Hippolytus of Rome Quotes
170–235
Hippolytus of Rome (170 – 235) was a 3rd-century Christian theologian.
Also known as: Hippolytus, Apostolic tradition
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For Aries is a male zodiacal sign, but Taurus female; and the rest [are denominated] according to the same analogy, some male, but others female.
Inquiry shall likewise be made about the professions and trades of those who are brought to be admitted to the faith. If a man is a pander, he must desist or be rejected.
He said that the beginning of the universe was mind and matter, mind being the creator and matter that which came into being.
If a catechumen or a believer seeks to become a soldier, they must be rejected, for they have despised God.
If a man is an actor or pantomimist, he must be rejected.
A soldier of the civil authority must be taught not to kill men and to refuse to do so if he is commanded, and to refuse to take an oath; if he is unwilling to comply, he must be rejected.
A gladiator or a trainer of gladiators, or a huntsman, or anyone connected with these shows ... must desist or be rejected.
Epicurus held an opinion almost the opposite of all others. He supposed that the beginnings of the universals were atoms and a void; that the void was as it were the place of the things that will be; but that the atoms were matter, from which all things are.
I think that there has been clearly expounded the mind of arithmeticians, who, by means of numbers and of names, suppose that they interpret life. Now I perceive that these, enjoying leisure, and being trained in calculation, have been desirous that, through the art delivered to them from childhood, they, acquiring celebrity, should be styled prophets.