Book 10 — INDEX
Francis Legge translation
Adam of Cabala, i. 120 n. 6;
the first man, ap. Chaldæans, i. 122;
arch-man of Samothrace, i. 132;
made by Jaldabaoth and his sons, ap. Ophites, i. 122 n. 3.
See Tatian
Adamas, supreme god of Naassenes, i. 120;
the “unsubdued,” epithet of Hades, Dionysos and Attis, i. 120 n. 6;
called the arch-man, i. 128, 129;
Isaiah’s words attributed to, i. 134
Adonis, Assyrian name of Attis, i. 124
Aetius, Philosophumena attributed to, i. 5;
his de Placitis Philosoph. quoted, i. 39 n. 3, 43 n. 1, 56 n. 1
Aipolos = goatherd according to Phrygians, i. 137
Akembes, the Carystian, joint founder of Peratic heresy, i. 69, 149; ii. 154.
See Euphrates
Alcibiades, of Apamea. See Elchesaites
Alcinous, chief source of Hippolytus for Plato’s doctrines, i. 51 n. 3
Alés, Adhémar d’, his Théologie de St. Hippolyte quoted, i. 66 n. 1
Amygdalus, Phrygian name of Attis, i. 140
Anaxagoras, his teaching, i. 44-46
Anaximander, his teaching, i. 42, 43
Anaximenes, his teaching, i. 43, 44
Andronicus the Peripatetic, quoted by Sethiani, i. 167
Apelles, follower of Marcion. His tenets, ii. 96, 97;
his prophetess Philumena, ii. 96;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 166
Apocatastasis, return of worlds to Deity, ii. 75 n. 4
Apparitions of gods, how produced by magicians, i. 97, 100
Apsethus the Libyan, story of, ii. 3, 4
Archelaus, his teaching, i. 46, 47
Aristotle, i. 16;
his teaching, i. 55-57;
his Categories, i. 55 n. 5;
his Quintessence, i. 56 n. 1; ii. 72 n. 4;
phrase of, used by Simon M., ii. 11 n. 4;
Basilides’ tenets attributed to, ii. 62-66. See Plato
Arithmomancy, i. 83-87
Armellini attributes Philosophumena to Novatian, i. 6
Arnold, Prof. E. V., his Roman Stoicism quoted, i. 57 n. 3, 127 n. 3, 136 n. 5; ii. 45 n. 7, 79 n. 6
Asclepiades, i. 19; ii. 152
Assyrians = Syrians, i. 123 n. 6;
teach triune nature of Deity, ib.
Astrology, source of heresy, i. 34;
the Chaldæan system of, i. 67-69;
folly of, i. 70-75, 113;
zodiacal types of, i. 88-91
Astronomers, calculations of, i. 76-83;
Hippolytus’ contempt for, i. 82
Athenæus, his Deipnosophistæ quoted, i. 108 n. 3
Attis, legend of, i. 118 n. 1;
hymns to, sung in Mysteries of great Mother, i. 141, 142;
names of: Adonis, Osiris, Moon, Sophia, Adamna, Corybas, Papas, Aipolos, Amygdalus, Syrictas, ib.
Babylonians, say god is Darkness, ap. Hippolytus, i. 104
Baptism, in primitive Church followed by milk and honey, i. 136 n. 9
Barbelo, the earth-goddess, of Gnostics, i. 139 n. 5
Baruch, book of. See Justinus
Basilides, i. 13, 14, 16;
his tenets, ii. 59-79;
hearer of Glaucias, ii. 59 n. 1;
of Matthias, ii. 66;
his son Isidore, ib.;
his God-who-is-Not, ii. 67.
The Panspermia, ii. 68;
Ascension of First Sonhood, ii. 69;
of Second Sonhood, ii. 70;
the Boundary Spirit, ib.;
the Great Ruler and his greater Son, ii. 71, 72;
the second ruler or Hebdomad, ii. 73;
descent of the Gospel, ii. 75;
the 365 heavens and Habrasax, ii. 76;
light which shines upon Jesus and His Passion, ib.;
Apocatastasis of Formlessness and Mission of Jesus, ii. 77-79;
the great ignorance, ii. 77;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 159-161.
