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Refutation of All Heresies

St Hippolytus of Rome, ANF 5

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2. Book 1, Preface
3. Book 1, Thales; His Physics and Theology; Founder of Greek Astronomy
4. Book 1, Pythagoras; His Cosmogony; Rules of His Sect; Discoverer of Physiognomy; His…
5. Book 1, 3. Empedocles; His Twofold Cause; Tenet of Transmigration
6. Book 1, Heraclitus; His Universal Dogmatism; His Theory of Flux; Other Systems
7. Book 1, Anaximander; His Theory of the Infinite; His Astronomic Opinions; His Physics
8. Book 1, Anaximenes; His System of “An Infinite Air; “His Views of Astronomy and Natural…
9. Book 1, Anaxagoras; His Theory of Mind; Recognises an Efficient Cause; His Cosmogony and…
10. Book 1, Archelaus; System Akin to that of Anaxagoras; His Origin of the Earth and of…
11. Book 1, 9. Parmenides; His Theory of “Unity; “His Eschatology
12. Book 1, 10. Leucippus; His Atomic Theory
13. Book 1, 11. Democritus; His Duality of Principles; His Cosmogony
14. Book 1, Xenophanes; His Scepticism; His Notions of God and Nature; Believes in a Flood
15. Book 1, 13. Ecphantus; His Scepticism; Tenet of Infinity
16. Book 1, 14. Hippo; His Duality of Principles; His Psychology
17. Book 1, 15. Socrates; His Philosophy Reproduced by Plato
18. Book 1, Plato; Threefold Classification of Principles; His Idea of God; Different…
19. Book 1, Aristotle; Duality of Principles; His Categories; His Psychology; His Ethical…
20. Book 1, The Stoics; Their Superiority in Logic; Fatalists; Their Doctrine of…
21. Book 1, Epicurus; Adopt’s the Democritic Atomism; Denial of Divine Providence; The…
22. Book 1, 20. The Academics; Difference of Opinion Among Them
23. Book 1, The Brachmans; Their Mode of Life; Ideas of Deity; Different Sorts Of; Their…
24. Book 1, 22. The Druids; Progenitors of Their System
25. Book 1, Hesiod; The Nine Muses; The Hesiodic Cosmogony; The Ancient Speculators,…
26. Book 4, System of the Astrologers; Sidereal Influence; Configuration of the Stars
27. Book 4, Doctrines Concerning Aeons; The Chaldean Astrology; Heresy Derivable from It
28. Book 4, The Horoscope the Foundation of Astrology; Indiscoverability of the Horoscope;…
29. Book 4, Impossibility of Fixing the Horoscope; Failure of an Attempt to Do This at the…
30. Book 4, Another Method of Fixing the Horoscope at Birth; Equally Futile; Use of the…
31. Book 4, 6. Zodiacal Influence; Origin of Sidereal Names
32. Book 4, Practical Absurdity of the Chaldaic Art; Development of the Art
33. Book 4, Prodigies of the Astrologers; System of the Astronomers; Chaldean Doctrine of…
34. Book 4, 9. Further Astronomic Calculations
35. Book 4, Theory of Stellar Motion and Distance in Accordance with Harmony
36. Book 4, Theory of the Size of the Heavenly Bodies in Accordance with Numerical Harmonies
37. Book 4, 12. Waste of Mental Energy in the Systems of the Astrologers
38. Book 4, Mention of the Heretic Colarbasus; Alliance Between Heresy and the Pythagorean…
39. Book 4, System of the Arithmeticians; Predictions Through Calculations; Numerical Roots;…
40. Book 4, Quibbles of the Numerical Theorists; The Art of the Frontispicists (Physiognomy);…
41. Book 4, 16. Type of Those Born Under Taurus
42. Book 4, 17. Type of Those Born Under Gemini
43. Book 4, 18. Type of Those Born Under Cancer
44. Book 4, 19. Type of Those Born Under Leo
45. Book 4, 20. Type of Those Born Under Virgo
46. Book 4, 21. Type of Those Born Under Libra
47. Book 4, 22. Type of Those Born Under Scorpio
48. Book 4, 23. Type of Those Born Under Sagittarius
49. Book 4, 24. Type of Those Born Under Capricorn
50. Book 4, 25. Type of Those Born Under Aquarius
51. Book 4, 26. Type of Those Born Under Pisces
52. Book 4, 27. Futility of This Theory of Stellar Influence
53. Book 4, System of the Magicians; Incantations of Demons; Secret Magical Rites
54. Book 4, 29. Display of Different Eggs
55. Book 4, 30. Self-Slaughter of Sheep
56. Book 4, 31. Method of Poisoning Goats
57. Book 4, 32. Imitations of Thunder, and Other Illusions
58. Book 4, 33. The Burning Aesculapius; Tricks with Fire
