The Refutation of All Heresies, Book 7 is a theological work by Hippolytus, a Christian theologian and bishop of Rome in the third century. The book is part of a larger work, The Refutation of All Heresies, which aimed to refute various heresies and false teachings that were prevalent in the early Christian church.In Book 7, Hippolytus focuses on the heresy of the Naassenes, a Gnostic sect that believed in the worship of the serpent as a symbol of...