See Simon of Cyrene, Aristotle
Baubo. See Hecate
Baur, Chr. F., attributes Philosophumena to Caius the presbyter, i. 6
Beelzebuth, made from perplexity of Sophia, ap. Valentinus, ii. 31;
name parody of Jabezebuth, ii. 31 n. 2
Benn, Alfred W., his Philosophy of Greece quoted, i. 37 n. 6, 43 n. 1
Bigourdan, G., his L’Astronomie: Evolution des Idées, etc., quoted, i. 80 n. 3
Blastus, heretic mentioned by pseudo-Tertullian, i. 13
Bouché-Leclercq, A., his L’Astrologie Grecque quoted, i. 67 n. 1, 74 n. 5; 108 n. 2, 148 n. 4
Bousset, Prof. Wilhelm, his Hauptprobleme der Gnosis quoted, i. 123 n. 2; ii. 80 n. 2, 163 n. 7
Brachmans, their lives and teaching, i. 60-61; ii. 99 n. 1
Brandt, Prof. A. S. H. W. See Elchesaites
Brimo, name of Demeter in Mysteries, i. 138
Bruce, the, Papyrus, i. 3 n. 1;
quoted, ii. 12 n. 2
Buddhism, known to Clement of Alexandria, ii. 59 n. 1
Budge, Sir Ernest A. W. T., his Miscellaneous Coptic Texts quoted, i. 30; ii. 178 n. 1
Bunsen, Baron von, his Hippolytus and his Age, i. 5
Cabala, the Jewish process of gematria, i. 131 n. 1;
explanation of, ii. 40 n. 3;
measurements in, ii. 133 n. 4
Caius the presbyter, Philosophumena attributed to, i. 6
Callistus, Pope (218-223 A.D.), i. 3, 5, 7, 13, 17, 19, 29;
leans towards heresy of Noetus, ii. 118;
his life and tenets, ii. 124-132;
fails with Sabellius, ii. 124;
calls Hippolytus’ party ditheists, ii. 125, 129;
formerly slave to Carpophorus, ii. 125;
his misdeeds and flight, ii. 126;
condemned to mill by Carpophorus, ib.;
makes riot in synagogue and sent to mines by Fuscianus, ii. 127;
released by Victor and Marcia, ii. 128, 129;
promoted to charge of cemetery by Zephyrinus, ii. 128;
excommunicates Sabellius, ii. 129;
his leanings towards Sabellius and Theodotus, ii. 130;
favours laxity of morals in Church, ii. 130-132;
and second baptism, ii. 132
Carpocrates, i. 17;
his tenets, ii. 90-92;
assigns sinless soul to Jesus, ii. 91;
says all men may be Christs, ib.;
lawlessness of followers of, ii. 91-92.
See Magic
Carpophorus. See Callistus
Caulacau, used with Saulasau and Zeesar by Naassenes, i. 131;
Adamas identified with, ib.;
name in which Saviour descended, ib. n. 6
Cerdo, i. 16;
teacher of Marcion, ii. 95, 96
Cerinthus, i. 17;
his tenets, ii. 92, 93;
adoptionist views of, ii. 93;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 166
Chaldæans, horoscopy of, described, i. 67-76
Charles, R. H., his Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of O. T. quoted, i. 154
Cicero, quoted, i. 68 n. 1, 107 n. 2
Clement of Alexandria, i. 11;
quoted, i. 144 n. 2, 146 n. 1; ii. 12 n. 5, 20 n. 1, 78 n. 8, 105 n. 4, 122 n. 3
Cleomenes, preacher of Noetian heresy, ii. 118, 123
Colarbasus, his arithmetical heresy, i. 83;
name of, ii. 57 n. 4
Constellation figures, interpretation of, i. 107-114
Corybas, god of Phrygians, i. 133;
his legend, ib. n. 5
Cruice, Abbé Patrice M., Philosophumena, etc., i. 4 n. 5;
Études sur les P., i. 12 n. 2
Cumont, Franz, his Textes et Monuments de Mithra quoted, i. 98 n. 5;
Les Mystères de Mithra, ib.;
Recherches sur le Manichéisme, i. 110 n. 2;
Cosmogonie Manichéenne, i. 176 n. 5
Cybele, or Great Mother, worship of, i. 3;
legend of, i. 118 n. 1.
See Attis, Naassenes, Ophites, Rhea
Cyphi, Egyptian incense used in magic, i. 92
Demiurge, or architect of Universe;
fiery god of Naassenes, i. 128;
made from fear of Sophia, ap. Valentinus, ii. 30
Democritus, his teaching, i. 48, 49
Devil, ruler of this world made from grief of Sophia, ap. Valentinus, ii. 31
Didymus of Alexandria, Philosophumena attributed to, i. 5
Diels, Hermann, edits Book I. of Philosophumena, i. 31 n. 1
Diodorus of Eretria, mentioned by no other author, i. 38 n. 6
Diogenes Laertius, source of Hippolytus’ summary of philosophies, i. 64 n. 2;
quoted, i. 35 n. 7, 36 nn. 2, 3; 37 n. 6; 40 nn. 2, 3; 41 nn. 2, 3; 42 n. 1; 44 nn. 1, 3; 48 nn. 3, 4; 54 n. 1; 56 nn. 1, 2; 58 n. 1; 59 nn. 1, 3;
mentions Gymnosophists and Druids, 60 n. 1
Docetae, i. 15, 17;
their tenets, ii. 99-105;
interpretation of story of fig-tree, ii. 99, 100.
