saturnilus.iii.iii.v.xvii
Marcion; His Dualism; Derives His System from Empedocles; Sketch of the Doctrine of Empedocles.iii.iii.v.xviii
Source of Marcionism; Empedocles Reasserted as the Suggester of the Heresy.iii.iii.v.xix
The Heresy of Prepon; Follows Empedocles; Marcion Rejects the Generation of the Saviour.iii.iii.v.xx
The Heresy of Carpocrates; Wicked Doctrines Concerning Jesus Christ; Practise Magical Arts; Adopt a Metempsychosis.iii.iii.v.xxi
The System of Cerinthus Concerning Christ.iii.iii.v.xxii
Doctrine of the Ebionæans.iii.iii.v.xxiii
The Heresy of Theodotus.iii.iii.v.xxiv
The Melchisedecians; The Nicolaitans.iii.iii.v.xxv
The Heresy of Cerdon.iii.iii.v.xxvi
The Doctrines of Apelles; Philumene, His Prophetess.iii.iii.v.xxvii