Epiphanius of Salamis

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Epiphanius of Salamis was a 4th-century Christian bishop and Church Father known for his fierce opposition to heresies and his extensive heresiological work, the Panarion.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian bishop
Church Father
heresiologist
saint
theologian
birthDate c. 315
birthPlace Palestine
near Eleutheropolis
centuryOfActivity 4th century
early 5th century
church Christian Church
deathDate 403
deathPlace at sea near Cyprus
on a voyage from Constantinople
denomination Nicene Christianity
described more than 80 heresies in the Panarion
feastDay 12 May
fieldOfWork biblical exegesis
heresy studies
theology
honorificPrefix Saint
influenced later Byzantine heresiology
medieval catalogues of heresies
knownFor Panarion, a compendium of heresies
linked to: Panarion

heresiological writings
opposition to heresies
languageOfWork Greek
notableWork Ancoratus
On Weights and Measures
Panarion
opposedDoctrine Aetian and Eunomian Anomoeanism
linked to: Eunomianism

Apollinarianism
Arianism
Manichaeism
Marcionism
Messalianism
Origenism
various Gnostic sects
participatedIn controversies over Origen
disputes in Constantinople under Theodosius I
positionHeld Bishop of Salamis
Metropolitan of Cyprus
regionOfActivity Cyprus
Eastern Roman Empire
linked to: Byzantine Empire

Palestine
religion Christianity
supportedDoctrine Nicene Creed
veneratedIn Eastern Orthodox Church
Oriental Orthodox Churches
linked to: Oriental Orthodoxy

Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism

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Marcionism condemnedBy Epiphanius of Salamis
Gnosticism isDiscussedBy Epiphanius of Salamis
Origenist controversy notableFigure Epiphanius of Salamis
Ophite sects describedBy Epiphanius of Salamis
Basilides doctrinesKnownFrom Epiphanius of Salamis
Ptolemy the Valentinian knownFrom Epiphanius of Salamis
Basilideanism opposedBy Epiphanius of Salamis
Maximilla sourceMention Epiphanius of Salamis
New Prophecy criticizedBy Epiphanius of Salamis
Aquila of Sinope’s Greek translation citedBy Epiphanius of Salamis
Tetrapla citedBy Epiphanius of Salamis
Gospel of the Ebionites quotedBy Epiphanius of Salamis
Protection of the Theotokos (Pokrov) associatedWithSaint Saint Epiphanius of Constantinople
linked to: Epiphanius of Salamis
Nazarenes mentionedBy Epiphanius of Salamis
Epifanio etymologicalRoot Epiphanius
linked to: Epiphanius of Salamis