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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.
00:01:34 I. The Ophites the Progenitors of Subsequent Heresies
00:02:35 II. Simon Magus
00:04:02 III. Story of Apsethus the Libyan
00:06:40 IV. Simon’s Forced Interpretation of Scripture; Plagiarizes from Heraclitus and Aristotle;
Simon’s System of Sensible and Intelligible Existences.
00:13:03 V. Simon Appeals to Scripture in Support of His System
00:14:21 VI. Simon’s System Expounded in the Work, Great Announcement; Follows Empedocles
00:15:30 VII. Simon’s System of a Threefold Emanation by Pairs
00:18:09 VIII. Further Progression of This Threefold Emanation; Co-Existence with the Double
Triad of a Seventh Existence
00:20:02 IX. Simon’s Interpretation of the Mosaic Hexaëmeron; His Allegorical Representation
of Paradise
00:26:52 X. Simon’s Explanation of the First Two Books of Moses
00:29:09 XI. Simon’s Explanation of the Three Last Books of the Pentateuch
00:32:39 XII. Fire a Primal Principle, According to Simon
00:37:35 XIII. His Doctrine of Emanation Further Expanded
00:42:08 XIV. Simon Interprets His System by the Mythological Representation of Helen of Troy;
Gives an Account of Himself in Connection with the Trojan Heroine; Immorality of His
Followers; Simon’s View of Christ; The Simonists’ Apology for Their Vice
00:48:22 XV. Simon’s Disciples Adopt the Mysteries; Simon Meets St. Peter at Rome; Account
of Simon’s Closing Years
00:51:50 XVI. Heresy of Valentinus; Derived from Plato and Pythagoras
00:54:13 XVII. Origin of the Greek Philosophy
00:55:30 XVIII. Pythagoras’ System of Numbers
00"59:07 XIX. Pythagoras’ Duality of Substances; His “Categories”
01"03:51 XX. Pythagoras’ Cosmogony; Similar to that of Empedocles
01:06:51 XXI. Other Opinions of Pythagoras
01:09:04 XXII. The “Sayings” Of Pythagoras
01:12:28 XXIII. Pythagoras’ Astronomic System
01:15:15 XXIV. Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from the Platonic and Pythagoric Philosophy;
The Valentinian Theory of Emanation by Duads
01:21:01 XXV. The Tenet of the Duad Made the Foundation of Valentinus’ System of the
Emanation of Æons
01:26:41 XXVI. Valentinus’ Explanation of the Existence of Christ and the Spirit
01:31:19 XXVII. Valentinus’ Explanation of the Existence of Jesus; Power of Jesus Over Humanity
01:37:55 XXVIII. The Valentinian Origin of the Creation
01:39:20 XXIX.The Other Valentinian Emanations in Conformity with the Pythagorean System
of Numbers
01:44:44 XXX. Valentinus’ Explanation of the Birth of Jesus; Twofold Doctrine on the Nature of
Jesus’ Body; Opinion of the Italians, that Is, Heracleon and Ptolemæus; Opinion of the Orientals,
that Is, Axionicus and Bardesanes
01:48:53 XXXI. Further Doctrines of Valentinus Respecting the Æons; Reasons for the Incarnation
01:52:00 XXXII. Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from Plato
01:58:00 XXXIII. Secundus’ System of Æons; Epiphanes; Ptolemæus
02:03:06 XXXIV. System of Marcus; A Mere Impostor; His Wicked Devices Upon the Eucharistic
Cup
02:05:00 XXXV. Further Acts of Jugglery on the Part of Marcus
02:08:34 XXXVI. The Heretical Practices of the Marcites in Regard of Baptism
02:11:50 XXXVII. Marcus’ System Explained by Irenæus; Marcus’ Vision; The Vision of
Valentinus Revealing to Him His System
02:17:25 XXXVIII. Marcus’ System of Letters
02:20:44 XXXIX. The Quaternion Exhibits “Truth”
02:22:50 XL. The Name of Christ Jesus
02:24:29 XLI. Marcus’ Mystic Interpretation of the Alphabet
02:28:17 XLII. His System Applied to Explain Our Lord’s Life and Death
02:30:20 XLIII Letters, Symbols of the Heavens
02:33:41 XLIV. Respecting the Generation of the Twenty-Four Letters
02:36:43 XLV. Why Jesus is Called Alpha
02:38:13 XLVI. Marcus’ Account of the Birth and Life of Our Lord
02:40:50 XLVII. The System of Marcus Shown to Be that of Pythagoras, by Quotations from the
Writings of Marcus’ Followers
02:47:30 XLVIII. Their Cosmogony Framed According to These Mystic Doctrines of Letters
02:51:09 XLIX. The Work of the Demiurge Perishable
02:52:25 L. Marcus and Colarbasus Refuted by Irenæus
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.
