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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.
00:01:33 Chapter 1. An Account of Contemporaneous Heresy.
00:02:39 Chapter 2. Source of the Heresy of Noetus; Cleomenes His Disciple; Its Appearance at Rome During the Episcopates of Zephyrinus and Callistus; Noetianism Opposed at Rome by Hippolytus.
00:05:01 Chapter 3. Noetianism an Offshoot from the Heraclitic Philosophy.
00:06:34 Chapter 4. An Account of the System of Heraclitus.
00:11:00 Chapter 5. Heraclitus' Estimate of Hesiod; Paradoxes of Heraclitus; His Eschatology; The Heresy of Noetus of Heraclitean Origin; Noetus' View of the Birth and Passion of Our Lord.
00:21:00 Chapter 6. Conduct of Callistus and Zephyrinus in the Matter of Noetianism; Avowed Opinion
of Zephyrinus Concerning Jesus Christ; Disapproval of Hippolytus; As a Contemporaneous
Event, Hippolytus Competent to Explain It.
00:25:17 Chapter 7. The Personal History of Callistus; His Occupation as a Banker; Fraud on Carpophorus; Callistus Absconds; Attempted Suicide; Condemned to the Treadmill; Re-Condemnation by Order of the Prefect Fuscianus; Banished to Sardinia; Release of Callistus by the Interference Of Marcion; Callistus Arrives at Rome; Pope Victor Removes Callistus to Antium; Return of Callistus on Victor's Death; Zephyrinus Friendly to Him; Callistus Accused by Sabellius; Hippolytus' Account of the Opinions of Callistus; The Callistian School at Rome, and Its Practices; This Sect in Existence in Hippolytus' Time.
00:44:45 Chapter 8. Sect of the Elchasaites; Hippolytus' Opposition to It.
00:49:00 Chapter 9. Elchasai Derived His System from Pythagoras; Practised Incantations.
00:51:21 Chapter 10. Elchasai's Mode of Administering Baptism; Formularies.
00:55:15 Chapter 11. Precepts of Elchasai.
00:57:40 Chapter 12. The Heresy of the Elchasaites a Derivative One.
01:00:30 Chapter 13. The Jewish Sects.
01:03:20 Chapter 14. The Tenets of the Esseni.
01:04:14 Chapter 15. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.
01:05:25 Chapter 16. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.
01:08:00 Chapter 17. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.
01"09:12 Chapter 18. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.
01:12:12 Chapter 19. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.
01:13:05 Chapter 20. The Tenets of the Esseni Concluded.
01:15:00 Chapter 21. Different Sects of the Esseni.
01:18:25 Chapter 22. Belief of the Esseni in the Resurrection; Their System a Suggestive One.
01:20:24 Chapter 23. Another Sect of the Esseni: the Pharisees.
01:23:38 Chapter 24. The Sadducees.
01:26:34 Chapter 25. The Jewish Religion.
01:33:00 Chapter 26. Conclusion to the Work Explained.
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.
00:01:33 Chapter 1. An Account of Contemporaneous Heresy.
00:02:39 Chapter 2. Source of the Heresy of Noetus; Cleomenes His Disciple; Its Appearance at Rome During the Episcopates of Zephyrinus and Callistus; Noetianism Opposed at Rome by Hippolytus.
00:05:01 Chapter 3. Noetianism an Offshoot from the Heraclitic Philosophy.
00:06:34 Chapter 4. An Account of the System of Heraclitus.
00:11:00 Chapter 5. Heraclitus' Estimate of Hesiod; Paradoxes of Heraclitus; His Eschatology; The Heresy of Noetus of Heraclitean Origin; Noetus' View of the Birth and Passion of Our Lord.
00:21:00 Chapter 6. Conduct of Callistus and Zephyrinus in the Matter of Noetianism; Avowed Opinion
of Zephyrinus Concerning Jesus Christ; Disapproval of Hippolytus; As a Contemporaneous
Event, Hippolytus Competent to Explain It.
00:25:17 Chapter 7. The Personal History of Callistus; His Occupation as a Banker; Fraud on Carpophorus; Callistus Absconds; Attempted Suicide; Condemned to the Treadmill; Re-Condemnation by Order of the Prefect Fuscianus; Banished to Sardinia; Release of Callistus by the Interference Of Marcion; Callistus Arrives at Rome; Pope Victor Removes Callistus to Antium; Return of Callistus on Victor's Death; Zephyrinus Friendly to Him; Callistus Accused by Sabellius; Hippolytus' Account of the Opinions of Callistus; The Callistian School at Rome, and Its Practices; This Sect in Existence in Hippolytus' Time.
00:44:45 Chapter 8. Sect of the Elchasaites; Hippolytus' Opposition to It.
00:49:00 Chapter 9. Elchasai Derived His System from Pythagoras; Practised Incantations.
00:51:21 Chapter 10. Elchasai's Mode of Administering Baptism; Formularies.
00:55:15 Chapter 11. Precepts of Elchasai.
00:57:40 Chapter 12. The Heresy of the Elchasaites a Derivative One.
01:00:30 Chapter 13. The Jewish Sects.
01:03:20 Chapter 14. The Tenets of the Esseni.
01:04:14 Chapter 15. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.
01:05:25 Chapter 16. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.
01:08:00 Chapter 17. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.
01"09:12 Chapter 18. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.
01:12:12 Chapter 19. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued.
01:13:05 Chapter 20. The Tenets of the Esseni Concluded.
01:15:00 Chapter 21. Different Sects of the Esseni.
01:18:25 Chapter 22. Belief of the Esseni in the Resurrection; Their System a Suggestive One.
01:20:24 Chapter 23. Another Sect of the Esseni: the Pharisees.
01:23:38 Chapter 24. The Sadducees.
01:26:34 Chapter 25. The Jewish Religion.
01:33:00 Chapter 26. Conclusion to the Work Explained.
