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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.
00:00:00 I. System of the Astrologers; Sidereal Influence; Configuration of the Stars.
00:01:59 II. Doctrines Concerning Aeons; The Chaldean Astrology; Heresy Derivable from It.
00:04:13 II. The Horoscope the Foundation of Astrology; Indiscoverability of the Horoscope; Therefore the Futility of the Chaldean Art.
00:10:36 IV. Impossibility of Fixing the Horoscope; Failure of an Attempt to Do This at the Period of Birth.
00:15:02 V. Another Method of Fixing the Horoscope at Birth; Equally Futile; Use of the Clepsydra in Astrology; The Predictions of the Chaldeans Not Verified.
00:19:48 VI. Zodiacal Influence; Origin of Sidereal Names.
00:21:20 VI. Practical Absurdity of the Chaldaic Art; Development of the Art.
00:24:10 VIII. Prodigies of the Astrologers; System of the Astronomers; Chaldean Doctrine of Circles; Distances of the Heavenly Bodies.
00:30:44 IX. Further Astronomic Calculations.
00:32:36 X. Theory of Stellar Motion and Distance in Accordance with Harmony.
00:37:04 XI. Theory of the Size of the Heavenly Bodies in Accordance with Numerical Harmonies.
00:40:08 XII. Waste of Mental Energy in the Systems of the Astrologers.
00:41:31 XIII. Mention of the Heretic Colarbasus; Alliance Between Heresy and the Pythagorean Philosophy.
00:43:10 XIV. System of the Arithmeticians; Predictions Through Calculations; Numerical Roots; Transference of These Doctrines to Letters; Examples in Particular Names; Different Methods of Calculation; Prescience Possible by These.
00:56:16 XV. Quibbles of the Numerical Theorists; The Art of the Frontispicists (Physiognomy); Connection of This Art with Astrology; Type of Those Born Under Aries.
01:00:03 XVI. Type of Those Born Under Taurus.
01:01:29 XVII. Type of Those Born Under Gemini.
01:02:41 XVIII. Type of Those Born Under Cancer.
01:03:26 XIX. Type of Those Born Under Leo.
01:04:49 XX. Type of Those Born Under Virgo.
01:06:11 XXI. Type of Those Born Under Libra.
01:07:35 XXII. Type of Those Born Under Scorpio.
01:08:30 XXIII. Type of Those Born Under Sagittarius.
01:09:26 XXIV. Type of Those Born Under Capricorn.
01:10:24 XXV. Type of Those Born Under Aquarius.
01:11:33 XXVI. Type of Those Born Under Pisces.
01:12:22 XXVII. Futility of This Theory of Stellar Influence.
01:13:33 XXVIII. System of the Magicians; Incantations of Demons; Secret Magical Rites.
01:22:59 XXIX. Display of Different Eggs.
01:23:24 XXX. Self-Slaughter of Sheep.
01:24:25 XXXI. Method of Poisoning Goats.
01:25:57 XXXII. Imitations of Thunder, and Other Illusions.
01:28:47 XXXIII. The Burning Aesculapius; Tricks with Fire.
01:32:33 XXXIV. The Illusion of the Sealed Letters; Object in Detailing These Juggleries.
01:35:51 XXXV. The Divination by a Cauldron; Illusion of Fiery Demons; Specimen of a Magical Invocation.
01:39:05 XXXVI. Mode of Managing an Apparition.
01:40:15 XXXVII. Illusive Appearance of the Moon.
01:43:04 XXXVIII. Illusive Appearance of the Stars.
01:43:22 XXXIX. Imitation of an Earthquake.
01:43:40 XL. Trick with the Liver.
01:44:12 XLI. Making a Skull Speak.
01:45:22 XLII. The Fraud of the Foregoing Practices; Their Connection with Heresy.
01:47:30 XLIII. Recapitulation of Theologies and Cosmogonies; System of the Persians; Of the Babylonians; The Egyptian Notion of Deity; Their Theology Based on a Theory of Numbers; Their System of Cosmogony.
01:56:03 XLIV. Egyptian Theory of Nature; Their Amulets.
01:58:09 XLV. Use of the Foregoing Discussions.
02:00:08 XLVI. The Astrotheosophists; Aratus Imitated by the Heresiarchs; His System of the Disposition of the Stars.
02:04:03 XLVII. Opinions of the Heretics Borrowed from Aratus.
02:07:38 XLVIII. Invention of the Lyre; Allegorizing the Appearance and Position of the Stars; Origin of the Phoenicians; The Logos Identified by Aratus with the Constellation Canis; Influence of Canis on Fertility and Life Generally.
02:17:45 XLIX. Symbol of the Creature; And of Spirit; And of the Different Orders of Animals.
02:20:06 L. Folly of Astrology.
02:21:53 LI. The Hebdomadarii; System of the Arithmeticians; Pressed into the Service of Heresy; Instances Of, in Simon and Valentinus; The Nature of the Universe Deducible from the Physiology of the Brain.
