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Hippolytus · c. 170 – c. 235

Refutation of All Heresies; On Christ and Antichrist; fragments on Daniel

c. 200–230 · Ante-Nicene Fathers vol. 5 (1886) · translated from the Greek · scanned edition

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Volume 1BY PONSONBY AND WELDRICK.pages 1–1
  1. BY PONSONBY AND WELDRICK.1
Volume 2Book I. – The Discourse on the Holy Theophany.pages 2–29
  1. Book I.2
  2. Chapter I.—Thales; His Physics and Theology; Founder of Greek Astronomy.2
  3. Chapter II.—Pythagoras; His Cosmogony; Rules of His Sect; Discoverer of Physiognomy; His Philosophy of Numbers; His Sys2
  4. Chapter III.—Empedocles; His Twofold Cause; Tenet of Transmigration.2
  5. Chapter IV.—Heraclitus; His Universal Dogmatism; His Theory of Flux; Other Systems.2
  6. Chapter V.—Anaximander; His Theory of the Infinite; His Astronomic Opinions; His Physics.2
  7. Chapter VI.—Anaximenes; His System of "An Infinite Air;" His Views of Astronomy and Natural Phenomena.2
  8. Chapter VII.—Anaxagoras; His Theory of Mind; Recognises an Efficient Cause; His Cosmogony and Astronomy.2
  9. Chapter VIII.—Archelaus; System Akin to that of Anaxagoras; His Origin of the Earth and of Animals; Other Systems.2
  10. Chapter IX.—Parmenides; His Theory of "Unity;" His Eschatology.2
  11. Chapter X.—Leucippus; His Atomic Theory.2
  12. Chapter XI.—Democritus; His Duality of Principles; His Cosmogony.2
  13. Chapter XII.—Xenophanes; His Scepticism; His Notions of God and Nature; Believes in a Flood.2
  14. Chapter XIII.—Ecphantus; His Scepticism; Tenet of Infinity.2
  15. Chapter XIV.—Hippo; His Duality of Principles; His Psychology.2
  16. Chapter XV.—Socrates; His Philosophy Reproduced by Plato.2
  17. Chapter XVI.—Plato; Threefold Classification of Principles; His Idea of God; Different Opinions Regarding His Theology2
  18. Chapter XVII.—Aristotle; Duality of Principles; His Categories; His Psychology; His Ethical Doctrines; Origin of the Ep3
  19. Chapter XVIII.—The Stoics; Their Superiority in Logic; Fatalists; Their Doctrine of Conflagrations.3
  20. Chapter XIX.—Epicurus; Adopts the Democritic Atomism; Denial of Divine Providence; The Principle of His Ethical System.3
  21. Chapter XX.—The Academics; Difference of Opinion Among Them.3
  22. Chapter XXI.—The Brachmans; Their Mode of Life; Ideas of Deity; Different Sorts Of; Their Ethical Notions.3
  23. Chapter XXII.—The Druids; Progenitors of Their System.3
  24. Chapter XXIII.—Hesiod; The Nine Muses; The Hesiodic Cosmogony; The Ancient Speculators, Materialists; Derivative Charac3
  25. Book IV.4
  26. Chapter I.—System of the Astrologers; Sidereal Influence; Configuration of the Stars.4
  27. Chapter II.—Doctrines Concerning Æons; The Chaldean Astrology; Heresy Derivable from It.4
  28. Chapter III.—The Horoscope the Foundation of Astrology; Indiscoverability of the Horoscope; Therefore the Futility of t4
  29. Chapter IV.—Impossibility of Fixing the Horoscope; Failure of an Attempt to Do This at the Period of Birth.4
  30. Chapter V.—Another Method of Fixing the Horoscope at Birth; Equally Futile; Use of the Clepsydra in Astrology; The Pred4
  31. Chapter VI.—Zodiacal Influence; Origin of Sidereal Names.4
  32. Chapter VII.—Practical Absurdity of the Chaldaic Art; Development of the Art.4
  33. Chapter VIII.—Prodigies of the Astrologers; System of the Astronomers; Chaldean Doctrine of Circles; Distances of the H4