00:01:34 I. The Ophites the Progenitors of Subsequent Heresies
00:02:35 II. Simon Magus
00:04:02 III. Story of Apsethus the Libyan
00:06:40 IV. Simon’s Forced Interpretation of Scripture; Plagiarizes from Heraclitus and Aristotle;
Simon’s System of Sensible and Intelligible Existences.
00:13:03 V. Simon Appeals to Scripture in Support of His System
00:14:21 VI. Simon’s System Expounded in the Work, Great Announcement; Follows Empedocles
00:15:30 VII. Simon’s System of a Threefold Emanation by Pairs
00:18:09 VIII. Further Progression of This Threefold Emanation; Co-Existence with the Double
Triad of a Seventh Existence
00:20:02 IX. Simon’s Interpretation of the Mosaic Hexaëmeron; His Allegorical Representation
of Paradise
00:26:52 X. Simon’s Explanation of the First Two Books of Moses
00:29:09 XI. Simon’s Explanation of the Three Last Books of the Pentateuch
00:32:39 XII. Fire a Primal Principle, According to Simon
00:37:35 XIII. His Doctrine of Emanation Further Expanded
00:42:08 XIV. Simon Interprets His System by the Mythological Representation of Helen of Troy;
Gives an Account of Himself in Connection with the Trojan Heroine; Immorality of His
Followers; Simon’s View of Christ; The Simonists’ Apology for Their Vice
00:48:22 XV. Simon’s Disciples Adopt the Mysteries; Simon Meets St. Peter at Rome; Account
of Simon’s Closing Years
00:51:50 XVI. Heresy of Valentinus; Derived from Plato and Pythagoras
00:54:13 XVII. Origin of the Greek Philosophy
00:55:30 XVIII. Pythagoras’ System of Numbers
00"59:07 XIX. Pythagoras’ Duality of Substances; His “Categories”
01"03:51 XX. Pythagoras’ Cosmogony; Similar to that of Empedocles
01:06:51 XXI. Other Opinions of Pythagoras
01:09:04 XXII. The “Sayings” Of Pythagoras
01:12:28 XXIII. Pythagoras’ Astronomic System
01:15:15 XXIV. Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from the Platonic and Pythagoric Philosophy;
The Valentinian Theory of Emanation by Duads
01:21:01 XXV. The Tenet of the Duad Made the Foundation of Valentinus’ System of the
Emanation of Æons
01:26:41 XXVI. Valentinus’ Explanation of the Existence of Christ and the Spirit
01:31:19 XXVII. Valentinus’ Explanation of the Existence of Jesus; Power of Jesus Over Humanity
01:37:55 XXVIII. The Valentinian Origin of the Creation
01:39:20 XXIX.The Other Valentinian Emanations in Conformity with the Pythagorean System
of Numbers
01:44:44 XXX. Valentinus’ Explanation of the Birth of Jesus; Twofold Doctrine on the Nature of
Jesus’ Body; Opinion of the Italians, that Is, Heracleon and Ptolemæus; Opinion of the Orientals,
that Is, Axionicus and Bardesanes
01:48:53 XXXI. Further Doctrines of Valentinus Respecting the Æons; Reasons for the Incarnation
01:52:00 XXXII. Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from Plato
01:58:00 XXXIII. Secundus’ System of Æons; Epiphanes; Ptolemæus
02:03:06 XXXIV. System of Marcus; A Mere Impostor; His Wicked Devices Upon the Eucharistic
Cup
02:05:00 XXXV. Further Acts of Jugglery on the Part of Marcus
02:08:34 XXXVI. The Heretical Practices of the Marcites in Regard of Baptism
02:11:50 XXXVII. Marcus’ System Explained by Irenæus; Marcus’ Vision; The Vision of
Valentinus Revealing to Him His System
02:17:25 XXXVIII. Marcus’ System of Letters
02:20:44 XXXIX. The Quaternion Exhibits “Truth”
02:22:50 XL. The Name of Christ Jesus
02:24:29 XLI. Marcus’ Mystic Interpretation of the Alphabet
02:28:17 XLII. His System Applied to Explain Our Lord’s Life and Death
02:30:20 XLIII Letters, Symbols of the Heavens
02:33:41 XLIV. Respecting the Generation of the Twenty-Four Letters
02:36:43 XLV. Why Jesus is Called Alpha
02:38:13 XLVI. Marcus’ Account of the Birth and Life of Our Lord
02:40:50 XLVII. The System of Marcus Shown to Be that of Pythagoras, by Quotations from the
Writings of Marcus’ Followers
02:47:30 XLVIII. Their Cosmogony Framed According to These Mystic Doctrines of Letters
02:51:09 XLIX. The Work of the Demiurge Perishable
02:52:25 L. Marcus and Colarbasus Refuted by Irenæus
