Hippolytus of Rome, Against Beron and Helix. Ante-Nicene Fathers, vol. 5 (Roberts and Donaldson, 1886), public domain.
Passages · 8
- Against Beron and Helix §1 — Fragment I. Fragments of a discourse, alphabetically divided, on the Divine Nature and the Incarnation, against the heretics Beron and Helix, the beginning of which was in these words, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of…vatican.va
- Against Beron and Helix §2 — Fragment II. The God of all things therefore became truly, according to the Scriptures, without conversion, sinless man, and that in a manner known to Himself alone, as He is the natural Artificer of things which are…vatican.va
- Against Beron and Helix §3 — Fragment III. Now, with the view of explaining, by means of an illustration, what has been said concerning the Saviour, (I may say that) the power of thought which I have by nature is proper and suitable to me, as…vatican.va
- Against Beron and Helix §4 — Fragment IV. For, in the view of apostles and prophets and teachers, the mystery of the divine incarnation has been distinguished as having two points of contemplation natural to it, distinct in all things, inasmuch…vatican.va
- Against Beron and Helix §5 — Fragment V. For lately a certain person, Beron, along with some others, forsook the delusion of Valentinus, only to involve themselves in deeper error, affirming that the flesh assumed to Himself by the Word became…vatican.va
- Against Beron and Helix §6 — Fragment VI. Among Christians it is settled as the doctrine of piety, that, according to nature itself, and to the activity and to whatever else pertains thereunto, God is equal and the same with Himself, having…vatican.va
- Against Beron and Helix §7 — Fragment VII. But if it (the flesh) did not become of like nature with that (the deity), neither shall it ever become of like natural energy with that; that He may not be shown to have His energy unequal with His…vatican.va
- Against Beron and Helix §8 — Fragment VIII. Into this error, then, have they been carried, by believing, unhappily, that that divine energy was made the property of the flesh which was only manifested through the flesh in His miraculous actions;…vatican.va