  34. Chapter IX.—Further Astronomic Calculations.4
  35. Chapter X.—Theory of Stellar Motion and Distance in Accordance with Harmony.4
  36. Chapter XI.—Theory of the Size of the Heavenly Bodies in Accordance with Numerical Harmonies.4
  37. Chapter XII.—Waste of Mental Energy in the Systems of the Astrologers.4
  38. Chapter XIII.—Mention of the Heretic Colarbasus; Alliance Between Heresy and the Pythagorean Philosophy.4
  39. Chapter XIV.—System of the Arithmeticians; Predictions Through Calculations; Numerical Roots; Transference of These Doc4
  40. Chapter XV.—Quibbles of the Numerical Theorists; The Art of the Frontispicists (Physiognomy); Connection of This Art wi5
  41. Chapter XVI.—Type of Those Born Under Taurus.5
  42. Chapter XVII.—Type of Those Born Under Gemini.5
  43. Chapter XVIII.—Type of Those Born Under Cancer.5
  44. Chapter XIX.—Type of Those Born Under Leo.5
  45. Chapter XX.—Type of Those Born Under Virgo.5
  46. Chapter XXI.—Type of Those Born Under Libra.5
  47. Chapter XXII.—Type of Those Born Under Scorpio.5
  48. Chapter XXIII.—Type of Those Born Under Sagittarius.5
  49. Chapter XXIV.—Type of Those Born Under Capricorn.5
  50. Chapter XXV.—Type of Those Born Under Aquarius.5
  51. Chapter XXVI.—Type of Those Born Under Pisces.5
  52. Chapter XXVII.—Futility of This Theory of Stellar Influence.5
  53. Chapter XXVIII. —System of the Magicians; Incantations of Demons; Secret Magical Rites.5
  54. Chapter XXIX.—Display of Different Eggs.5
  55. Chapter XXX.—Self-Slaughter of Sheep.5
  56. Chapter XXXI.—Method of Poisoning Goats.5
  57. Chapter XXXII.—Imitations of Thunder, and Other Illusions.5
  58. Chapter XXXIII.—The Burning Æsculapius; Tricks with Fire.5
  59. Chapter XXXIV.—The Illusion of the Sealed Letters; Object in Detailing These Juggleries.5
  60. Chapter XXXV.—The Divination by a Cauldron; Illusion of Fiery Demons; Specimen of a Magical Invocation.5
  61. Chapter XXXVI.—Mode of Managing an Apparition.5
  62. Chapter XXXVII.—Illusive Appearance of the Moon.5
  63. Chapter XXXVIII.—Illusive Appearance of the Stars.6
  64. Chapter XXXIX.—Imitation of an Earthquake.6
  65. Chapter XL.—Trick with the Liver.6
  66. Chapter XLI.—Making a Skull Speak.6
  67. Chapter XLII.—The Fraud of the Foregoing Practices; Their Connection with Heresy.6
  68. Chapter XLIII.—Recapitulation of Theologies and Cosmogonies; System of the Persians; Of the Babylonians; The Egyptian N6
  69. Chapter XLIV.—Egyptian Theory of Nature; Their Amulets.6
  70. Chapter XLV.—Use of the Foregoing Discussions.6
  71. Chapter XLVI.—The Astrotheosophists; Aratus Imitated by the Heresiarchs; His System of the Disposition of the Stars.6
  72. Chapter XLVII.—Opinions of the Heretics Borrowed from Aratus.6
  73. Chapter XLVIII.—Invention of the Lyre; Allegorizing the Appearance and Position of the Stars; Origin of the Phoenicians6
  74. Chapter XLIX.—Symbol of the Creature; And of Spirit; And of the Different Orders of Animals.6
  75. Chapter L.—Folly of Astrology.6
  76. Chapter LI.—The Hebdomadarii; System of the Arithmeticians; Pressed into the Service of Heresy; Instances Of, in Simon6
  77. Book V.7
  78. Chapter I.—Recapitulation; Characteristics of Heresy; Origin of the Name Naasseni; The System of the Naasseni.7
  79. Chapter II.—Naasseni Ascribe Their System, Through Mariamne, to James the Lord's Brother; Really Traceable to the Ancie7
  80. Chapter III.—Further Exposition of the Heresy of the Naasseni; Profess to Follow Homer; Acknowledge a Triad of Principl7
  81. Chapter IV.—Further Use Made of the System of the Phrygians; Mode of Celebrating the Mysteries; The Mystery of the "Gre8
  82. Chapter V.—Explanation of the System of the Naasseni Taken from One of Their Hymns.8
  83. Chapter VI.—The Ophites the Grand Source of Heresy.8
  84. Chapter VII.—The System of the Peratæ; Their Tritheism; Explanation of the Incarnation.8
  85. Chapter VIII.—The Peratæ Derive Their System from the Astrologers; This Proved by a Statement of the Astrological Theor8
  86. Chapter IX.—System of the Peratæ Explained Out of One of Their Own Books.8
  87. Chapter X.—The Peratic Heresy Nominally Different from Astrology, But Really the Same System Allegorized.8
  88. Chapter XI.—Why They Call Themselves Peratæ; Their Theory of Generation Supported by an Appeal to Antiquity; Their Inte8
  89. Chapter XII.—Compendious Statement of the Doctrines of the Peratæ.9
  90. Chapter XIII.—The Peratic Heresy Not Generally Known.9
  91. Chapter XIV.—The System of the Sethians; Their Triad of Infinite Principles; Their Heresy Explained; Their Interpretati9
  92. Chapter XV.—The Sethians Support Their Doctrines by an Allegorical Interpretation of Scripture; Their System Really Der9
  93. Chapter XVI.—The Sethian Theory Concerning "Mixture" And "Composition;" Application of It to Christ; Illustration from9
  94. Chapter XVII.—The Sethian Doctrines to Be Learned from the "Paraphrase of Seth."9
  95. Chapter XVIII.—The System of Justinus Antiscriptural and Essentially Pagan.9
  96. Chapter XIX.—The Justinian Heresy Unfolded in the "Book of Baruch."9
  97. Chapter XX.—The Cosmogony of Justinus an Allegorical Explanation of Herodotus' Legend of Hercules.9
  98. Chapter XXI.—Justinus' Triad of Principles; His Angelography Founded on This Triad; His Explanation of the Birth, Life,9
  99. Chapter XXII.—Oath Used by the Justinian Heretics; The Book of Baruch; The Repertory of Their System.10
  100. Chapter XXIII.—Subsequent Heresies Deducible from the System of Justinus.10
  101. Book VI.10
  102. Chapter I. —The Ophites the Progenitors of Subsequent Heresies.10
  103. Chapter II.—Simon Magus.10
  104. Chapter III.—Story of Apsethus the Libyan.10
  105. Chapter IV.—Simon's Forced Interpretation of Scripture; Plagiarizes from Heraclitus and Aristotle; Simon's System of Se10
  106. Chapter V.—Simon Appeals to Scripture in Support of His System.10
  107. Chapter VI.—Simon's System Expounded in the Work, Great Announcement; Follows Empedocles.10
  108. Chapter VII.—Simon's System of a Threefold Emanation by Pairs.10
  109. Chapter VIII.—Further Progression of This Threefold Emanation; Co-Existence with the Double Triad of a Seventh Existenc10
  110. Chapter IX.—Simon's Interpretation of the Mosaic Hexaëmeron; His Allegorical Representation of Paradise.10
  111. Chapter X.—Simon's Explanation of the First Two Books of Moses.10
  112. Chapter XI.—Simon's Explanation of the Three Last Books of the Pentateuch.10
  113. Chapter XII.—Fire a Primal Principle, According to Simon.10
  114. Chapter XIII.—His Doctrine of Emanation Further Expanded.10
  115. Chapter XIV.—Simon Interprets His System by the Mythological Representation of Helen of Troy; Gives an Account of Himse10
  116. Chapter XV.—Simon's Disciples Adopt the Mysteries; Simon Meets St. Peter at Rome; Account of Simon's Closing Years.11
  117. Chapter XVI.—Heresy of Valentinus; Derived from Plato and Pythagoras.11
