Book VI

Refutation of All Heresies (Philosophumena) · Saint Hippolytus of Rome

1. Contents.
2. The Ophites the Progenitors of Subsequent Heresies.
3. Simon Magus.
4. Story of Apsethus the Libyan.
5. Simon's Forced Interpretation of Scripture; Plagiarizes from Heraclitus and Aristotle; Simon's System of Sensible and Intelligible Existences.
6. Simon Appeals to Scripture in Support of His System.
7. Simon's System Expounded in the Work, Great Announcement; Follows Empedocles.
8. Simon's System of a Threefold Emanation by Pairs.
9. Further Progression of This Threefold Emanation; Co-Existence with the Double Triad of a Seventh Existence.
10. Simon's Interpretation of the Mosaic Hexaëmeron; His Allegorical Representation of Paradise.
11. Simon's Explanation of the First Two Books of Moses.
12. Simon's Explanation of the Three Last Books of the Pentateuch.
13. Fire a Primal Principle, According to Simon.
14. His Doctrine of Emanation Further Expanded.
15. Simon Interprets His System by the Mythological Representation of Helen of Troy; Gives an Account of Himself in Connection with the Trojan Heroine; Immorality of His Followers; Simon's View of Christ; The Simonists' Apology for Their Vice.
16. Simon's Disciples Adopt the Mysteries; Simon Meets St. Peter at Rome; Account of Simon's Closing Years.
17. Heresy of Valentinus; Derived from Plato and Pythagoras.
18. Origin of the Greek Philosophy.
19. Pythagoras' System of Numbers.
20. Pythagoras' Duality of Substances; His “Categories.”
21. Pythagoras' Cosmogony; Similar to that of Empedocles.
22. Other Opinions of Pythagoras.
23. The “Sayings” Of Pythagoras.
24. Pythagoras' Astronomic System.
25. Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from the Platonic and Pythagoric Philosophy; The Valentinian Theory of Emanation by Duads.
26. The Tenet of the Duad Made the Foundation of Valentinus' System of the Emanation of Æons.
27. Valentinus' Explanation of the Existence of Christ and the Spirit.
28. Valentinus' Explanation of the Existence of Jesus; Power of Jesus Over Humanity.
29. The Valentinian Origin of the Creation.
30. The Other Valentinian Emanations in Conformity with the Pythagorean System of Numbers.
31. Valentinus' Explanation of the Birth of Jesus; Twofold Doctrine on the Nature of Jesus' Body; Opinion of the Italians, that Is, Heracleon and Ptolemæus; Opinion of the Orientals, that Is, Axionicus and Bardesanes.
32. Further Doctrines of Valentinus Respecting the Æons; Reasons for the Incarnation.
33. Valentinus Convicted of Plagiarisms from Plato.
34. Secundus' System of Æons; Epiphanes; Ptolemæus.
35. System of Marcus; A Mere Impostor; His Wicked Devices Upon the Eucharistic Cup.
36. Further Acts of Jugglery on the Part of Marcus.
37. The Heretical Practices of the Marcites in Regard of Baptism.
38. Marcus' System Explained by Irenæus; Marcus' Vision; The Vision of Valentinus Revealing to Him His System.
39. Marcus' System of Letters.
40. The Quaternion Exhibits “Truth.”
41. The Name of Christ Jesus.
42. Marcus' Mystic Interpretation of the Alphabet.
43. His System Applied to Explain Our Lord's Life and Death.
44. Letters, Symbols of the Heavens.
45. Respecting the Generation of the Twenty-Four Letters.
46. Why Jesus is Called Alpha.
47. Marcus' Account of the Birth and Life of Our Lord.
48. The System of Marcus Shown to Be that of Pythagoras, by Quotations from the Writings of Marcus' Followers.
49. Their Cosmogony Framed According to These Mystic Doctrines of Letters.
50. The Work of the Demiurge Perishable.
51. Marcus and Colarbasus Refuted by Irenæus.