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Refutation of All Heresies 7.38.4

Hippolytus of Rome · Refutation of All Heresies · ca. 222–235 · Rome · Read in context

Authorship disputed: The work names no author. Book 1 was long printed among Origen's works as the Philosophumena; after books 4–10 were found in a manuscript from Mount Athos (published 1851), it was assigned to Hippolytus, the usual view today, though some scholars ascribe it to another Roman writer of the same circle. Books 2 and 3 are lost, and book 4 lacks its beginning.

Summary: Christ died, rose after three days, and showed the disciples his wounds to prove he was not a phantom.

Greek text · Duncker–Schneidewin, 410

δὲ ὑπὸ Ἰουδαίων ἀνασκολοπισθέντα θανεῖν, καὶ μετὰ τρεῖς ἡμέρας ἐγερθέντα φανῆναι τοῖς μαθηταῖς, δείξαντα τοὺς τύπους τῶν ἥλων καὶ τῆς πλευρᾶς, πείθοντα ὅτι αὐτὸς εἴη καὶ οὐ φάντασμα, ἀλλὰ ἔνσαρκος ἦν.

English · Claude translation

that, crucified by the Jews, he died, and after three days, having been raised, he appeared to the disciples, showing the marks of the nails and of his side, persuading them that it was he and not a phantom, but that he was in the flesh.

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Source
Duncker–Schneidewin, 410 · Ludwig Duncker and F. G. Schneidewin, eds., S. Hippolyti episcopi et martyris Refutationis omnium haeresium librorum decem quae supersunt (Göttingen: Dieterich, 1859); section divisions from Paul Wendland, ed., Hippolytus Werke 3: Refutatio omnium haeresium, GCS 26 (Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1916) · Greek text: L. Duncker and F. G. Schneidewin, Refutationis omnium haeresium (Göttingen, 1859), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library; section divisions from P. Wendland (GCS 26, 1916), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin); both CC BY-SA 4.0
Text
As printed in Duncker–Schneidewin. Manuscript variants and the editor's apparatus are not reproduced; no textual problem is noted in this passage.
Translation
Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-27 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Duncker–Schneidewin; made independently of existing English translations.
Compare
Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5 (1886) (an older public-domain English translation, whole volume at CCEL; checked against ours only after ours was made) · Its chapter numbers differ from the standard (Wendland) numbering used here.
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Topics
Heresy, Christology

Notes

Translation notes

  • The allusions are Luke 24:39 and John 20:20, 27. Apelles' view of the crucifixion is reported in Hippolytus's words.

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Hippolytus, Haer. 7.38.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-refutatio/7/38/4/).

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Hippolytus, Haer. 7.38.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/hippolytus-refutatio/7/38/4/).

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