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Basilides

Basilides (Greek: Βασιλείδης) was an early Christian Gnostic religious teacher in Alexandria, Egypt who, according to Clement of Alexandria, was active between 117–161 AD, and claimed to have inherited his teachings from the apostle Saint Matthias. He was a pupil of either the Simonian teacher Menander, or a disciple of Peter called Glaucias. He is…

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IrenaeusHippolytus of RomeUngendered FatherBeingLogos
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GreekGnosticismAlexandria, EgyptClement of AlexandriaSaint Matthias
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related to Bibliography · 53
Basilides → America Press, Brill, Catholic University, Christian Biography, Commentary, Dictionary, End, Epiphanius, Fenton John Anthony, Francis Legge, Frank, Funk, Gnostic, Henry, Herzog Encyclopedia, Hippolytus, Homilies, Hort, In Wace, ISBN
related to Sources · 27
Basilides → Adversus, Against Heresies, Agrippa Castor, Alexandria, Chronicon, Church Fathers, Clement, Diversarum, Epiphanius, Ethics, Eusebius, Expositions, Filastrius, For, Grown Soul, Hippolytus, However, Irenaeus, Isidore, On
related to Writings of Basilides · 27
Basilides → Acts, Alexandria, Ambrose, Archelaus, Book, Book IV, Chapter, Clement, Clement's Stromata, Commentary, Disputation, Exegetica, Five, Fragments, Gospel, Hegemonius' Acta Archelai, Jerome, Job, Manes, Nearly
related to Theogony · 24
Basilides → According, Alexandria, Clement, Dynamis, Father, From, Intellect, Irenaeus, Jewish, Justice, Logos, Nag Hammadi, Nous, Ogdoad, Peace, Phronesis, Phronesis Sophia, Power, Prudence, Testimony
related to Epiphany · 19
Basilides → Alexandria, Although, Baptism, Basilidian, Basilidians, Clement, Divine, Epiphany, Gospel, Hippolytus, His Baptism, Jesus, Jesus's Baptism, Nazareth, Rome, Scripture, St, The Venice MS, They
related to Cosmology and cosmogony · 16
Basilides → Antioch, Apocryphon, Archon, Dynamis, Emanations, Epistle, Eugnostos, God, Irenaeus, Jewish, Jews, John, Saturninus, Sophia, The, This
related to Jesus · 16
Basilides → Alexandria's Stromata, Basilidian, Clement, Cyrene, David Litwa, Golgotha, Gospels, Great Seth, However, Irenaeus, Jesus, One, Second Treatise, Simon, Tertullian, The
related to Acts of the Disputation with Manes · 15
Basilides → Acts, Agrippa Castor, Alexandrian, But, Clement, Exegetica, Gieseler, Gospel, It, Marcion, On, Persians, The, Thus, Valentinus
related to Legacy · 12
Basilides → Ancient, Antecedent Gnosticism, Christian, Gnosticism, Greek, It, Like, Rome, Syrian, There, Valentinian, Valentinus
related to External links · 10
Basilides → Acts, Alexandria's Stromata, ApiryonFragments, BasilidesFragments, Book, Chapter, Clement, Disputation, IsidoreSt, Manes

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origen also faith clement irenaeus jesus gospel alexandria known isidore christian believed according fragments agrippa however acts sources matthias basilidians

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