What were the dimensions, then, of the temple of Solomon? Its length was sixty cubits, and its breadth twenty. And it was not turned to the east, that

 On Daniel.

 On Daniel.

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 III.

 IV.

 V.

 VI.

 Matt. vi. 11 .

 Chap. ii. 7 And if you please, we say that the Word was the first-born of God, who came down from heaven to the blessed Mary, and was made a first-bor

 Doubtful Fragments on the Pentateuch.

 Preface.

 The Law.

 Section I.

 Sections II., III.

 Section IV.

 Section V.

 Section X.

 On the Psalms.

 I.

 II.

 III.

 IV.

 V.

 VI.

 VII.

 VIII.

 IX.

 X.

 XI.

 XII.

 Dogmatical and Historical.

 Fragments of Discourses or Homilies.

 Fragments of Discourses or Homilies.

 From the Discourse of St. Hippolytus, Bishop and Martyr, on the Divine Nature.

 St. Hippolytus, Bishop and Martyr, in his Homily on the Paschal Supper.

 1. Take me, O Samuel, the heifer brought to Bethlehem, in order to show the king begotten of David, and him who is anointed to be king and priest by t

 And for this reason three seasons of the year prefigured the Saviour Himself, so that He should fulfil the mysteries prophesied of Him. In the Passove

 And an ark of imperishable wood was the Saviour Himself. For by this was signified the imperishable and incorruptible tabernacle (of His body), which

 1. He who rescued from the lowest hell the first-formed man of earth when he was lost and bound with the chains of death He who came down from above,

 Under the figure of Egypt he described the world and under things made with hands, idolatry and under the earthquake, the subversion, and dissolutio

 Now Hippolytus, the martyr and bishop of [the Province of] Rome, in his second discourse on Daniel, speaks thus:—

 Now a person might say that these men, and those who hold a different opinion, are yet near neighbours, being involved in like error. For those men, i

 1. The body of the Lord presented both these to the world, the sacred blood and the holy water.

 Fragments from Other Writings of Hippolytus.

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 II.

 Hippolytus, Bishop and Martyr, in a letter to a certain queen.

 The story of a maiden of Corinth, and a certain Magistrianus.

IV.

On Psalm lviii. 11

But since there is a time when the righteous shall rejoice, and sinners shall meet the end foretold for them, we must with all reason fully acknowledge and declare that God is inspector and overseer of all that is done among men, and judges all who dwell upon earth. It is proper further to inquire whether the prophecy in hand, which quite corresponds and fits in with those preceding it, may describe the end.

When Hippolytus dictated these words,109 He is addressing his amanuensis, a man not without learning, as it seems. Hippolytus dictates these words.the grammarian asked him why he hesitated about that prophecy, as if he mistrusted the divine power in that calamity of exile.

The learned man calls attention to the question why the word διαγράφῃ (= may describe) was used by me in the subjunctive mood, as if silently indicating doubt.

Hippolytus accordingly replied:—

You know indeed quite well, that words of that form are used as conveying by implication a rebuke to those who study the prophecies about Christ, and talk righteousness with the mouth, while they do not admit His coming, nor listen to His voice when He calls to them, and says, “He that hath ears to hear let him hear;” who have made themselves like the serpent and have made their ears like those of a deaf viper, and so forth. God then does, in truth, take care of the righteous, and judges their cause when injured on the earth; and He punishes those who dare to injure them.