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Definition of Ophite

Ophite
Ophite O"phite, n. [L. Ophitae, pl. See Ophite, a.] (Eccl.Hist.) A mamber of a Gnostic serpent-worshiping sect of the second century.

Meaning of Ophite from wikipedia

- The Ophites, also called Ophians (Gr**** Ὀφιανοί Ophianoi, from ὄφις ophis "snake"), were a Christian Gnostic sect depicted by Hippolytus of Rome (170–235)...
- up ophite or ophitic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ophite or Ophitic may refer to: Ophites, an ancient Gnostic sect in Syria and Egypt Ophite, originally...
- The Ophite Diagrams are ritual and esoteric diagrams used by the Ophite sect of Gnosticism, who revered the serpent from the Garden of Eden as a symbol...
- to it, are the builders of the physical universe. Among the Archontics, Ophites, Sethians and in the writings of Nag Hammadi library, the archons are rulers...
- Our Lady of Endor Coven, also known as Ophite Cultus Sathanas, was an American Satanic cult founded by Herbert Arthur Sloane (born September 3, 1905, died...
- identified Leviathan with the demon of the deadly sin envy. According to Ophite diagrams, the Leviathan encapsulates the space of the material world. In...
- Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-474-2670-7. "CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Basilides"...
- a theory Diagrams (band), British rock band Ophite Diagrams, esoteric ritual diagrams used by the Ophite sect of Gnosticism The Diagram Brothers This...
- doctrine that the world was made by angels. In the Archontic, Sethian, and Ophite systems, which have many affinities with the doctrine of Valentinus, the...
- no title, but whom his copyist Theodoret (Haer. Fab. i. 14) calls Ophites. The Ophite teaching may be used to illustrate that of Saturninus, his connexion...