And of Parable of Sower, ii. 101;
views on Annunciation and Passion of Jesus, ii. 104;
probably Valentinian, ii. 105 n. 4;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 162, 163
Döllinger, Dr. Ignaz, i. 6, 7;
his Hippolytus and Callistus quoted, ii. 124 n. 1; 125 n. 3; 126 nn. 4, 6; 127 nn. 1, 2, 4; 128 nn. 4, 5; 129 n. 4; 130 nn. 1, 7; 131 n. 6
Dositheus, a Samaritan heretic, i. 13, 14
Druids, Pythagoreans, i. 61, 62.
See Diogenes Laertius
Duchesne, Mgr. Louis, his Histoire Ancienne de l’Église quoted, i. 6, 7; ii. 124 n. 1; 125 n. 7
Duncker, Ludwig, Philosophumena, etc., i. 4
Ebionites, their tenets, ii. 93;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 167.
See Mughtasila
Ecphantus, his teaching, i. 50
Edem (Eden), garden of, compared to brain, ap. Naassenes, i. 143;
river of, compared to serpent, ap. Peratæ, i. 155;
to four senses of man, ap. Simon Magus, ii. 10;
name of Israel wife of Elohim, ap. Justinus, i. 175
Egypt = the body, ap. Naassenes, i. 130;
and Peratæ, i. 155
Egyptians, used for Alexandrians, i. 40 n. 1;
astrology of, 48 n. 4;
“Wisdom” of, i. 104-107;
Gospel accdg. to, quoted, i. 123
Elchesaites, i. 14, 17;
Brandt’s Elchesai, ii. 132 n. 3;
Alcibiades introduces heresy of, into Rome, ii. 133;
the Book of Elchesai quoted, ib.;
their belief in transmigration, ii. 134;
repeated baptisms and spells used by, ii. 135, 136;
prophecies of, ii. 137;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 169, 170.
See Mughtasila
Eleusis (Mysteries of), words used in, i. 129;
rites of, described, i. 138, 139
Empedocles, i. 9, 16;
his teaching, i. 40, 41
Encratites, their tenets, ii. 114, 115;
their connection with Tatian, ii. 114 n. 5;
extreme asceticism of, ii. 115
Epicurus, his teaching, i. 58, 59
Epiphanes (supposed follower of Valentinus), his tenets, ii. 38
Epiphanius, quoted, i. 5, 11, 122 n. 3; ii. 39 n. 7, 48 n. 2, 49 n. 1, 76 n. 1, 80 nn. 2, 3; 90 n. 4, 92 nn. 3, 4; 93 n. 7, 95 n. 4, 113 n. 6, 118 n. 1, 132 n. 3
Essenes, Book of Job attributed to, i. 109 n. 2;
Ebionites and, 110 n. 3.
See Jews, Mughtasila, Zealots
Euphrates (the Peratic), his story of war in heaven, i. 69;
meaning of name of, i. 146 n. 1;
founder of Ophite heresy, ib.;
and with Akembes of Peratæ, i. 149
Eusebius, quoted, i. 7, 14 n. 1; ii. 96 n. 2, 111 n. 2, 112 n. 6, 132 n. 3
Fabricius, edits Book I of Philosophumena, i. 1
Faye, Eugène de, his Introduction, etc., and Gnostiques et Gnosticisme quoted, i. 8 n. 3
Fessler, Prof., attributes Philosophumena to Caius, i. 6
Firmicus, J. Maternus, his Matheseos quoted, i. 68 n. 1
Flora. See Ptolemy, follower of V.
Flügel, Prof., his Mani quoted, ii. 132 n. 3
Fuscianus, prefect of city (188-193 A.D.), sentences Callistus to mines, ii. 127
Ganschinietz, Richard, his Hippolytus’ Kapitel gegen die Magier quoted, i. 92 n. 2
Geryon, the triple-bodied, pervades everything, ap. Naassenes, i. 131
Gnostics, Mysteries of, i. 32, 33;
derive tenets from Greeks and barbarians, i. 119.
See Naassenes, Philo
Graillot, L., his Le Culte de Cybèle quoted, i. 135 n. 1
Greeks, Phœnician origin of, attributed to Herodotus, i. 111;
tenets of Physicists among, taken from Sextus Empiricus, ii. 150-153
Gronovius, annotates Book I of Philosophumena, i. 1
Hatch, Edwin, Dr., his Hibbert Lectures quoted, i. 38 n. 1, 123 n. 4, 136 n. 9; ii. 45 n. 6, 52 n. 8, 62 n. 7.
Hebrew words used by magicians, i. 92, 93.
Hecate, hymn to, i. 100, 101;
identified with Baubo, Gorgo, Mormo and Mene, i. 101;
also with Artemis, Persephone and Eriskigal, ib. n. 1
Hemerobaptists, i. 18; ii. 132 n. 3.
