Hippolytus of Rome was a Christian theologian and writer active in the late second and early third centuries CE. He served as a presbyter in Rome and was a prominent figure in early theological debates. According to modern scholars, he was a fierce opponent of teachings he considered heretical, particularly Monarchianism, which emphasized the single personhood of God.
His career was marked by a major ecclesiastical conflict. Hippolytus was elected as a rival bishop, or antipope, in opposition to the bishops Callistus I, Urban I, and Pontian. This schism was rooted in doctrinal disputes and disagreements over church discipline. The conflict ended around 235 CE when both Hippolytus and Pope Pontian were exiled. Tradition holds that they reconciled before dying as martyrs.
Hippolytus was a prolific author, though many of his works are lost. His surviving writings include the Refutation of All Heresies, an important source on early Christian polemics and Gnostic thought. Another significant text is The Apostolic Tradition, a detailed church order describing early Roman Christian liturgy and rites; however, its exact authorship is debated by scholars. He also wrote the oldest surviving Christian commentary on a book of the Bible, his Commentary on Daniel.
He is a crucial figure for understanding the development of early Western Christian doctrine and practice. His works provide valuable evidence for third-century theology, liturgy, and church structure. His eventual reconciliation made him a later symbol of unity, and he is venerated as a saint in multiple Christian traditions.
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Κατὰ Βήρωνος καὶ Ἑλικώνου
Against Beron and Helicon
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Κατὰ τῆς Νοήτου Αἱρέσεως
Against the Heresy of Noetus
80 passages
Ἀποστολικὴ Παράδοσις
Apostolic Tradition
5 passages
Χρονικόν
Chronicle, Fragment
8 passages
Περὶ Ἐκκλησιαστοῦ
Commentary on Ecclesiastes
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Περὶ τῆς Ἀρχῆς τοῦ Ἠσαΐου
Commentary on Isaiah
5 passages
Ὑπόμνημα εἰς Δανιήλ
Commentary-Daniel
514 passages
Ὑπόμνημα εἰς Δανιήλ
Commentary-Daniel 1.18
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Δεῖξις τῶν Καιρῶν τοῦ Πάσχα
Demonstration of the Times of Easter
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Δεῖξις κατὰ Ἰουδαίων
Demonstratithe Jews
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Πασχάλιος Κανών
Easter Canon
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Ἀπόσπασμα ἐκ τῆς Ἀποστολικῆς Παραδόσεως
Fragment from Apostolic Tradition
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Ἀπόσπασμα περὶ Δανιήλ
Fragment-Daniel 1.18.3
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Ἀπόσπασμα περὶ Ἐλκανᾶ καὶ Ἄννας
Fragment-Elkanah and Hannah
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Ἀπόσπασμα περὶ Ἰεζεκιήλ
Fragment-Ezekiel
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Ἀπόσπασμα περὶ Γενέσεως δʹ κγʹ
Fragment-Genesis 4.23
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Ἀπόσπασμα περὶ Ματθαίου ͵ϛʹ.ιαʹ
Fragment-Matthew 6.11
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Ἀπόσπασμα περὶ Ἀναστάσεως καὶ Ἀφθαρσίας
Fragment-Resurrection and Incorruption
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Ἀπόσπασμα περὶ τῆς Διανομῆς τῶν Ταλάντων
Fragment-the Distribution of Talents
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Ἀπόσπασμα περὶ τοῦ Ἐγγαστριμύθου
Fragment-the Ventriloquist
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Ἀποσπάσματα εἰς Γένεσιν
Fragments-Genesis
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Ἀποσπάσματα εἰς Γένεσιν
Fragments-Genesis
29 passages
Ἀποσπάσματα εἰς Παροιμίας
Fragments-Proverbs
74 passages
Ἀποσπάσματα εἰς Παροιμίας
Fragments-Proverbs
33 passages
Ἀποσπάσματα εἰς Παροιμίας
Fragments-Proverbs
32 passages
Ἀποσπάσματα εἰς Παροιμίας
Fragments-Proverbs
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Ἀποσπάσματα εἰς Παροιμίας
Fragments-Proverbs
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Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Παροιμιῶν
Fragments-Proverbs
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Ἀποσπάσματα εἰς Ψαλμούς
Fragments-Psalms
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Ἀποσπάσματα εἰς Ψαλμούς
Fragments-Psalms
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Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ψαλμῶν
Fragments-Psalms
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Ἐκ τῆς Ἑρμηνείας τῆς Ῥούθ
From the Interpretation of Ruth
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Διήγησις τῆς Κορινθίας Παρθένου
Narrative of the Corinthian Virgin
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Περὶ Ἐλκανᾶ καὶ Ἅννας
On Elkanah and Hannah
5 passages
Περὶ τοῦ Ἀντιχρίστου
On the Antichrist
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Περὶ τῆς Εὐλογίας τοῦ Βαλαάμ
On the Blessing of Balaam
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Περὶ τῆς Εὐλογίας τοῦ Βαλαάμ
On the Blessing of Balaam
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Περὶ τῆς Εὐλογίας τοῦ Μωυσέως
On the Blessing of Moses
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Περὶ τῶν Εὐλογιῶν Ἰσαὰκ καὶ Ἰακώβ
On the Blessings of Isaac and Jacob
57 passages
Περὶ τῆς Συντελείας τοῦ Κόσμου
On the Consummation of the World
49 passages
Περὶ τοῦ Κατὰ Ἰωάννην καὶ τῆς Ἀναστάσεως τοῦ
On the Gospel of John and Resurrection of Lazarus
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Περὶ Ἀναστάσεως πρὸς Μάμμαίαν
On the Resurrection to Empress Mammaea
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Περὶ Ἀναστάσεως πρὸς Μάμμαίαν
On the Resurrection to Empress Mammaea, Fragments in Theodoret's Eranistes
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Περὶ τῆς ᾨδῆς τοῦ Μωυσέως
On the Song of Moses
4 passages
Περὶ τῆς ᾨδῆς τῶν ᾈσμάτων
On the Song of Songs
1 passages
Περὶ τῆς ᾨδῆς τῶν ᾈσμάτων
On the Song of Songs, Paraphrase
61 passages
Περὶ τῶν Δύο Λῃστῶν
On the Two Thieves
4 passages
Περὶ τοῦ Κόσμου
On the Universe
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Περὶ τοῦ Κόσμου
On the Universe
4 passages
Περὶ τοῦ Κόσμου
On the Universe
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Περὶ Θεοφανείας
On Theophany
11 passages
Κατὰ πασῶν αἱρέσεων ἔλεγχος
Refutation of All Heresies
285 passages
Σύνταγμα
Syntagma, Fragment from Paschal Chronicle
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Διάφορα Ἀποσπάσματα
Various Fragments
2 passages