Saint Hippolytus of Rome

The Refutation of All Heresies

Name: The Refutation of All Heresies
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Author: Saint Hippolytus of Rome

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3rd c. · Polemics & Heresiology · English translation, 1890

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Source edition: The Ante-Nicene Fathers (ed. Roberts & Donaldson, 1885)

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Book 1.
Contents
The Proœmium.—Motives for Undertaking the Refutation; Exposure of the Ancient…
1. Thales; His Physics and Theology; Founder of Greek Astronomy
2. Pythagoras; His Cosmogony; Rules of His Sect; Discoverer of Physiognomy; His…
3. Empedocles; His Twofold Cause; Tenet of Transmigration
4. Heraclitus; His Universal Dogmatism; His Theory of Flux; Other Systems
5. Anaximander; His Theory of the Infinite; His Astronomic Opinions; His Physics
6. Anaximenes; His System of “An Infinite Air;” His Views of Astronomy and…
7. Anaxagoras; His Theory of Mind; Recognises an Efficient Cause; His Cosmogony…
8. Archelaus; System Akin to that of Anaxagoras; His Origin of the Earth and of…
9. Parmenides; His Theory of “Unity;” His Eschatology
Chapter 10.—Leucippus; His Atomic Theory
11. Democritus; His Duality of Principles; His Cosmogony
12. Xenophanes; His Scepticism; His Notions of God and Nature; Believes in a…
13. Ecphantus; His Scepticism; Tenet of Infinity
14. Hippo; His Duality of Principles; His Psychology
15. Socrates; His Philosophy Reproduced by Plato
16. Plato; Threefold Classification of Principles; His Idea of God; Different…
17. Aristotle; Duality of Principles; His Categories; His Psychology; His…
18. The Stoics; Their Superiority in Logic; Fatalists; Their Doctrine of…
19. Epicurus; Adopts the Democritic Atomism; Denial of Divine Providence; The…
20. The Academics; Difference of Opinion Among Them
21. The Brachmans; Their Mode of Life; Ideas of Deity; Different Sorts Of…
22. The Druids; Progenitors of Their System
23. Hesiod; The Nine Muses; The Hesiodic Cosmogony; The Ancient Speculators…
Book 4.
1. System of the Astrologers; Sidereal Influence; Configuration of the Stars
2. Doctrines Concerning Æons; The Chaldean Astrology; Heresy Derivable from It
3. The Horoscope the Foundation of Astrology; Indiscoverability of the…
4. Impossibility of Fixing the Horoscope; Failure of an Attempt to Do This at…
5. Another Method of Fixing the Horoscope at Birth; Equally Futile; Use of the…
6. Zodiacal Influence; Origin of Sidereal Names
7. Practical Absurdity of the Chaldaic Art; Development of the Art
8. Prodigies of the Astrologers; System of the Astronomers; Chaldean Doctrine…
Chapter 9.—Further Astronomic Calculations
10. Theory of Stellar Motion and Distance in Accordance with Harmony
11. Theory of the Size of the Heavenly Bodies in Accordance with Numerical…
12. Waste of Mental Energy in the Systems of the Astrologers
13. Mention of the Heretic Colarbasus; Alliance Between Heresy and the…
14. System of the Arithmeticians; Predictions Through Calculations; Numerical…
15. Quibbles of the Numerical Theorists; The Art of the Frontispicists…
16. Type of Those Born Under Taurus
17. Type of Those Born Under Gemini
18. Type of Those Born Under Cancer
