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Epiphanius

Epiphanius of Salamis (c. 310–403). Bishop of Constantia in Cyprus; author of the Panarion and other anti-heretical and biblical works.

• On Weights and Measures c. 392 De Mensuris et Ponderibus Epiphanius on biblical weights, measures, translations of Scripture, and related geographical notes. Surviving complete in Syriac; English from James Elmer Dean’s 1935 edition.
• Panarion, Haeresis 51 (Against the Alogi) c. 374–377 Panarion / Adversus Haereses 51 Epiphanius against the Alogi, who rejected John’s Gospel and Apocalypse. Includes his Gospel chronology and the report of the Alexandria Koreion rite in which Kore (the Virgin) gives birth to the Aeon (Αἰών) on the night linked to Epiphany (January 6).