Saint Hippolyte ✝️ De l’antipape au martyr réconcilié (13 août)

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Le 13 août, l’Église célèbre Saint Hippolyte de Rome, figure étonnante du IIIᵉ siècle. Prêtre, théologien et auteur d’écrits importants, il devint un temps antipape en opposition avec le pape Calliste Ier, jugeant ce dernier trop indulgent. Mais en 235, déporté avec le pape Pontien dans les mines de Sardaigne lors des persécutions, il se réconcilia avec lui avant de mourir martyr.  Son histoire est celle d’un homme passionné pour la vérité, mais aussi touché par la grâce du pardon et de l’unité. Aujourd’hui, il nous rappelle que même les divisions profondes peuvent être surmontées lorsque le Christ est au centre.  🙏 Abonnez-vous pour découvrir chaque jour la vie et les prières du saint du jour, selon le calendrier liturgique.

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00:00Today, August 13, the Church invites us to honor Saint Hippolytus of Rome,

00:06a prominent figure of the 3rd century, at once a theologian, priest, polemicist and Ferrara, once an antipope.

00:17Hippolytus was born in Rome towards the end of the 2nd century.

00:20Gifted with great intelligence and ardent faith,

00:24He became a priest esteemed for his teachings and writings.

00:30He comments on the Scriptures with rare precision,

00:34composes treatises against heresies

00:37and wrote what is considered one of the oldest known Eucharistic prayers.

00:44But his demands led him into conflict with Pope Callistus I.

00:50Hippolytus judges the pontiff too indulgent in the forgiveness of serious sins and too flexible in the face of heresies.

00:58Believing he was defending the purity of the faith, he was elected by an opposing group.

01:05He thus became the first antipope in history.

01:10For almost ten years, he remained in this position of rupture,

01:15opposing several successive popes.

01:17However, fate will change his life.

01:21In 235, under Emperor Maximin the Trace, a violent persecution broke out.

01:29Hippolytus and the legitimate Pope, Pontian, are arrested and sent into exile in the mines of Sardinia,

01:36a place where condemnation often means death.

01:40It is there, in the midst of suffering, that a miracle of grace occurs.

01:47Hippolytus and Pontian are reconciled.

01:50Both renounce their differences to unite in the same faith and the same fidelity to Christ.

01:58Shortly after, they died as martyrs, offering their lives as a testimony of love for God.

02:04Hippolytus's body was repatriated to Rome, and very quickly, his memory became that of a saint,

02:13not for his past intransigence, but for his conversion, his newfound humility and his martyrdom.

02:22Today, Saint Hippolytus reminds us that even the deepest divisions

02:28can be healed when forgiveness and truth meet.

02:32His story is a call to always seek unity, without renouncing fidelity to the Gospel.

03:02Subtitling Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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