19. Type of Those Born Under Leo
20. Type of Those Born Under Virgo
21. Type of Those Born Under Libra
22. Type of Those Born Under Scorpio
23. Type of Those Born Under Sagittarius
24. Type of Those Born Under Capricorn
25. Type of Those Born Under Aquarius
26. Type of Those Born Under Pisces
27. Futility of This Theory of Stellar Influence
28. System of the Magicians; Incantations of Demons; Secret Magical Rites
Chapter 29.—Display of Different Eggs
Chapter 30.—Self-Slaughter of Sheep
Chapter 31.—Method of Poisoning Goats
32. Imitations of Thunder, and Other Illusions
33. The Burning Æsculapius; Tricks with Fire
34. The Illusion of the Sealed Letters; Object in Detailing These Juggleries
35. The Divination by a Cauldron; Illusion of Fiery Demons; Specimen of a…
36. Mode of Managing an Apparition
37. Illusive Appearance of the Moon
38. Illusive Appearance of the Stars
Chapter 39.—Imitation of an Earthquake
Chapter 40.—Trick With the Liver
Chapter 41.—Making a Skull Speak
42. The Fraud of the Foregoing Practices; Their Connection with Heresy
43. Recapitulation of Theologies and Cosmogonies; System of the Persians; Of…
44. Egyptian Theory of Nature; Their Amulets
45. Use of the Foregoing Discussions
46. The Astrotheosophists; Aratus Imitated by the Heresiarchs; His System of…
47. Opinions of the Heretics Borrowed from Aratus
48. Invention of the Lyre; Allegorizing the Appearance and Position of the…
49. Symbol of the Creature; And of Spirit; And of the Different Orders of…
Chapter 50.—Folly of Astrology
51. The Hebdomadarii; System of the Arithmeticians; Pressed into the Service of…
Note
Book 5.
Contents
1. Recapitulation; Characteristics of Heresy; Origin of the Name Naasseni; The…
2. Naasseni Ascribe Their System, Through Mariamne, to James the Lord’s…
3. Further Exposition of the Heresy of the Naasseni; Profess to Follow Homer…
4. Further Use Made of the System of the Phrygians; Mode of Celebrating the…
5. Explanation of the System of the Naasseni Taken from One of Their Hymns
6. The Ophites the Grand Source of Heresy
7. The System of the Peratæ; Their Tritheism; Explanation of the Incarnation
8. The Peratæ Derive Their System from the Astrologers; This Proved by a…
9. System of the Peratæ Explained Out of One of Their Own Books
10. The Peratic Heresy Nominally Different from Astrology, But Really the Same…
11. Why They Call Themselves Peratæ; Their Theory of Generation Supported by an…
12. Compendious Statement of the Doctrines of the Peratæ
13. The Peratic Heresy Not Generally Known
14. The System of the Sethians; Their Triad of Infinite Principles; Their…
15. The Sethians Support Their Doctrines by an Allegorical Interpretation of…
16. The Sethian Theory Concerning “Mixture” And “Composition;” Application of…
17. The Sethian Doctrines to Be Learned from the “Paraphrase of Seth.”
18. The System of Justinus Antiscriptural and Essentially Pagan
19. The Justinian Heresy Unfolded in the “Book of Baruch.”
20. The Cosmogony of Justinus an Allegorical Explanation of Herodotus’ Legend…
21. Justinus’ Triad of Principles; His Angelography Founded on This Triad; His…
22. Oath Used by the Justinian Heretics; The Book of Baruch; The Repertory of…
23. Subsequent Heresies Deducible from the System of Justinus
Book 6.