See Mughtasila
Heracleon, follower of Valentinus, his tenets not described by Hippolytus, ii. 38 n. 2
Heraclides of Pontus, i. 19; ii. 152
Heraclitus of Ephesus, i. 10, 16, 17;
his teaching, i. 41; ii. 119.
See Noetus
Hermes, street statues of, i. 127
Hermogenes, i. 16;
his tenets, ii. 111-112;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 169
Hesiod (the poet), his Theogony quoted, i. 62, 63
Hippasus, i. 19; ii. 151
Hippo, his teaching, i. 50, 51
Hippocrates, quoted, i. 126
Hippolytus, schismatic Pope (218-235 A.D.), i. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16;
denies Pauline authorship of Hebrews, i. 23 n. 1;
calls himself guardian of the Church, i. 34;
heterodoxy of, ii. 125 n. 3, 129 n. 4;
Chronicon of, ii. 171;
his own doctrine stated, ii. 172 to end;
his Substance of the All, ii. 173
Homoousios, first used by Hippolytus, ii. 69 n. 1
Hyacinthus. See Marcia
Irenæus, St., Hippolytus’ indebtedness to, i. 11, 12, 13;
his Five Books Against Heresies quoted, i. 122 n. 3, 139 n. 5, 160 n. 1; ii. 15 n. 2, 17 n. 4, 25 n. 6, 27 n. 2, 38 n. 2, 39 nn. 3, 4; 40 n. 2, 44 n. 2, 45 n. 5, 48 n. 1, 49 nn. 2, 3, 6; 50 n. 2, 51 nn. 2, 8; 53 n. 3, 54 n. 1, 56 n. 2, 57 nn. 4, 5; 59 n. 1, 76 n. 1, 79 n. 2, 80 n. 2, 90 n. 4, 91 n. 5, 92 nn. 3, 4; 93 nn. 4, 5; 111 nn. 2, 3.
See Jesus
Isidore. See Basilides
Isis identified with the Earth, i. 105 n. 4;
Mysteries of, i. 126
Jacobi, Prof., first to declare Hippolytus author of Philosophumena, i. 5
Jaldabaoth, a fiery god, i. 128, 132 n. 3; ii. 102 n. 9;
a “fourth number,” ib.
See Adam, Sophia
James, the brother of the Lord, alleged transmitter of Naassene doctrines, i. 121; ii. 153
Jerusalem, the heavenly, mother of all living, i. 130;
the city in Phœnicia, i. 138
Jesus, His triple nature, ap. Naassenes, i. 121;
the Perfect Man, i. 134;
reason of His Incarnation, i. 145;
His triple powers, ap. Peratæ, i. 147;
Intermediate between the Father and matter, i. 158;
Son of Joseph and Mary, ap. Justinus and Carpocrates, i. 178; ii. 96;
the great High Priest, ii. 29;
mystic name of, ap. Irenæus, ii. 47;
self-generated, ap. Marcus, ii. 52;
His Illumination Mission and Passion, ap. Basilides, ii. 78, 79;
the One God of Zephyrinus, ii. 123;
so of Callistus, ii. 129.
See Carpocrates, Cerinthus, Ebionites, Docetae, Justinus
Jeû of Bruce Papyrus, called the Great Man, i. 122 n. 4
Jews, history of, from Josephus and others, ii. 138-148;
divided into Pharisees, Sadducees and Essenes, ii. 139;
tenets of Essenes, ii. 139-145;
the like of Pharisees, ii. 145;
the like of Sadducees, ii. 145-147;
all expect Messiah, ii. 147;
chronology of history of, ii. 170-172
Josephus, i. 10 n. 3; i. 17.
