Hippolytus

Also known as Hipolit

early medieval archbishop of Gniezno

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“Inquiry shall likewise be made about the professions and trades of those who are brought to be admitted to the faith. If a man is a pander, he must desist or be rejected.”
“If a man is an actor or pantomimist, he must be rejected.”
“A gladiator or a trainer of gladiators, or a huntsman, or anyone connected with these shows ... must desist or be rejected.”
“A soldier of the civil authority must be taught not to kill men and to refuse to do so if he is commanded, and to refuse to take an oath; if he is unwilling to comply, he must be rejected.”
“If a catechumen or a believer seeks to become a soldier, they must be rejected, for they have despised God.”
“all the numbers that have been derived from the genus are four; but number is the indefinite genus, from which was constituted, according to them, the perfect number, viz. the decade. For one, two, three, four, become ten, if its proper denomination be preserved essentially for each of the numbers. Pythagoras affirmed this to be a sacred quaternion, source of everlasting nature, having, as it were, roots in itself; and that from this number all the numbers receive their originating principle.”