  118. Chapter XVII.—Origin of the Greek Philosophy.11
  119. Chapter XVIII.—Pythagoras' System of Numbers.11
  120. Chapter XIX.—Pythagoras' Duality of Substances; His "Categories."11
  121. Chapter XX.—Pythagoras' Cosmogony; Similar to that of Empedocles.11
  122. Chapter XXI.—Other Opinions of Pythagoras.11
  123. Chapter XXII.—The "Sayings" Of Pythagoras.11
  124. Chapter XXIII.—Pythagoras' Astronomic System.11
  125. Chapter XXIV.—Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from the Platonic and Pythagoric Philosophy; The Valentinian Theory o11
  126. Chapter XXV.—The Tenet of the Duad Made the Foundation of Valentinus' System of the Emanation of Æons.11
  127. Chapter XXVI.—Valentinus' Explanation of the Existence of Christ and the Spirit.11
  128. Chapter XXVII.—Valentinus' Explanation of the Existence of Jesus; Power of Jesus Over Humanity.11
  129. Chapter XXVIII.—The Valentinian Origin of the Creation.12
  130. Chapter XXIX.—The Other Valentinian Emanations in Conformity with the Pythagorean System of Numbers.12
  131. Chapter XXX.—Valentinus' Explanation of the Birth of Jesus; Twofold Doctrine on the Nature of Jesus' Body; Opinion of t12
  132. Chapter XXXI.—Further Doctrines of Valentinus Respecting the Æons; Reasons for the Incarnation.12
  133. Chapter XXXII.—Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from Plato.12
  134. Chapter XXXIII.—Secundus' System of Æons; Epiphanes; Ptolemæus.12
  135. Chapter XXXIV.—System of Marcus; A Mere Impostor; His Wicked Devices Upon the Eucharistic Cup.12
  136. Chapter XXXV.—Further Acts of Jugglery on the Part of Marcus.12
  137. Chapter XXXVI.—The Heretical Practices of the Marcites in Regard of Baptism.12
  138. Chapter XXXVII.—Marcus' System Explained by Irenæus; Marcus' Vision; The Vision of Valentinus Revealing to Him His Syst12
  139. Chapter XXXVIII.—Marcus' System of Letters.12
  140. Chapter XXXIX.—The Quaternion Exhibits "Truth."12
  141. Chapter XL.—The Name of Christ Jesus.13
  142. Chapter XLI.—Marcus' Mystic Interpretation of the Alphabet.13
  143. Chapter XLII.—His System Applied to Explain Our Lord's Life and Death.13
  144. Chapter XLIII—Letters, Symbols of the Heavens.13
  145. Chapter XLIV.—Respecting the Generation of the Twenty-Four Letters.13
  146. Chapter XLV.—Why Jesus is Called Alpha.13
  147. Chapter XLVI.—Marcus' Account of the Birth and Life of Our Lord.13
  148. Chapter XLVII.—The System of Marcus Shown to Be that of Pythagoras, by Quotations from the Writings of Marcus' Follower13
  149. Chapter XLVIII.—Their Cosmogony Framed According to These Mystic Doctrines of Letters.13
  150. Chapter XLIX.—The Work of the Demiurge Perishable.13
  151. Chapter L.—Marcus and Colarbasus Refuted by Irenæus.13
  152. Book VII.14
  153. Chapter I.—Heresy Compared to (1) the Stormy Ocean, (2) the Rocks of the Sirens; Moral from Ulysses and the Sirens.14
  154. Chapter II.—The System of Basilides Derived from Aristotle.14
  155. Chapter III.—Sketch of Aristotle's Philosophy.14
  156. Chapter IV.—Aristotle's General Idea.14
  157. Chapter V.—Nonentity as a Cause.14
  158. Chapter VI.—Substance, According to Aristotle; The Predicates.14
  159. Chapter VII.—Aristotle's Cosmogony; His "Psychology;" His "Entelecheia;" His Theology; His Ethics; Basilides Follows Ar14
  160. Chapter VIII.—Basilides and Isidorus Allege Apostolic Sanction for Their Systems; They Really Follow Aristotle.14
  161. Chapter IX.—Basilides Adopts the Aristotelian Doctrine of "Nonentity."14
