Sophia Scriptura

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Hippolytus of Rome · Fragments · ca. 200–235 · Rome · 4 passages

Authorship disputed: Fragments transmitted under Hippolytus's name, chiefly in catenae (Prokopios of Gaza's Genesis catena, Theodoret's Eranistes, Leontius of Byzantium). Achelis separates genuine from spurious fragments; only his 'echte' Genesis fragments and some Theodoret-preserved pieces are staged here. Fragment 2.7 (Jerome's Latin report of Hippolytus on Gen 27) is not staged.

Greek text: Achelis, GCS 1 (Greek text: H. Achelis, GCS 1 (1897); OCR made for this site).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).

Chapter 7

7.1Achelis GCS 1:121

Ἄγε δή μοι, ὦ Σαμουήλ, εἰς Βηθλεὲμ ἑλκομένην τὴν δάμαλιν, ἵνα ἐπιδείξῃς τὸν ἐκ Δαβὶδ βασιλέα τικτόμενον, καὶ τοῦτον ὑπὸ πατρὸς βασιλέα καὶ ἱερέα χριόμενον.

Age dē moi, ō Samouēl, eis Bēthleem helkomenēn tēn damalin, hina epideixę̄s ton ek Dabid basilea tiktomenon, kai touton hypo patros basilea kai hierea chriomenon.

Come, tell me, O Samuel, (of) the heifer led to Bethlehem, so that you may show the king born of David, and him anointed by the Father as king and priest.

1 Sam 16:2 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: Samuel's heifer at Bethlehem points to the king born of David's line, anointed by the Father as king and priest.

  • From Hippolytus on Elkanah and Hannah, quoted by Theodoret, Eranistes 1.

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Hippolytus, Frag. 7.1 (Achelis GCS 1:121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hippolytus-fragmenta/7-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek (Achelis, GCS 1, 1897); compared afterwards with ANF 5 where it has the fragment, otherwise re-read against the Greek.

7.2Achelis GCS 1:121

Εἰπέ μοι, ὦ μακαρία Μαρία, τί ἦν τὸ ὑπὸ σοῦ ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ συνειλημμένον, καὶ τί ἦν τὸ ὑπὸ σοῦ ἐν παρθενικῇ μήτρᾳ βασταζόμενον; λόγος γὰρ ἦν θεοῦ πρωτότοκος ἀπʼ οὐρανῶν ἐπὶ σὲ κατερχόμενος, καὶ ἄνθρωπος πρωτότοκος ἐν κοιλίᾳ πλασσόμενος, ἵνʼ ὁ πρωτότοκος λόγος θεοῦ πρωτοτόκῳ ἀνθρώπῳ συναπτόμενος δειχθῇ.

Eipe moi, ō makaria Maria, ti ēn to hypo sou en tę̄ koilią syneilēmmenon, kai ti ēn to hypo sou en parthenikę̄ mētrą bastazomenon? logos gar ēn theou prōtotokos apʼ ouranōn epi se katerchomenos, kai anthrōpos prōtotokos en koilią plassomenos, hinʼ ho prōtotokos logos theou prōtotokǭ anthrōpǭ synaptomenos deichthę̄.

Tell me, blessed Mary, what was that which was conceived by you in the womb, and what was that which was carried by you in a virgin womb? For it was the firstborn Word of God coming down from heaven upon you, and a firstborn man being formed in the womb, so that the firstborn Word of God might be shown joined to a firstborn man.

Luke 1:35 (echo, medium confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: What Mary bore was the firstborn Word of God united to a firstborn man formed in her womb.

  • Quoted by Theodoret, Eranistes 1.

Topics: Christology, Mary, mother of Jesus

Cite (SBL): Hippolytus, Frag. 7.2 (Achelis GCS 1:121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hippolytus-fragmenta/7-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek (Achelis, GCS 1, 1897); compared afterwards with ANF 5 where it has the fragment, otherwise re-read against the Greek.

