The Extant Works And Fragments Of Hippolytus
A collection of biblical commentaries and fragments from the early church father Hippolytus, containing interpretations of Genesis, Numbers, Kings, and Psalms with Christological applications.
130 Chapters
Table of Contents
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Fragments from Commentaries on Various Books of Scripture.
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On Genesis.
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II. From the Commentary of the Holy Hippolytus of Rome Upon Genesis.
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III. Quoted in Jerome, Epist. 36, ad Damasum, Num. xviii. (from Galland).
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On Numbers. By the Holy Bishop and Martyr Hippolytus, from Balaam's Blessings.
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On Kings.
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On the Psalms. The Argument Prefixed by Hippolytus, Bishop of Rome, to His Exposition of the Psalms.
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On Psalm II. From the Exposition of the Second Psalm, by the Holy Bishop Hippolytus.
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On Psalm XXII. Or XXIII. From the Commentary by the Holy Bishop and Martyr Hippolytus, on |The Lord is My Shepherd.|
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On Psalm XXIII. Or XXIV. From the Commentary by the Same, on Ps. xxiii.
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On Psalm CIX. Or CX. From the Commentary by the Same on the Great Song.
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On Psalm LXXVII. Or LXXVIII.
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On Proverbs. From the Commentary of St. Hippolytus on Proverbs.
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Another Fragment. St. Hippolytus on Prov. ix. 1, |Wisdom Hath Builded Her House.|
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On the Song of Songs.
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On the Prophet Isaiah. I.
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On the Prophet Isaiah. II.
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On the Prophet Isaiah. III>
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On Jeremiah and Ezekiel.
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On Daniel. I. Preface by the most holy Hippolytus, (Bishop) of Rome.
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On Daniel. II. The interpretation by Hippolytus, (bishop) of Rome, of the visions of Daniel and Nebuchadnezzar, taken in conjunction.
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On Daniel. III. Scholia on Daniel.
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On Daniel. IV. Other Fragments on Daniel.
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On Daniel. V. On the Song of the Three Children.
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On Daniel. VI. On Susannah.
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On Matthew. Matt. vi. 11.
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On Luke. Chap. ii. 7 And if you please, we say that the Word was the first-born of God, who came down from heaven to the blessed Mary, and was made a first-born man in her womb, in order that the first-born of God might be manifested in union with a first
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Doubtful Fragments on the Pentateuch.
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The Law.
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Section I. Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth. |In the Beginning God Created,| Etc.
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Sections II., III. And the Lord Said: |And I Will Bring the Waters of the Flood Upon the Earth to Destroy All Flesh,| Etc.
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Section IV. On Gen. vii. 6
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Section V. On Gen. viii. I
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Section X. On Deut. xxxiii. II
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On the Psalms. I.
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Other Fragments on the Psalms. II.
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III. On Psalm lv. 15
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IV. On Psalm lviii. 11
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V. On Psalm lix. 11. Concerning the Jews.
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VI. On Psalm lxii. 6
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VII. On Psalm lxviii. 18. Of the Enlargement of the Church.
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VIII. On Psalm lxxxix. 4. Of the Gentiles.
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IX. On the Words in Psalm xcvi. 11: |Let the Sea Roar (Be Moved), and the Fulness Thereof.|
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X. On Psalm cxix. 30-32
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XI. On the Words in Psalm cxxvii. 7: |On the Wrath of Mine Enemies.| Etc.
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XII. On the Words in Psalm cxxxix. 15: |My Substance or (Bones) Was Not Hid from Thee, Which Thou Madest in Secret.|
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Treatise on Christ and Antichrist.
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Expository Treatise Against the Jews.
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Against Plato, on the Cause of the Universe.
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Against the Heresy of One Noetus.
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Against Beron and Helix.
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Fragment II. The God of all things therefore became truly, according to the Scriptures
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Fragment III. Now, with the view of explaining, by means of an illustration
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Fragment IV. For, in the view of apostles and prophets and teachers
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Fragment V. For lately a certain person, Beron, along with some others
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Fragment VI. Among Christians it is settled as the doctrine of piety
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Fragment VII. But if it the flesh did not become of like nature with that the deity
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Fragment VIII. Into this error, then, have they been carried, by believing
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The Discourse on the Holy Theophany.
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Fragments of Discourses or Homilies. I.
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Fragment II. From the Discourse of St.
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Fragment III. St. Hippolytus, Bishop and Martyr, in his Homily on the Paschal Supper.
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Fragment IV. 1. Take me, O Samuel, the heifer brought to Bethlehem
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Fragment V. And for this reason three seasons of the year prefigured the Saviour Himself
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Fragment VI. And an ark of imperishable wood was the Saviour Himself.
