Hippolytus of Rome
Church father · died c. 235
A presbyter and teacher at Rome who wrote in Greek, said to have been a student of Irenaeus. He opposed Bishop Callistus and was exiled with Bishop Pontian to the mines of Sardinia in 235, where both died. His Against Noetus defends the distinction of the Father and the Son.
Quoted For
- 1 Timothy 3:16 “God”
The church fathers are the early Christian writers. Their quotations show which reading was known, where, and when, often earlier than any manuscript of the passage that survives.
