gy preceded what would take presence in the centuries soon after the crucifixion of Christ. He recorded horoscopes and even mapped out the distances between the planets. Along with this he had the size of the Earth calculated. He found correlations with numbers expressed through the alphabet. Indeed, he came upon magicians, their illusion, and other activities that were competitive with Christianity. He quoted others and used them as a foundation for sources and studies before Socratic works were to come. Furthermore, he practiced the widely known Apostolic Tradition. It included both concepts of the internal base of Christian worship and the outer necessary requirements for the organization of the church. Hippolytus indicated the development within the expanding Christianity of the second century, for he was most grounded in and practiced it (The Ancient World).
             Hippolytus had grown of age and was wiser than ever when he became well known. Septimius Severus was a Roman emperor who started a Christian persecution in 202. Hippolytus immediate response was an exposition about the Antichrist and an opinionated commentary on the book of Daniel. Hippolytus thought that the Romans we
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