  162. Chapter X.—Origin of the World; Basilides' Account of the "Sonship."14
  163. Chapter XI.—The "Great Archon" Of Basilides.14
  164. Chapter XII.—Basilides Adopts the "Entelecheia" Of Aristotle.14
  165. Chapter XIII.—Further Explanation of the "Sonship."14
  166. Chapter XIV.—Whence Came the Gospel; The Number of Heavens According to Basilides; Explanation of Christ's Miraculous C15
  167. Chapter XV.—God's Dealings with the Creature; Basilides' Notion of (1) the Inner Man, (2) the Gospel; His Interpretatio15
  168. Chapter XVI.—The System of Saturnilus.15
  169. Chapter XVII.—Marcion; His Dualism; Derives His System from Empedocles; Sketch of the Doctrine of Empedocles.15
  170. Chapter XVIII.—Source of Marcionism; Empedocles Reasserted as the Suggester of the Heresy.15
  171. Chapter XIX.—The Heresy of Prepon; Follows Empedocles; Marcion Rejects the Generation of the Saviour.15
  172. Chapter XX.—The Heresy of Carpocrates; Wicked Doctrines Concerning Jesus Christ; Practise Magical Arts; Adopt a Metemps16
  173. Chapter XXI.—The System of Cerinthus Concerning Christ.16
  174. Chapter XXII.—Doctrine of the Ebionæans.16
  175. Chapter XXIII.—The Heresy of Theodotus.16
  176. Chapter XXIV.—The Melchisedecians; The Nicolaitans.16
  177. Chapter XXV.—The Heresy of Cerdon.16
  178. Chapter XXVI.—The Doctrines of Apelles; Philumene, His Prophetess.16
  179. Book VIII.17
  180. Chapter I.—Heresies Hitherto Refuted; Opinions of the Docetæ.17
  181. Chapter II.—Docetic Notion of the Incarnation; Their Doctrines of Æons; Their Account of Creation; Their Notion of a Fi17
  182. Chapter III.—Christ Undoes the Work of the Demiurge; Docetic Account of the Baptism and Death of Jesus; Why He Lived fo17
  183. Chapter IV.—Docetic Doctrine Derived from the Greek Sophists.17
  184. Chapter V.—Monoïmus; Man the Universe, According to Monoïmus; His System of the Monad.17
  185. Chapter VI.—Monoïmus' "Iota;" His Notion of the "Son of Man."17
  186. Chapter VII.—Monoïmus on the Sabbath; Allegorizes the Rod of Moses; Notion Concerning the Decalogue.17
  187. Chapter VIII.—Monoïmus Explains His Opinions in a Letter to Theophrastus; Where to Find God; His System Derived from Py17
  188. Chapter IX.—Tatian.17
  189. Chapter X.—Hermogenes; Adopts the Socratic Philosophy; His Notion Concerning the Birth and Body of Our Lord.17
  190. Chapter XI.—The Quartodecimans.17
  191. Chapter XII.—The Montanists; Priscilla and Maximilla Their Prophetesses; Some of Them Noetians.17
  192. Chapter XIII.—The Doctrines of the Encratites.18
  193. Book IX.18
  194. Chapter I.—An Account of Contemporaneous Heresy.18
  195. Chapter II.—Source of the Heresy of Noetus; Cleomenes His Disciple; Its Appearance at Rome During the Episcopates of Ze18
  196. Chapter III.—Noetianism an Offshoot from the Heraclitic Philosophy.18
  197. Chapter IV.—An Account of the System of Heraclitus.18
  198. Chapter V.—Heraclitus' Estimate of Hesiod; Paradoxes of Heraclitus; His Eschatology; The Heresy of Noetus of Heraclitea18
  199. Chapter VI.—Conduct of Callistus and Zephyrinus in the Matter of Noetianism; Avowed Opinion of Zephyrinus Concerning Je18
  200. Chapter VII.—The Personal History of Callistus; His Occupation as a Banker; Fraud on Carpophorus; Callistus Absconds; A18
  201. Chapter VIII.—Sect of the Elchasaites; Hippolytus' Opposition to It.19
  202. Chapter IX.—Elchasai Derived His System from Pythagoras; Practised Incantations.19
