- substance, being), and
demiurge (creator God). Both
Sethian Gnostics and
Valentinian Gnostics seem to have been
influenced by Plato,
Middle Platonism, and...
- Proto-
Gnosticism or pre-
Gnosticism refers to
movements similar to
Gnosticism during the
first century of Christianity. Proto-
Gnostics did not have the...
-
extensively on
Gnostic ideas. A
compilation of her
writings on
Gnosticism is over 270
pages long. The
first edition of King's The
Gnostics and
Their Remains...
- mysteries. In
Gnosticism,
Sophia is a
feminine figure,
analogous to the
human soul but also
simultaneously one of the
feminine aspects of God.
Gnostics held that...
- the Mother, on whom the
faith of the
Gnostics is fixed. Thus a
baptismal confession of
faith of the
Gnostics runs: In the name of the
unknown Father...
-
representing understanding, with the face of a
flaming fire In the
system of the
Gnostics mentioned by
Epiphanius we find, as the
Seven Archons, Iao
Saklas (the...
- (Perfect) and
Sophia (Wisdom)
According to Irenaeus, the
followers of the
Gnostics Ptolemy and
Colorbasus had
Aeons that
differ from
those of Valentinus....
-
Adversus haereses, I, viii, 5. Hær. ****III, 3–7. The
Gnostic Society Library Gnostics,
Gnostic Gospels, &
Gnosticism – from earlychristianwritings.com...
- needed] and
elements from ****enic philosophy. Both
Sethian Gnostics and the
Valentinian Gnostics incorporated elements of
Christianity and ****enic philosophy...
- as a
symbol of
balance and synthesis,
originating in
teachings of the
Gnostics,
while others maintained Baphomet as a
profane deity.
Since 1856 the figure...