59. Book 4, The Illusion of the Sealed Letters; Object in Detailing These Juggleries
60. Book 4, The Divination by a Cauldron; Illusion of Fiery Demons; Specimen of a Magical…
61. Book 4, 36. Mode of Managing an Apparition
62. Book 4, 37. Illusive Appearance of the Moon
63. Book 4, 38. Illusive Appearance of the Stars
64. Book 4, 39. Imitation of an Earthquake
65. Book 4, 40. Trick with the Liver
66. Book 4, 41. Making a Skull Speak
67. Book 4, The Fraud of the Foregoing Practices; Their Connection with Heresy
68. Book 4, Recapitulation of Theologies and Cosmogonies; System of the Persians; Of the…
69. Book 4, 44. Egyptian Theory of Nature; Their Amulets
70. Book 4, 45. Use of the Foregoing Discussions
71. Book 4, The Astrotheosophists; Aratus Imitated by the Heresiarchs; His System of the…
72. Book 4, 47. Opinions of the Heretics Borrowed from Aratus
73. Book 4, Invention of the Lyre; Allegorizing the Appearance and Position of the Stars;…
74. Book 4, Symbol of the Creature; And of Spirit; And of the Different Orders of Animals
75. Book 4, 50. Folly of Astrology
76. Book 4, The Hebdomadarii; System of the Arithmeticians; Pressed into the Service of…
77. Book 5, Preface
78. Book 5, Recapitulation; Characteristics of Heresy; Origin of the Name Naasseni; The…
79. Book 5, Naasseni Ascribe Their System, Through Mariamne, to James the Lord’s Brother;…
80. Book 5, Further Exposition of the Heresy of the Naasseni; Profess to Follow Homer;…
81. Book 5, Further Use Made of the System of the Phrygians; Mode of Celebrating the…
82. Book 5, Explanation of the System of the Naasseni Taken from One of Their Hymns
83. Book 5, 6. The Ophites the Grand Source of Heresy
84. Book 5, The System of the Peratae; Their Tritheism; Explanation of the Incarnation
85. Book 5, The Peratae Derive Their System from the Astrologers; This Proved by a Statement…
86. Book 5, System of the Peratae Explained Out of One of Their Own Books
87. Book 5, The Peratic Heresy Nominally Different from Astrology, But Really the Same System…
88. Book 5, Why They Call Themselves Peratae; Their Theory of Generation Supported by an…
89. Book 5, 12. Compendious Statement of the Doctrines of the Peratae
90. Book 5, 13. The Peratic Heresy Not Generally Known
91. Book 5, The System of the Sethians; Their Triad of Infinite Principles; Their Heresy…
92. Book 5, The Sethians Support Their Doctrines by an Allegorical Interpretation of…
93. Book 5, The Sethian Theory Concerning “Mixture” And “Composition; “Application of It to…
94. Book 5, The Sethian Doctrines to Be Learned from the “Paraphrase of Seth.”
95. Book 5, 18. The System of Justinus Antiscriptural and Essentially Pagan
96. Book 5, 19. The Justinian Heresy Unfolded in the “Book of Baruch.”
97. Book 5, The Cosmogony of Justinus an Allegorical Explanation of Herodotus’ Legend of…
98. Book 5, Justinus’ Triad of Principles; His Angelography Founded on This Triad; His…
99. Book 5, Oath Used by the Justinian Heretics; The Book of Baruch; The Repertory of Their…
100. Book 5, 23. Subsequent Heresies Deducible from the System of Justinus
101. Book 6, Preface
102. Book 6, 1. The Ophites the Progenitors of Subsequent Heresies
103. Book 6, 2. Simon Magus
104. Book 6, 3. Story of Apsethus the Libyan
105. Book 6, Simon’s Forced Interpretation of Scripture; Plagiarizes from Heraclitus and…
106. Book 6, 5. Simon Appeals to Scripture in Support of His System
107. Book 6, Simon’s System Expounded in the Work, Great Announcement; Follows Empedocles
108. Book 6, 7. Simon’s System of a Threefold Emanation by Pairs
109. Book 6, Further Progression of This Threefold Emanation; Co-Existence with the Double…
110. Book 6, Simon’s Interpretation of the Mosaic HexaËmeron; His Allegorical Representation…
111. Book 6, 10. Simon’s Explanation of the First Two Books of Moses
112. Book 6, Simon’s Explanation of the Three Last Books of the Pentateuch
113. Book 6, 12. Fire a Primal Principle, According to Simon
114. Book 6, 13. His Doctrine of Emanation Further Expanded
115. Book 6, Simon Interprets His System by the Mythological Representation of Helen of Troy;…
