Philosophumena; or, The refutation of all heresies, Volume I by Antipope Hippolytus

"Philosophumena; or, The refutation of all heresies, Volume I" by Antipope Hippolytus is a Christian polemical work written in the early third century. This compendious text catalogs pagan beliefs and thirty-three gnostic Christian systems the author deemed heretical, making it a major source on early Christian opponents. The work surveys Greek philosophy, magical practices, and various heresies including those of Simon Magus, Valentinus, and Basilides, linking their teachings to ancient philosophical traditions and challenging their departures from Christian orthodoxy. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Hippolytus, Antipope, 170?-236?
Dubious author Origen, 185?-254?
Translator Legge, Francis, 1853-1922
Title Philosophumena; or, The refutation of all heresies, Volume I
Series Title Translations of Christian literature. Series I. Greek texts
Note "Books II and III ... are entirely missing."
Note "Formerly attributed to Origen, but now to Hippolytus[...]"
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refutation_of_All_Heresies
Contents Introduction -- Book I. The philosophers -- Book IV. The diviners and magicians -- Book V. The Ophite heresies.
Credits Wouter Franssen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 68.7 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
Language English
LoC Class BR: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity
Subject Occultism
Subject Philosophy, Ancient
Subject Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
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EBook-No. 65478
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Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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