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Hippolytus of Rome, Ἱππόλυτος; : Hippólytos, (c. 170 – c. 235 AD)
The Refutation of All Heresies (Greek: Φιλοσοφούμενα ή κατὰ πασῶν αἱρέσεων ἔλεγχος; Latin: Refutatio Omnium Haeresium), also called the Elenchus or Philosophumena, is a compendious Christian polemical work of the early third century that catalogues both pagan beliefs and 33 gnostic Christian systems deemed heretical by Hippolytus, making it a major source of information on contemporary opponents of Christian orthodoxy as understood today.
Books IV-X were recovered in 1842 in a manuscript at Mount Athos, while books II and III remain lost. The work was long attributed to the early Christian theologian Origen.
00:00:33 Chapter 1. Recapitulation
00:02:50 Chapter 2. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers
00:06:33 Chapter 3. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers Continued
00:11:00 Chapter 4. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers Continued
00:11:47 Chapter 5. The Naasseni
00:13:26 Chapter 6. The Peratae
00:16:51 Chapter 7. The Sethians
00:24:28 Chapter 8. Simon Magus
00:31:12 Chapter 10. Basilides
00:38:02 Chapter 11. Justinus
00:42:31 Chapter 12. Docetae
00:46:18 Chapter 13. Monoimus
00:49:21 Chapter 14. Tatian
00:50:00 Chapter 15. Marcion and Cerdo
00:52:20 Chapter 16. Apelles
00:54:05 Chapter 17. Cerinthus
00:55:30 Chapter 18. Ebionites
00:55:55 Chapter 19. Theodotus
00:57:18 Chapter 20. Melchisedecians
00:57:54 Chapter 21. The Phrygians or Montanists
00:58:45 Chapter 22. Chapter 22. The Phrygians or Montanists Continued
00:59:33 Chapter 23. Chapter 23. Noetus and Callistus
01:02:44 Chapter 24. Hermogenes
01:03:11 Chapter 25. The Elchasaites
01:04:53 Chapter 26. Jewish Chronology
01:09:50 Chapter 27. Jewish Chronology Continued
01:13:50 Chapter 28. The Doctrine of the Truth
01:16:34 Chapter 29 Truth Continued
01:29:25 Chapter 30. The Author's Concluding Address
Hippolytus of Rome, Ἱππόλυτος; : Hippólytos, (c. 170 – c. 235 AD)
The Refutation of All Heresies (Greek: Φιλοσοφούμενα ή κατὰ πασῶν αἱρέσεων ἔλεγχος; Latin: Refutatio Omnium Haeresium), also called the Elenchus or Philosophumena, is a compendious Christian polemical work of the early third century that catalogues both pagan beliefs and 33 gnostic Christian systems deemed heretical by Hippolytus, making it a major source of information on contemporary opponents of Christian orthodoxy as understood today.
Books IV-X were recovered in 1842 in a manuscript at Mount Athos, while books II and III remain lost. The work was long attributed to the early Christian theologian Origen.
00:00:33 Chapter 1. Recapitulation
00:02:50 Chapter 2. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers
00:06:33 Chapter 3. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers Continued
00:11:00 Chapter 4. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers Continued
00:11:47 Chapter 5. The Naasseni
00:13:26 Chapter 6. The Peratae
00:16:51 Chapter 7. The Sethians
00:24:28 Chapter 8. Simon Magus
00:31:12 Chapter 10. Basilides
00:38:02 Chapter 11. Justinus
00:42:31 Chapter 12. Docetae
00:46:18 Chapter 13. Monoimus
00:49:21 Chapter 14. Tatian
00:50:00 Chapter 15. Marcion and Cerdo
00:52:20 Chapter 16. Apelles
00:54:05 Chapter 17. Cerinthus
00:55:30 Chapter 18. Ebionites
00:55:55 Chapter 19. Theodotus
00:57:18 Chapter 20. Melchisedecians
00:57:54 Chapter 21. The Phrygians or Montanists
00:58:45 Chapter 22. Chapter 22. The Phrygians or Montanists Continued
00:59:33 Chapter 23. Chapter 23. Noetus and Callistus
01:02:44 Chapter 24. Hermogenes
01:03:11 Chapter 25. The Elchasaites
01:04:53 Chapter 26. Jewish Chronology
01:09:50 Chapter 27. Jewish Chronology Continued
01:13:50 Chapter 28. The Doctrine of the Truth
01:16:34 Chapter 29 Truth Continued
01:29:25 Chapter 30. The Author's Concluding Address
