The Extant Works And Fragments Of Hippolytus

By Hippolytus

Fragment VIII. Under the figure of Egypt he described the world

Under the figure of Egypt he described the world; and under things made with hands, idolatry; and under the earthquake, the subversion, and dissolution of the earth itself. And he represented the Lord the Word as a light cloud, the purest tabernacle, enthroned on which our Lord Jesus Christ entered into this life in order to subvert error.