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Published translations will appear here as they are completed. The texts below are currently in the translation queue.
Ante-Nicene (before 325 AD)
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Against Heresies, Book 1 queued
The earliest systematic description and refutation of Gnostic theology. Book 1 is essentially a catalog of Gnostic beliefs — Irenaeus describes Valentinian, Marcosian, and other Gnostic systems in extraordinary detail before arguing against them.gnosticism valentinianism marcosians pleroma sophia aeons divine-spark -
Against the Valentinians queued
Tertullian’s sharp, satirical attack on Valentinian Gnosticism. Written entirely in Latin by one of the most vivid prose stylists in Christian history.gnosticism valentinianism pleroma aeons latin-fathers -
Refutation of All Heresies, Book 6, Chapters 24–37 queued
Hippolytus describes Valentinian Gnostic theology in detail: the divine Pleroma, the emanation of aeons, the fall of Sophia, the creation of the material world by the Demiurge, and the divine spark trapped within humanity.gnosticism valentinianism pleroma sophia divine-spark demiurge theosis
Nicene (325–451 AD)
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Against Arius, Book 1 queued
A Neoplatonist philosopher who converted to Christianity in old age, Marius Victorinus brought the full apparatus of Greek philosophical thought to bear on the question of Christ’s divinity.neoplatonism trinity divine-nature theosis latin-fathers philosophy