- 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 in the
first few
centuries of Christianity. Proto-
Gnostics did not have the...
- needed], and
elements from ****enic philosophy. Both
Sethian Gnostics and the
Valentinian Gnostics incorporated elements of
Christianity and ****enic philosophy...
-
Ineffable Parent, and/or the
primal Father.
Prominent early Christian gnostics like
Valentinus taught that the
Monad is the high
source of the Pleroma...
-
epistles were read by 2nd
century Valentinian gnostics and
demonstrates that Paul
could be
considered a proto-
gnostic as well as a proto-Catholic. Her treatment...
- the
seventh heaven. Some
Church Fathers report on the
other hand, that
Gnostics identified Sabaoth with
Ialdaboath himself. The name
Sabaoth appears in...
-
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...
- that is,
knowledge or insight, and not with the
Gnostics,
because too
little was
known about the
Gnostics as a
social group.
Based on Conze's
eight similarities...
-
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...
- In
Sethian Gnosticism, Yao or Iao (Ἰαω) is an archon. In On the
Origin of the World, he is one of the
three sons of Yaldabaoth, with the
other two being...
