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  1. Valentinus (Gnostic) - Wikipedia

    • Valentinus (Greek: Οὐαλεντῖνος; c. 100 – c. 180 CE) was the best known and, for a time, most successful early Christian Gnostic theologian. He founded his school in Rome. According to Tertullian, Valentinus was a candidate for bishop but started his own group when another was chosen. Valentinus produced a variety of writings, but only fragments survive, lar… See more

    Biography

    Epiphanius of Salamis wrote (c. 390) that he learned through word of mouth (although he acknowledged that it was … See more

    Valentinianism

    Valentinianism is the name for the school of gnostic philosophy tracing back to Valentinus. It was one of the major gnostic movements, having widespread following throughout the Roman Empire and provoking v… See more

    Valentinus' detractors

    Shortly after Valentinus' death, Irenaeus began his massive work On the Detection and Overthrow of the So-Called Gnosis (better known as Adversus Haereses) with a highly negative portrayal of Valentinus and his tea… See more

    The Gospel of Truth

    A new field in Valentinian studies opened when the Nag Hammadi library was discovered in Egypt in 1945. Among the varied collection of works classified as gnostic was a series of writings which could be associat… See more

    External links

    Bousset, Wilhelm (1911). "Valentinus and the Valentinians" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). pp. 852–857.
    Valentinus and the Valentinian Tradition - a comprehensive collection of material on Valentinia… See more

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