Hippolytus of Rome (Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476)
Early Life
While it remains impossible to construct an early life for Hippolytus (hihp-AHL-uht-uhs), it is possible to identify what he studied and when. It is instructive to compare his education with those of the great Alexandrians who were his contemporaries, Clement of Alexandria (c. 150-c. 220) and Origen (c. 185-c. 254). His style is more spirited and argumentative—perhaps more typical of his Western roots. Hippolytus wrote in Greek and was the last Christian author in Rome to do so. He is often thought to have...
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