7.3Achelis GCS 1:121

Τὴν δὴ δευτέραν, τὴν διὰ τῶν προφητῶν ὡς διὰ τοῦ Σαμουήλ, ἀνακαλῶν καὶ ἐπιστρέφων τὸν λαὸν ἀπὸ τῆς δουλείας τῶν ἀλλοφύλων· τὴν δὲ τρίτην, ἐν ᾗ ἔνσαρκος παρῆν, τὸν ἐκ τῆς παρθένου ἄνθρωπον ἀναλαβών, ὃς καὶ ἰδὼν τὴν πόλιν ἔκλαυσεν ἐπʼ αὐτῇ.

Tēn dē deuteran, tēn dia tōn prophētōn hōs dia tou Samouēl, anakalōn kai epistrephōn ton laon apo tēs douleias tōn allophylōn; tēn de tritēn, en hę̄ ensarkos parēn, ton ek tēs parthenou anthrōpon analabōn, hos kai idōn tēn polin eklausen epʼ autę̄.

… the second, through the prophets, as through Samuel, calling back and turning the people from slavery to the foreigners; and the third, in which he was present in the flesh, having taken up the man from the Virgin; who also, seeing the city, wept over it.

Luke 19:41 (allusion, high confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The Word's visitations of his people: the second through prophets such as Samuel, the third in the flesh, when he wept over Jerusalem.

  • The beginning (the first visitation) is not preserved in the quotation (Theodoret, Eranistes 1).

Topics: Christology

Cite (SBL): Hippolytus, Frag. 7.3 (Achelis GCS 1:121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hippolytus-fragmenta/7-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek (Achelis, GCS 1, 1897); compared afterwards with ANF 5 where it has the fragment, otherwise re-read against the Greek.

7.4Achelis GCS 1:122

Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τρεῖς καιροὶ τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ προετυποῦντο εἰς αὐτόν, τὸν σωτῆρα, ἵνα τὰ προφητευθέντα περὶ αὐτοῦ μυστήρια ἐπιτελέσῃ. ἐν μὲν τῷ πάσχα, ἵνα ἑαυτὸν ἐπιδείξῃ τὸν μέλλοντα ὡς πρόβατον θύεσθαι καὶ ἀληθινὸν πάσχα δείκνυσθαι, ὡς ὁ ἀπόστολος λέγει· τὸ πάσχα ἡμῶν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐτύθη, Χριστὸς ὁ θεός. ἐν δὲ τῇ πεντηκοστῇ, ἵνα προσημήνῃ τὴν τῶν οὐρανῶν βασιλείαν, αὐτὸς πρῶτος εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἀναβάς, καὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον δῶρον τῷ θεῷ προσενέγκας.

Kai dia touto treis kairoi tou eniautou proetypounto eis auton, ton sōtēra, hina ta prophēteuthenta peri autou mystēria epitelesę̄. en men tǭ pascha, hina heauton epideixę̄ ton mellonta hōs probaton thyesthai kai alēthinon pascha deiknysthai, hōs ho apostolos legei; to pascha hēmōn hyper hēmōn etythē, Christos ho theos. en de tę̄ pentēkostę̄, hina prosēmēnę̄ tēn tōn ouranōn basileian, autos prōtos eis ouranous anabas, kai ton anthrōpon dōron tǭ theǭ prosenenkas.

And for this reason three seasons of the year were prefigured with reference to him, the Savior, so that he might fulfill the mysteries prophesied about him: at the Passover, so that he might show himself as the one who was to be sacrificed as a sheep and shown to be the true Passover, as the apostle says: “Our Passover was sacrificed for us, Christ the God”; and at Pentecost, so that he might signify beforehand the kingdom of the heavens, having himself first gone up into the heavens and offered man as a gift to God.

1 Cor 5:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 53:7 (allusion, medium confidence) · Exod 23:14 (echo, low confidence)

Notes and citation

Summary: The yearly feasts prefigured Christ: Passover his sacrifice as the true Passover, Pentecost his ascension offering man to God.

  • Quoted by Theodoret, Eranistes 2. ‘Christ the God’ is the author's own expansion of 1 Cor 5:7. The third season is not reached in the quotation.

Topics: Christology, Easter and the church year

Cite (SBL): Hippolytus, Frag. 7.4 (Achelis GCS 1:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/hippolytus-fragmenta/7-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)

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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Greek (Achelis, GCS 1, 1897); compared afterwards with ANF 5 where it has the fragment, otherwise re-read against the Greek.