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Valentinian Christianity
Language: en
Pages: 360
Authors:
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-21 - Publisher: University of California Press

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Valentinus, an Egyptian Christian who traveled to Rome to teach his unique brand of theology, and his followers, the Valentinians, formed one of the largest and
Beyond Gnosticism
Language: en
Pages: 324
Authors: Ismo O. Dunderberg
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-04-16 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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Valentinus was a popular, influential, and controversial early Christian teacher. His school flourished in the second and third centuries C.E. Yet because his f
Valentinus’ Legacy and Polyphony of Voices
Language: en
Pages: 235
Authors: Piotr Ashwin-Siejkowski
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-23 - Publisher: Routledge

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This book challenges the popular use of ‘Valentinian’ to describe a Christian school of thought in the second century CE by analysing documents ascribed to
Valentinian Ethics and Paraenetic Discourse
Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: Philip L. Tite
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: BRILL

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Offering a fresh assessment of the presence and function of paraenesis within Valentinianism, this book places Valentinian moral exhortation within the context
The Spiritual Seed
Language: en
Pages: 566
Authors: Einar Thomassen
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: BRILL

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This book is the first comprehensive study of the doctrines and history of "Valentinianism," making full use of the documents from Nag Hammadi as well as the re