Contents
1. The Ophites the Progenitors of Subsequent Heresies
Chapter 2.—Simon Magus
3. Story of Apsethus the Libyan
4. Simon’s Forced Interpretation of Scripture; Plagiarizes from Heraclitus and…
5. Simon Appeals to Scripture in Support of His System
6. Simon’s System Expounded in the Work, Great Announcement; Follows Empedocles
7. Simon’s System of a Threefold Emanation by Pairs
8. Further Progression of This Threefold Emanation; Co-Existence with the…
9. Simon’s Interpretation of the Mosaic Hexaëmeron; His Allegorical…
10. Simon’s Explanation of the First Two Books of Moses
11. Simon’s Explanation of the Three Last Books of the Pentateuch
12. Fire a Primal Principle, According to Simon
13. His Doctrine of Emanation Further Expanded
14. Simon Interprets His System by the Mythological Representation of Helen of…
15. Simon’s Disciples Adopt the Mysteries; Simon Meets St. Peter at Rome…
16. Heresy of Valentinus; Derived from Plato and Pythagoras
17. Origin of the Greek Philosophy
Chapter 18.—Pythagoras' System of Numbers
19. Pythagoras’ Duality of Substances; His “Categories.”
20. Pythagoras’ Cosmogony; Similar to that of Empedocles
Chapter 21.—Other Opinions of Pythagoras
Chapter 22.—The “Sayings” Of Pythagoras
Chapter 23.—Pythagoras' Astronomic System
24. Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from the Platonic and Pythagoric…
25. The Tenet of the Duad Made the Foundation of Valentinus’ System of the…
26. Valentinus’ Explanation of the Existence of Christ and the Spirit
27. Valentinus’ Explanation of the Existence of Jesus; Power of Jesus Over…
28. The Valentinian Origin of the Creation
29. The Other Valentinian Emanations in Conformity with the Pythagorean System…
30. Valentinus’ Explanation of the Birth of Jesus; Twofold Doctrine on the…
31. Further Doctrines of Valentinus Respecting the Æons; Reasons for the…
32. Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from Plato
33. Secundus’ System of Æons; Epiphanes; Ptolemæus
34. System of Marcus; A Mere Impostor; His Wicked Devices Upon the Eucharistic…
35. Further Acts of Jugglery on the Part of Marcus
36. The Heretical Practices of the Marcites in Regard of Baptism
37. Marcus’ System Explained by Irenæus; Marcus’ Vision; The Vision of…
Chapter 38.—Marcus' System of Letters
Chapter 39.—The Quaternion Exhibits “Truth.”
40. The Name of Christ Jesus
41. Marcus’ Mystic Interpretation of the Alphabet
42. His System Applied to Explain Our Lord’s Life and Death
43. Letters, Symbols of the Heavens
44. Respecting the Generation of the Twenty-Four Letters
45. Why Jesus is Called Alpha
46. Marcus’ Account of the Birth and Life of Our Lord
47. The System of Marcus Shown to Be that of Pythagoras, by Quotations from the…
48. Their Cosmogony Framed According to These Mystic Doctrines of Letters
49. The Work of the Demiurge Perishable
50. Marcus and Colarbasus Refuted by Irenæus
Book 7.
Contents
1. Heresy Compared to (1) the Stormy Ocean, (2) the Rocks of the Sirens; Moral…
2. The System of Basilides Derived from Aristotle
3. Sketch of Aristotle’s Philosophy
Chapter 4.—Aristotle's General Idea
Chapter 5.—Nonentity as a Cause
6. Substance, According to Aristotle; The Predicates
7. Aristotle’s Cosmogony; His “Psychology;” His “Entelecheia;” His Theology…
8. Basilides and Isidorus Allege Apostolic Sanction for Their Systems; They…
9. Basilides Adopts the Aristotelian Doctrine of “Nonentity.”
10. Origin of the World; Basilides’ Account of the “Sonship.”
11. The “Great Archon” Of Basilides
12. Basilides Adopts the “Entelecheia” Of Aristotle
13. Further Explanation of the “Sonship.”
14. Whence Came the Gospel; The Number of Heavens According to Basilides…
15. God’s Dealings with the Creature; Basilides’ Notion of (1) the Inner Man…
Chapter 16.—The System of Saturnilus
17. Marcion; His Dualism; Derives His System from Empedocles; Sketch of the…
18. Source of Marcionism; Empedocles Reasserted as the Suggester of the Heresy
19. The Heresy of Prepon; Follows Empedocles; Marcion Rejects the Generation of…
20. The Heresy of Carpocrates; Wicked Doctrines Concerning Jesus Christ…
21. The System of Cerinthus Concerning Christ
Chapter 22.—Doctrine of the Ebionæans
Chapter 23.—The Heresy of Theodotus
Chapter 24.—The Melchisedecians; The Nicolaitans
Chapter 25.—The Heresy of Cerdon
26. The Doctrines of Apelles; Philumene, His Prophetess
Book 8.
