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)

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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)

Irenaeus' 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)

Lots of confusion here. Epiphanius' book is the Panarion or medicine chest. But like most ancient books it was first widely available in a modern Latin translation, and the title of this was "Adversus haereses" (against heresies). Both titles are used in the literature. Lots of other authors have also written books 'adversus haereses', including Irenaeus. Roger Pearse 16:00, 27 August 2008 (UTC)

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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)

POV stuff

The article summary appears to be a bit POV-ish. It states that Epiphanius persecuted people, without reference, it places heresies in quotes -- as if there are no such things, which is a POV rather than a fact, and so on. The article should surely avoid such things, and I will try to restore NPOV. Roger Pearse 16:00, 27 August 2008

Heehee. It says he killed thousands of people on Cyprus. I've heard myths like this before and it does not belong on Wikipedia.

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