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Of his [[polemic]]s against heretics the most important is the "Philosophumena", the original title of which is ''kata pason aireseon elegchos'' (A Refutation of All Heresies). The first book had long been known; books IV to X, which had been discovered a short time previously, were published in 1851. But the first chapters of the fourth and the whole of the second and third books are still missing. The first four books treat of the Hellenic philosophers; books V to IX are taken up with the exposition and refutation of Christian heresies, and the last book contains a recapitulation. The work is one of the most important sources for the history of the heresies which disturbed the early Church. Origen is cited in some manuscripts as the author of the first book. Photius I of Constantinople attributes it to the Roman author Caius, while by others it has been ascribed also to [[Tertullian]] and [[Novatian]]. But most modern scholars for weighty reasons hold that Hippolytus is undoubtedly its author.  

Of his [[polemic]]s against heretics the most important is the "Philosophumena", the original title of which is ''kata pason aireseon elegchos'' (A Refutation of All Heresies). The first book had long been known; books IV to X, which had been discovered a short time previously, were published in 1851. But the first chapters of the fourth and the whole of the second and third books are still missing. The first four books treat of the Hellenic philosophers; books V to IX are taken up with the exposition and refutation of Christian heresies, and the last book contains a recapitulation. The work is one of the most important sources for the history of the heresies which disturbed the early Church. Origen is cited in some manuscripts as the author of the first book. Photius I of Constantinople attributes it to the Roman author Caius, while by others it has been ascribed also to [[Tertullian]] and Novatian. But most modern scholars for weighty reasons hold that Hippolytus is undoubtedly its author.  

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Besides these Hippolytus wrote special monographs against Marcion, the Montanists, the Alogi, and Caius. Of these writings only a few fragments are extant.  

Besides these Hippolytus wrote special monographs against [[Marcion of Sinope|Marcion]], the Montanists, the [[Alogi]], and Caius. Of these writings only a few fragments are extant.  

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