Ophites, an ancient Gnostic sect in Syria and Egypt; Ophite, originally according to Pliny the Elder for a greenish spotted rock, now a type of stone with a characteristic texture of certain dolerites …

Jun 11, 2018 · Ophites (Gk., ophis, ‘serpent’). A group of gnostic sects. According to them the wise serpent (Genesis 3. 14 f.) symbolized a higher god, who acts to liberate humanity and give …

OPHITES, or Ophians (Gr. ὄφις, Heb. נָהָשׁ, “snake”), known also as Naasenes, an early sect of Gnostics described by Hippolytus (Philosoph. v.), Irenaeus (adv. Haer. i. 11), Origen (Contra …

Within Origen's refutation we are provided a long of description a diagram belonging to an early Christian Gnostic sect. It appears both Celsus and Origen had independent access to a similar …

The Ophites originated in Egypt, probably from some relation to the Egyptian serpent-worship, and spread thence into Syria and Asia Minor. They continued to exist as a sect after other …

The Ophites, also called Ophians (Greek Ὀφιανοί Ophianoi, from ὄφις ophis "snake"), were a Christian Gnostic sect depicted by Hippolytus of Rome (170–235) in a lost work, the Syntagma …

The Ophites, Cainites, Sethites, Naasseni, etc., declared the serpent of paradise to be wisdom itself (σοφία), since wisdom had come to the earth through the knowledge of good and evil …

The Sethians (Latin Sethoitae) are first mentioned, alongside the Ophites, in the 2nd century, by Irenaeus (who was antagonistic towards gnosticism) and in Pseudo-Tertullian (Ch. 30). [ 3 ] [ 4 …

Celsus and Origen describe a diagram in use by a second century gnostic sect, the Ophites.

Mar 17, 2023 · ophītēs m (genitive ophītae); first declension. First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs). ophites in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré …

Ophites definition and meaning from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. Ophites (Gr. ῤφίται. i.e. serpent brethren, from ὄφις, a serpent) is the name.....

Ophites ( Gr. ) A Gnostic Fraternity in Egypt, and one of the earliest sects of Gnosticism, or Gnosis (Wisdom, Knowledge), known as the “Brotherhood of the Serpent”.

Jun 2, 2024 · ophite (countable and uncountable, plural ophites) Any of various rocks having snake-like markings, such as a mottled greenish porphyry. [from 16th c.]

The Naassenes so far agreed with other Ophites that they gave to the first principle the names First Man and Son of Man, calling him in their hymns Adamas: The First Man (Protanthropos, …

The Ophites, also called Ophians (Greek Ὀφιανοί Ophianoi, from ὄφις ophis "snake"), were a Christian Gnostic sect depicted by Hippolytus of Rome (170–235) in a lost work, the Syntagma …