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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.
00:02:51 Chapter 1. Heresy Compared to (1) the Stormy Ocean, (2) the Rocks of the Sirens; Moral from Ulysses and the Sirens.
00:05:28 Chapter 2. The System of Basilides Derived from Aristotle.
00:06:21 Chapter 3. Sketch of Aristotle's Philosophy.
00:07:39 Chapter 4. Aristotle's General Idea.
00:09:04 Chapter 5. Nonentity as a Cause.
00:09:56 Chapter 6. Substance, According to Aristotle; The Predicates.
00:15:09 Chapter 7. Aristotle's Cosmogony; His Psychology; His Entelecheia; His Theology; His Ethics; Basilides Follows Aristotle.
00:21:26 Chapter 8. Basilides and Isidorus Allege Apostolic Sanction for Their Systems; They Really Follow Aristotle.
00:24:36 Chapter 9. Basilides Adopts the Aristotelian Doctrine of Nonentity.
00:28:28 Chapter 10. Origin of the World; Basilides' Account of the Sonship.
00:39:29 Chapter 11. The Great Archon Of Basilides.
00:43:47 Chapter 12. Basilides Adopts the Entelecheia Of Aristotle.
00:47:11 Chapter 13. Further Explanation of the Sonship.
00:52:25 Chapter 14. Whence Came the Gospel; The Number of Heavens According to Basilides; Explanation of Christ's Miraculous Conception.
00:59:14 Chapter 15. God's Dealings with the Creature; Basilides' Notion of (1) the Inner Man, (2) the Gospel; His Interpretation of the Life and Sufferings of Our Lord.
01:08:28 Chapter 16. The System of Saturnilus.
01:12:33 Chapter 17. Marcion; His Dualism; Derives His System from Empedocles; Sketch of the Doctrine of Empedocles.
01:29:50 Chapter 18. Source of Marcionism; Empedocles Reasserted as the Suggester of the Heresy.
01:32:29 Chapter 19. The Heresy of Prepon; Follows Empedocles; Marcion Rejects the Generation of the Saviour.
01:37:31 Chapter 20. The Heresy of Carpocrates; Wicked Doctrines Concerning Jesus Christ; Practise Magical Arts; Adopt a Metempsychosis.
01:43:37 Chapter 21. The System of Cerinthus Concerning Christ.
01:45:14 Chapter 22. Doctrine of the Ebionaeans.
01:46:36 Chapter 23. The Heresy of Theodotus.
01:48:24 Chapter 24. The Melchisedecians; The Nicolaitans.
01:50:43 Chapter 25. The Heresy of Cerdon.
01:51:44 Chapter 26. The Doctrines of Apelles; Philumene, His Prophetess.
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.
00:02:51 Chapter 1. Heresy Compared to (1) the Stormy Ocean, (2) the Rocks of the Sirens; Moral from Ulysses and the Sirens.
00:05:28 Chapter 2. The System of Basilides Derived from Aristotle.
00:06:21 Chapter 3. Sketch of Aristotle's Philosophy.
00:07:39 Chapter 4. Aristotle's General Idea.
00:09:04 Chapter 5. Nonentity as a Cause.
00:09:56 Chapter 6. Substance, According to Aristotle; The Predicates.
00:15:09 Chapter 7. Aristotle's Cosmogony; His Psychology; His Entelecheia; His Theology; His Ethics; Basilides Follows Aristotle.
00:21:26 Chapter 8. Basilides and Isidorus Allege Apostolic Sanction for Their Systems; They Really Follow Aristotle.
00:24:36 Chapter 9. Basilides Adopts the Aristotelian Doctrine of Nonentity.
00:28:28 Chapter 10. Origin of the World; Basilides' Account of the Sonship.
00:39:29 Chapter 11. The Great Archon Of Basilides.
00:43:47 Chapter 12. Basilides Adopts the Entelecheia Of Aristotle.
00:47:11 Chapter 13. Further Explanation of the Sonship.
00:52:25 Chapter 14. Whence Came the Gospel; The Number of Heavens According to Basilides; Explanation of Christ's Miraculous Conception.
00:59:14 Chapter 15. God's Dealings with the Creature; Basilides' Notion of (1) the Inner Man, (2) the Gospel; His Interpretation of the Life and Sufferings of Our Lord.
01:08:28 Chapter 16. The System of Saturnilus.
01:12:33 Chapter 17. Marcion; His Dualism; Derives His System from Empedocles; Sketch of the Doctrine of Empedocles.
01:29:50 Chapter 18. Source of Marcionism; Empedocles Reasserted as the Suggester of the Heresy.
01:32:29 Chapter 19. The Heresy of Prepon; Follows Empedocles; Marcion Rejects the Generation of the Saviour.
01:37:31 Chapter 20. The Heresy of Carpocrates; Wicked Doctrines Concerning Jesus Christ; Practise Magical Arts; Adopt a Metempsychosis.
01:43:37 Chapter 21. The System of Cerinthus Concerning Christ.
01:45:14 Chapter 22. Doctrine of the Ebionaeans.
01:46:36 Chapter 23. The Heresy of Theodotus.
01:48:24 Chapter 24. The Melchisedecians; The Nicolaitans.
01:50:43 Chapter 25. The Heresy of Cerdon.
01:51:44 Chapter 26. The Doctrines of Apelles; Philumene, His Prophetess.