See Jews
Jothor, father-in-law of Moses, i. 131
Justin Martyr, says Simon Magus claimed divinity, i. 14
Justinus, the Gnostic, i. 3;
perhaps not Ophite, i. 28 n. 2;
his tenets, i. 169-180;
probably one of the later Gnostics, i. 169 n. 4;
his oath of secrecy, i. 171, 179;
his Baruch quoted, i. 171;
allegorizes Herodotus’ Scythian story, i. 172;
his Triad of the Good One, Elohim and Edem, i. 172, 173;
the twenty-four angels of, and their names, i. 173;
likeness of these to Bar Khôni’s Ophites, ib. nn. 3, 4;
angels of, called Trees, i. 174;
creation of protoplasts, i. 174;
ascent of Elohim, i. 175, 176;
sin of Eve and Naas, i. 176;
origin of evil, i. 177;
Heracles a Saviour, ib.;
Jesus called by Baruch when twelve years old, i. 178;
explanation of Pagan myths, i. 179;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 161, 162;
put by summarizer after Basilides, i. 161 n. 2
Kessler, Konrad, his Mani quoted, i. 82 n. 2
King, C. W., his Gnostics and their Remains quoted, ii. 17 n. 2
Lane, E. W., his Modern Egyptians quoted, i. 97 n. 2
Langdon, Dr. Stephen, his Tammuz and Ishtar quoted, i. 105 n. 3
Latinisms in text of Philosophumena, i. 23
Leemans, Prof. C., his Papyri Græci quoted, ii. 44 n. 4
Legge, F., his Forerunners and Rivals of Christianity quoted, i. 2 n. 2, 9 n. 1, 27 n. 1, 39 n. 1, 40 n. 1, 94 n. 1, 105 nn. 3, 4; 109 n. 2, 114 n. 2, 122 n. 1, 123 nn. 1, 2, 3; 128 n. 2, 130 n. 1, 135 n. 4, 137 n. 2, 139 n. 5, 155 nn. 2, 3; 156 n. 4, 160 n. 1, 162 n. 2, 165 n. 2, 169 n. 5, 173 n. 4, 174 n. 2, 175 n. 2; ii. 7 nn. 1, 3; 25 n. 3, 34 n. 5, 72 n. 3, 82 n. 3, 88 n. 3, 89 n. 2, 95 n. 4, 97 n. 1, 103 n. 6, 163 n. 7
Leucippus, his teaching, i. 48
Lipsius, R. A., opposes Hippolytus’ authorship, i. 6;
his articles in D.C.B. quoted, ii. 38 nn. 1, 2
Lucian of Samosata, his Alexander quoted, i. 92 n. 2, 99 n. 4;
follower of Cerdo, ii. 96
Macmahon, J. H., translates Philosophumena, i. 5
Magic, its connection with astrology, i. 91 n. 4;
practised by Simon’s disciples, ii. 16;
and Carpocratians, ii. 91
Magicians, tricks of, described, i. 92-103
Man, Perfect, ap. Naassenes, i. 123, 134, 138;
in Pistis Sophia, i. 123 n. 3;
ap. Sethiani, i. 165;
First, ap. Manichæans, i. 27, 123 n. 2;
expression used in Summary, ii. 163.
See Adam, Adamas, Monoimus, Pindar
Manichæism, the Atlas or Omophorus of, i. 110 n. 2;
First Man of, captured by powers of darkness, i. 123 n. 2; ii. 7 n. 3;
hostility of, to Jews, i. 165 n. 3;
Justinus’s anticipation of, i. 169 n. 4, 176 n. 5;
Valentinus’s, ii. 17 n. 5;
evocation of First Man in, ii. 34 n. 5;
our earth worst of all worlds, ii. 35 n. 3;
column of praises in, ii. 50 n. 5;
secrecy of, ii. 59 n. 1.
See Cumont, Flügel, Kessler
Marcia, concubine of Commodus, ii. 127;
takes counsel with Pope Victor, ib.;
her foster brother Hyacinthus, ib.
Marcion, i. 10, 16, 17;
his tenets, ii. 82-90;
compared with those of Empedocles, ii. 82-88;
Prepon’s address to Bardesanes, ii. 89;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 165
Marcus, follower of Valentinus, i. 12;
his tenets, ii. 40-57;
his frauds and juggling tricks, ii. 41-43;
vision of the Tetrad, ii. 45-48;
his cabalistic system of numbers, ii. 48-56
Mariam, aunt of Moses, i. 131
Mariamne, said to have received Naassene tradition from St. James, i. 121; ii. 153;
known to Origen and Celsus, i. 121 n. 5
Mark, St., story of self-mutilation to avoid orders, ii. 87
Maspero, Sir Gaston Charles, his Hist. ancme de l’Orient quoted, i. 47 n. 1
Matter, Jacques, Hist. du Gnosticisme quoted, ii. 59 n. 1
Maximilla. See Phrygians
Melchizidek. See Theodotus the Banker
Menander, successor of Simon Magus, i. 17; ii. 59 n. 1
Metoposcopy, divination by physiognomy, i. 87-92
Michael, scribe of MS., i. 4
Miller, Bénigne Emanuel, first editor of Philosophumena, i. 4, 5;
his Mélanges de Litt. Grecque quoted, i. 100, n. 5
Monarchia, doctrine of one supreme source of all things, ii. 123
Monoimus Arabs, i. 17;
his tenets, ii. 106-111;
not Christian, ii. 106 n. 1;
his heavenly man, ii. 107, 163;
cabalistic theory of numbers, ii. 109;
letter to Theophrastus quoted, ii. 110;
summary of doctrines of, 163, 164
Montanus. See Phrygians.
Mughtasila, washers or Hemerobaptists, Elchesaites derived from, ii. 132 n. 3;
make converts among Essenes and Ebionites, ib.
