The Refutation of All Heresies, Book 9 is a religious text written by Hippolytus, a Christian theologian and bishop of Rome in the 3rd century. This book is part of a larger work that aims to refute various heretical beliefs that were prevalent in the early Christian church. In Book 9, Hippolytus focuses on the teachings of a group called the Naassenes, who were a Gnostic sect that believed in a complex system of spiritual hierarchies and secret knowledge...