Heresiology and normative Christianity -- Irenaeus's refutation of the Gnostics -- Philosophical arguments -- Theological arguments -- Socio-political motives -- Excursus : Irenaeus and the Montanists -- The Elenchos against all heresies -- Hippolytus's three ways of refuting heresies -- The basic disagreement with the Gnostics -- Epiphanius's Panarion -- Ephiphanius's objective and method -- The Gnostic heresies -- The core of the refutation -- Christian polemics and the emergence of Orthodoxy
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-112)