116. Book 6, Simon’s Disciples Adopt the Mysteries; Simon Meets St. Peter at Rome; Account of…
117. Book 6, 16. Heresy of Valentinus; Derived from Plato and Pythagoras
118. Book 6, 17. Origin of the Greek Philosophy
119. Book 6, 18. Pythagoras’ System of Numbers
120. Book 6, 19. Pythagoras’ Duality of Substances; His “Categories.”
121. Book 6, 20. Pythagoras’ Cosmogony; Similar to that of Empedocles
122. Book 6, 21. Other Opinions of Pythagoras
123. Book 6, 22. The “Sayings” Of Pythagoras
124. Book 6, 23. Pythagoras’ Astronomic System
125. Book 6, Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from the Platonic and Pythagoric Philosophy;…
126. Book 6, The Tenet of the Duad Made the Foundation of Valentinus’ System of the Emanation…
127. Book 6, Valentinus’ Explanation of the Existence of Christ and the Spirit
128. Book 6, Valentinus’ Explanation of the Existence of Jesus; Power of Jesus Over Humanity
129. Book 6, 28. The Valentinian Origin of the Creation
130. Book 6, The Other Valentinian Emanations in Conformity with the Pythagorean System of…
131. Book 6, Valentinus’ Explanation of the Birth of Jesus; Twofold Doctrine on the Nature of…
132. Book 6, Further Doctrines of Valentinus Respecting the Aeons; Reasons for the Incarnation
133. Book 6, 32. Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from Plato
134. Book 6, 33. Secundus’ System of Aeons; Epiphanes; Ptolemaeus
135. Book 6, System of Marcus; A Mere Impostor; His Wicked Devices Upon the Eucharistic Cup
136. Book 6, 35. Further Acts of Jugglery on the Part of Marcus
137. Book 6, The Heretical Practices of the Marcites in Regard of Baptism
138. Book 6, Marcus’ System Explained by Irenaeus; Marcus’ Vision; The Vision of Valentinus…
139. Book 6, 38. Marcus’ System of Letters
140. Book 6, 39. The Quaternion Exhibits “Truth.”
141. Book 6, 40. The Name of Christ Jesus
142. Book 6, 41. Marcus’ Mystic Interpretation of the Alphabet
143. Book 6, 42. His System Applied to Explain Our Lord’s Life and Death
144. Book 6, 43. Letters, Symbols of the Heavens
145. Book 6, 44. Respecting the Generation of the Twenty-Four Letters
146. Book 6, 45. Why Jesus is Called Alpha
147. Book 6, 46. Marcus’ Account of the Birth and Life of Our Lord
148. Book 6, The System of Marcus Shown to Be that of Pythagoras, by Quotations from the…
149. Book 6, Their Cosmogony Framed According to These Mystic Doctrines of Letters
150. Book 6, 49. The Work of the Demiurge Perishable
151. Book 6, 50. Marcus and Colarbasus Refuted by Irenaeus
152. Book 7, Preface
153. Book 7, Heresy Compared to (1) the Stormy Ocean, (2) the Rocks of the Sirens; Moral from…
154. Book 7, 2. The System of Basilides Derived from Aristotle
155. Book 7, 3. Sketch of Aristotle’s Philosophy
156. Book 7, 4. Aristotle’s General Idea
157. Book 7, 5. Nonentity as a Cause
158. Book 7, 6. Substance, According to Aristotle; The Predicates
159. Book 7, Aristotle’s Cosmogony; His “Psychology; “His “Entelecheia; “His Theology; His…
160. Book 7, Basilides and Isidorus Allege Apostolic Sanction for Their Systems; They Really…
161. Book 7, 9. Basilides Adopts the Aristotelian Doctrine of “Nonentity.”
162. Book 7, 10. Origin of the World; Basilides’ Account of the “Sonship.”
163. Book 7, 11. The “Great Archon” Of Basilides
164. Book 7, 12. Basilides Adopts the “Entelecheia” Of Aristotle
165. Book 7, 13. Further Explanation of the “Sonship.”
166. Book 7, Whence Came the Gospel; The Number of Heavens According to Basilides; Explanation…
167. Book 7, God’s Dealings with the Creature; Basilides’ Notion of (1) the Inner Man, (2) the…
168. Book 7, 16. The System of Saturnilus
169. Book 7, Marcion; His Dualism; Derives His System from Empedocles; Sketch of the Doctrine…
170. Book 7, Source of Marcionism; Empedocles Reasserted as the Suggester of the Heresy
171. Book 7, The Heresy of Prepon; Follows Empedocles; Marcion Rejects the Generation of the…
172. Book 7, The Heresy of Carpocrates; Wicked Doctrines Concerning Jesus Christ; Practise…
173. Book 7, 21. The System of Cerinthus Concerning Christ
