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The Refutation of All Heresies is a compendious Christian polemical work of the early third century, now generally attributed to Hippolytus of Rome. Most of it was recovered in 1842 in a manuscript at Mount Athos, but the complete text is not known. It catalogues both pagan beliefs and 33 gnostic Christian systems deemed heretical, making it a major source of information on contemporary opponents of Catholic orthodoxy.[1] (2nd century - 3rd century - 4th century - other centuries) Events The Sassanid dynasty of Persia launches a war to reconquer lost lands in the Roman east. ...
In Greek mythology, Hippolytus was a son of Theseus and either Antiope or Hippolyte. ...
Capital Karyes Official languages Koine Greek and Church Slavonic (both liturgical); Modern Greek, Russian, Serbian, Georgian, Bulgarian, Romanian (civil use) Government - Head of State2 Dora Bakoyannis - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I Area - Total 390 km² 150 sq mi Population - estimate 2,250 Demonyms: Athonite, Hagiorite (English); Αθωνίτης, ΑγιοÏίτης (Greek). ...
Pagan may refer to: A believer in Paganism or Neopaganism Bagan, a city in Myanmar also known as Pagan Pagan (album), the 6th album by Celtic metal band Cruachan Pagan Island, of the Northern Mariana Islands Pagan Lorn, a metal band from Luxembourg, Europe (1994-1998) Pagans Mind, is...
Gnosticism is a blanket term for various religions and sects most prominent in the first few centuries A.D. General characteristics The word gnosticism comes from the Greek word for knowledge, gnosis (γνῶσις), referring to the idea that there is special, hidden mysticism (esoteric knowledge...
Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the ‘catholic’ or orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. ...
It is known also as the Philosophoumena (philosophical teachings). The traditional attribution was to Origen. Origen Origen (Greek: Ōrigénēs, 185–ca. ...
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- '^ Kurt Rudolph, Gnosis: The Nature and History of Gnosticism (1983 English transation), p. 13.
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