Mynas, Mynoïdes, discoverer of MS. of Philosophumena, i. 2, 3, 5
Mysteries of the heretics, i. 23, 33, 125, 180;
promise to describe, i. 63;
probably described in missing Books, i. 65;
source of Naassene heresy, i. 121;
M. of Assyrians, i. 123;
of Phrygians, i. 126, 133, 135-138, 140;
ineffable M. of Isis, i. 126;
M. of Greeks, i. 127;
Hye Cye in Eleusinian, i. 129;
M. of Samothrace, i. 132;
great secret of Eleusinian, i. 138;
Lesser and Great, i. 139;
M. of the Great Mother, i. 141, 142;
Phliasian, older than Eleusinian, i. 166;
M. of Justinus, i. 171
Naas, the serpent, i. 120, 142;
one of Justinus’ maternal angels, i. 173
Naassenes, i. 3;
their tenets, i. 118-146;
call themselves Gnostics, i. 120, 142;
their supreme deity Adamas, i. 120;
all his powers in Jesus, i. 121;
the names of the Three Churches, ib.;
the first man, i. 122;
their connection with the Mysteries, i. 123;
with the Gospel of the Egyptians, ib.;
the myth of Attis, i. 124;
their interpretation of the mysteries of Isis, i. 126, 127;
the demiurge Jaldabaoth, i. 128;
their interpretation of Homer, i. 130;
of the Cabiric mysteries, i. 132;
the myths of Corybas and Pappas, i. 133-135;
other names of Attis, i. 135-140;
N. mentioned by Irenæus, i. 139 n. 5;
why so called, i. 142;
hymns of, i. 142, 144, 145;
interpretation of anatomy of brain, i. 143, 144;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 153.
See Adamas, Eleusis, Geryon, Serpent
Neologisms used by Hippolytus, i. 24
Noetus, i. 3, 13, 15, 17;
his tenets, ii. 118-123;
his heresy, derived
from Heraclitus, ii. 118-123;
his followers, ii. 118;
identifies Father and Son, ii. 123;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 168, 169.
See Cleomenes, Phrygians
Novatian, Philosophumena attributed to, i. 6;
Hippolytus said to follow, i. 7 n. 4.
Oannes, the fist man, ap. Assyrians, i. 122
Ocellus Lucanus, i. 19; ii. 152
Ophites, i. 16, 17;
heresy derived from worship of Cybele or Great Mother, i. 118 n. 1;
curse Christ, ap. Origen, i. 121 n. 1;
comparative, insignificance of, i. 20 n. 1; ii. 116.
See Attis, Euphrates, Naassenes
Origen, Philosophumena attributed to, i. 5, 6;
Contra Celsum quoted, i, 20 n. 1, 121 nn. 1, 5; 130 n. 1; 146 n. 1
Orpheus, a theologist, i. 103 n. 4;
discloser of mysteries, i. 166;
his Bacchica quoted, but otherwise unknown, ib.;
Sethian heresy derived from, ib.
Osiris, his mutilation, i. 126;
signifies water, i. 105 n. 4;
his statue in the temple of Isis, i. 127
Papas, god of Phrygians, i. 135;
name of Attis, ib. n. 1;
means Father, ib.
Parmenides, his teaching, i. 47, 48
Parthey, Gustav, his Zwei griechische Zauberpapyri quoted, i. 93 n. 5
Patripassianism, heresy of, ii. 118 n. 1, 168 n. 1
Paul, St., Acts of, and Thekla, quoted, i. 30 n. 1
Peratæ, i. 3;
mentioned by Clem, Alex., i. 146 n. 1;
their teaching, i. 146-159;
their triple division of the cosmos, i. 146; ii. 154;
their Christology, i. 147;
their astrological theories, i. 148, 149;
their book Proastii quoted, i. 50-153;
why called Peratæ, i. 154;
their saviour Serpent, i. 155;
Serpent is type of Christ, Joseph and Nimrod, i. 155, 156;
the constellation Draco, i. 157;
anatomy of brain typifies Father and Son, i. 159;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 154, 155.
See Edem, Euphrates
Persephone, as lover of Adonis, i. 124.
See Hecate
Persians say God is Light, i. 104
Pharisees. See Jews
Philo, his Logos and Gnostic ideas, ii. 7 n. 3, 8 n. 2, 173 n. 4
Philumena. See Apelles
Photius, his Bibliotheca quoted, i. 12, 13 n. 1.
Phrên. See Râ
Phrygians (Montanists), their tenets, ii. 113, 114;
followers of Montanus, Priscilla and Maximilla, ii. 113;
lean towards Noetian and Patripassian heresies, ii. 114;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 167, 168.
