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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.
00:01:37 Chapter 1. Heresies Hitherto Refuted; Opinions of the Docetae.
00:08:00 Chapter 2. Docetic Notion of the Incarnation; Their Doctrines of Aeons; Their Account of Creation; Their Notion of a Fiery God.
00:14:37 Chapter 3. Christ Undoes the Work of the Demiurge; Docetic Account of the Baptism and Death of Jesus; Why He Lived for Thirty Years on Earth.
00:23:24 Chapter 4. Docetic Doctrine Derived from the Greek Sophists.
00:25:00 Chapter 5. Monoïmus; Man the Universe, According to Monoïmus; His System of the Monad.
00:28:43 Chapter 6. Monoïmus' Iota; His Notion of the Son of Man.
00:31:21 Chapter 7. Monoïmus on the Sabbath; Allegorizes the Rod of Moses; Notion Concerning the Decalogue.
00:37:00 Chapter 8. Monoïmus Explains His Opinions in a Letter to Theophrastus; Where to Find God; His System Derived from Pythagoras.
00:39:00 Chapter 9. Tatian.
00:40:00 Chapter 10. Hermogenes; Adopts the Socratic Philosophy; His Notion Concerning the Birth and Body of Our Lord.
00:43:00 Chapter 11. The Quartodecimans.
00:44:22 Chapter 12. The Montanists; Priscilla and Maximilla Their Prophetesses; Some of Them Noetians.
00:47:13 Chapter 13. The Doctrines of the Encratites.
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.
00:01:37 Chapter 1. Heresies Hitherto Refuted; Opinions of the Docetae.
00:08:00 Chapter 2. Docetic Notion of the Incarnation; Their Doctrines of Aeons; Their Account of Creation; Their Notion of a Fiery God.
00:14:37 Chapter 3. Christ Undoes the Work of the Demiurge; Docetic Account of the Baptism and Death of Jesus; Why He Lived for Thirty Years on Earth.
00:23:24 Chapter 4. Docetic Doctrine Derived from the Greek Sophists.
00:25:00 Chapter 5. Monoïmus; Man the Universe, According to Monoïmus; His System of the Monad.
00:28:43 Chapter 6. Monoïmus' Iota; His Notion of the Son of Man.
00:31:21 Chapter 7. Monoïmus on the Sabbath; Allegorizes the Rod of Moses; Notion Concerning the Decalogue.
00:37:00 Chapter 8. Monoïmus Explains His Opinions in a Letter to Theophrastus; Where to Find God; His System Derived from Pythagoras.
00:39:00 Chapter 9. Tatian.
00:40:00 Chapter 10. Hermogenes; Adopts the Socratic Philosophy; His Notion Concerning the Birth and Body of Our Lord.
00:43:00 Chapter 11. The Quartodecimans.
00:44:22 Chapter 12. The Montanists; Priscilla and Maximilla Their Prophetesses; Some of Them Noetians.
00:47:13 Chapter 13. The Doctrines of the Encratites.
