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Hippolytus of Rome
Rome's fiercest scholar, who set himself up as a rival bishop and died a prisoner in the mines.
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- Lived died 235.
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Hippolytus of Rome
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On the first day God made what He made out of nothing. But on the other days He did not make out of nothing, but out of what He had made on the first day, by moulding it according to His pleasure.
Genesis 1:6 And God said, “Let there be an expanse between the waters, to separate the waters from the waters.” BSB
What had actually occurred from the action of Jacob was a mystery of the [divine] economy in view of the Christ prefigured [by Jacob], [of the Christ] who, blessed by the Father, has been blessed forever after his [temporal] birth.The words of Scripture, "Besides himself…
ON THE BLESSINGS OF THE ISAAC AND JACOB 8, 235
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Isaac was seized with great amazement," have the same meaning as "Isaac was filled with admiration" for what had happened, because he foresaw that the Gentiles, according to the will of God, had to be blessed and take part in the covenant of the promise made to the fathers through the younger son.
Genesis 27:33 Isaac began to tremble violently and said, “Who was it, then, who hunted the game and brought it to me? Before you came in, I ate it all and blessed him—and indeed, he will be blessed!” BSB
The fact that he says to him, "Your brother came by trickery and took away your blessing" means, in a way that implies a mystery, that the Word of God, after his incarnation, had to take the form of a slave.
ON THE BLESSINGS OF ISAAC AND JACOB 8, 235
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[Thus] thanks to him who was unknown in his generation, he might receive the blessing of the Father and transmit it to us, who believe in him.
Genesis 27:35 But Isaac replied, “Your brother came deceitfully and took your blessing.” BSB
Proverbs are words of exhortation that serve the whole path of life. They serve as guides and signs for those who are seeking their way to God by reviving them when they become tired by the length of the road.
FRAGMENT ON PROVERBS, 235
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These, moreover, are the proverbs of "Solomon," that is to say, the "peacemaker," who, in truth, is Christ the Savior.
1 Kings 3:12 behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you. BSB
The mercy of God is not so "marvellous" when it is shown in humbler cities as when it is shown in "a strong city," and for this reason "God is to be blessed."
Fragments from Commentaries on Various Books of Scripture - On Psalm XXXI. 22, 235
Psalms 31:21 Blessed be the LORD, for He has shown me His loving devotion in a city under siege. BSB
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Hippolytus was the most learned man in the Roman church of his generation, and one of the most difficult. He was born around 170. Photius reports that he had heard Irenaeus, which would place him in the chain running back through Polycarp to the apostle John, and his theology reads like a man who was proud of that line. He wrote in Greek at a time when Rome was going over to Latin, which is one reason so much of his work was later lost in the West. His output was enormous. His Refutation of All Heresies traced thirty-three heretical systems back to Greek philosophy and pagan mystery cults, on the argument that the heretics had not received revelation but recycled Plato and the astrologers; it quotes gnostic sources so extensively that it remains a primary text for the study of gnosticism. His Commentary on Daniel is the oldest surviving Christian commentary on any book of the Bible. His On Christ and Antichrist set out an end-times scheme the church argued about for centuries. The Apostolic Tradition, a church order describing baptism, ordination, and the eucharist in detail, is generally associated with him, though scholars now debate how much of it is his. Then he fought his own church and lost. He accused bishop Zephyrinus of ignorance and of a confused doctrine of Christ, and accused the deacon Callistus of forgiving sins no bishop had the right to forgive. When Callistus was elected bishop in 217, Hippolytus refused to accept it, and a group in Rome elected him instead. He was the first antipope. The split ran through the terms of Callistus, Urban, and Pontian — nearly twenty years. In 235 the emperor Maximinus Thrax went after the Roman clergy and did not distinguish between them. Hippolytus and Pontian, the two rival bishops of Rome, were arrested together and deported to the lead mines of Sardinia, which the Romans called the unhealthy island because sentences there were death sentences with extra steps. Both men died there. And somewhere in that place, the record indicates, the schism ended: Pontian resigned his office so Rome could elect a working bishop, and the followers of Hippolytus were reconciled. In 236 or 237 the new bishop, Fabian, had both bodies brought back to Rome and buried with honor on the same day. The fourth-century Roman calendar of martyrs lists them together under 13 August. A damaged marble statue found in Rome in 1551, inscribed with a paschal table and a list of titles, has long been connected with him. Sources: Eusebius, Church History VI.20, VI.22; Jerome, On Illustrious Men 61; the works of Hippolytus (Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5); the Depositio Martyrum of the Chronographer of 354; the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia, article St. Hippolytus of Rome.
