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

Valentinians believed that God is incomprehensible and cannot be known directly. Therefore he defies accurate description. He is infinite, without beginning or ...

Valentinus (flourished 2nd century ce) was an Egyptian religious philosopher and the founder of Roman and Alexandrian schools of gnosticism.

4 янв. 2022 г. · In Valentinianism, humankind is divided into three groups: 1) the very spiritual, who are able to accept divine knowledge (gnosis) and return to ...

This movement (also called, rarely, Valentinism) was among the largest and most influential of the Gnostic Christian sects. Like several Gnostic sects that ...

Valentinus (Greek: Ούαλεντίνος; c. 100 CE – c. 180) was the best known and, for a time, most successful early Christian Gnostic theologian.

Valentinianism is a form of speculative Christian theology which emerged in the middle of the second century. Valentinian teachers make use of metaphorical ...

The system of Valentinus was extremely comprehensive, and was worked out to cover all phases of thought and action. While Valentinus was alive he made many ...

The Valentinians were one of two early Christian sects that can be considered “Gnostic.” (The other was the classic Gnostics.)

25,00 $ Valentinianism: New Studies. Series: Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, Volume: 96. Volume Editors: Einar Thomassen and Christoph Markschies.