See Mysteries, Naassenes
Pindar, ode on first man assigned to, i. 122
Pistis Sophia, The, quoted, i. 3 n. 1, 9 n. 1, 123 nn. 1, 3, 124 n. 11, 150 nn. 1, 3, 152 n. 2, 155 n. 1, 162 n. 2, 173 n. 1, 177 n. 5; ii. 5 n. 4, 16 n. 4, 43 n. 2, 45 n. 4, 48 n. 3, 52 n. 9, 53 n. 2, 71 n. 6, 79 n. 3, 93 n. 7, 97 n. 1, 102 n. 2
Plato, i. 16;
his teaching, i, 51-55;
passages from Aristotle ascribed by Hippolytus to, i. 53, 54;
his Clitopho quoted as Republic, i. 55 n. 7;
analogy between his teaching and Simon M.’s, ii. 5;
and Valentinus’, ii. 18, 19, 25;
quoted, ii. 23, 36, 37.
See Alcinous
Plutarch, his de Iside et Osiride quoted, i. 129 n. 3;
de Exilio, ii, 23 n. 1
Point, indivisible, from which all things spring, i. 115, 141; ii. 9
Pontianus, Pope (230-235 A.D.), i. 7
Praxeas, a heretic refuted by Tertullian and mentioned by pseudo-Tert., but not by Irenæus or Hippolytus, i. 13
Prepon the Assyrian. See Marcion
Priscilla. See Phrygians
Proastii. See Peratæ
Proteus, identified with Attis, i. 137
Prudentius quoted, i. 7
Ptolemy, Claudius, the astronomer, mentioned, i. 82;
his Tetrabiblos quoted, i. 88 n. 2
—— follower of Valentinus, his tenets, ii. 39, 40;
his letter to his “fair sister Flora,” ii. 39 n. 7
Pyrrho, wrongly called an Academic by Hippolytus, i. 32;
his teaching, i. 59
Pythagoras, i. 15, 16, 17;
his life and followers, i. 36-39;
his theory of numbers, i. 37, 115 n. 6, 116; ii. 20;
Accidents attributed to, ii. 21;
his theory of metempsychosis, ii. 23;
gnomic sayings of, ii. 23, 24;
solar theory of, ii. 24
Quartodecimans, i. 17;
their tenets, ii. 112, 113;
Irenæus their advocate, ii. 112 n. 6
Râ, Egyptian Sun-God, invoked by magicians, i. 92 n. 7
Rhea, an androgyne deity, i. 125;
identified with Gê and Cybele, ib. n. 1
Rogers, Dr. R. W., Religion of Babylonia and Assyria quoted, i. 151 n. 2
Sabellius. See Callistus
Sadducees. See Jews
Salmon, Dr. George, his Cross-references in Philosophumena quoted, i. 8; ii. 38 n. 1.;
his articles in D.C.B. i. 6 n. 1, 7 n. 4, 22 n. 1, 69 n. 6; ii. 38 n. 2, 40 n. 3, 80 n. 1, 98 n. 1, 100 n. 1, 105 n. 4, 108 n. 3, 109 n. 6, 113 n. 2, 118 n. 1, 149 n. 2, 173 n. 3
Saturnilus, i. 16;
his tenets, ii. 80, 81;
his Unknown Father, ii. 81;
angels make man in His image, ib.;
Christ sent to depose God of Jews, ib.
See Simon of Cyrene
Saulasau. See Caulacau.
Schneidewin, F. G., with Duncker edits part of Philosophumena, i. 4
Schürer, Prof., his History of Jewish People quoted, ii. 7 n. 3, 8 n. 2
Secundus, follower of Valentinus, his tenets, ii. 38
Sephora, wife of Moses, i. 131
Serpent, inspirer of Naassene doctrine, i. 120, 142;
identified with substance of water, i. 142;
the constellation Draco, i. 146 n. 1;
the brazen, ap. Peratæ, i. 155, 156;
the Son and the Word, i. 157;
wind of darkness ap. Sethiani, i. 164, 165;
of Justinus wholly evil, i. 169 n. 5
Seth, Paraphrase of. See Sethiani.
Sethiani, their tenets, i. 160-169;
authors who mention, i. 160 n. 1;
the Sitheus of Bruce Papyrus, ib.;
their triad of Light, Darkness and Spirit, i. 161;
Light and Spirit caught by Darkness, i. 162;
impregnation of Darkness, i. 163;
analogy with other triads, i. 165, 166;
system of, derived from Orphic, i. 166;
Phliasian Mysteries of Great Mother, ib.;
simile of oil-well at Ampe, i. 168, 169;
their Paraphrase of Seth, i. 169;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 155-157.
See Andronicus, Man
Sextus Empiricus, Hippolytus’ borrowings from, i. 10, 69 n. 1; ii. 150.
