Read the _Panaria_ of the most holy bishop Epiphanius,[613] against
eighty heresies, in three volumes containing seven books. It begins
with barbarism and goes down to the Messalians.[614] The author
writes more fully and effectually against heretics than any of his
predecessors, since he has not omitted any useful argument of theirs,
and has added any others that he himself could find. His style is
poor, like that of one who is unfamiliar with Attic elegance. He
is chiefly weak in his conflicts with impious heresies; sometimes,
however, he is excellent in attack, although the character of his
language and composition is by no means improved at the same time.