174. Book 7, 22. Doctrine of the Ebionaeans
175. Book 7, 23. The Heresy of Theodotus
176. Book 7, 24. The Melchisedecians; The Nicolaitans
177. Book 7, 25. The Heresy of Cerdon
178. Book 7, 26. The Doctrines of Apelles; Philumene, His Prophetess
179. Book 8, Preface
180. Book 8, 1. Heresies Hitherto Refuted; Opinions of the Docetae
181. Book 8, Docetic Notion of the Incarnation; Their Doctrines of Aeons; Their Account of…
182. Book 8, Christ Undoes the Work of the Demiurge; Docetic Account of the Baptism and Death…
183. Book 8, 4. Docetic Doctrine Derived from the Greek Sophists
184. Book 8, MonoÏmus; Man the Universe, According to MonoÏmus; His System of the Monad
185. Book 8, 6. MonoÏmus’ “Iota; “His Notion of the “Son of Man.”
186. Book 8, MonoÏmus on the Sabbath; Allegorizes the Rod of Moses; Notion Concerning the…
187. Book 8, MonoÏmus Explains His Opinions in a Letter to Theophrastus; Where to Find God;…
188. Book 8, 9. Tatian
189. Book 8, Hermogenes; Adopts the Socratic Philosophy; His Notion Concerning the Birth and…
190. Book 8, 11. The Quartodecimans
191. Book 8, The Montanists; Priscilla and Maximilla Their Prophetesses; Some of Them Noetians
192. Book 8, 13. The Doctrines of the Encratites
193. Book 9, Preface
194. Book 9, 1. An Account of Contemporaneous Heresy
195. Book 9, Source of the Heresy of Noetus; Cleomenes His Disciple; Its Appearance at Rome…
196. Book 9, 3. Noetianism an Offshoot from the Heraclitic Philosophy
197. Book 9, 4. An Account of the System of Heraclitus
198. Book 9, Heraclitus’ Estimate of Hesiod; Paradoxes of Heraclitus; His Eschatology; The…
199. Book 9, Conduct of Callistus and Zephyrinus in the Matter of Noetianism; Avowed Opinion…
200. Book 9, The Personal History of Callistus; His Occupation as a Banker; Fraud on…
201. Book 9, 8. Sect of the Elchasaites; Hippolytus’ Opposition to It
202. Book 9, Elchasai Derived His System from Pythagoras; Practised Incantations
203. Book 9, 10. Elchasai’s Mode of Administering Baptism; Formularies
204. Book 9, 11. Precepts of Elchasai
205. Book 9, 12. The Heresy of the Elchasaites a Derivative One
206. Book 9, 13. The Jewish Sects
207. Book 9, 14. The Tenets of the Esseni
208. Book 9, 15. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
209. Book 9, 16. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
210. Book 9, 17. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
211. Book 9, 18. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
212. Book 9, 19. The Tenets of the Esseni Continued
213. Book 9, 20. The Tenets of the Esseni Concluded
214. Book 9, 21. Different Sects of the Esseni
215. Book 9, Belief of the Esseni in the Resurrection; Their System a Suggestive One
216. Book 9, 23. Another Sect of the Esseni: The Pharisees
217. Book 9, 24. The Sadducees
218. Book 9, 25. The Jewish Religion
219. Book 9, 26. Conclusion to the Work Explained
220. Book 10, Preface
221. Book 10, 1. Recapitulation
222. Book 10, 2. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers
223. Book 10, 3. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers Continued
224. Book 10, 4. Summary of the Opinions of Philosophers Continued
225. Book 10, 5. The Naasseni
226. Book 10, 6. The Peratae
227. Book 10, 7. The Sethians
228. Book 10, 8. Simon Magus
229. Book 10, 9. Valentinus
230. Book 10, 10. Basilides
231. Book 10, 11. Justinus
232. Book 10, 12. The Docetae
233. Book 10, 13. MonoÏmus
234. Book 10, 14. Tatian
235. Book 10, 15. Marcion and Cerdo
236. Book 10, 16. Apelles
237. Book 10, 17. Cerinthus
238. Book 10, 18. The Ebionaeans
239. Book 10, 19. Theodotus
240. Book 10, 20. Melchisedecians
241. Book 10, 21. The Phrygians or Montanists
242. Book 10, 22. The Phrygians or Montanists Continued
243. Book 10, 23. Noetus and Callistus
244. Book 10, 24. Hermogenes
245. Book 10, 25. The Elchasaites
246. Book 10, 26. Jewish Chronology
247. Book 10, 27. Jewish Chronology Continued
248. Book 10, 28. The Doctrine of the Truth
249. Book 10, 29. The Doctrine of the Truth Continued
250. Book 10, 30. The Author’s Concluding Address
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