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So he consented to this and tested them for ten days. And at the end of ten days, they looked healthier and better nourished than all the young men who…
“And so Scripture says, "And the chief eunuch heard them and tested them for ten days and after the end of the ten days their appearances appeared better and stronger in body compared to the boys who ate at the table of the king."”
The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests!
“And so since they said that what the king sought was impossible to be recounted by a man, God showed them that the things which are impossible with men, are possible with God.”
its legs were iron, and its feet were part iron and part clay.
“"His feet," etc. Hippolytus: In the vision of the prophet, the ten horns are the things that are yet to be.”
Then Nebuchadnezzar, furious with rage, summoned Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. So these men were brought before the king,
“But someone will say, "You are making sophistries." Be educated, O man, about the things which happen under Antiochus Epiphanes.”
When the magicians, enchanters, astrologers, and diviners came in, I told them the dream, and they could not interpret it for me.
“Then he described what happened in his second vision, as none of the magicians, soothsayers, and Chaldeans were able to declare the matter to the king, until Daniel was called who also described to Nebuchadnezzar his first vision, so that in all things God might…”
The tree grew large and strong; its top reached the sky, and it was visible to the ends of the earth.
“For the tree "grew great and strong, which reached unto the height of heaven and its trunk to the limits of all the earth," [Daniel 4:11] Scripture indicates it to be the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar, as also Daniel distinctly stated, because the king was exalted…”
He called out in a loud voice: ‘Cut down the tree and chop off its branches; strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit.
“And so when the angel came down from heaven and said, "Cut down the tree and strip its branches and shake off its leaves and scatter its fruit.”
But leave the stump with its roots in the ground, and a band of iron and bronze around it, in the tender grass of the field.
“After he was banished by them, he fled to the desert and his kingdom and the authority and majesty which he had formerly were taken, because he boasted and said, "Who is the god, who shall take you from my hands?"”
You will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling will be with the beasts of the field.
“Next Scripture says, "And he shall lie outside in the grass and in the dew of heaven and seven seasons shall pass over him until you know that God the Most High rules over the kingdom of men."”
All this happened to King Nebuchadnezzar. Twelve months later, as he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon,
“And so similarly it happened also to Nebuchadnezzar. For indeed after he began the eighteenth year, he set up the image, just as has been said in the book before this, and its dimensions were also made known.”
and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.
“And so Darius, who was called Ahasuerus, received the kingdom and "appointed one-hundred-twenty satraps and appointed three governors over them, whom Daniel was one of, for the satraps to give account that the king may not be overburdened.”
Thus the administrators and satraps sought a charge against Daniel concerning the kingdom, but they could find no charge or corruption, because he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption…
“Accordingly, after this happened, the governors and satraps were stirred with jealousy and sought to find a pretext against Daniel, so that they might take some occasion against him and accuse him and kill him.”
At the command of the king, the men who had falsely accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions—they and their children and wives.
“Then, "the king spoke and they brought the men who accused Daniel and they themselves and their sons and their wives were cast into the den of lions, and they did not reach the bottom of the den before the lions mastered them, and they…”
Then four great beasts came up out of the sea, each one different from the others:
“And so when the different beast was shown to the blessed prophet Daniel and it was shown that it differed from the others, it is necessary for us to consider that he does not discuss any of the beasts as mere animals, but in a…”
And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him.
“And so as many of you all who reverently draw near to God, observe the person who long ago was shown to the people by Moses and was manifested on the mountain and was proclaimed by the prophets and was seen as a man by…”
Thus the goat became very great, but at the height of his power, his large horn was broken off, and four prominent horns came up in its place, pointing toward…
“Next after the male goat was exalted, "his great horn was shattered, and four horns arose under him to the four winds of heaven."”
Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem, until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks.
“Indeed it says, "and to return and a street and wall shall be built." [Daniel 9:25] And it really happened. For the people returned and built this city and temple and its wall in a circle.”
So I was left alone, gazing at this great vision. No strength remained in me; my face grew deathly pale, and I was powerless.
“"And I," he says, "was the only one left and I fell on my face upon the earth, and behold, with the hand of a man he touched me."”
Again the one with the likeness of a man touched me and strengthened me.
“"And he came close," he says, "and he touched me as an appearance of a man and he strengthened me and he said to me, 'Do not fear cherished man. Peace to you, be strong like a man.'"”
He will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites.
“And so Daniel has foretold two abominations, one of destruction, one of desolation. What is the one of destruction but what was set up there in the time of Antiochus?”