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In Book VI, the attack begun at the end of Book IV against Simon Magus and Valentinus resumes. The author sketches out their ideas, again affirming the source of their error to be the teaching of Pythagoras. The remainder of this book discusses the heresies of Valentinus' supposed followers.
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A discussion of the heretical Docetae begins Book VIII. Who exactly the Docetae were is unclear, though the auothor seems to make a distinction between this group and others who considered Jesus to exist merely in appearance, the latter being the doctrine to which the term
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illuminates for the reader not only various Gnostic beliefs, but is also a source of "valuable information on the thinking of the Presocratics." The text is also an important source of Pythagorean and
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This work is divided into ten books, 8 of which have survived more or less intact. Books II and III, however, have not been unearthed, and their contents remain the subject of conjecture
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and certain ideas ascribed to Pythagoras, thus linking discussion of Greek philosophy in Book I with later arguments against Gnosticism.
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has been a significant source for contemporary scholars on various subjects since its discovery. The compendious breadth of the
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by Hippolytus, making it a major source of information on contemporary opponents of Christian orthodoxy as understood today.
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Johan C. Thom, "'Don't walk on the highways': The Pythagorean akousmata and early Christian literature."
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Book IV details and seeks to refute the various beliefs and practices of various diviners and magicians,
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Book I offers a summary of the thought of various ancient Greek philosophers.
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teachings, which are frequently related to the heresies described therein.
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Book X concludes the work with a summary of what has written throughout.
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and a belief that Christ's soul was separated from his body at his
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identifies Book I as being an important source of information on
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Book VII challenges the teachings of such heretics as
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Castration: An Abbreviated History of Western Manhood
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Hippolytus of Rome
Greek
translit.
Latin
Hippolytus of Rome
Pseudo-Hippolytus
pagan
gnostic
heretical
Greek philosophy
Greek
Mount Athos
Origen
Catherine Osborne
Pre-Socratic Philosophy
Pythagoras
Plato
Aristotle
Brahmins
Zamolxis
Thrace
Celtic
druids
Hesiod
Chaldeans
Metoposcopists
Magicians
divination by astronomy
Gnostic

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