Contents
1. Heresies Hitherto Refuted; Opinions of the Docetæ
2. Docetic Notion of the Incarnation; Their Doctrines of Æons; Their Account of…
Christ Undoes the Work of the Demiurge; Docetic Account of the Baptism and…
4. Docetic Doctrine Derived from the Greek Sophists
5. Monoïmus; Man the Universe, According to Monoïmus; His System of the Monad
6. Monoïmus’ “Iota;” His Notion of the “Son of Man.”
7. Monoïmus on the Sabbath; Allegorizes the Rod of Moses; Notion Concerning the…
8. Monoïmus Explains His Opinions in a Letter to Theophrastus; Where to Find…
Chapter 9.—Tatian
10. Hermogenes; Adopts the Socratic Philosophy; His Notion Concerning the Birth…
Chapter 11.—The Quartodecimans
12. The Montanists; Priscilla and Maximilla Their Prophetesses; Some of Them…
13. The Doctrines of the Encratites
Book 9.
Contents
1. An Account of Contemporaneous Heresy
2. Source of the Heresy of Noetus; Cleomenes His Disciple; Its Appearance at…
3. Noetianism an Offshoot from the Heraclitic Philosophy
4. An Account of the System of Heraclitus
5. Heraclitus’ Estimate of Hesiod; Paradoxes of Heraclitus; His Eschatology…
6. Conduct of Callistus and Zephyrinus in the Matter of Noetianism; Avowed…
7. The Personal History of Callistus; His Occupation as a Banker; Fraud on…
8. Sect of the Elchasaites; Hippolytus’ Opposition to It
9. Elchasai Derived His System from Pythagoras; Practised Incantations
10. Elchasai’s Mode of Administering Baptism; Formularies
Chapter 11.—Precepts of Elchasai
12. The Heresy of the Elchasaites a Derivative One
Chapter 13.—The Jewish Sects
14. The Tenets of the Esseni
15. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
16. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
17. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
18. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
19. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
20. The Tenets of the Esseni Concluded
21. Different Sects of the Esseni
22. Belief of the Esseni in the Resurrection; Their System a Suggestive One
23. Another Sect of the Esseni: the Pharisees
Chapter 24.—The Sadducees
Chapter 25.—The Jewish Religion
26. Conclusion to the Work Explained
Book 10.
Contents
Chapter 1.—Recapitulation
2. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers
3. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers Continued
4. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers Continued
Chapter 5.—The Naasseni
Chapter 6.—The Peratæ
Chapter 7.—The Sethians
Chapter 8.—Simon Magus
Chapter 9.—Valentinus
Chapter 10.—Basilides
Chapter 11.—Justinus
Chapter 12.—The Docetæ
Chapter 13.—Monoïmus
Chapter 14.—Tatian
Chapter 15.—Marcion and Cerdo
Chapter 16.—Apelles
Chapter 17.—Cerinthus
Chapter 18.—The Ebionæans
Chapter 19.—Theodotus
Chapter 20.—Melchisedecians
Chapter 21.—The Phrygians or Montanists
22. The Phrygians or Montanists Continued
Chapter 23.—Noetus and Callistus
Chapter 24.—Hermogenes
Chapter 25.—The Elchasaites
Chapter 26.—Jewish Chronology
Chapter 27.—Jewish Chronology Continued
28. The Doctrine of the Truth
29. The Doctrine of the Truth Continued
30. The Author’s Concluding Address
Elucidations
General Note

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