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.
00:00:00 I. System of the Astrologers; Sidereal Influence; Configuration of the Stars.
00:01:59 II. Doctrines Concerning Aeons; The Chaldean Astrology; Heresy Derivable from It.
00:04:13 II. The Horoscope the Foundation of Astrology; Indiscoverability of the Horoscope; Therefore the Futility of the Chaldean Art.
00:10:36 IV. Impossibility of Fixing the Horoscope; Failure of an Attempt to Do This at the Period of Birth.
00:15:02 V. Another Method of Fixing the Horoscope at Birth; Equally Futile; Use of the Clepsydra in Astrology; The Predictions of the Chaldeans Not Verified.
00:19:48 VI. Zodiacal Influence; Origin of Sidereal Names.
00:21:20 VI. Practical Absurdity of the Chaldaic Art; Development of the Art.
00:24:10 VIII. Prodigies of the Astrologers; System of the Astronomers; Chaldean Doctrine of Circles; Distances of the Heavenly Bodies.
00:30:44 IX. Further Astronomic Calculations.
00:32:36 X. Theory of Stellar Motion and Distance in Accordance with Harmony.
00:37:04 XI. Theory of the Size of the Heavenly Bodies in Accordance with Numerical Harmonies.
00:40:08 XII. Waste of Mental Energy in the Systems of the Astrologers.
00:41:31 XIII. Mention of the Heretic Colarbasus; Alliance Between Heresy and the Pythagorean Philosophy.
00:43:10 XIV. System of the Arithmeticians; Predictions Through Calculations; Numerical Roots; Transference of These Doctrines to Letters; Examples in Particular Names; Different Methods of Calculation; Prescience Possible by These.
00:56:16 XV. Quibbles of the Numerical Theorists; The Art of the Frontispicists (Physiognomy); Connection of This Art with Astrology; Type of Those Born Under Aries.
01:00:03 XVI. Type of Those Born Under Taurus.
01:01:29 XVII. Type of Those Born Under Gemini.
01:02:41 XVIII. Type of Those Born Under Cancer.
01:03:26 XIX. Type of Those Born Under Leo.
01:04:49 XX. Type of Those Born Under Virgo.
01:06:11 XXI. Type of Those Born Under Libra.
01:07:35 XXII. Type of Those Born Under Scorpio.
01:08:30 XXIII. Type of Those Born Under Sagittarius.
01:09:26 XXIV. Type of Those Born Under Capricorn.
01:10:24 XXV. Type of Those Born Under Aquarius.
01:11:33 XXVI. Type of Those Born Under Pisces.
01:12:22 XXVII. Futility of This Theory of Stellar Influence.
01:13:33 XXVIII. System of the Magicians; Incantations of Demons; Secret Magical Rites.
01:22:59 XXIX. Display of Different Eggs.
01:23:24 XXX. Self-Slaughter of Sheep.
01:24:25 XXXI. Method of Poisoning Goats.
01:25:57 XXXII. Imitations of Thunder, and Other Illusions.
01:28:47 XXXIII. The Burning Aesculapius; Tricks with Fire.
01:32:33 XXXIV. The Illusion of the Sealed Letters; Object in Detailing These Juggleries.
01:35:51 XXXV. The Divination by a Cauldron; Illusion of Fiery Demons; Specimen of a Magical Invocation.
01:39:05 XXXVI. Mode of Managing an Apparition.
01:40:15 XXXVII. Illusive Appearance of the Moon.
01:43:04 XXXVIII. Illusive Appearance of the Stars.
01:43:22 XXXIX. Imitation of an Earthquake.
01:43:40 XL. Trick with the Liver.
01:44:12 XLI. Making a Skull Speak.
01:45:22 XLII. The Fraud of the Foregoing Practices; Their Connection with Heresy.
01:47:30 XLIII. Recapitulation of Theologies and Cosmogonies; System of the Persians; Of the Babylonians; The Egyptian Notion of Deity; Their Theology Based on a Theory of Numbers; Their System of Cosmogony.
01:56:03 XLIV. Egyptian Theory of Nature; Their Amulets.
01:58:09 XLV. Use of the Foregoing Discussions.
02:00:08 XLVI. The Astrotheosophists; Aratus Imitated by the Heresiarchs; His System of the Disposition of the Stars.
02:04:03 XLVII. Opinions of the Heretics Borrowed from Aratus.
02:07:38 XLVIII. Invention of the Lyre; Allegorizing the Appearance and Position of the Stars; Origin of the Phoenicians; The Logos Identified by Aratus with the Constellation Canis; Influence of Canis on Fertility and Life Generally.
02:17:45 XLIX. Symbol of the Creature; And of Spirit; And of the Different Orders of Animals.
02:20:06 L. Folly of Astrology.
02:21:53 LI. The Hebdomadarii; System of the Arithmeticians; Pressed into the Service of Heresy; Instances Of, in Simon and Valentinus; The Nature of the Universe Deducible from the Physiology of the Brain.
