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Christian theologian of the second and third centuries; schismatic Bishop of Rome in opposition to Calixtus I. (217); deported in 235 to Sardinia, where he died. Hippolytus was one of the most prolific writers among the Church Fathers, the first real exegete of the Christian Church, and, because of his intimate acquaintance with philosophical and gnostic systems, one of the most prominent among the early defenders of Catholic doctrine. His works have come down in a fragmentary state and in various translations, Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopic, Armenian, and Georgian.
Christian theologian of the second and third centuries; schismatic Bishop of Rome in opposition to Calixtus I. (217); deported in 235 to Sardinia, where he died. Hippolytus was one of the most prolific writers among the Church Fathers, the first real exegete of the Christian Church, and, because of his intimate acquaintance with philosophical and gnostic systems, one of the most prominent among the early defenders of Catholic doctrine. His works have come down in a fragmentary state and in various translations, Latin, Syriac, Arabic, Ethiopic, Armenian, and Georgian.