See Greek
Simon of Cyrene, story of his substitution for Jesus on the Cross probably Saturnilian, not Basilidian, ii. 59 n. 1, 79 n. 2
Simon Magus, i. 3, 13, 14;
his system derived from art of arithmetic, i. 115, 116;
his six roots, i. 116; ii. 7;
his Great Announcement quoted, i. 115, 140, 141; ii. 4-14;
his life and tenets, ii. 2-17;
his supreme God, fire, ii. 4;
his account of the creation of Man, ii. 9;
his Epinoia Helen of Tyre, ii. 15;
his death, ii. 17;
source of Valentinian heresy, ii. 17, 40 n. 3;
summary of doctrines of, 157, 158.
See Edem, Justin, Magic, Menander
Socrates, i. 16;
his teaching, i. 51
Sophia, name given to Helen of Tyre by Simon M., i. 13 n. 3;
Sethians make her cause of Flood, ib.;
identified with Earth, i. 105 n. 3; ii. 27 n. 4;
mother of Jaldabaoth, ap. Naassenes, i. 118 n. 1, 132 n. 3;
in Naassene hymn, i. 145 n. 3;
her name of Achamoth, i. 173 n. 4;
fall of, ap. Valentinus, ii. 7 n. 3, 27;
decides fate of men, ii. 17 n. 5;
her adventures, ii. 28-36;
the heaven of, ii. 31 n. 1;
identified with Holy Spirit, ii. 33
Sotion of Alexandria, Hippolytus’ borrowings from, i. 49 n. 3; 64 n. 2
Stähelin, Heinrich, his Die Gnostischen Quellen Hippolyts quoted, i. 8 n. 2
Stoics, their teaching, i. 57, 58;
Hippolytus’ reluctance to mention, i. 157 n. 2
Syrictas, the pipe-player, name of Attis, i. 142
Tatian the Gnostic, i. 17;
his tenets, ii. 111;
holds Adam not saved, ib.;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 164.
See Encratites
Tertullian, Philosophumena assigned to, i. 6;
quoted, ii. 82 n. 3, 96 nn. 2, 3, 111 n. 3.
See Praxeas
Tertullian, Pseudo-, Adversus Omnes Hæreses, i. 11-13;
quoted, i. 160 n. 1; ii. 95 n. 4, 97 n. 2.
See Praxeas
Thales, i. 9, his teaching, i. 35, 36;
quoted, i. 142
Theodore bar Khôni, his Book of Scholia quoted, i. 169 n. 4, 173 n. 3
Theodoret calls Hippolytus Bishop and Martyr, i. 7, 11, 12;
his account of Peratæ, i. 146 n. 1;
quotes summary and not text of Philosophumena, ii. 154 n. 1
Theodotus the Banker, his tenets, ii. 94, 95;
holds Melchizidek greater than Christ, ii. 94;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 167
Theodotus of Byzantium, his tenets, ii. 93, 94;
adoptionist views of, ii. 94;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 167
Theophrastus. See Monoimus
Thomas, Gospel according to, quoted, i. 126
Urbanus, Pope (223-230 A.D.), i. 7
Valentinus, his system derived from arithmetical art, i. 15;
from Pythagoras and Plato, ii. 17-19;
Zoroastrian and Egyptian features of, ii. 17 n. 1;
division of followers as to Supreme Being, ii. 25;
his system of Aeons, ii. 26, 27;
Sophia and her Ectroma, ii. 28;
projection of Horos, ii. 29;
Jesus the Common Friend of the Pleroma, ib.;
salvation of Ectroma and result of her passions, ii. 30;
fourfold division of world, ii. 31, and of man, ii. 32;
analogies of myths of, with Manichæism, ii. 34 n. 5, 35 n. 3;
Anatolic and Italiote schools of, ii. 34;
purpose of Incarnation, ap. ii. 35;
summary of doctrines of, ii. 158, 159.
See Beelzebuth, Demiurge, Devil, Pleroma and Sophia
Victor, Pope (189-202 A.D.). See Callistus
Wessely, his Griechische Zauberpapyri quoted, i. 93 n. 5
Wilson, James, his Complete Dictionary of Astrology quoted, i. 67 n. 1
Wordsworth, Bishop Christopher, his Hippolytus and the Church of Rome quoted, i. 4 n. 2; i. 6; i. 12 n. 1; ii. 119 n. 2, 129 n. 5
Xenophanes, his teaching, i. 49, 50
Zaratas (Zoroaster) quoted, i. 9, 104 n. 3; ii. 20;
Amshaspands
of, and Simon Magus’ roots, ii. 2 n. 2;
the like and Aeons of Valentinus, ii. 17 n. 5
Zealots, said by Hippolytus to be a sect of Essenes, ii. 143, 144 n. 1
Zeesar. See Caulacau
Zephyrinus, Pope (202-218 A.D.), i. 3;
said by Hippolytus to be ignorant and unskilled, ii. 118, 124;
leans towards heresy, ii. 118
THE END