  203. Chapter X.—Elchasai's Mode of Administering Baptism; Formularies.19
  204. Chapter XI.—Precepts of Elchasai.19
  205. Chapter XII.—The Heresy of the Elchasaites a Derivative One.19
  206. Chapter XIII.—The Jewish Sects.19
  207. Chapter XIV.—The Tenets of the Esseni.19
  208. Chapter XV.—The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.19
  209. Chapter XVI.—The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.19
  210. Chapter XVII.—The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.19
  211. Chapter XVIII.—The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.19
  212. Chapter XIX.—The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.19
  213. Chapter XX.—The Tenets of the Esseni Concluded.19
  214. Chapter XXI.—Different Sects of the Esseni.19
  215. Chapter XXII.—Belief of the Esseni in the Resurrection; Their System a Suggestive One.19
  216. Chapter XXIII.—Another Sect of the Esseni: the Pharisees.19
  217. Chapter XXIV.—The Sadducees.19
  218. Chapter XXV.—The Jewish Religion.19
  219. Chapter XXVI.—Conclusion to the Work Explained.20
  220. Book X.20
  221. Chapter I.—Recapitulation.20
  222. Chapter II.—Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers.20
  223. Chapter III.—Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers Continued.20
  224. Chapter IV.—Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers Continued.20
  225. Chapter V.—The Naasseni.20
  226. Chapter VI.—The Peratæ.20
  227. Chapter VII.—The Sethians.20
  228. Chapter VIII.—Simon Magus.20
  229. Chapter IX.—Valentinus.20
  230. Chapter X.—Basilides.20
  231. Chapter XI.—Justinus.20
  232. Chapter XII.—The Docetæ.20
  233. Chapter XIII.—Monoïmus.21
  234. Chapter XIV.—Tatian.21
  235. Chapter XV.—Marcion and Cerdo.21
  236. Chapter XVI.—Apelles.21
  237. Chapter XVII.—Cerinthus.21
  238. Chapter XVIII.—The Ebionæans.21
  239. Chapter XIX.—Theodotus.21
  240. Chapter XX.—Melchisedecians.21
  241. Chapter XXI.—The Phrygians or Montanists.21
  242. Chapter XXII.—The Phrygians or Montanists Continued.21
  243. Chapter XXIII.—Noetus and Callistus.21
  244. Chapter XXIV.—Hermogenes.21
  245. Chapter XXV.—The Elchasaites.21
  246. Chapter XXVI.—Jewish Chronology.21
  247. Chapter XXVII.—Jewish Chronology Continued.21
  248. Chapter XXVIII.—The Doctrine of the Truth.21
  249. Chapter XXIX.—The Doctrine of the Truth Continued.21
  250. Chapter XXX.—The Author's Concluding Address.21
  251. Part I.—Exegetical.22
  252. On the Hexaëmeron, Or Six Days' Work.22
  253. On Genesis.22
  254. II.22
  255. III.22
  256. I.23
  257. II.23
  258. III.23
  259. I.23
  260. II.23
  261. III.24
  262. IV.24
  263. V.24
  264. VI.24
  265. I.25
  266. II.25
  267. III.25
  268. IV.25
  269. V.25
  270. VI.25
  271. VII.25
  272. VIII.25
  273. IX.25
  274. X.25
  275. XI.25
  276. XII.25
  277. Treatise on Christ and Antichrist.26
  278. Expository Treatise Against the Jews.27
  279. The conclusion is wanting.27
  280. Against the Heresy of One Noetus.27
  281. Fragment I.28
  282. Fragment II.28
  283. Fragment III.28
  284. Fragment IV.28
  285. Fragment V.28
  286. Fragment VI.28
  287. Fragment VII.28
  288. Fragment VIII.28
  289. The Discourse on the Holy Theophany.29
  290. I.29
  291. II.29
  292. III.29
  293. IV.29
  294. V.29
  295. VI.29
  296. VII.29
  297. VIII.29
  298. IX.29
  299. X.29
  300. XI.29
  301. I.29
  302. II.29
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