---
title: "4 Hippolytus of Rome Quotes"
description: "Hippolytus of Rome was one of the most important Christian thinkers of the second and third centuries, though his provenance, identity, and corpus remai..."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b090/author-hippolytus-of-rome-67489.jpg"
---

![Portrait of Hippolytus of Rome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b090/author-hippolytus-of-rome-67489.jpg)

# Hippolytus of Rome

 **4** quotes in **44** categories

Rate this collection:  ★ ★ ★ ★ ★   No ratings yet

Hippolytus of Rome was one of the most important Christian thinkers of the second and third centuries, though his provenance, identity, and corpus remain elusive to scholars and historians. Suggested communities include Rome, Palestine, Egypt, Anatolia, and other regions of the Middle East. The best

##  Quotes by Hippolytus of Rome

> [Baptize first the children; and if they can speak for themselves, let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippolytus-of-rome/baptize-first-the-children-and-if-they-can-speak-for-themselves-let/)

[Hippolytus of Rome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippolytus-of-rome/)

[Baptism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baptism/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_baptism_baptize-first-the-children-and-if-they-c_126986.png)

> [A heavenly light more brilliant than all others sheds its radiance everywhere, and he who was begotten before the morning star and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippolytus-of-rome/a-heavenly-light-more-brilliant-than-all-others-sheds-its-radiance/)

[Hippolytus of Rome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippolytus-of-rome/)

[Astronomy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/astronomy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_astronomy_a-heavenly-light-more-brilliant-than-all_920708.png)

> [Women who were reputed believers began to resort to drugs for producing sterility. They also girded themselves around, so as to expel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippolytus-of-rome/women-who-were-reputed-believers-began-to-resort-to-drugs-for/)

[Hippolytus of Rome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippolytus-of-rome/)

[Abortion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abortion/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_abortion_women-who-were-reputed-believers-began-t_1896309.jpg)

> [Fly to the Catholic Church! Adhere to the only faith which continues to exist from the beginning, that faith which was preached…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippolytus-of-rome/fly-to-the-catholic-church-adhere-to-the-only-faith-which-continues/)

[Hippolytus of Rome](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippolytus-of-rome/)

[Catholic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/catholic/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_catholic_fly-to-the-catholic-church-adhere-to-the_2452926.png)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippolytus-of-rome/#itemlist",
            "name": "Hippolytus of Rome Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 4,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Baptize first the children; and if they can speak for themselves, let them do so. Otherwise, let their parents or other relatives speak for them.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Hippolytus of Rome"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippolytus-of-rome/baptize-first-the-children-and-if-they-can-speak-for-themselves-let/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_baptism_baptize-first-the-children-and-if-they-c_126986.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_baptism_baptize-first-the-children-and-if-they-c_126986.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_baptism_baptize-first-the-children-and-if-they-c_126986.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Baptize first the children; and if they can speak for themselves, let them do so. Otherwise, let their…” — Hippolytus of Rome",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "A heavenly light more brilliant than all others sheds its radiance everywhere, and he who was begotten before the morning star and all the stars of heaven, Christ, mighty and immortal, shines upon all creatures more brightly than the sun.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Hippolytus of Rome"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippolytus-of-rome/a-heavenly-light-more-brilliant-than-all-others-sheds-its-radiance/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_astronomy_a-heavenly-light-more-brilliant-than-all_920708.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_astronomy_a-heavenly-light-more-brilliant-than-all_920708.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33f/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_astronomy_a-heavenly-light-more-brilliant-than-all_920708.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“A heavenly light more brilliant than all others sheds its radiance everywhere, and he who was begotten…” — Hippolytus of Rome",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Women who were reputed believers began to resort to drugs for producing sterility. They also girded themselves around, so as to expel what was being conceived. For they did not wish to have a child by either slave or by any common fellow - out of concern for their family and their excessive wealth. See what a great impiety the lawless one has advanced! He teaches adultery and murder at the same time!",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Hippolytus of Rome"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippolytus-of-rome/women-who-were-reputed-believers-began-to-resort-to-drugs-for/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_abortion_women-who-were-reputed-believers-began-t_1896309.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_abortion_women-who-were-reputed-believers-began-t_1896309.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1b/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_abortion_women-who-were-reputed-believers-began-t_1896309.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Women who were reputed believers began to resort to drugs for producing sterility. They also girded…” — Hippolytus of Rome",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Fly to the Catholic Church! Adhere to the only faith which continues to exist from the beginning, that faith which was preached by Paul and is upheld by the Chair of Peter.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Hippolytus of Rome"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hippolytus-of-rome/fly-to-the-catholic-church-adhere-to-the-only-faith-which-continues/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_catholic_fly-to-the-catholic-church-adhere-to-the_2452926.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_catholic_fly-to-the-catholic-church-adhere-to-the_2452926.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0d/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_catholic_fly-to-the-catholic-church-adhere-to-the_2452926.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Fly to the Catholic Church! Adhere to the only faith which continues to exist from the beginning, that faith…” — Hippolytus of Rome",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "Person",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippolytus-of-rome/#person",
            "name": "Hippolytus of Rome",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippolytus-of-rome/",
            "image": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b090/author-hippolytus-of-rome-67489.jpg",
            "description": "Hippolytus of Rome was one of the most important Christian thinkers of the second and third centuries, though his provenance, identity, and corpus remain elusive to scholars and historians. Suggested communities include Rome, Palestine, Egypt, Anatolia, and other regions of the Middle East. The best"
        },
        {
            "@type": "ProfilePage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippolytus-of-rome/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippolytus-of-rome/",
            "name": "Hippolytus of Rome",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippolytus-of-rome/#person"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/hippolytus-of-rome-67489_baptism_baptize-first-the-children-and-if-they-c_126986.png"
            },
            "description": "Hippolytus of Rome was one of the most important Christian thinkers of the second and third centuries, though his provenance, identity, and corpus remai...",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippolytus-of-rome/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippolytus-of-rome/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Authors",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/authors/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Hippolytus of Rome",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hippolytus-of-rome/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```