Valentinus (/vælənˈtaɪnəs/; c. AD 100 – c. 180) was the best known and, for a time, most successful early Christian Gnostic theologian. He founded his...

writing by Gnostic theologians. Nonetheless, early Gnostic teachers such as Valentinus saw their beliefs as aligned with Christianity. In the Gnostic Christian...

principle for the generation of new ones, was common to Valentinus and some earlier Gnostic systems. But it was a disputed point in these systems whether...

Valentinianism was one of the major Gnostic Christian movements. Founded by Valentinus in the 2nd century AD, its influence spread widely, not just within...

(Greek: ὀγδοάς) appears in Gnostic systems of the early Christian era, and was further developed by the theologian Valentinus (ca. 160 AD). The number eight...

Ineffable Parent, and/or the primal Father. Prominent early Christian gnostics like Valentinus taught that the Monad is the high source of the Pleroma, the region...

Gnosticism in modern times (or Neo-Gnosticism) includes a variety of contemporary religious movements, stemming from Gnostic ideas and systems from ancient...

Christian saint Valentinus (Gnostic) (died c. 150), early Christian gnostic theologian Valentinus Paquay (1828–1905), Friar Minor Valentinus Smalcius (1572–1622)...

There is significant scholarly debate around what Gnosticism is, and therefore what qualifies as a "Gnostic text." Prior to the discovery at Nag Hammadi,...

the name of a Christian Gnostic thinker, who was a follower of Paul the Apostle. He went on to teach the Gnostic Valentinus. The only evidence of this...

Anglicization of Valentinian, Valentinus, and Valentinius Valentinianism, a Gnostic movement founded by Valentinus Valentinus (disambiguation) This disambiguation...

gnostikoi (γνωστικοί), "knowing" or "men that claimed to have deeper wisdom". Gnosticism is a 17th-century term expanding the definition of Irenaeus' groups to...

Archons (Greek: ἄρχων, romanized: árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, árchontes), in Gnosticism and religions closely related to it, are the builders of the physical...

like Basilides and Saturninus, and taught at about the same time as Valentinus and Marcion. According to Irenaeus, he was a contemporary of the Roman...

Proto-Gnosticism or pre-Gnosticism refers to movements similar to Gnosticism in the first few centuries of Christianity. Proto-Gnostics did not have the...

creating him the bishop of the Gnostic Church. As patriarch of the new Church, Doinel took the mystical name 'Valentinus II, Bishop of the Holy Assembly...

The pneumatics ("spiritual", from Greek πνεῦμα, "spirit") were, in Gnosticism, the highest order of humans, the other two orders being psychics and hylics...

The Sethians (Greek: Σηθιανοί) were one of the main currents of Gnosticism during the 2nd and 3rd century AD, along with Valentinianism and Basilideanism...

The Carpocratians (Greek: Καρποκρατιανοὶ) was a Gnostic sect partially based on Platonism that was established in the 2nd century AD and existed until...

ch. 12 Plotinus is attacking a Gnostic myth known to us best at present in the form it took in the system of Valentinus. The Mother, Sophia-Achamoth, produced...

In Sethian Gnosticism, a luminary is an angel-like being (or heavenly dwelling place in the Apocryphon of John). Four luminaries are typically listed in...

The following is a list of sects involved in Gnosticism: Thomasines Elkesaites Kentaeans Mandaeism Samaritan Baptist sects Bardesanites Basilidians Hermeticism...

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...

In some Gnostic writings, Sabaoth is one of the sons of Ialdabaoth. According to Hypostasis of the Archons and On the Origin of the World, Sabaoth dethrones...

Gnosticism refers to a collection of religious groups originating in Jewish religiosity in Alexandria in the first few centuries AD. Neoplatonism is a...

Gnostic Basilides, being there applied to the "Great Archon" (megas archōn), the princeps of the 365 spheres (ouranoi). The word is found in Gnostic texts...

Adversus Haereses, a refutation of gnosticism, in particular that of Valentinus. To counter the doctrines of the gnostic sects claiming secret wisdom, he...

as the "Chenoboskion Manuscripts" and the "Gnostic Gospels") is a collection of early Christian and Gnostic texts discovered near the Upper Egyptian town...

Sophia, also known as the Sophian Fellowship or simply The Fellowship, is a Gnostic church organization based in the United States. The name Ecclesia Pistis...

Basilides before Valentinus; but there is little doubt that they were at least approximately contemporaries, and it is not unlikely that Valentinus was best known...