Hippolytus of Rome

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.

— Hippolytus of Rome

If a man is an actor or pantomimist, he must be rejected.

— Hippolytus of Rome

A gladiator or a trainer of gladiators, or a huntsman, or anyone connected with these shows ... must desist or be rejected.

— Hippolytus of Rome

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.

— Hippolytus of Rome

If a catechumen or a believer seeks to become a soldier, they must be rejected, for they have despised God.

— Hippolytus of Rome

I think that there has been clearly expounded the mind of arithmeticians, who, by means of numbers and of names, suppose that they interpret life. Now I perceive that these, enjoying leisure, and being trained in calculation, have been desirous that, through the art delivered to them from childhood, they, acquiring celebrity, should be styled prophets.

— Hippolytus of Rome

For the [sorcerer] affirms that it is impossible for mortal nature to behold divine things, for that to hold converse [with these mysteries] is sufficient. Making, however, the attendant lie down [upon the couch], head foremost, and placing by each side two of those little tablets, upon which had been inscribed in, forsooth, Hebrew characters, as it were names of demons, he says that [a demon] will deposit the rest in their ears.

— Hippolytus of Rome

For Aries is a male zodiacal sign, but Taurus female; and the rest [are denominated] according to the same analogy, some male, but others female.

— Hippolytus of Rome