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Fragment VII. 1. He who rescued from the lowest hell the first-formed man of earth when he
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Fragment VIII. Under the figure of Egypt he described the world
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Fragment IX. Now Hippolytus, the martyr and bishop of the Province of.
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Fragment X. Now a person might say that these men, and those who hold a different opinion
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Fragment XI. 1. The body of the Lord presented both these to the world
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Fragment I. Now Hippolytus, a martyr for piety, who was bishop of the place called Portus
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Fragment II. From the same.
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Fragment III. Hippolytus, Bishop and Martyr, in a letter to a certain queen.
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The story of a maiden of Corinth, and a certain Magistrianus.
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Elucidation.
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Containing Dubious and Spurious Pieces.
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Piece I. Since, then, the blessed prophets have been eyes to us
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Piece II. Hence, too, they indicated the day of the consummation to us
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Piece III. Where, then, ye friends of Christ, shall I begin? and with what shall I make
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Piece IV. Wherefore let us direct our discourse to a second witness.
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Piece V. Mark the agreement of prophet with prophet.
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Piece VI. But not to expend our argument entirely in going over the words of all the
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Piece VII. Wherefore all shall walk after their own will.
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Piece VIII. And what am I to say with respect to men
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Piece IX. Now after He was taken up again to the Father
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Piece X. And the apostles, who speak of God, in establishing the truth of the advent of
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Piece XI. Finally, hear Paul as he speaks boldly, and mark how clearly he discovers these
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Piece XII. But having now done with this account of the consummation
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Piece XIII. Wherefore, bringing the visions of Daniel into conjunction with these
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Piece XIV. Now, since these things which are thus spoken mystically by the prophet seem to all
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Piece XV. Then after the lioness, the prophet sees a second beast like a bear
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Piece XVI. Next he tells us of the |fourth beast, dreadful and terrible
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Piece XVII. You see how Daniel interpreted to Nabuchodonosor the dominion of the kingdoms
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Piece XVIII. As the Lord Jesus Christ made His sojourn with us in the flesh which He
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Piece XIX. But seeing now that we must make proof of what is alleged at greater length
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Piece XX. For in every respect that deceiver seeks to make himself appear like the Son of
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Piece XXI. For through the Scriptures we are instructed in two advents of the Christ and Saviour.
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Piece XXII. But as, in accordance with the train of our discussion
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Piece XXIII. Above all, moreover, he will love the nation of the Jews.
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Piece XXIV. And all this he will do corruptly and deceitfully
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Piece XXV. And at first, indeed, that deceitful and lawless one
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Piece XXVI. For he will appoint princes over them from among the demons.
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Piece XXVII. Then, after all these things, the heavens will not give their dew
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Piece XXVIII. Then that abominable one will send his commands throughout every government by the hand at
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Piece XXIX. Of such kind, in the time of that hater of all good
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Piece XXX. Blessed shall they be who overcome the tyrant then.
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Piece XXXI. But let us revert to the matter in hand.
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Piece XXXII. But many who are hearers of the divine Scriptures
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Piece XXXIII. You see in what manner of fasting and prayer the saints will exercise themselves at
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Piece XXXIV. And the churches, too, will wail with a mighty lamentation
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Piece XXXV. Notwithstanding, not even then will the merciful and benignant God leave the race of men
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Piece XXXVI. As these things, therefore, of which we have spoken before are in the future
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Piece XXXVII. For at that time the trumpet shall sound, and awake those that sleep from the
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Piece XXXVIII. Then shall the holy angels run on their commission to gather together all the nations
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Piece XXXIX. And why should we add many words concerning those who are sisted before the bar?
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Piece XL. Then shall the son of perdition be brought forward
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Piece XLI. Then He shall gather together all nations, as the holy Gospel so strikingly declares.
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Piece XLII. Come, ye saints, who disciplined yourselves in mountains and caves and dens of the earth
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Piece XLIII. Then shall the righteous answer, astonished at the mighty and wondrous fact that He
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Piece XLIV. Then shall the King of kings make answer again
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Piece XLV. Ye have heard of the ceaseless joy, ye have heard of the immoveable kingdom
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Piece XLVI. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat
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Piece XLVII. At last the assembly is dissolved, the spectacle of this life ceaseth
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Piece XLVIII. Then shall they also make answer to the dread Judge
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Piece XLIX. |Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee the crown of life.
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Hippolytus on the Twelve Apostles:
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The same Hippolytus on the Seventy Apostles.
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Heads of the Canons of Abulide or Hippolytus,
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Canons of the Church of Alexandria.
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Elucidations.
