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The Basilidians or Basilideans /ˌbæsɪˈlɪdiənz, ˌbæz-/ were a Gnostic sect founded by Basilides of Alexandria in the 2nd century. Basilides claimed to have been taught his doctrines by Glaucias, a disciple of St. Peter, though others stated he was a disciple of the Simonian Menander.
The analysis highlights Cosmogony of Hippolytus, Overview and Cosmogony of Irenaeus and Epiphanius as prominent areas in the source structure around Basilidians.
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The extracted context around Basilidians shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Basilidians → Basilides, Bousset, Cambridge University Press, Catholic Encyclopedia, Charles, Christian Biography, CS1, Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica, End, Funk, Gnostic, Henry, Herbermann, Herzog Encyclopedia, Hugh, In Chisholm, In Jackson, John Murray, Krüger Another extracted example is Basilidians → As, But He Himself, Christ, Cyrene, Father, Gospels, He, He Who, Him, Hippolytus, His, His Firstborn Nûs, Innominable Father, It, Jesus, Jews, Nativity, Simon, Simon's, Then. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.
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TTTA extracted 156 structured relationships around Basilidians. Examples in this analysis include Philip Schaff have the opinion that → instance of → Historians and Basilidians → related to Antinomianism → Philaster. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.
| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Schaff have the opinion that | instance of | Historians | 0.80 | text |
| Basilidians | related to Antinomianism | Philaster | 0.60 | section |
| Basilidians | related to Antinomianism | Hippolytus | 0.60 | section |
| Basilidians | related to Antinomianism | Basilides | 0.60 | section |
| Basilidians | related to Antinomianism | Christian | 0.60 | section |
| Basilidians | related to Antinomianism | Law | 0.60 | section |
| Basilidians | related to Antinomianism | Prophets | 0.60 | section |
| Basilidians | related to Antinomianism | Apostles | 0.60 | section |
| Basilidians | related to Antinomianism | The | 0.60 | section |
| Basilidians | related to Antinomianism | Catholic Encyclopedia | 0.60 | section |
| Basilidians | related to Antinomianism | The Basilidians | 0.60 | section |
| Basilidians | related to Antinomianism | Jews | 0.60 | section |
The concept neighborhoods around Basilidians bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Jews, Believed and According. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.
For Basilidians, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Basilidians with Overview. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.
TTTA analyzes the structure around Basilidians to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Cosmogony of Hippolytus, Overview & Cosmogony of Irenaeus and Epiphanius, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.
Source: Wikipedia — Basilidians · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout